JESSIE'S VEGAS

Yesterday, Dani took me on a tour of her mission in Portland, Oregon. We started with VooDoo doughnuts and being a little bit of a doughnut "snob", I was skeptical until I took my first bite of the pina colada doughnut !!!  I have now determined the last meal I eat in this life will be a pina colada doughnut filled with guava...this is if I do not meet with an accidental death but can plan it somehow...just like I like planning everything else. We took a pic in front of the "Keep Portland Weird" sign and suddenly I knew I had found my tribe. We then visited a couple of her former apartments  and then she said she had a "surprise" to show me called a "Nutria". By this time the rain was coming down like cats and dogs although Dani called it a light "mist" cuz her DNA had switched to amphibian by living in a semi-aquatic Portland environment for 18 months. SO while I was a little reluctant to go snipe hunting after something that sounded l...

February 2nd, 2021:   I am in a trio again! Whoot!!! We just had transfers and we are in a trio! I am still in the same area with Sister Larsen and Sister Ellertson has joined our companionship! It has been a good week! We have had many good lessons where the spirit was there and many miracles!  We said goodbye to all those leaving the zone this past week and we had a social media training on how to find people through Facebook!  Then, we got to welcome all the new missionaries in the zone last week!  It has been a really good week! I studied humility this past week! I love how it talks about humility as being grateful to God and acknowledging his Hand more in your life! Sometimes I only focus on aligning your will with God's will is being humble! There is more to it we can be humble by showing our thanks to him and giving him the glory for what He has done! Last district  New companionship Jan 5th, 2021: We have had so many busy P-Days! I haven't written in a l...