Cate Mission Weekly Letters

  Olááá everyone! Well as the subject suggests it's been a solid six weeks here in Springfield, but now I am off to the top of our mission in Corvallis! I am going to be serving on the Oregon State University campus, which I am so so excited about! I don't know that I'll be able to be a Beaver fan though so I will keep you all updated on that. On top of that, I have also been asked to serve as a Sister Training Leader! So there are a whole lot of changes happening at once which is a little overwhelming, but I have faith in God that everything is going to work out and be good!  I seriously love Springfield so it is going to be sad to leave Sisters Staheli and Christensen and all the people we are teaching here.  I've also decided mission Christmas is pretty special. We had a Ward Christmas Drive through at the Church which was amazing! On Christmas Eve we went over to a family in our wards house for dinner. Our mission rules still require that we eat outside so t...

Oi! Well we have officially entered the best week of the whole year!!! I seriously love this time of year. What better time to be a missionary than now, where people all over the globe are focusing on Jesus Christ?!? Trick question, there isn't.  This week I got to experience what the pre-COVID missionaries did, knocking on a door! Our Bishop gave us a name of someone to go and visit, so we had to go and knock on their door because there was no other way for us to get in contact. So we took one of the older missionaries with us so we had someone who actually kind of has an idea of what to do, and it turned out to be a great interaction! So door approach accomplished! Besides that, we didn't have the world's greatest week here. Our friend Eve yelled at us for 10 minutes about how she hates when we ask her how much she smoked (she asked us to do that-not our idea), our friend Kristoph walked out of Church after 10 minutes, and Britt and Chel cancelled on us again. So any pray...

Hello everyone!  It was another crazy busy week here in Springfield! We had Zone Conference and our Mission President talked to us about the importance of having hope. We talked about how hope is an abiding trust in the Lord and that He will fulfill His promises! In times like these, we can always trust that if we are obedient and follow God's commandments, we can expect blessings! This message was extremely helpful to our friend Eve. She's had a pretty rough life, but when we talk to her about hope in Jesus Christ and how He can help her in any circumstance, there is a noticeable change in her. Hope is powerful! Also, I am not getting transferred! All three of us were really worried we were going to be split up because of all the craziness with other missionaries going home before Christmas. Thankfully, we all get to stay together for at least two more weeks and spend Christmas together!! I would love to receive any Christmas cards, and thanks to all those who have already sen...

Olá!!! Well as the email title says, I have officially been a missionary for SIX MONTHS!! Time has gone by so fast I honestly don't feel like I've been out that long. One of my companions is on the same track as me so we got to celebrate this mile marker together with some 5 Guys. As you all know In n Out is my favorite, but the closest one is three hours away so I had to go for the next best thing. But I figured I would give six things I've learned these past six months as a missionary! 1. The key to helping anyone is to love them. Whether I am talking with church members, my companions, people we are teaching, or random people in the store, love is key 2. I like to cook! Who knew?  3. The Book of Mormon has the power to change lives. I've seen it in myself and in others. 4. Not as many people are for pineapple on pizza as I thought. I get rebuked for that quite often 5. Facebook finding can be hard, but fun! I think sometimes we think because something is hard, that m...