So transfer news! This was my last week here in Nehalem, I'll be going
to Portland on Wednesday and my new companion will be Sister Crawley.
I've served around her before! She was Sister Finns companion when I
was in Hazel Dell and they were in my district. So I sorta already
know her! I'll send you a better picture so you can remember her!
Anyway, so this week in Nehalem was pretty busy! We had a zone blitz
on Tuesday which meant that a bunch of missionaries came into our area
and we all went into different sections of our area and knocked doors
to try and find new investigators since we lost so many with the Ward
split. So a bunch of elders came for about an hour and a half and it
was so great! We ended up teaching 23 lessons, talked to 85 people,
got 2 new investigators, and got about 10 potential investigators. It
was so great and really exciting!
Wednesday we drove out to Longview for a special Mission conference!
Oh and while we were driving out to Longview we drove past the high
school that they filmed twilight at!!!! Omg it was so fun! Looks just
like it did in the movie! Haha anyway, so Elder Kopischke from the 70
came and spoke to our mission and it was just so great! He and his
wife are so sweet and have thick German accents but the spirit was so
strong! I sent home a picture with them! So they talked a lot about
faith and of course missionary work and it was awesome!
Thursday we worked some more on my quilt and it's almost done! I'll be
finishing it up tomorrow morning! It looks soooo good:) I'm so excited
to see how it turns out!
Oh and for dinner the members brought us chick Fila and it was
awesome:) I miss chick Fila! But from what I hear there may be one in
Portland where I'm going! We will see!
Friday we had weekly planning and then that night we had an activity
making 72 hours kits! It was really cool to learn more about that
stuff and safety!
Saturday we had a baptism!!!! Well we were teaching her before the
Ward split and then when the boundaries changed we had to hand her
over to the elders but we put her on date and taught her quite a few
times so we were super excited for her:) it was really exciting to be
there, we said the opening and closing prayers and we also gave the
restoration! It was awesome!:)
The rest of the afternoon we were biking, and it was off and on rain
lol. Life here in Washington. Oh and then we had dinner with the
Lavender family and I just love them!!!!:) it was so great!
Sunday we told the Ward council that I was getting transferred and the
bishop was so sweet and told me (in front of the whole Ward council)
how much they appreciated me and the work I did. It was seriously the
sweetest thing ever! Then after the talks the one that was conducting
announced that I was leaving and then I gave the closing prayer I was
walking to my seat and literally so many people came up to me and gave
me hugs and handshakes and even a little girl got a picture with me! I
was honestly so surprised! I felt so much love it was literally the
sweetest moment! I think I might miss his place a little bit! Lol
Then we had a member lesson with a family in the Ward and they taught
us the restoration and did such a great job! It was so funny and
spiritual it was amazing!
Well I'm kinda nervous about leaving this area but I'm really excited
because I need a change, but I'm so sad to be leaving Sister Hibbard!
I just love her and am gonna miss her! She's so much fun and such a
good missionary! I'm also gonna really miss P too!! She's seriously
the best! When you guys come up for Christmas you HAVE to go out to
lunch or dinner with her! And sister Hibbard! I want you guys to meet
them both:)
Well I just want y'all to know how much I love my Savior and how
grateful I am for his atonement! Because of Him I know that families
can be together forever and that He can give me strength through
whatever I'm going through. I'm so thankful for the gospel and the
many blessings we receive because of it. I love Him and this
gospel!!!!
I also love y'all to the moon and back and miss you guys tons!
I hope things are going well and that you guys have the best week ever!
Next week I will be writing to y'all from Portland! So crazy!!!
"Have faith, have hope, live like His Son, help others on their way."
Oh and don't forget to remember me:)
Xoxo
Sister Batey
McKenzee's new companion...on the left...and other companions she's served with.
McKenzee and Sister Hibbard.
Sweet Sister Missionary smiles.
A family that McKenzee loves...
And another one...
McKenzee will miss P, the sweet lady she's lived with for the past few months.
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