Sister Abby Fillmore - Oregon, Salem Mission: Week 77

Friends!!

Wow what a week, kind of crazy and kind of long BUT nothing short of a miracle ;)

Let's just say we are taking a break from walking the streets of North Plains...people are pretty bashy there. We got bashed on 3 times in a row and gosh it gets to ya but the cool thing is, is after each of those Sister Johansen and I were able to have amazing spiritual discussions in the car on the way back home and man it's the best!! I love Sister Johansen she is so strong and has a cool conversion story even though she has been a member all her life. Something I learned is that even if we are members we still have to be converting to our Savior Jesus Christ!

Friday after we did a district blitz we were waiting for a potential to come to the church for a lesson and we needed one more person to reach our goal...sadly he didnt show up and we were so sad! But our AP was at the church and he said, "Its only friday. You have 2 more days" so we got home and tried to message everyone to see who we could have a lesson with. All of a sudden Sister Johasen gets this call from a guy she has been talking to...he is from India! We debated if we should answer since we are trying to find more local but we felt strongly like we should answer. So we did and wow wow!! Panner is so prepared. He wanted to learn more about Jesus Christ. We learned that he literally has never heard the story of Jesus's life here on earth, only that he was a good person and did good things. So we got to teach him the story of Jesus Christ, it was so special!! I was thinking and even though he isn't in our area it doesn't matter, prepared people are prepared people. I know God hears our prayers and has the best timing!!

Laughter is the best medicine, especially for me!! I have been blessed with the best apartment...these 4 sisters give me so much joy! Hermana Bowman, the newest missionary in our area is HILARIOUS and makes me laugh so hard, it's the best!!

Sydney Cannon is an amazing artist and she is a former missionary in the OSM. She moved to Forest Grove after her mission and had us come over one night this week to give me and my family this sweet gift. The picture below show this incredible painting she did of Christ and Maddie. I am so grateful for her and her thoughtfulness to take time to paint this beautiful moment that I know happened!

LILY, OH MAN LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT LILY!!!

She is dating our relief society president's son and she is golden! We had a beautiful lesson yesterday on the Restoration and the spirit was so strong. She has gotten a lot of her questions answered through coming to church and learning about the Plan of Salvation. THE CHURCH IS TRUE EVERYONE! We have become besties and I am beyond grateful for her sweet spirit.

Basically been a really good week full of learning and teaching! the weather was muy bueno!! That was just something a little kid said and it was soooo funny!

I hope you have a wonderful week, I hope you are preparing for General Conference because its COOOMMMIINNNGG! 🥳🥳

Love you!

Love,

Sister Fillmore