Lawton, Oklahoma

Lawton, Oklahoma is, in a word, lovely. Mind you, most of the people that I meet whilst tracting are either felons or high on meth...but still. LOVELY. It is a slow town with blinking red stop lights and a highly charismatic ward. We're located on a military base, Fort Sill, so our ward members are from all over the world. The most interesting character I have met is "Ashley," formerly known as Brother Fritz." He was once in the bishopric, and now he is a transgendered woman. Fascinating.

My new companion is incredible! She is a biology major at Utah State, a Vernal-raised farm girl. She loves to harmonize, so we spend our days singing to each other and looking for miracles. She loves absolutely everyone we meet, and she is trying to become a bold missionary (something that I have mastered, strangely enough). I am constantly finding sticky notes with kind things written on them-she leaves these little pick-me-ups in my journal, on cereal boxes, in my drawers.

The area was a mess when I arrived! My fist task during lunch and breakfast breaks was to take down the Christmas tree and to clean our nasty apartment. We are also revamping our missionary focus (they only had two progressing investigators, so we're on the quest to find more!). We are the only sisters in the zone, and we love our goofy elders.

Lawton is ablaze with promise. Grateful to be here!