Catherine's Missionary Adventures: July 28, 2014 Santa Clara

July 28, 2014

Well, we have seen a ton of miracles this week. It has been amazing what we have done and experienced. Pretty crazy week but so well worth it! So don’t freak out mom but there are a ton of homeless guys here and we have befriended the whole block! We try to walk a lot so we talk to them and usually they are really nice and love talking about Christ so we have a great time visiting them. One guy named Rodger, we met recently is great!. We spoke to him one time on the street; we talked about his faith and also his baptism. It was a very spiritual experience as we talked to him about Heavenly Father's love for him and our Savior. He loved talking to us and had such a glow as we spoke. We asked if we could visit him again so we set up to meet at McDonalds. Well we sadly didn’t see him again that day. BUT! We saw him on the corner of the street near where we live and were like HEY!! What happened?! haha he said he isn’t ready for religion yet. He has had too many trys to teach him and he just is confused and wants a break. We explained how that is totally fine and how we know we crossed paths with him for a reason. That God is watching out for him and the spirit we have felt as we meet with him is Heavenly Father expressing his love to him. We expressed how we have loved talking to him each time and he is grateful for how friendly and cheery we are. He said we always make his day when he sees us. He said we could talk to him anytime if we are around and we were like OH YEAH! He called us his homies and we are now best buds. He is such a cool guy and really loves talking to us. He says we have such a light within us and bring such a spirit. He is really glad we can still be friends and it doesn’t have to be about teaching him about Christ. We figured all we could do is at least share spiritual things with him that would uplift him and bring the spirit. He is being prepared though to hear more and that time will come as we continue to see him. We always leave people with prayers and every time we honestly just love the feeling. It’s just so peaceful as we end the prayer and he has a light as well as we leave. IT WAS AWESOME THOUGH MEETING HIM! The homeless truly are some of best people to teach because they are humble. They don’t have much and figure there is something more. I admire each of them as we talk to them. They are great here in Eugene.

We had a awesome opportunity to be volunteered at U of O on Tuesday and Friday helping out with the Junior Olympics for track! THAT WAS AWESOME! We got a ton of free adidas stuff and watched the athletes practice, AND we might have been on TV. If you go to YouTube and look up 2014 junior Olympics flag ceremony or opening ceremony we were on it! We were holding the flags and got to walk around the major track field they have at Hayward track field! IT WAS SUCH A COOL EXPERIENCE! Then on Saturday we got to go to the Portland temple too which is so beautiful! We went with our mission president which was great to ride up with him! It was so great to go. I truly miss going but such a blessing we still have a chance to go every so often. All is great though! I LOVE EUGENE! I love my companion. She is such a star! She is catching on so fast and is amazing! I love working with her! Funny story about last week! They are crazy about recycle here and don’t have bags. You have to buy your own! We were so dumb and lost ours last week. Today we improved but are so foreign to this place! But oh wells! It’s always an adventure in Oregon! LOVE YOU ALL TONS! HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
LOVE SISTA FLETCH