April 11, 2011

Hello all!
So not much to really say about this week. We continue to teach the
Thomas family. We had a lesson with them yesterday after church and
they are were feeling a little down. The adversary was working really
hard on them and they were feeling it. Huck just kept telling us to
pray for them. At church I saw Katherine talking to a few ladies in
the ward. She told them that they were getting baptized and wanted
them to come if they could. So cool! She was telling everyone what
time and inhibited them all to come. :) I am so excited for this family
and the ward is WAY excited. It has been a challenge teaching the
young daughter. She has a hard time paying attention and isn't so sure
if she is ready to get baptized. Please pray for her. Oh yeah, Sister
Abbott called me last night and told me that she is flying down for
the baptism, that will be fun to see her again. :)
We have picked up lots of people that had been investigating a year or
more ago. We taught a lady that had been reading from the Book of
Mormon and wants to come to church. She expressed that she would love
if God would call a prophet on the earth again. I love when people say
that, cause then we are able to teach and testify that we do! She was
just amazed as we told her and invited her to find out for herself.
It has been really cold, windy and wet the last few days. We woke up
on Wed morning and it was snowing. We ran in the cold that morning,
and my body didn't like that too much. I now have the nose drip and
cough thing going on... not fun.
We are getting a new mission president in June and so tomorrow we are
meeting with President to talk about the changes that will be
happening. I am going to miss President so much when he leaves. He has
been such an amazing example to me! The new President, Mark Young,
will be here for 2 weeks with President in June and then take over. I
hope the transition goes well.
That's all for now. I'm good, the work is fantastic. Hope you all have
a wonderful week!

Love Sister Glasgow XOXO

April 4, 2011

Diana Johnson got baptized on Friday!! It was such a miracle week for
sure! We had a lesson on Wednesday and she asked if she could move the
baptism up to the weekend. It was her birthday on the 1st and she
really wanted to do it before she went out of town for a 2 weeks. It
was such a great experience. She was SO HAPPY!! Gosh, it was a cool
experience to see all my prayers answered as she turned her life
around from all the drugs and alcohol. The gospel is true and Jesus
Christ's atonement can free us from the hurt, pain and suffering. I
was able to see that with my own eyes as I was able to be around
Diana. I love that lady so much!! She kept saying, "we need to find
more people to baptized!" So glad that happened this week :)
We went over to the Thomas families house this last week and Katherine
told us that she went without coffee for 5 days, and had been reading
the book of mormon each day. After the first night of reading, she was
on her way to take her son to an activity and she felt this peace
surround her. She recognized that it was the spirit. She wanted to
keep reading longer than 5 minutes each night (we told her to do at
least 5 min a day) because she wanted to know what was next. She said
it just drew her in each time she read.... with that, she said that
they wanted to get baptized as a family on the 21st of this month. You
have no idea how happy I was!! I could have screamed for joy, instead
we waited until we left and S. Smith and I flipped out. haha. The
daughter said that I was beaming! I love this family so much and I am
so excited for them. As we have taught this last week I have seen a
miracle occur. The parents are taking time to teach their kids as we
talk about the plan of salvation. They each bear testimony of what we
say. Such a great sight to see!!! I am so thrilled for them. Such a
great opportunity to know their family. So great!
We found Vernell this week. It just so happens that she is dating
someone in Eugene. She loves motorcycles, has a big rose tatoo on her
foot and is so sweet! She was so interested in the book of mormon and
kept saying stuff about the guy she was dating. I think she believes
it all. I'm excited to keep teaching her.
Stephanie Morelock, rc in Santa Clara texted me this weekend and her
and Omar are engaged!! They are getting married sometime in June or
July. So happy for them, even more happy that they get to go to the
temple in October at her 1 year mark!! Baptisms are great, Temple is
fabulous!
General Conference was amazing!! S. Smith and I have been talking a
lot about families and I was so grateful that I was prepared to hear
the cousel from the General Authories about the family and how
important they are to the world. I especially loved E. Perry's
talk.... thanks mom and dad for making us stay in our sunday clothes
:). I loved Elder Robbins talk about being and doing. I thought about
people I admire and when you take away talents, abilities and careers,
what kind of character do they have? I enjoyed his counsel on being. I
loved E. Holland's talk and his witness of President Monson being an
angel here for us. I appreciated all the testimonies and counsel. I
hope that you all had a wonderful time watching it!!
I am thankful to be a member of this church. I love that it makes me
happy and helps me in my life. I'm blessed to have such a good family
that raised me to do good. I love that Christ is our perfect example
and the only way back to full happiness with our Father in Heaven. I
love you all!

