Words from Sister Hailey Overson in Nevada

Hello again!! This week has once again flown by VERY quickly. I'll just get right to the point, here.  

One of our investigators has been taking missionary lessons for over a year. She has the desire to be baptized, but once again, the smoking is an issue. We've tried to come up with so many different ways to help her, but it seemed hopeless, since the other sisters had been working so long to help her quit and nothing worked. This week, we had a sit down with her and wrote out specific goals. She was hesitant at first, but she warmed up. I felt prompted to tell her that we wanted to set her up with a baptism date and that we knew that she could hold to it. SHE SET HER OWN BAPTISM DATE. Not even kidding. She felt so inspired and confident and totally did it on her own. We are having daily contact with her and it's gonna happen!! Follow the Spirit! Be confident! Set goals! Ah, this is so exciting!

On a more solemn note, the girl who's getting baptized on Valentine's day has had a rough time of it. The plan was that she was going to get baptized with her boyfriend. Plans have changed and he's not getting baptized on that day. We found that out earlier this week, but Stephanie was ok, so we were still happy for her. We told her that this week might be hard because Satan is going to try really really hard to keep her from getting baptized. He knows how important this is and he knows how important her soul is. Yesterday, her world came crashing down as she and her boyfriend/fiancee of 4 years had an explosion. I won't give all the details. But Stephanie felt worthless. But I want all of you to know that NO ONE is worthless. Every single soul is precious in the sight of God. Satan would have us feel that we don't matter, that no one cares what we do, that we can't make God happy. But please know that God loves you. He loves all of us. If you don't feel that love, please pray to Him. Ask him sincerely if He is there and if He loves you. Then please read the scriptures. Read the Book of Mormon. Prayer is how we talk to Heavenly Father and the scriptures is how He talks back. 

I love you all so much and am grateful for the way you have each shaped me. Even a tiny bit;) Please show love to everyone. Let God's love show through you. 

Love,

Sister Overson

Pics: My too-cute zone/district (it's the same cuz we're so tiny)

A man that we'd never talked to before gave us deer meat. Yayy!!