Week 66

This week was another week full of meetings. Which made it go by very quickly, but we had a lot less lessons than I would have liked.

The best part of my week by far was this morning. Two of the districts in our zone got to go and help clean and move furniture around in the Snowflake temple. It was such a cool experience! It was cool that even though we were just doing maintenance, the spirit and the peace of the temple was still there. It was just a nice way to start of my P-day. I wish we could go every week! It really helped me clear my mind and get ready for this upcoming week. This upcoming week is also going to be a week full of meetings. We get to go to the temple again tomorrow for an actual session. As much as I loved cleaning the temple, I am even more excited to do work in the temple! As a mission, we get to go to the temple quarterly.

The Snowflake temple we cleaned

This week our main meeting was when we had our mission tour. Elder Zeballos of the 70 came and talked to us about the role of the Holy Ghost, happiness, and missionary work in general. It was so good and I learned a lot about things that I could do better at - as a missionary and as a person. That was on Thursday, and then on Friday sister Ho Chee and I got to ride in a big 12-seater van with a bunch of missionaries to Scottsdale to hear Elder Zeballos talk for another hour and a half. And then right after we drove back up! So that was 8 hours of travel for that small meeting, but it was totally worth it. We talked about how our zones can improve with our teaching, and how to further the work.

Not gonna lie, the best part of that whole day trip was that when we got to Scottsdale, the Valley missionaries were all at the church next to the mission office eating lunch after their mission tour meeting so I got to see all the missionaries that I used to serve with and three of my previous companions. It was so nice to see and talk to them all for a few minutes. It did make me miss serving in the valley though. When I left Taylor it was 40 degrees and in Scottsdale it was 100. Weirdly the 100 degrees just felt SO good. It felt like home. Then we had to go back to the cold and it made me sad. But all is well; I am quite fond of sweaters so I am making it. Or at least faking it until I make it.

Crazy face of me opening the gate for the cattle
in the most rural part of our area

I also got to go on an exchange this week in Eager. Eager is a town a little over an hour away from Taylor and it is a little smaller than Taylor. I was with Sister Oldham. We went on an exchange forever ago when we were both serving in the valley. That was one of my favorite exchanges I have ever been on so it was so nice to be with her again. We’ll also go home together, so it was nice to be in the same place on the mission and have a lot of the same feelings and we just got to talk (and work of course) all day. I loved it. At dinner I had elk meat for the first time. It was...interesting. They made it into Americanized tacos. I cannot tell you how many times I have had American Mexican food lately. Apparently it is everyone's favorite and my body is not happy about it.

That’s it I think. This transfer has gone by so quickly! Next P-day is the last P-day of the transfer, so by the next time I write I will have my transfer news and it will be packing day for anyone who is leaving. I don't think I will leave, but Sister Cahoon and I have a bad feeling we are not going to get to stay together for a second transfer. We will see! She is so patient with my craziness - I don't know what I will do with a new companion!

Thank you all for your support and prayers! I love you all,

Sister Doxey