FINALLY IN OREGON!!!! :)

Ah life is so crazy! So starting off from talking to you at the
airport I'll just give you a run down of life now.
Got on the plane. Only freaked out a little bit.. It was a super small
plane. So we were shoved in. Haha I was sitting by a huge Elder that
fell asleep before we even took off. So that was fun. But the ride was
good. My ears didn't hurt too much, and they actually popped pretty
fast. So that was really good. The Eugene airport was tiny! Haha and
everyone just stared at us while we walked in this army of 16 Mormon
missionaries. It was great :) President and Sister Russell were
planning on picking us up but they had some other things to do, so
that was different. But a senior couple did and they are the sweetest
people you'll ever meet! Then we went to the mission home and got
settled in kinda and we had a group meeting just to go over some
things and how the schedule would go, and then we had lunch. It was
the best meal! Haha it was a sandwich. The MTC food was good and all,
but..... It was so processed and yeah... Then we had a group thing for
a while. The same guy that picked us up at the airport stood in for
President and did interviews with each of us and we got the low down
on Oregon and we went over driving rules and who to contact in certain
situations and all that jazz. Then we had dinner and it was soooooo
good! Those senior couples are the bomb. They were working so hard and
it was great! President and Sister Russell got there in time for
dinner and talked to us and they are AMAZING!!!!!!!! They are my kind
of people and super inspiring it 's such a blessing. :) then each of
us went to a lesson or something of that sort with a companionship in
the area and it was so cool. I went to a recent convert lesson and it
was so great! I really don't know how to describe these things, but
they are super amazing. After that we went back to the mission home, I
was the first one back so I got to talk to Sister Russell and she is
the best story teller I have ever met. We got to know each other and
she totally reminds me of you mom which is a good thing :) and then
the other missionaries came and we had a little devotional type thing
and we all talked about the things that happened. Some had to knock
doors, some had a mock lesson, some went got baptismal dates set. It
was a good night! We went to bed. And then we got up and had breakfast
and waited to meet our new companions. We went to the church and a
bunch of the missionaries that are in this area sang and such and then
we got assigned. My trainers name is Sister Giles. She is great! 

but we went to our area which is the Springfield 2nd ward. It's just

outside of Eugene and it's an interesting place..... :) but the people

are also really amazing. The first day we went tracting which I'm still

trying not to have a problem with :) but I prayed and decided on a place

on a map and we went to the area and my companion was thinking oh no....
That's not going to be a good place. So we knocked on the door I was
thinking about and no one was there which was discouraging. And then
we saw some people walking to their car and we invited them to the
Labor Day BBQ and later we found out that they were a no contact. But
they were super nice and hopefully they will come tonight. Then we
knocked two more doors.. Haha the first was a lady that was a Jehovah
Witness. She politelyish declined us. The next was a lady that was
some sort of minister.. It was so funny to me. W asked her her name
and she said it and then swiftly volunteered the information of her
being a minister. Hahaha then we asked her if she knew anyone that
could use an uplifting message and she got irritated and said yeah!
There is a whole hospital full of people down the road! Hahahaha it
was funny. But whatever. Then we were going back to our car and found
this amazing woman! :) ah I'm just smiling thinking about it :) we
started talking to her and she talked about how she prays every day
and how there is so much evil in the world and she started to get
emotional and the Spirit was so strong. We shared ether 12 with her
and she said she would read it and we could come back and talk to her
about it. She was like oh can I just photocopy it before you leave,
and we're like oh no :) this is yours. It was great. All of that was
in a matter of 15 minutes. What? Miracle!!!!!! Then we did ward splits
and that was great.  We talked to a lot of people that aren't active
and I think it would be fun to do in the ward at home. It was super
chill and it was a good way to invite people to the BBQ. Then we have
just been studying and training and talking to a lot of people. It's awesome.
We live with two other sisters which is fun! and it's just all great!
Idk what else to tell you :) but that's pretty much the gist of things
:)
 

 
Okay I love you all a lot. Mail wanted. :)
Have a good week!
Love,
Sister Stucki