Hello from Portland!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!! And HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!
Oh my lanta. Lol Portland is so crazy!!! I don't even know where to
start! I just wish I could record everything that happens because it's
just hilarious and crazy!
Okay so Monday after pday we got dropped off at our bikes at a members
house and the members were so nice and said they said that they pumped
air into our tires and that our bikes should be good to go. Well we
get outside with our bikes and it's pouring and we get on and sister
Hibbards front tire was completely flat! Ahah it was hilarious
especially since we were just told they got pumped with air. Well so
it raining and dark and we are running late for our lesson so we bike
over to our lesson and have a pretty good lesson and then after Ward
we have a member come pick us up because her tire wasn't rideable.
Lol. So then we go home and I had to pack pretty much everything
because Tuesday we had a lot of lessons and weren't gonna have any
time so B came over(she's my hero) and she helped me get all my
clothes and books and shoes, pretty much everything, packed into my
suitcases. I was very impressed that everything fit:) oh I did pull a
few things out and left them at P's so mom and dad, when you come
up for Christmas I need you guys to pick up a few of my things and
take them home:) also I want you guys to go out to dinner with P
and Sister Hibbard!:) I seriously miss them already!
So then Tuesday we went over to Sister T's and I finished my
quilt!! Oh man, it looks so great and it makes me so happy because I
made it:) after that we went to have lunch at subway with Brother and
Sister S, I sent home a picture of them. Anyway, they are like my
second parents out here. They are so great and always help us out,
they have 2 daughters on missions and they are just great! Another
family I want you to meet when you come up! They said they want to
meet you guys too:) then the rest of the afternoon we had meetings and
lessons and we were busy. When we finally got home I finished packing
and did the last minute things to get ready. It was so weird to see my
room all naked and packed up. Kinda sad, actually really sad because
this place has been my home the last 6 months! It was so hard to say
bye to P and Sister Hibbard. My heart just ached. I can't wait to
see them again!!!
So Wednesday we went to the mission office for transfers! Transfers
are really such a bitter sweet thing. They are sweet because I got to
see so many of my old companions like Sister Finn, and Sister Michaud,
and also Sister Mortensen from the Mtc! Omg I also got to see Sister
H from Fairway Village!!! She was dropping off the missionaries
and it was so good to see her!:) but it's bitter because saying
goodbye to Sister Hibbard was so hard!!!!:( I love that lady and am
gonna miss her so much! Hopefully I will get to see her in December
for a baptism of someone we were teaching! Fingers crossed:) so after
goodbye, we loaded up in a van full of missionaries and we drove down
to Portland where I met my new companion, Sister Crawley! So I
actually served around her when I was in Hazel Dell. Sister Finn
trained her! So she's been out for 9 months and is from Pleasant
Grove, Utah. Oh and she has 5 siblings as well! But it's been great so
far! So it's kind of a weird situation but this Ward, the Mt Scott
Ward, has two sets of sisters over it. So me and sister Crawley and
Sister Nilson(from the Mtc) and sister Jarman. We teach all our own
people but it's kinda weird. Also since there are two sets we have to
share the car with them. So we get the car almost every other day.
It's weird but it's more than my last area which was none hahah. But
it's also fun because we all live together in an apartment. Hahah but
omg, our apartment is behind a strip club!!! Haha it's so funny! Also
it's really strange to be in an apartment because I've lived with
members my whole mission and I have loved it! It's just so weird to be
in an apartment. Oh and also, I have to take a cold shower every night
because for whatever reason the hot water doesn't work:( sad.
But anyway, so we get to the apartment and I start unpacking and stuff
then we had to get to a lesson. So my first lesson in Portland is with
this lady, T. She's less active and recently got a blessing so we
were following up with that. Okay so get to where she is living and
it's this shack of a house and it turns out(we later found out) that a
bunch of people live there because most of them are homeless. (So many
homeless people in Portland) so we know on the door and a man covered
in tattoos answers (honestly don't even know what his skin color was
lol) and invites us in. So we walk into this house and he had a bunch
of boards and locks and he has to unlock a few doors before we can
even walk into the actual house. Creepy. Then as we walk in the smell
of weed is just soooo strong! Omg I thought I was gonna throw up haha.
Oh also it's freezing. So we have this lesson with this lady and it
was just so weird because so many people were walking in and out all
over the place. So much different than Vancouver! Haha. It was
interesting.
Friday night, hahah omg. I really wish you guys could have seen the
crazy things that happened! I'll do my best to tell you. So Friday
night all our lessons canceled so we had a lot of time to go tracting
and boy did we meet some interesting people! Lol we have a lot of the
low income areas in the Ward so it's sad but makes for some fun
experiences. So we go and knock a bunch of doors but these are some of
the highlights lol. One place we knocked a man opened the door and he
was a giant. So tall and had a great big white beard and he looked at
us and got super close to my face, our noses almost touching and he
said to me, I really don't care what you're doing and he shut the
door. Lol then another house we went to a man answered(he was dressed
like a girl wearing a rainbow shirt) and he told us "you really don't
want us"... It was weird because we could see a guy in the background
and it just looked like crazy... Lol then while we were walking around
the area we saw this one man and so we went to talk to him and he
asked in a creepy voice "can I have a hug". We told him no and then
gave him a handshake and he grabbed our arm which was creepy. Then a
few hours later when we were walking home we saw him again this time
talking to him self... Lol CREEPY!
Friday morning we went to have breakfast with our relief society
president and they heard it was my birthday and so hey made me
pancakes and put a candle in them and wanted to put some sprinkles on
them but she accidentally ended up pouring half the thing of sprinkles
on my pancakes.... And then they still made me eat them... Lol I
thought I was gonna be sick!
Sunday we had stake conference and then we had a few lessons. Oh and
we had a lesson with a new investigator and we put him on date for Dec
31:) we were so happy, his name is B and it was so great!!! Such a
good lesson!
And today it's been pretty good! I woke up and the Sisters made me
breakfast and then we went to voodoo donuts which is a really good
donut place and then went to look at target and we've been at the
church the rest of the day emailing! It's funny, it feels like Monday
but I guess that's what happens as you get older. I've realized that
it's not all about me and that birthdays are just another day. Lol
Well I love this gospel and I love being out here. Feel so blessed to
be serving the Lord and His children on my birthday. So grateful we
get to celebrate thanksgiving this week! Hope you guys have a fabulous
time with family! We will be hopping from different members homes!
Should be a lot of fun!
I love and miss you guys to the moon and back!
Have the best week ever!
Oh and don't forget to remember me! ;)
"Have faith, have hope, live like His Son, help others on their way."
Xoxo
Sister Batey
McKenzee on her birthday getting some doughnuts with her new companion Sister Crawley
Birthday girl!
Finished her quilt!!
Sad to say goodbye to Sister Hibbard...
And sad to say goodbye to P.
Who is this person holding a cat???
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