Sister Ostler gets her visa!!

I GOT MY VISA!! I am flying to Brazil Monday morning! I am so excited but it is bitter sweet. I have really come to love California.

This week was a week of miracles, trials, disappointment, and odd stories. It was a crazy week

MIRACLE: We got 5 new investigators to agree to baptism this week!!! It was so exciting. 

DISAPPOINTMENT: None of them came to church and none are answering our phone calls. Kinda sucks that this is typical for a mission.

FUNNY STORY: One of our new investigators went toastake conference. I plead innocent because we got her from some elders and had only taught her once. Well at this conference there was an area 70. She got called on to say the prayer. She goes up and in broken broken english (this is an english ward and she speaks spanish. Lots of miscommunications) She says the prayer. then gets nervous and starts SINGING IN SPANISH DURING THE PRAYER. This was a meeting full of NEW CONVERTS TO THE CHURCH. We were not there but we got a call from our mission president that night. We have to re teach how to pray....

FUNNY STORY: We were knocking on doors and some lady opens the door and was really excited that we were missionaries. She had a question for us. She said she had the "gift of tongues" given to her when she was 13 and now randomly her, and I quote, "tongue will roll up like a taco and she will speak in a weird undiscovered language" THEN SHE GAVE US A DEMONSTRATION.  I have never seen something so terrifying yet equally so funny before!!!! hahaha we left her doorstep quickly there after.

Well thats all I got for ya this week! Next time I will be emailing in Brazil. I am so grateful for the people I have met here the things I have learned in California but I am so excited to go to Brazil. Just remember that "he lives to calm our troubled hearts" Look to him in every thought and action and he will direct thy paths. God speed my friends!! Eu amo voces muito! 

Hermana Ostler (for one more week)

.Sister Ostler

Sister Ostler has an interesting encounter with a squirell...

I hope you are all doing well. This week flew by!

Still no visa :(

I LITERALLY GOT ATTACKED BY A SQUIRREL. We were knocking doors and it just started running after us. I was so terrified. My comp wacked it with a BOM. it chased us 3 houses! I am now scared of squirrels

I also interrupted a drug deal to give them a pass along card. I didn't realize until I was right in the middle so I just kept going and gave them all a card. That was slightly terrifying

JK about emailing tuesday this week. Thats next week!!!

An investigator asked for my number on Friday. That was awkward. I don't think he quite understands what a missionary is haha

Miracle:

We found an investigator named Cuco who is soooooo ready and open!!! I am so excited to teach him more. 

I love you all!! Have a good week and God speed!

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Sister Ostler

Sister Ostler has her two month mark in the field!

Long week!

 

I got a baptismal date!! Yay!! Elizabeth on March 11th. She is amazing and I love her so much. 

Still no visa. Bummer

Next week I will be emailing on tuesday! Thats when our P-day is so look out for the email!

I had my 2 month mark yesterday!!! we celebrated by taking shots of Gatorade and eating lime Popsicles. 

I was super sick this week. I couldn't hold food down and couldnt sleep. My DL came and gave me a blessing which helped a ton. But FUNNY STORY. When they anointed the oil the Elder poured the WHOLE THING ON MY HEAD ON ACCIDENT! everyone couldnt stop laughing. haha

I got a curse put on me by some crazy Armenian woman so that was fun.

Knocked into two naked people and an old man that wanted to do very inappropriate things to us and he yelled them as we ran away. super fun.

Also while knocking yesterday there was a band that was just curse words over and over again in one of the back yards so we got to listen to that for two hours! lol the joys of a mission. 

TENDER MERCY:

I taught a lesson in Portuguese!! We found a Brazilian and I got to practice! I have missed Portuguese. It was a blessing. 

Well until next tuesday!! Tchau!

Sister Ostler

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Sister Ostler