Sister Walker-- Serving Wherever the Oklahoma Wind Takes Her: Week 80

Hey Y'all!

My cute Comp:)
Sister Geddes

So we were in Book of Mormon class Wednesday and half way into the lesson, Ransom (someone the sisters taught months ago) walked in casually, sat down and said "where are we reading sisters"... We were so excited to see him!! And a little shocked. But the unusual happens often here. We encouraged him to read the Book of Mormon and to do as Moroni directs in chapter 10. He was so willing and interested! We are going to his study group on Thursday at his church, to do a church swap! I love church swaps!

We had exchanges this week and 24 hours quickly turned into 72

Here is the short version of this story...

After district council in Lawton on Thursday, we headed 45 min to Altus with the sisters. We were splitting their area. Friday was great! And we got work done! But that afternoon one of the members told us a storm was supposed to hit the south of OK bad, and rain snow, and ice was supposed to happen Saturday. We still had some exchanges left, so we decided not to leave. We, even later, had a feeling and prayed about it to know if we should head out. Sister Geddes felt we should head that night, but it was raining in Altus and I worried we would hit ice in the cold. It was the conflict of the night, and I learned some valuable lessons...

1) Always listen to your companion, and the feelings she is having. If you both don't feel the same way, pray till you do.

2) No justifying. ITS NOT ABOUT YOU.

3) What's in the past is in the past, learn from it and move on :)

4) Practice recognizing and listening to how the Spirit speaks to you. I am still learning this daily.

We ended up staying in Altus another night and planned on leaving in the morning. Well.......The next morning Lawton texted us and told us it was snowing hard, and there was ice too. If that's the case, rules are...cars are grounded. So we called Sister Mansell and she said the storm was not leaving till that night and then it would be ice till Sunday Morning. In other words, we couldn't go anywhere. Church was at 10, and I had to give a talk in Sacrament meeting. Regretfully realizing we should've left Friday, I beat myself up bad. We all grew spiritually Saturday, and everything that happened was to grow and learn. I'm so grateful for that. So I had to stop feeling bad, forget the past and move on with the present.

WE GOT LOST AND FOUND THE MOUNTAINS!!!!!

Sunday Morning we got up ready to go to church with Altus, and Lawton texted and said the roads were clear. We were relieved! Remember, church is at 10, so we leave at 8:30....get lost because of construction and a detour, realize we have 10 miles before we run out of gas in the middle of nowhere, and then rely on prayer till we roll in to a gas station 2 miles till we were out. Its 10:15 when we leave the gas station and we are 30 min away from Anadarko. Sister Geddes is awesome and gets us there 15 min to 11. We walk into sacrament meeting fashionably late, just in time for me to give the talk I wrote in the car

talk about stress. But we are safe and everything worked out. Don't worry be happy has been my song since ;)

I learned a lot over all of this, and also the Spirit doesn't leave you, even if you fall. As long as you keep striving to get back up over and over again he will stay by your side. He even helped me give my talk. Not perfect...but the Spirit was there.

I challenge you to find the ways the Spirit speaks to you. How can you use the Spirit in your life to just be happy?

I love y'all so much!

Oh and BTW It hit me yesterday that I have a week and a half left of my whole mission. That was CRAZY and I have mixed feelings of excitement, nervousness and all of the above. These past 18 months in Oklahoma have been the greatest, life changing, spiritual, inspirational, and converting months of my life, and I can't wait to have more!

Have a great, miracle filled week!

Jesus Loves You