NEVER Ask a Woman When She's Due!

Hahahah okay seriously you guys have wayyyyy to much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hahahah I literally just died laughing! The description of Scouts birthday party and ALL that happened....SO funny, you should quit your job and tell stories for a living!

This past week was really long. It has finally started cooling off... I love it! It has been 75 the past few days... Our area is really slow but we saw a really cool miracle last week. Here's what happened:

Sister Matheny and I were saying a prayer before we left our apartment to go to work... and right after we got done saying the prayer I had the strongest impression to talk to EVERYONE who was pregnant.... So I told Sister Matheny and she said .... hahah okay... we get in the car and start driving... she's driving... about 2 mins later... I yell " STOP THE CAR NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" After slamming on the brakes and both of us coming up close and personal with our seat belts,  she's like what what what's going on.... I say there is a pregnant woman back there and we NEED to talk to her. So we pull the car over.. say a prayer and get out.... we are walking up North Albany road, which is a huge super busy road, and has the biggest hill ever! So we are literally speed walking up this hill trying to catch this couple.... they are way ahead of us so I say a prayer out loud and ask Heavenly Father to slow them down so we can talk to them... and of course he does..... so, picture this.... a man and woman sitting down... 2 sister missionaries hiking up the road toward them...oh yeah and people that are driving down the road yelling " HEY SISTERS".... so the couple sees us coming and gets up and starts walking off and I'm like " HEY! How are you?!" They stop and we start talking to them and I wanted so badly to ask her when she was due but I didn't.... thank goodness! Cause moments later we find out she's NOT PREGNANT she is having stomach problems and had just left the hospital.... so I teach her about the priesthood and ask her if she would like a blessing from the elders and she said sure... (she doesn't live in our area).... so we exchanged info and we decided to say a prayer with her..... we all hold hands and say a prayer... and when we get done praying she said through tear filled eyes,  I know God is aware of me because he just spoke through the two of you. It was the coolest thing ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We spoke yesterday in sacrament meeting. Afterwards so many people told me how amazing my talk was and how much they cried. While getting ready to leave, I saw a couple in the back that I have not seen before so we went to talk to them... It turns out that she's a member of only 2 years and the guy she was with isn't.. He said to me "Sister thank you so much for your talk and testimony ..... I will be attending church every Sunday "... then he said "For some reason I felt like your talk was only for me.. like you were talking directly to me".... it was so cool.. the elders are working with them now...oh yeah I don't think I told you that we share a ward with elders.

Sister Mathenys brother is leaving for his mission next month, her family told her they saw Grandma at the temple.... Sister Mathenys mom told her that she just cried when she saw " Sweet little Sister Hutchens".... so cool! I LOVE Grandma and her sweet spirit!

This week has been filled with blessings and as you can see, a lot of praying! Don't have much time today so I have to cut this letter short.

I love you ALL! Tell Granny I'm glad her party was bomb.com and I can't wait to be there next year! You are SO seriously the most amazing mom ever and I am crazy lucky to have you! Love you more than a fat kid loves cake!

Sis Z

#1 in "Mission Love"

So much has happened this past week, where to begin....when we got to Albany we didn't have a place to live. So we've been leaving with some sisters in our mission. We finally got moved in on Saturday and we big fat LOVE our apartment! It's so HUGE! (Remember I spent the last 6 weeks in a shoe box) We live with a member, in her basement. It is so nice!

We are sharing a ward with a companionship of elders.... the ward is pretty small just a little bigger than a branch. My companion is Sister Matheny, grandma knows her mom. We are STL's together and we are having a BLAST! We decided as a companionship that we would get bikes???? I know RIGHT?! I was recently almost killed on a bike :) hahahahahahahahhahahaha Never did I ever think that would come out of my mouth. This mission is all about facing fears, doing what I haven't done, throwing myself into the uncomfortable, doing what scares me and...yes riding a bike....in a skirt....in the 100 degree (EXTRA Humid) heat! Fairly sure I Won't put the big blue "Let the Holy Spirit Guide" sticker on my helmet.....but, I'll keep you posted ;) We are really excited! So this week we are looking for bikes.

We taught this past week at zone training meeting....the spirit was so strong! We are not really sure what everyone else thought about it... but we feel like we were Rock Stars! We are speaking in sacrament meeting not this Sunday but the following Sunday..... we are talking about missionary work, I'm centering my talk around the quote... "Preach the gospel, and when necessary uses words."