Love Sister Glasgow

Mar 28, 2011

Hello my loved ones!
Sister Abbott is officially home and goes by the name of Erin...
weird. It was hard seeing her pack up and stuff, but she's doing great
things now.
My new comp- Sister Smith is adorable. She's from Orange County
California and loves smiling and being happy! That is a positive! I
haven't had a comp from Utah yet-- that is slim in the OEM. We have
had a great week so far and have loved working hard together.
This week at district meeting we talked about setting goals and asking
inspired questions. We listened to a talk by Elder Maxwell and he said
something that has been on my mind a lot! God has loved us and known
us for a long time. That really struck my heart as I listened to his
words. We only have a short time on the earth. We have to do things
now! I can't wait tomorrow, cause I might not have a tomorrow. I can't
comprehend just how much God loves me. I get to feel that love as I
meet people and share the gospel. I'm grateful that I know where I
came from. I have purpose and meaning to my life. If I am faithful, I
can return back to my Father in Heaven. What an amazing plan this is!
We had a blast at the coast last week! We got to play football on the
beach with the Elders. The weather was really nice. It didn't start
raining until the drive home. It was pretty hilarious... S. Abbott
went to touch the water, well it creeped up on her and she got soaked
up to her waist. She had to run a good 200 yards till she was on dry
ground. haha. I think that was one of my fav p-days so far!
Josh Cline was baptized on Saturday. His older brother, Chris got to
baptize him. It was so great!! I loved the change in this whole
family. It makes me so happy to see them grasp onto the gospel and not
let go. I got to sing at the baptism and the ward mission leader
insisted that I record it.. so I got to record it. haha, I guess I am
going famous in Sweet Home. The ward is having a talent show and they
are not letting me get away without performing. I will send a copy
home. :)
The Thomas family are doing fantastic!! The night before S. Abbott
left, they had us over for dinner. Huck let us know that he believes
it all. I wanted to cry!! It has been amazing to see his countence
change and soften up. Instead of analyzing everything we say, he bears
testimony of what we say to his family. Wow. Katherine is still
searching and praying. Huck told us that they are making a lot of
progress. We are teaching the 2 kids and everything is so awesome!!
They will make it!
Diana has a date for Mother's Day. She has completely stopped all the
drugs and alcohol. She told us she never wants to do that again. Her
and her uncle, Allen, came to church yesterday and had a fantastic
time! Diana's eyes are filled with light. She told us she wants to be
obedient to ALL the commandments. She is never going to leave what she
knows, cause she is so much happier with God and Jesus.
I feel so blessed that Sweet Home has just blossomed. So many
wonderful people and miracles happen each day. I'm glad that the Lord
has given me this opportunity. I know I'm not supposed to have
favorites, but this is becoming a favorite of mine. I hope to stay
here a while longer!
We got to attend the YW Broadcast this week. I was so emotional as the
YW sang the opening choir piece. They said something about how they
were guardians of light. Gosh is was good.. listen to it if you didn't
get the chance. Anyways I just appreciated what Elder Eyring said
about gaining our own living testimony. We need that!! I was secretly
hoping that they would encourage every girl to serve a mission... they
are the best!! They also had a scripture in Romans 12:21 that I liked.
I cross refrenced it to Hel 5:7. We need to do good. Be the good
samaritan. Stand up for what you believe and live what you know is
right and true.
I'm so happy right now. I love being here in Oregon. Although the sun
shines, the people shine and the Lord shines on us. I love you all.
Have fun watching conference and don't forget to have a question in
mind!!

Love Sister Glasgow

Mar 21, 2011

Aubrey usually writes a separate letter for the blog, but she must have only had time to write me so I am sharing my letter today...

