Cate Mission Weekly Letters

Hello friends and family!! Well this week had to be one of the busiest weeks of my whole mission! Every single day just was packed and we got so much done! We found three new people to teach and have about two more potential people! The best part is one of our potential people speaks Portuguese!!! We were going through some of our old records of people that had met with missionaries before, and I randomly clicked on this guy and started reading through his profile and saw that he spoke Portuguese. I called him on the phone and talked to him for a little bit in mixed english and português and he's totally cool to have us over! Not many people in Oregon speak Portuguese obviously,  so I don't think it was a coincidence we got in contact with him.    In other news, I've discovered that you don't have to leave the United States to eat gross food. A lady we are teaching has Jewish roots so she made us birthright lamb and lentil stew, which was basically brown mush with littl...

Hello everyone!! Well I have officially been in Springfield for about a week now and it's been great! It rains a lot more here than it did in Klamath, but I guess I probably should've expected that being in Oregon. Sadly, I don't think it will snow so I'll just have to enjoy the daily rainstorms and just hope it will get about 10 degrees cooler. Being in a trio has also been an interesting experience! Both of my companions have been in our area for a transfer so I kinda just hopped in for the moment. I assume one of us is going to leave in about three weeks because of all the missionaries going home before Christmas, so we will see what happens! Both my comps are so nice and are really dedicated to the work! This week we found one new person to teach and have about three potential people as well so things are looking good! On Saturday we got to help out some members of the ward with some landscaping! We moved these massive rocks from their driveway back to their backyar...

  Olá!!! Well you heard it here first my time in Klamath Falls has come to an end. On Tuesday I will be moving to Springfield, OR! I am so sad to leave Klamath Falls and all the amazing people I've met, but I am so excited to move to the place Homer Simpson lives;) Sister Massey is staying in Klamath and I am actually going to be in a trio! This next transfer is only four weeks long so we will see how long the trio will last but I am so so excited to get to serve with two other companions! In terms of teaching this week we had the best ever lesson with Deb! We went over and read from The Book of Mormon with her. While we were reading together the Spirit was so strong. Debbie loved everything we were reading about and told us she believes everything we are teaching her!! She told us since she's been meeting with missionaries she has noticed a difference in her life and she is much happier now than before she started meeting with us. The Gospel of Jesus Christ truly can change pe...

  Olá! This week I learned to appreciate basketball courts. This week for a service project we spent six hours putting together a portable basketball court. Each of the pieces of the court weighed about 200 pounds and we had to lift each individual part, rotate it correctly, and put it in the right spot. Despite my pro strategy of trying to lift on the same side as the Elder who is an offensive lineman for BYU, I was still wrecked by the end of the project! But at the same time it was one of my favorite service projects I've ever done. I love basketball, so knowing that other people in Klamath Falls will get to play on a nice, new court now makes me so happy! I love service, it's the best. In terms of teaching this week we met with Deb again. She prayed out loud during our lesson for the first time and it made my whole week. Prayer is so powerful, and the fact that she is starting to pray makes me so happy I can't even express it! Prayer is amazing!  Just some other highlig...

  Hello everyone!! I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween! As some of you know, Halloween is my least favorite holiday of the whole year so I'm kind of glad it's over. But we did have a pretty good time down here in Klamath--all the Sisters dressed up as Elders. Now that Sisters can wear pants all we had to do was add a tie and boom, obedient Halloween costumes! We also carved some pumpkins during District Council, so that was pretty fun!  This week was just another week of Facebook Finding! And I am telling you, you meet the most interesting people sliding into their DMs. This one guy I was messaging sent me the prologue to the first book in his ten book fantasy series (relic of power) so that was pretty neat. I guess if this guy becomes famous I can say I read his book before anyone else did:) I also realized that tomorrow marks FIVE MONTHS of me being a missionary!! Time really flies. Even though these last months have not been quite what I was expecting from my ...