Oh, maybe I should have started off by saying; we are serving in Albany, OR in the Takena Ward. We taught relief society yesterday on eternal marriage. I talked about thinking and accepting that I would never be sealed to my family and shared dads conversation story everyone was crying it was great! (Is it a little strange that I think everyone crying is great?!) We have a new investigator named K--- she came to church yesterday and we are teaching her this Thursday, we are really excited!!!!!!!!!!! Pray for us and for her.

Sis Z Follies:

~ Almost stepped on 3 snakes this week! How can I keep my eye on the goal when I have to constantly stare at the ground for fear of losing a foot to a snake bite! :/

~Got chased down the road by a man yelling "Your church is a cult!" Yes chasing implies running cause I'm not sure what was going to happen if he caught us but, the large stick did not imply we would be getting warm hugs and ice cream! Sis Z was gettin it! ;)

~I have had FIVE meetings this week! Someone decided being on a mission is like having a job....the nerve of some people ;)

Did I mention I LOVE my companion? Cause I do, I really really do! And did I mention that I'm not keeping score or anything but when it comes to families and the "mission love" mine is Far & Away #1!

My message to y'all this week is hold tight! Hold tight to each other, hold tight to those you love and hold tight to those who love you. Never let go of the teachings of the Church. Hold tight to your testimony....it is true that if you don't use something you will lose it.....it may be sacred and one of your most truest possessions but, it's not a secret; SHARE it and watch it Grow! Hold tight to your standards, never bend....bending leads to breaking. There will always be something to test us, to try to measure our strength...our commitment, how easy is it to be valiant when the storms rage and we cry out for the Lords help and guidance....in calm waters we must always show our gratitude and hold tight to the ordinances we have made with our Father in Heaven. Hold tight to the scriptures; feast upon their words, for all that you seek is held within them.

I love you ALL! Mom & Granny Happy Birthday this week! Next year I will be there to help y'all get your party on! Daddy...I am SO lucky I get to call you dad! Mik you are absolutely beautiful! I love getting your letters, you make me laugh out loud, you are almost as funny as me! Pipe and Stella, big sissy loves you to the moon and back!

AND WHAT ARE WE NAMING MY NEW SISTER?????

XOXO

Sis Z

Sister Zubickis new address is:

3463 North West Knollwood Dr

Albany, OR

97321

The Wreck!

ATTENTION PEEPS: I'm getting transferred, going out on my own

as a Sister Training Leader! There has been a change in

transfers which means we get transferred on Tuesdays instead of

Mondays. We will also be taking a 6 week break from iPads which means

I will not have my iPad for a while. We feel it's what the

missionaries in our mission need to regain their focus and dedication

to serving The Lord.

This past week has LITERALLY been one heck of a ride ! This past week

I went on an exchange with sister Williams... It was so great but

that's beside the point. When I get to her area she says "Sister Z

how do you feel about riding bikes ?" I said " that's totally fine...

Who wouldn't want to ride bikes in 100 degree weather ?" Hahahahahha

so we get to their apartment and get the bikes. The bike I'm riding

belongs to a sister who is a good foot an a half taller than

me...which means the seat of the bike was at my arm pit when I was

standing next to it... So picture this. Me, trying to get on a freakin

horse with a skirt on... 100 degrees outside... With a big blue helmet

that has a sticker on it that says "let the Holy Spirit guide" . I

have no idea how to ride a bike in a skirt so, to everyone who

says "it's just like riding a bike".....obviously is under the impression

that one has previously conquered the whole bike riding "thing....in a skirt!"

It is indeed a challenge. Soooooo, we are riding along for what feels like

10 miles :) and Sister Williams says "I'm going on the road, Sis Z you

go on the sidewalk."

Whoa wait WHAT!? Aren't we supposed to stay together?!

I'm a big girl and on the sidewalk I go...Everything is fine and all of a

sudden BAM I'M ON THE GROUND... IN THE MIDDLE OF ON

COMING TRAFFIC. I literally felt like I was in a movie!!!!!

Everything was in slow motion... I just stopped and looked around *****

It was so funny and so intense! I took my minor brush with death

as the Lord impressing upon me that he had made me a "car-riding" missionary

for a reason! So we went back to the house and got the car.... I'm not trying

to stereotype but.....brown people in skirts should not ride bikes!

Brother S--- (our investigator) got baptized on Saturday! Seriously

the S--- family is so amazing! They have changed by life! Seeing him be

baptized by his son and exit the water, shining with the light of the Lord,

filled me with such joy!

FAMILIES CAN BE TOGETHER FOREVER !

(The Wreckage)

Please send mail to:

Sister Kiarra Zubicki

Salem Oregon Mission

700 Deborah Rd # 260

Newberg, OR

97132