Sister Walker-- Serving Wherever the Oklahoma Wind Takes Her: Week 69 - Sad to Leave Pawhuska

Hey Y'all!!

Sister O and her animals

So this week was a blast!! first of all...MARELYN, MIKE, AND SAVANNAH CAME TO CHURCH!!!! We were so excited to see each of them!! The Branch was so amazing with putting their arm around them and welcoming them! That is what I will miss most about being in a branch. I love the people here so much! So last night I found out that I get to say goodbye to Pawhuska:( I was so sad, and it hit me that I am leaving home. I am excited for a new adventure, but I will miss this little town especially the people here! especially my companion Sister Ostergar! I love her to pieces and know she will do amazing things here. This place loves her so much!! I am headed to ANADARKO, OK way down south

I am so excited to be with Sister Gwynn, and meet the people of Anadarko!!!

So we are teaching some amazing people! Mike is a former, and after some recent events he has decided that the principles we have been teaching him is the path he wants to take! We were so excited when he told us that he wanted to be Baptized!! We were even talking to him about what he can do to prepare for baptism what he said was so funny! "Well I guess I'll need a change of clothes?" We love Mike so much!! Whitney is doing well. We saw a miracle yesterday with a member who knew of a job offer. We both thought of Whitney and were just passing her trailer. After a week of not being able to get a hold of her, we caught her outside mowing, and told her about this job. She said it made her whole day! She just stopped smoking, reads the Book of Mormon everyday, and we are excited to set another date with her!!

Pawhuska Town 🤙with my sister's!

We had interviews with President Mansell on Tuesday! I Love interviews! Its one of my favorite parts of the transfer. You just go away feeling 10 million times better, and you are set to accomplish this work!! They decided to try something new for our roll plays this transfer. We got to be recorded twice on the first 2 lessons, and then we got to watch ourselves teach with the AP's. They gave great feedback, and it was one of the most stretching, things I have ever done. Talk about having a growth mindset during these:)

So super funny story. We were in Bartlesville for a service project, and knowing that we were painting some things we put on service clothes. Well, we get to the park we were supposed to be at and one of the brothers was there telling us to go to the church. We get there and are looking everywhere for a bunch of Relief Society sisters in Service clothes, doing service. We hear singing in the Chapel and we all start laughing. We look in and everyone is in dresses, and then there's us in sweats, basketball shorts and T-shirts.

It was pretty funny walking in and being noticed by a chapel full of sisters. We stuck out like a sore thumb! Later we found out that an email was sent out about the event being changed to a devotional about service and "Scattering Sunshine" with lunch the day before. We didn't get it cause we didn't have Wifi haha. Embarrassing in the moment, but definetly worth the memory

Have y'all ever had Canes fried chicken!?

This week I have been studying all about grace. This was an assignment given to me this week, and it has changed my week and my life! How much do you know about grace? Brad Wilcox's talk "His Grace is Sufficient" is an amazing talk about how much we need to understand it to give us peace and help us change. Briefly, this is what I learned, then I want you for your Challenge this week to go read his Talk and read in the Bible Dictionary about Grace.

I learned that Christ payed the debt in full. We don't have to pay him back for His sacrifice for us. He payed it fully so that we can one day fulfill the ultimate goal and become like Christ is and return to live with our Father in Heaven and Savior Jesus Christ again. He doesn't expect us to be perfect right now. On this earth it is a time of learning and growing. He wants us to use his Atonement. This is what we can do to show our love and appreciation for his sacrifice. I love how Brad Wilcox said, "We are not Earning heaven, we are Learning Heaven". Through us turning away from sin and striving to come closer to our Savior we are learning and growing so that one day we will be comfortable in the Celestial Kingdom with Him. President Bell, Stake President of The Bartlesville stake said something that stood out to me. He said that we have no idea how much mercy the Lord will have for each of us when we face him one day. We can't even comprehend it. This whole week of study has taught me to not fear, and trust in the Lord. Do my best and continue to use Jesus Christ's Atonement in my life, decide to change my Nature, and Endure Happily to the End. This Gospel is true and it makes me so happy to have this knowledge:)

I love you all, and have a great week learning about Grace