Hey Mom,
Thank you for writing me, I didn't know if I would get any emails,
cause I am emailing early. We get to go to the COAST!! I am so
excited. I guess I can just get your email and be fine, cause I am
lucky to go.
When we saw Diana I was shocked at
how much people can go thru. It broke my heart to see the pain and
fear in her eyes. I really have never been around people like that
before my mission. My eyes have been opened really big. Gosh, it is
sad some of the lives that people live. Diana told us all about the
drugs, rape, abuse and alcoholism... not things that I wanted to hear,
but she just blurred it all out. I am grateful for the priesthood!! I
have a huge testimony and saw a huge difference soon after the
blessing. When she came to the church she was beaming. I feel so
blessed to live in a world that is hurting and I get to come in and
bring some light. That is an odd statement, but it is true. So many
times, S. Abbott always talk about how blessed we are to be raised in
the gospel. The gospel brings so many blessings and the trials and
troubles are easier. I am experiencing so many things that wouldn't
happen unless I came on a mission.
So Abbott is leaving on Tuesday evening and I get my new comp, S.
Smith on Wednesday afternoon. I will be staying with this girl in the
ward for the hours I don't have a companion. kinda weird. S. Smith
served down south with me in my first area. She is pretty quiet, but
really sweet. I feel blessed to have good comps. She will be great.
Honestly mom, I am gonna miss her. She has taught me a lot and I have
applied so many things to help me be her comps. I love her. It is
weird that she is going home, but it will be good for her. She bore
bore her testimony in sacrament and I just bawled. She is a good
missionary and has done a fantastic job! I already told her that she
better write me. She said she would be a good emailer and we will keep
in touch. So glad we were comps again.
I am so excited for you to go to Havasupi!! You will LOVE it! Make
sure to take lots of pics k?
Thanks for all the love and updates. Glad that no one has been
seriously hurt. I have been really protected on my mission, so much
protection!
The weather is alright. It rains a bit everyday, beautiful rainbows,
sunsets and clouds in the sky. I love it here!! (not enough to move
back though) :) The trees are all starting to have flowers on them, it
is gorgeous!!
I have gotten some of Cedar's letters. He has changed so much and has
been such a good example to me!! I miss him. I hope that I can talk to
him on the phone again for mother's day.
K I love you, have a good day!!!

Love Sister Glasgow XOXO
Tell Morgan and Jodi congrats!! When does B know what she is gonna have!

