Most of my mission is LITERALLY on
fire!!! Not the figurative fire we were hoping for, like "baptisms,
yeah!" kind of fire. Half of the state is already burned or burning. It's
getting worse every day and so is the smoke. Over 700 firefighters are up north
and now Canada is involved and firefighters are being sent in from New Zealand
and Australia. The fires aren't close by us though, so no worries. We get
updates on this from the members.
Tell Sam I say "Hi" and
happy 21st birthday!
-The smoke is aweful! My throat is
getting scratchy, but i can still sing for the most part, I just don't want to
strain myself doing it. Bad air quality! I feel so sad for those who are closer
to the fires, because the smoke's already bad enough over here.
-It's been tough finding new
investigators and people to listen to us, but we've kept going and have been
visiting all the families in one of our wards and committing them to think of 3
nonmembers that they can help invite to come unto Christ and eventually to meet
with the missionaries. We've gotten a lot of contacts from that, but mostly
ones that we have to give away to the other missionaries. But, we all work for
the same team, so booyah anyway!
-I found out during our recent Zone
Conference that I could've been reassigned to another mission when I came back
out! The member of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles over the mission assignments had to
assign me again that time too, and when the mission split they went through all
of us and chose me to come to the new mission. I have been assigned by an Apostle
3 times! I truly am meant to be here, exactly where I am today! That's an
awesome reassurance to have received.
-Sister Karony-ism's: We had a cow
butchering at our house this last week! We got souvenir horns too! That steer
hit my companion the week before I came to Moses Lake and it finally got its
just desserts! It brought back memories of the time the Masai's killed that
goat in front of my 3rd grade class in Kenya. Hahaha! Life out in the country.
We also prevented a pig break out this week when we stopped by to see the
animals and noticed that 2 of the 3 pigs had dug their way into the adjoining
pen, which had been left unlocked. We locked it and prevented a jailbreak. The grandkids
of our ward mission leader forgot to lock it after they went to the fair in the
morning to show their other pigs. The Moses Lake fair went on all week and they
hardly were at home. It's a good thing we went around to lock things up. It was
funny though!
Also last week we nearly got
attacked by a turkey while out with one of our relief society presidents. We
made it out, but I nearly got left behind because I was going to knock for a
third time when my comrades decided the turkey was getting too close. I didn't
want to get left alone, so I booked it after them and we all got chased to the
car. Luckily we'd left it unlocked in case we'd need a quick escape; which we
did!
-Favorite scripture this week is
the Lord's vision for our area: John 4:35-38! I was led to this during personal
study last week. The scriptures are so awesome!!! The harvest is NOW! We're not
planting seeds, we're making contact with the Light of Christ, reminding others
of things that are already in them, but they're just not aware of it yet. The
Lord prepares the people to feast on His word. Again, we are not "planting
seeds," but rather harvesting.
I love you all!
Love,
Sister Karony
This is the day we came home smelling like a camp fire... it's 8:30pm this past friday in this picture... The smoke was the worst it's been so far. It was this dark by 7:30.
Local wild cat we've named "Fuzzy" who found us and recognized us as we were walking around Moses Lake yesterday evening. He followed us for miles, so we drove him back to his usual hang out so he wouldn't get hit by a car. This cat is hilarious! He chases little kids and refuses to let you walk in front of him, he has to lead the group. Hahaha!
Snickers the barn yard dog. The stinker! He is still a puppy and does the herding nipping.
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