Cannon, Sydney

It rained!!!!!!! The sky is BLUE!! And we can BREATHE!!! The fires around us are all mostly contained so all is well. We also got transfer calls and ........ I'm staying!!!!!!!! That'll be 7.5 months here. This is my fav area and God definitely knows that ❤❤ Hes so sweet to me.  It has been another pretty slow week. The Vernonia sisters are still here so obviously we were very productive and not at all distracted. And we definitely go to bed on time every single night. *nervous laughter*  But here are some rando things:  ♡ A praying Mantis joined our district council. We named him Marmalade.  ♡ Dying my hair dark. I'm Emo now.  ♡ Met some cute dog bois  ♡ Drove to Vernonia!! Prettiest drive of my life ♡ Gotta go outside!!  Sending all my love ❤❤  Syd

Yooooo!!! My friends!! I'm alive!! Lololol. This week has been CrAzY. Definitely the least productive week of my entire mission. It's fine. But yes, Oregon is on fire. Its great. We are safe here in Forest Grove so no worries! It just sometimes rains ash and we're not aloud to go outside. Quarantine pt 2! The best. No it's actually been such a PARTY though cuz the Vernonia sisters (sis Jorgensen & sis Hulse) got evacuated to FG so they've been crashing our place since last monday so we've just had a week long sleepover that's still going  We've eaten all the junk food you can imagine and played every card game in the book. Our favorite is Coup "blocked by my contessa" = most used phrase this week  Its been a good week. Lots of fun. Anyway.  Spiritual thought time! Cuz it's been a while oops.  So I found my new fav talk, "The Atonement: All for All" by Bruce C. Hafen. It completely changed my perspective on the Atonement. I...

Hi friends!  A super busy yet slow week, not much happened. But we have been doing TONS of service which is great Anyway, some rando things:  ☆ Held a frog boi ☆ Lil girl Jesse did my hair all pretty ☆ Picked some plums  ☆ Exchanges!! Spent the day in Pumpkin Ridge and did street contacting for like 4 hours. We prayed that God would give us someone to teach, but didn't find anyone interested, despite all the people we talked to. THEN on the way home the elders called and had a referral for us!! So cool. Ask and ye shall receive. God rewards our efforts, we just have to be willing to try.  ☆ TURNED 21 -- got 2 cheesecakes and 3 boxes of doughnuts. Thanks for all your lovin ☆ A member gave us homemade Macarons!!!  ☆ took some cute pics in corn  ☆ Did service in a junkyard with the zone  Been studying the Atonement lately. How do y'all tell when you've been forgiven/fully repented of something? Would love to hear your thoughts. Also, any good talks I shou...

Been kinda sick this week so we took it easy. Probably Corona. Lol jk jk...... Probably... Nothing too exciting happened. Scrubbed This lady's deck again, so that was kinda fun. The weather is PERFECT, clear skies and in the 70s most days We spend most nights laughing until we cry/wheeze. Lol, definitely lost my voice one day from laughing too hard. Good ab work out tho, would recommend.  We've been painting lots of rocks, and then we write ComeuntoChrist.org on them and leave them all over. Kinda an Oregon vibe.  Also we may start teaching a bunch of new people this week! Lots of people have been responding and we may even start teaching a family, which is always the best ❤ and They're spanish speaking, which is perfect for sis Matheson. The lord works in mysterious ways, that's all I gotta say.  Anyway love you all, God is good, stay groovy

Well, folks, we made it -- ONE YEAR!!! Honestly never thought it would happen, but God is so good, and He loves us too much to let us fail.  The work is going well, we found out one of the less-active members we're working with may not be a member at all! He cant remember if he actually ever was baptized. So that's kinda exciting, in a weird way. Probably not something I should be excited about  Thoughts: I think sending sis Mecham home was a real eye-opener for me, and kind of a reality check. Like missions don't last forever. Going into a church and having everyone instantly love me because of a tag, will eventually end. And even at Walmart we get stopped every time by people who want to talk to us and thank us for our service -- members and non-members! I'm gonna miss that.  Also, training is wack. Ive never been so aware of my weaknesses. also My child is a bit of a rebel, so I think the Lord is giving me a taste of my own medicine! Lol. BUT I FREAKING LOVE HERA. Sh...

transfers.... aaaaaand IM TRAINING!!! I'm gonna be a mom!!! (Which is why I'm pregnant lololol) wack  I'm also STAYING IN GALES CREEK!!!!! GOD IS GOOD ❤❤❤❤❤  Sis Mecham is going home tomorrow which is sad. So the past week has been insane, soooo this is gonna be a short one, but lots of pics!!!!  I love you all thanks for your love and support  Sendin all my beach vibes