Tornado Warning...Not For Us!

We had a HUGE thunderstorm in our mission last week. It hit Poteau pretty hard, and we had a tornado watch in our city because this thunderstorm headed right for us. The members told us where the tornado shelter was, because our apartment isn't the best place to be in when a tornado comes. Interesting thing about this big thunderstorm was that it was on the anniversary of the tornado that went through a neighborhood in 2009. People were very scared that we would see another one. We were teaching a lesson on that day with a member with us, and we heard a bunch of thunder and a huge downpour occurred at the end of the lesson. After we said the prayer, we received a call from the member's wife, and she talked to her husband and said something about a tornado warning (Tornado has been spotted). We went back to the house and got drenched along the way. We went to the house, and we found out it wasn't for our area that had the warning, it was another place where the members' son was, and the tornado was almost on top of them. We said a prayer for their safety, and we heard later from these same people that the tornado barely missed the trailer home where their son was. It was awesome.

Because He Lives!

We asked one of our branch members to create a sign for the Because He Lives Initiative.  It is awesome. We're going to show the rest of the missionaries in our zone.

Don't I Know You? You Look Familiar!

An elder from my MTC (Mission Training Center) district is in my Zone now! Guess who his companion is? The Navajo Elder who grew up on the reservation.

The Work Moves Forward in Brazil and Australia!

I am very extremely super-duper happy right now :D.  I've been thinking about a ton of different things. Two young men in our branch got their mission calls last Saturday!!!! One is going to Brazil, and the other is going to Sydney, Australia. I need to tell him about Vegemite!  :D They are leaving in September and August, and they are so excited. One of the mother's cried when she found out where he was going.  I'm so glad that their mission calls came when they did.

Investigator Getting Close to Baptism...Elsewhere!

We've made progress with one of our investigators who has wanted to be a member for ages. He is moving outside of our mission sometime this month. We're going to refer him to the missionaries in his new branch. He is going to be a pretty easy baptism for them. It is awesome!  After he moves, he will be able to be baptized in three weeks. He got permission to go to church from his parents. I am so excited for him :D

General Conference Was Amazing!

General Conference was amazing! My favorite talk was the one given by Elder Wiford W. Andersen, who talked about the Navajo Medicine Man and music (#NavajoPride ;j). Another elder in our district and I loved that talk a lot because we're both Navajos :D.  It should also be obvious because he talked about music (Which I still listen to 24x7).

There were a ton of talks that were mission-themed :D I loved those talks, too. It was awesome. (I kinda fell asleep during the last session, but in my defense, the pews are extremely comfortable in the chapel.) 

Biking, Working, Saving Miles!

This week has been AMAZING! We were able to get a lot done. We've been trying to bike around our city to save up miles for the car to drive to the farther places. It is working, somewhat.