Sister's Conference

IT HAS COME ONCE AGAIN!!! Another P-day! 

We have seen miracles this week! We are teaching a british lady who has over 60 cars on her property left from her husband, and she agreed to start taking the lessons. It sounds so simple, but it is huge, we love this lady! BECAUSE SHE IS NORMAL! We gave her a Book of Mormon and then we went back this week and she said she is on chapter 11 and says "If it's true, God will tell me. I will give it a fair chance." I can hear the water filling up the font! 

Last week we played dodge-ball with the zone and we had SO much fun! They all made fun of me before because I have was home schooled and never played before, but they stopped making fun after we started playing. We had about twelve on each team and one round came down to me against 4 elders on the other side. I ran across the court and pegged out three of them on my first try, then it was one on one. Que the western music. He was a scary dude, he threw pretty fast. I dodged the first two throws, then on his third I CAUGHT IT BETWEEN MY HAND (holding a ball) AND MY HEAD! Everyone freaked out. It's probably a good thing I didn't go to school, I would have been a dodge-ball bully. 

This last week we went to Eugene for sisters conference. SO COOOL!! The spirit was VERY strong as all the sisters in the mission gathered together. Over lunch, President came and sat at our table. As we were talking about the mission home I asked where it was. One sister was surprised I have never been there. Then President said, "Oh, you will soon. We take all the new trainers there for the night before they start training." . . . . O_o Training? "Wait," I replied, "Do all sisters train?" He replied, "No, but you will." AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I feel all sorts of excitement/anxiety. We will see what happens. Transfers aren't until the Monday before my birthday. We have 38 Sisters in  the mission, but president said he just got permission from church head quarters to have 88. He stressed the importance in hastening our learning because the work.

Random stuff - gardens here are in bounty. Everyone is giving us cucumbers tomatoes and zuchinni. After church yesterday we found a whole watermelon in the bed of our truck, so for dinner we cut it in half and ate our own. :) All the primary kids LOVE us and attack us at church. One of them was introducing me to one of her friends and said "This is Sister Orr. She isn't from this country." I asked what she was talking about. She thinks I am Hispanic. Serious? I hope you are happy, Kierra.  

We helped a lady with her garden this last week. Turns out she is a write for the news paper in Scott valley and Sister Neilsen and I are famous now. WOOT! 

That's all for now. Love you! 

S. Orr II

Me and Moose in our front yard! THIS VERY MORNING! Love the fog, not smoke. 

I'M STAYING IN ETNA! Called it.

This last week was a good one. Also, people keep asking me if I am home sick. The answer is: heck-to-the-freaking-NO! I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY! I haven't been homesick once. I am doing the greatest thing in the world (besides all you mommies out there- fist pump!). 

This week there was a house that burned down in downtown Etna. The man that lived there ran back inside to save his cats and died. Moral of the story? Don't own cats. They arrested the girl that was living downstairs. No one knows the whole story, but it's the local gossip. Not a lot to talk about here besides the crazy fires we are still having and the dead cat guy. It's much different than Utah, especially the upkeep of teeth. I never realized how big of a deal that is in Utah, then you get out here and it's not the highest priority. I keep having dreams that I lose mine. . . shudder. . 


This last week we were teaching a gentleman with a mustache the first lesson, talking about priesthood and prophets when the member we brought with us said, "Mohammad Ali was a prophet, ya know. And the Koran is a form of scripture" . . . . . . . What?!?! That took our lesson for a turn. We moved on and the rest of the lesson went well. People love the fact that we have info about the Indians previous to Christopher Columbus. 


Cool thing I learned in studies this week. I was reading about Christ being baptized and how he came to John. I opened up to map 11 in the back of the scriptures to see how far away he was from him, HE TRAVELED 90 MILES TO BE BAPTIZED! Holy pancakes! He could have told John to high-tale it up to Galilee, but he didn't. He went all the way down to John. CLEARLY baptism is important. Super cool. I love studying in the morning, I look forward to it. I get ready for the day as fast as I can just to have an extra twenty minutes or so to read the Book of Mormon. I LOVE THIS BOOK! I am in the beginning of Alma right now and I am still trying to get over Abinadi's death. So sad. :(
Love ya like a love song!  ew. . . Did I really just quote Selena Gomez?
Sister Orr
Quote of the week from Etna - "My neighbors are THOSE kinds of people. Ya know, they do vitamins. . and. . Computers and taxes and stuff. . . . THOSE kinds of people. "

Smokin' Hot!

Ya'll heard about the fires? Yeah, we are getting smoked out BIG time here. They are allll around us; up in grants pass, down in Calihan, everywhere. Over 70. President has asked the missionaries to do light proselyting and to wear masks when outside. The smoke isn't as bad here in Etna as it is in Medford and Ashland. They can't see 3 blocks in front of them! Pretty nutso. 

I forgot to tell you the totals for the trek here in the OEM! 

Total Hours Tracting - 789
New Investigators - 287
Copies of the Book of Mormon passed out - 859
Restoration Pamphlets passed out - 1024
Mormon .org cards passed out - 3199

All in ONE WEEK! I love this mission. 

This last week we were helping a family move a whole shed of wood to their new house. As we were all moving back and forth, on the the kids by the shed exclaimed, "IS THAT FLUFFY?!?!?" The father walks over, "Yup. . That's fluffy all right!" We found a previous pet chicken that had been smwashed by an avalanche of wood. Funniest moment ever. Poor fluffy. Sure smelled bad. 

We were tracting down a street in Courts Valley (Indian Reservation! BOO-YEAH!) and one of the homes there had pet wolves. No. Joke. When we were talking with a neighbor they all started howling together and I got chills down my back. SO AWESOME! Top 2 favorite things - Lightning and Thunder, Howling wolves. The lady we were talking to agreed to let us come back and help her get her yard ready for a wedding that was going to take place there in a few weeks. While she was shong us around, a little lizard ran across the path. "That's my little buddy Gerald. He hangs around with me in the garden. There are also 3 snakes. Don't worry, they are king snakes so you'll be fine." . . . O_o. . . No. No I won't be fine. If I come across a snake this Tuesday, THERE WILL BE BLOOD SPILLED IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN! I DON'T DO SNAKES! 

Transfer calls are this Saturday. I wouldn't fret it too much, I'm sure I'll stay here. Today Sister Nielsen is going to cut my hair, I haven't done it since April and it feels super dead. It will be a new experience for both of us. :) Still can't find any pocket knifes or leathermans. 

This last week we have had really great lessons. We are teaching a catholic family that has agreed to come to church this Sunday AND our Jewish buddy came last Sunday! HAPPY HAPPY DAY! He LOVED it and kept connecting our meetings with historical bible stuff that I don't even know about. He is a hard core historian that knows his stuff. This last week we gave a lesson JUST on faith. He has a hard time with that; having faith and not having all the logical evidence. he is VERY logical. Then the spirit said, "Talk about Jesus walking on the water!" I have NEVER read this story, nor thought about using it in a lesson, but I explained how Jesus asks us to walk on the water and come to him. Does it make sense? NO! There is NO logical explanation to be able to do that! But it happens as we obey and look to him. Miracles can happen in our life if we have faith. COOLEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE! 

Second coolest experience of my life, eating a strawberry jelly and cheese sandwich. For reals though, it was good. Try it before you mock. 

That's all for this week. Thanks for the letters and prayers. They are totally working.  

Love, 

Sister Orr II,

Jelly and cheese supporter.