March 14, 2011

This week was pretty amazing.
We had some sweet lessons with Jon Cannon. He had been really scared
to get baptized and we couldn't really figure out why. Well, we talked
about the priesthood, bore our testimonies and promised him blessings.
Sister Losee and I were on exchanges at that lesson and we invited him
to be baptized, again!! haha. He said he wanted to fast again and come
to stake conference. We said alright and left. Jon came to Stake
conference and had a great time. During the conference, Elder Jensen,
from the Seventy, spoke about many great insights on how we can KNOW
something is true. One of which he talked about John 7:17, if any man
will do his will, he shall KNOW of the doctrine. He said that
sometimes people will fast, whether it be for a job, help with school
or someone struggling to know if they should be baptized on a
particular day. Fasting is a way for us to do his will and KNOW of the
doctrine. My eyes started to water the second he said that. I was so
grateful that Jon came and felt the spirit. President and Sister
MacDonald also spoke. Pres told about a family that had been taught
several times and finally he asked them, "You have had so many
witnesses and answers, the Lord is only going to give you so many
times to listen." Jon felt that President was talking directly to him.
Anyways, after many weeks of inviting Jon to follow Christ, he will be
baptized on Thursday night. It is a miracle!! I am so excited for him!
Along with all the other missionaries that have taught him over the
past 2 years.
More from Stake Conference... Elder Jensen also talked about how we
can KNOW by their fruits (Matt 7) and by the Spirit (Moroni 10:5) I
was really grateful for that talk. We can know if things are true and
right. God wants us to know how to return. These 3 ways are how I have
seen a lot of answers to questions I have had. I know things are real
and right thru these ways. President Carlile gave an excellent talk
about parking lots. He said that he was helping direct people into the
parking lot when they held the open house to the Portland Temple. He
loved feeling in charge and in control of things. As he was in the
parking lot he felt a lot of peace and happiness. He then started to
notice that every person that would return from the temple had bright
smiling faces. He wanted that more than the parking lot. At the end of
the night, he finally had the opportunity to go thru and feel and see
what everyone was so happy about. He explained that sometimes the
parking lot is fun, but we need to go further than the parking lot and
get to the greater things in life-- the temple being one of those
things. I felt so uplifted as I listened and received answers to
questions that I had and it helped me to feel more motivated to go out
and work harder.
Huck and Katherine Thomas along with their 2 kids also came. They are
the family that has been coming to church in a different ward for the
last several months. They enjoyed it and we get to meet with them
tomorrow night again. I'm excited for them to progress towards
baptism.
Sister Abbott goes home next Tuesday... I can't believe that!! Holy
smokes! Today we went to the mall and she bought an outfit for her
homecoming talk... talk about a trunky day for all 5 of us sisters (we
met up with the sisters in Corvallis too). We had a fun, long day of
shopping. That was more tiring than missionary work. Glad I don't get
to shop anymore haha.
Josh Cline is getting baptized at the end of the month!! Woo hoo!! He
is 9 years old and when we went back this week to teach, he took out
his earring. He wants to follow Christ and he knew that he shouldn't
be wearing it. He is soooo smart! I love hearing his prayers.
So we hear about the earthquake. We had big waves on the coast, I
guess. Last night we had a huge terrible wind storm... someone said a
tornado hit down in Lebanon, but I don't really believe them, gossip
from small town to small town. We didn't have power from 2pm- 10pm,
huge trees were falling down and lots of havoc thru the mountain
areas. We were safe though. We taught Jon last night and he lit up
his oil lamps. It made me think of President Monsons talk from
conference and being grateful. I hate being without light, but so
grateful for the nice things that I get to enjoy, even if they didn't
work for a few hours ;)
I love you all. I am so happy to be here as a missionary. Each day I
am here, it makes me so grateful to be learning from my trials and get
to be apart of some amazing miracles!! Have a great week, spring break
:)

Love Sister Glasgow XOXO

March 7, 2011

Well this week was up and down and all over the place.
Diana has been gone the last 3 weeks. She changed her phone number and
is still in Coos Bay. We stopped by her house and spoke to her uncle
today. he told us that she had been drinking some booze and that she
wouldn't be back for a while.... that about broke my heart. I continue
to pray for her and know she will join the church some day.
Jon is doing awesome!! He was interested in joining the church about a
year ago, but due to living situations, couldn't be baptized. We have
been meeting the last 3 weeks and he told us this week that he didn't
feel that same excitement like he did the first time. As we prayed
about what he needed to hear, we decided that we needed to tell him
that heavenly father loved him. We had a good lesson and then left. he
talked to us the next day and said that he prayed and read all of 1
nephi. He thanked us for telling him that he was loved and that helped
him feel the spirit again. He is working to be baptized in a few
weeks.
We met with this sweet couple, Huck and Katherine. They have 2 kids.
They have been "researching the church" for about a year now. They had
us over for dinner and asked us "why should our family join the
church" As I pondered this question, it was great to have the spirit
testify to them that they needed to be baptized, receive the holy
ghost and enjoy the blessing of the temple and all others that god had
in store for them. I don't think I have met anyone so ready, prepared
and studied up before. Huck said that he can't stop searching and
learning about the church. He ordered a quad online, has read the
gospel principles book and has been going to church in Albany for 3
months. Wow, he knows a lot about the church!! Gosh, it was awesome to
have a good discussion with him and his wife and kids. I am so
grateful that they are interested. We invited them to be baptized....
that blew them away!! They didn't really think it was necessary to
meet with missonaries, cause they didn't understand what our job was.
They had been anti-missionaries for a long time, but friends of Huck's
convinced them to meet with us. They fed us dinner and told us all
about their experience with the church over the last year or so. They
have had SO many witnesses and are reading and praying about the Book
of Mormon. Basically when we invited them to follow Christ and be
baptized, the spirit testified to them that it was good and right. It
was a powerful lesson and we get to see them again this week!!
Today we taught a less active lady, Lisa Cline. She told us that she
asked her 9 year old son if he wanted to be taught so he could get
baptized... he said yes! What??
This week although has been full of sad and happy experiences, the
Lord is definitely in charge. I have no doubts about that.
I am grateful for the miracles I have seen in my life. One huge
miracle happened a few hours ago. We met up with the Elders for lunch
and as we pulled out of the parking lot, they ran into a guy on a
motorcycle. It totally dented the car and demolished the bike. I saw
the whole thing happen. uhhhh, my stomach hurt so bad. The guy flew
off into the street. Luckily the elders and the biker guy were okay.
The man hurt his leg pretty bad. He wasn't the nicest guy to them and
I felt horrible for the Elder driving the car. It was a miracle that
no one was badly injured or killed for that matter. It really ruffled
all of us. As we said a prayer after wards, a peace fell upon us all
and we are so thankful that everything will be okay.
On the good side of things, we played this funny game, would you
rather...? I would highly recommend it to anyone!! So hilarious!
Today, Stephanie and Omar are driving up to Sweet Home to take us to
dinner in Corvallis. We weren't able to make it to Eugene a few weeks
ago, so Steph said they wanted to come up here!! I am soooooo excited
to see that girl again!! Love her so much!
Well, that about sums this week up. I am grateful for my life. I love
this work. I know that we all go thru trials and struggles, but the
Lord is aware of us. As we repent, the Lord takes the burdens and
lightens our load. He forgives us of sin, he knows everything!! I love
that. I love the gospel.

