You're letting your "hillbilly" show!

I bet you're dying to know about transfers......wait for it......I'm staying in Takena for another 6 weeks! and I am soooo excited! I Love these people! We are teaching a part -member family. The Z---- family ! They are soooo amazing! N---- is the dad and he is not a member. Missionaries have been trying to meet with him for years and they have had ZERO luck...Well Sister Matheny and I have been teaching him for the past few weeks. And he wants to be baptized. ekkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm SO HAPPY! I love N--- Z---- with all my heart! He came to church yesterday ! I was soooo happy! He was just crying... everyone in the Ward calls Sister Matheny and I the dynamic duo... and they are SOOO SAD Sister Matheny is going home, other than that it was a really good sacrament meeting. 

Brother Z--- with Sis M & I

This past week has been really crazy. Apparently when it's cold and rainy and you just shut the car door....the window will break! Cause that SO happened! My first thought was mommy and daddy are going to have to pay for this and either them or my mission president are going to kill me.....second thought, Oh NO what if I lose my driving privileges, seriously do we need to revisit Sister Zubicki trying to bike....Well I'm still alive and still driving so all of my fears proved to be baseless....which is the truth of most fears! 

Our Window....plastic bag style! :(

We can't hear the music, we have to yell to hear each other, oh and did I mention it's winter and amazingly cold and super duper rainy....  so, right when I had almost forgot we were driving a car with a plastic bag window one of the Elders on Sunday said "Hey Sister Zubicki you're letting your "hillbilly" show!" HA!!!! I about fell down I was laughing SO hard! It really is true cause Sis M is all freaked out and I'm like Sister, we have 4 rims and a hood on this bad boy,things ain't that bad! I feel like I'm keeping it real "Sam Hutchens Style!" :) 

We trained at a Zone meeting.... about trusting in the lord.... Not to brag or anything but we did soooo good :) It was a bomb training ! We also taught at mutual. We gave all the young women mission calls and all that good stuff... it was really cute.. we had a blast! I wish I would have done more in Young Women's, I wish it would have been more, it could have been more I think....I also think I want to be a Young Women's leader....one day....cause, I'd rock that calling! 

Thank you all for keeping me in your prayers, I feel their power! Thank you Grandma for never forgetting about me! Thank you mommy & daddy for making sure I never open an empty mailbox! I am thankful for all that I have learned, I am so thankful for the love my Heavenly Father gives me each day. I am thankful for the atonement and the gift it is in my life! I know that there is a living prophet on the earth today that leads and guides us and through the understanding and application of his words we can return to live with our Father in Heaven again. I am thankful for the gospel. I know that Heavenly Father knows each of us personally, he knows our heart ache and our struggles, he knows our wants, our needs, he knows the truths we hold inside of us, he knows our fears and he knows our STRENGTHS! I am so thankful for that knowledge! I KNOW the church is true! And I am thankful for eternal families! 

XOXO

Sis Z

Sister Kiarra Zubicki

3463 NW Knollwood Dr

Albany, OR 97321

Sometimes less is MORE!

EKKKK!!! Okay seriously time is going wayyy to fast! This past week has been a heck of a ride!!!!!! I love my calling :) We had interviews with President. I love him! My interview went really well. I talked to him about me being released from being a STL after this transfer ( something I'm worried about).... and he said That I wont be.. so that's good, since I love it and feel like i am pretty very much good at it :)

Jan 21 is when Sister Matheny leaves.... 22 missionaries are leaving (the largest departing group since the mission opened) I'm freaking out a little.... Sister M drives me crazy but I'm pretty sure I give her a run for the money in the drive each other crazy department, maybe that's why we are a such a good team. So did I mention I'm a little worried about her leaving? Cause it's only just a little...small....minuscule amount....hardly even worth mentioning except...I'm freaking out a little! 

Our area is doing okay. We haven't had a ton of success lately but I plan to change that this week :) Good thing about Monday morning is it's ALWAYS the start of a new week and with it comes new and exciting possibilities. Ellie our recent convert is engaged and just left for BYU  last week... WE are SOOO excited! Like really wow...I didn't even go to BYU, is she trying to show a sista up?! ;)

This past week I've truly felt like I am an instrument in the hands of The Lord, it is SO amazing being here, during this time, doing this work.....what a blessing! Currently my favorite scripture is Mosiah 28:3....look it up and read it! Ponder and pray on the words....it's how I feel about every member and non-member inside my mission. As I have focused on the people I've been teaching and their needs I better understand my purpose as a missionary and as a daughter of My Heavenly Father, and it brings me such joy. 

I am speaking on January 11th about going through the temple and the events in my life since we went through. I'm not nervous anymore when I speak and of course I think my talk is tha' bomb. I wonder does everyone think that....cause sometimes....they aren't.....I try to be as spiritual as possible and try to look to the true and real meaning of ones words but, every once in a while I just have to look up and say.....really?! that's the talk, I missed my plane home cause my mission ended during your talk and I'm so confused I feel like I need to rush straight home and fast and pray to reaffirm my purpose and find my footing again, cause you SO lost me!....okay enough, I'm just saying sometimes less is more people! :)

I loved all the pictures and Scouts letter had us rolling with laughter like always. Mic seriously you are so beautiful I am planning to push you down as soon as I see you! Mommy and daddy your unending love and support keeps me going. I am so eternally grateful to have you as my parents. #familiesareforever

XOXO 

Sis Z

Missionary Christmas "ugly sweater party" (I won!)