Okie Jokes and Transfers

Hello errybody! How the heck are y'all? :)

It's been another awesome week here in Norman, Oklahoma, so let's get right down to it! 

Monday- After email and such, we played Flickerball. I MADE A SHOT! I was so happy. You don't even know. I also kinda hurt my knee, but it's okay. It was worth it. :) That night we had dinner with the Hack's. They're a sweet couple! Brother Hack is from Guam, he's way cool. After dinner we went and I had my very first "Do Not Contact" encounter! a man that was on our list told us that if we came back, he'd have us charged with stalking. We'd never seen him before in our lives. But that was fun. Made me sad, I wish we could help him. But oh well. So we checked on more people then went home. That night, I learned a new song:

"What do you do when you're stranded?
Stranded on the toilet bowl?
What do you do when you're stranded-
and you don't got a roll?"

One of my companions was singing to herself in the kitchen. I wish I had more of an explanation than that.. but I don't. Sorry. Potty humor.

Anywayyyyy..

Tuesday- We went and visited Doris (our 93 year old feminist investigator) she's hilarious. It was a pretty long lesson, but we managed to teach her the restoration fully. She was very receptive which was really good. She also had some good, deep questions that we were able to answer. After that we visited the Whalens. They're a really nice older couple that live about 20 miles out of town, but they are in our area. They're really really really sweet. That night we had dinner with the Chambers and we went to Braum's (I love Braum's.) and then I got really sick so we had to go home. I felt really really bad about it. :(

Wednesday- We did more less-active work. We met with Brother Corless and he told us crazy stories about Australia, then we visited other less-actives (or tried to, there are a lot of people who have moved and the records weren't updated.) so we had dinner at the Tucker's. I really genuinely love them. They feed us all the time and I'm so grateful for them! They're really chill. After dinner we tried more less-actives to no avail.. until we went to check on one woman named Alicia. A woman named Lisa opened the door and said, "they moved. But I know where they live! Let me hop in my car and I'll show you where they live!" And so she did. We got to the house (Lisa is so nice) and turns out they were all active, we just hadn't met them yet. We had a really great conversation with them. (Alicia is the sister of Sister Singer, and she lives with the Singers. She's disabled and so so sweet.) and it was awesome. We left them with a spiritual message, and went home.

Thursday- Weekly planning. Man alive. It takes SO LONG. Seriously. When we'd finally finished, we had a lesson with the Feasel's. WHEW. Brother Feasel is a reactivating member and Lindsey, his wife, is an investigator. I LOVE how enthusiastic Brother Feasel gets about church, and he was so stoked to find out he has a home teaching route. Man if everyone was that enthusiastic about home teaching.. Whew. So then we went and visited the Jingozians. I LOVE the Jingozians. I wish that everyone saw the world the way they do- as a gift from Heavenly Father, with beautiful patterns and rhythms everywhere. Man. They're awesome. I got a letter from Biana that day! So happy. :)

Friday- District meeting. Took a long time (Zone leaders were there, talking with us) and it was good. I also had an Okie tell me this joke:"The toothbrush was invented in Oklahoma. Wanna know how I know that?" "How?" "Because if it was invented anywhere else, it'd be a teeth-brush!" and then he gave me a happy, gap-toothed smile. I love Oklahoma. We had dinner that night with the Avery's. They lived in Eugene for a long time (random) and it was a nice dinner. We had a lesson with Annie that night and that was way good. She's so sweet. She and Jared are both REALLY solid teenagers, with a firm understanding of the importance of the gospel in life, no matter what age you are. It was great.

Saturday- My companions made a list of things they think are weird about me. Here's a few things on the list: "If there's a dog without an owner on the side of the road, you always make us pull over so you can find it's owner." "You love cares. We'll be driving along and you'll see a car you like and then whisper to yourself- "dannnng." "You can sing the entire Phineas and Ferb theme." and my favorite, "You love french bread too much. You get a loaf, rip it in half, and eat it. That's weird." I don't think any of those things are really all that weird, and there are other things on the list, but that's a few things they really emphasized. Anyway- Saturday was Gabriel's baptism! He was our investigator until we had to hand him off after the ward switch. They had to dunk him 4 times to get it right because the water in the font was too shallow. That night we had dinner with the OROPEZA'S! I LOVE them. They're so great. They're the kind of people who don't have much, but give all they have to anyone who needs it. They also make deliiiiicious food. It was great to spend time with them.

Sunday- MAN. I LOVED SUNDAY. Okay so first off, Sister Leavitt's aunt and uncle showed up at our ward. Weird. Turned out they were in town.. random. That night we had dinner with the Kunz family. They are the BOMB. During Relief Society that day we announced that we had a couple who was in need of anything they could get (clothes, shoes, dishes, firewood) and the Kunz family (who don't have much) gave us a ton to give to them. One of the sweetest things was that Brother Kunz gave away an old leather jacket that had a lot of sentimental value to him, but he didn't need it anymore. We brought the stuff to the Jingozian's, and watching Brother Jingozian put the jacket on.. Man. He put the jacket on and I about cried. His eyes lit up, he was so happy. He looked at Sister Jingozian and said, "how do I look, mama?" and I almost lost it. You could see how happy he was and how much it meant to him that there was someone willing to give him a coat.

Man.

I have so much hope for the world! I LOVE OKLAHOMA! I love the people here, I love the environment, I love the opportunities we are getting for service. I love that no matter where you are, the church is the same.
OH! We got transfer calls last night! Sister Clark is being transferred and Sister Leavitt and I will be getting a new companion- Sister Ott. I've met her before and she was nice, so I'm excited. :) But also sad to lose Sister Clark. I love her so much!

Alright well. I need to go but I love you all so much. I'm praying for you and I'm grateful for the support you show me. Thanks for all that you do!

Email dated November 11th