Dog, Snake & Tornado

I love being a missionary, it's seriously the best but hardest thing ever!  Being able to share the most AMAZING message everyday brings me so much HAPPINESS!!

So I had my first dog attack on my mission. Monday night when we arrived to teach our lesson their dog ran outside. During our lesson they let the dog back inside and he darted right for me and jumped on top of me and started licking me to death, ha ha.

Tuesday night we were going to a less active members house for a lesson. It was dark outside so it was hard to see. When we were walking up to the door I stepped in dog poop. While we were waiting for them to open the door, all I could smell was the poop on my shoe. I kept thinking about how I was going to explain that I couldn't walk into their house without taking my shoes off first. Well no one answered the door. I grabbed my phone for the flash light to see the damage. Instead of seeing dog poop, Sister Bloxham and I see a snake!!  If you know me - I am freaked out by snakes. I start screaming and running for the car, leaving Sister Bloxham in the dark with the snake. She did make it safely to the car and we're pretty sure we gave the family a good show on their doorbell camera.

We had zone council on Wednesday! We role played by sharing a short message and asking questions, but instead of pretending to be someone else we were ourselves. Teaching missionaries to missionaries was so incredible, the spirit was so strong. It helped me remember my purpose as a missionary and why I came on a mission.

Thursday we were under tornado watch so we had to stay inside all day & night. All the members kept calling us during the day to make sure we were okay, it was super sweet of everyone!

Friday we went on exchanges with the STL's (Sister Trainer Leaders) in Fayetteville. I went to visit some members who live on the military base. While I lived in Fayetteville I never got to visit the base, so I was excited to go inside. It was interesting seeing the security clearance I had to go through to enter the base. It was so fun to see and visit with the members who live there.

Love and miss y'all
Sister Ogden

Tornado watch!

Zone Council with Sister Bishop

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