Sister Kinsey O'Dell's Mission to Canada: I am officially a cowgirl! (May 19)

After this week I can officially say that I am a cow girl! haha As a district we went branding! It's the most interesting and sad (coming from a cow lover) thing ever. Branding consists of burning the family logo onto their skin, cutting a piece of their ear off, putting tags on their ears, giving them shots and castrating them! hahah But before all of that you have to wrestle the calf down onto their side so you can do all of those things. Sister Gonzalez and I got to wrestle a cow down! Those baby cows are pretty strong. We also helped with cutting a piece of their ear off! Branding is also the grossest smell ever. In a weird way, it was a fun experience! Especially with my awesome district. :)

On Thursday night we went on splits with two laurels from Leavitt ward that are preparing for missions. The girl I went with, Devonie, totally reminds me of myself and reminds me of when I use to go out with the sister missionaries in my ward back home. It's just crazy to me to think that I've swapped roles and I'm the missionary now helping other girls prepare for missions! It's just awesome :)

Friday we met with the Marples, an older couple from England who have a less active and possible non-member they want us to meet with. I love being at the Marples house because they remind me of my grandparents from Wales! Especially Brother Marples!

Sunday I was at church from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. I don't think I have every been at church for that long straight! haha but oddly enough I love it! The Sabbath day is my favorite day because it gives you such a spiritual boost to help you throughout your week.

This week has been pretty slow working with our investigators and our potential investigators. It's been a bit discouraging but it's a new week and I'm excited to see what happens!

I hope you all have a great week! Love you all so very much :)

Love,

Sister O'Dell