Conference, honking, and rain (: October 7, 2013

General Conference was awesome! My gosh. I loved it! 1 down on my mission, 2 more to go! That's weird to think! For Saturday conference I was on exchanges, so I was up in Englewood, and just went where my exchange companion told me. So we went to the church building for both those sessions. And then on Sunday I was back in Miamisburg and we went to the church for morning and then over to a members for the afternoon. Which I loved. It felt more like home and family. And I needed that. Conference alone is sad.. And I miss my traditions. And this is the first time in like 2 years that I hadn't actually been at conference. It was sad. But conference was aMAzing! Loved it.

So this week was kinda poop.. But it ended super awesome with Conference, so it was okay that it was a poop week. And Sister Clawson and I are gonna make this next week even betterer! Yes! (:

I've been keeping notes througout the week to tell you things that happen, otherwise I would totally forget and my letters would be terrible. Ha! So here is what I wrote!

I plugged into our GPS how long it takes to drive from Miamisburg, Ohio to Medford, Oregon. It's a total of 2380.8 miles and would take 39 hours and 7 minutes to drive there! Wow! That's a lot! And maybe you all already knew that because you have access to internet whenever the heck you want it, but I felt cool that I got that information on my own. Yay! (: It was just excited to see how far away I was. Sometimes I forget that I'm in Ohio.. I can't wrap my brain around where I am in the United States, I feel like I was just plopped here, so it was cool to see just how far from home I am.

The best thing in life is when we're walking on the sidewalk and someone driving by honks at us and we look at them quickly and as they drive by they're giving us a thumbs up. It's so happy! It makes our day (:

The trees are starting to change color! It's beautiful! They're green and yellow. I can't wait until they're red and orange. Yay! I love trees. I often compliment them. Sister Clawson thinks I'm weird. I'm not. I'm just an Oregonian (;

So with this whole government shut down I'm not sure how long it'll be til I get my visa. I'm thinking this will delay it all the more. Which is annoying.. I wish I had some inkling idea of when I'd be getting it. But I don't.

With conference, are you guys totally doing Elder Ballard's challenge of intiving one person to church or talking to someone or finding someone for the missionaries to teach by Christmas? Cause you should! That's an awesome challenge! (: Conference was so much fun! I loved it so much! How cool that we have a living prophet and apostles! It's great! (: We watched 3 sessions at the church, and then for the Sunday afternoon we watched it at a members home with a family. It was so nice. I loved it. And they fed us dinner. It felt very family like, and I'm glad for that (: But conference was incredible! I can't wait for the talks to come out in the Ensign. Yay!

It's been raining for the past like 3 days. I love it.

Well this month is going to be exciting because Bella, our 11 year old investigator is getting baptized on the 26th! YAY! I'm so excited! (: She is so cute. And my friend. So much so that she made me a bracelet! It was so adorable! In the middle of our lesson she just got up and handed it to me. It was the sweetest thing ever! (:

And then Mariah! Ah! She will most likely be getting baptized the same day, the 26th, just at a different time. I'm so excited for her. She's 18 and is just soaking in the gospel. It's happy to see! She's incredible. I told her that I think she's the reason that I'm in Ohio, and she told me that she had just recently moved down here to the Miamisburg area a couple weeks before I got out here. And she said she just had the feeling that she needed to. And she wasn't sure, and she knew her mom wouldn't like it, and she debated, but she just felt it's what she needed. And then she started crying and the spirit was so strong and it was amazing, and she continued by telling us that we are the reason she needed to be down here. To learn more of the gospel and to come unto Christ. And she said everything else isn't quite going as planned and is hard, but the one thing that is, is the gospel. Is learning about it and knowing that it is true. It was incredible to hear this! She said she had prayed about being baptized and when she was praying she just felt this overwhelming feeling and just started crying and knew that it was right and was what she needed. AH! Amazing!

Then there's Darryl. Who is awesome! He's progressing and we haven't even had a sit down lesson with him! We works a lot so we just stop by and teach him when we catch him and home and we gave him a Book of Mormon. We stopped by yesterday and he told us that he had read in the Book of Mormon and liked it, and that he has been praying and every time he does he just feels good. That's the Spirit! And then he asked if he could come to church this coming Sunday. Um. YES! Holy smokes! He's awesome!

The church is true! It's incredible! I love it (: I love sharing it. We should all strive to do what our Prophet, Thomas S. Monson has asked of us and share the gospel to everyone. You don't have to be a full time missionary to do it. I promise, if you just open your mouth, God will provide you with the words you need to say. It's incredible! I love this work. It's hard. But worth it!

I love you all so much! Momma, you're letter was perfect! Thank you! Tell the whole world to do that! (:

Love you lots and lots and lots! Until next week (:
Sister Dunn!

We looked cute this day, so we tried taking a self timer picture (: We're so far away. Ha. But we're on our balcony with a pretty tree behind us. Happy.

Me and Sister Sofele were accidental twinners during a Zone Conference (:
I LOVE my Disney Princess bandaids and look for any excuse to wear them... On my forehead. Haha!
This one I just wanted to make sure you all still knew that I'm a goof. Best face ever, with an added Princess bandaid! Yes!