Love Sister Glasgow

March1, 2011

Boy oh boy it has been freezing up in here! I have felt so miserable
out in the cold snow, rain and wind. Ceds-- you are sooo lucky to be
in the heat haha!!
Well Diana FINALLY got back from her trip and we got to meet with her.
We read from the Book of Mormon in Mosiah 18. She understood
everything and wants to get baptized on her dad's bday in a few weeks!
I was so nervous and frustrated about her leaving and having all the
problems, but I was grateful that she made it back safe.... but THEN,
she had to leave for Coos Bay this weekend cause she was moving her
daughter. I swear Satan doesn't want this lady to progress at all. As
I thought about her situation, I realized that the adversary was
trying to work on me and it was effecting my work as a missionary. I
finally had to look over some things and pray that things would work
out. I felt a lot of peace and comfort knowing that the elect- Diana,
will not be led astray. I'm excited for her to get back in town again!
BTW... she told us that her whole fam is gonna come to the baptism and
that she wants them to all search the church and hopefully join like
her. haha! She wants 2 pews saved for her fam!
We got to teach Zora last week. She fell a few nights ago and hurt her
hip really bad... seriously why does all this crap happen to our
investigators?? I'm am learning some patience :) She got a blessing
this weekend and is making progress each day. She is excited to attend
the addiction recovery program so she can stop smoking. We are also
getting her some tapes of the BOM to listen too. As we met with her
today we talked about repentance and the healing that comes thru Jesus
Christ. Zora has gone thru A LOT in her life. She shared experiences
of how God loves her and that things in the past can be forgiven and
she can move on. It was so great to hear that!
I have been thinking a lot about the changes in my life and the help
that I have received from Jesus Christ. I love in Alma 36 when Alma is
teaching about why a belief of Jesus Christ is important. He tells
Helaman that he needs to put his trust in the Lord and that he will be
supported. He goes on and tells of his conversion and the joy from
repenting. He again bears his testimony of trusting in the Lord and
receiving that support. I love this story and it has really helped me
see that I need to be repenting and changing somethings in my life.
The support that I have felt in my trials has meant the world to me.
The struggles, temptations and trials don't seem so big when I remember
and trust in the Lord. I know that I have been able to overcome
difficulties and it is all thru the Savior's atonement. I feel like in
my mission I have felt a different kind of joy, a heightened
happiness, but I know that it can be even more enjoyable as I turn my
ways to the Lords ways. I am so blessed to have this knowledge. I am
so blessed to serve a mission. These experiences I am having has
changed me and is making me a better person for the future!
I love you all! Remember TKOGON-- the kingdom of God or nothing. :)

Love Sister Glasgow XOXO