Hello!!! (disclaimer I was told the title by my comp...not sure if it's true)
Big change this week!! I'm serving in Eugene for the first time since I got to the Oregon Eugene Mission....and wow! Okay. This place is getting a temple? Also I don't have a car here, so I'm walking/bussing for the first time....and that is an experience. Haha! It's been fun though, and I'm in a group of 4 sisters here in Santa Clara 2nd! My new comp is Sister Crouch, and she's a transfer older than me! The other companionship is Sisters Lee and Carroll! They're both babies in the mission (4 months and 2), and in real life to me, so that's been pretty fun! They're all so fun, and I really love serving with them, and I love our area, walking included :). I don't super love Eugene, or the vibe of the Zone; but that's okay...I won't be here long! More on that below.
Anywho...Monday night was low-key traumatic! We went and said some goodbyes after P-day...and I ended up holding Jamie for an hour while she cried. One of the saddest experiences of my life. She did not want us to go! :( Many tears were shed, but that's okay! I'll Zoom into her baptism soon! :) I also low-key promised her I'd come back after the mission and do baptisms for the dead with her, so hopefully that wasn't a bold faced lie...I love that family so much, and am going to miss them so much.
I also said good-bye to Gary which was quite sad as well! :( We said a few others as well, but I had a Zoom call I had to be on that took up some of our time! I had a Zoom call with a representative of the Spain Consulate! Turns out that meant a lot more than I thought it did too, because about 12 hours later I received flight plans! I'm heading over to Madrid November 2nd - Which is crazy exciting, and very bittersweet! Luckily I was traveling from the bottom of the mission up to the top, so I got to say goodbye to all the homies! :( They will be missed, but now I'll be able to message all of them on Mondays! :)
I met our homie Chris last night, he's on date for baptism...which is probs going to change...since hasn't been to church and hasn't been taught one commandment yet! Gotta love when missionaries jump the gun! :) He's super cool though! He's a truck driver and my jaw dropped when he told me he was 45 because the man looks 25, tops. He's super epic we just need to get to church!
Also my companion and I went to a baptism (other area, but my comp knew her). Oh my gosh! How do I even begin! This woman cannot be real, I'm convinced she's a collective fantasy, because she cannot exist! First, she was over 30 minutes late to her own baptism. Then when she did show up the chaotic energy just grew from there. It was an Elder area that had the baptism, so my comp and I helped Renee (the women being baptized) change into her jumpsuit, and back to a dress after. She was trying to set up her apple watch to video it, and I had to tell her we couldn't do that. Then she was telling about how she'd tried to rent a live lamb for the baptism, but she couldn't find one on time. She also wanted an Elder to get down on his knee and present her a ring to symbolize the Holy Ghost...I was dying inside trying not to laugh. Once we finally got her in the jumpsuit we started taking her through the font, to the room everyone else was waiting in. She didn't realize everyone was waiting in that room though, and started yelling into the font!! "KADEN, KADEN ARE YOU HERE TO DUNK ME?" And I almost peed my pants. Lady is crazy. When we got out there everyone was trying so hard not to laugh. She also tried to dunk herself when the baptism happened and that Elder in the font showed an amazing amount of patience. Another epic event, she had just dyed her hair bright purple and it straight up stained the white dress she bought for her baptism! She also was holding a purse dog that she brought in a stroller for most of it...very grateful I got to experience that. What a time!
Anywho! Much love from Eugene! Can't wait to see what this next week will hold for us!♡
Sister Shelton :)
F O T O S :
1 - Bye bye Klamily
2 - new quadpan!!
3 - bye bye :(
4 - gotta see my baby one last time!!♡
5 - the elders put Eric on date in Klam!!
6 - no car = bring your own wagon grocery shopping!:)
7 - renee
8 - sis lee reminds me of a young Hawkins and I love it
9 - me and the children
10 - squadron
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