WELL WHAT A WEEK!!?!?!?!?!??!. If I was Sis. Schofield then I would say "what a gong show!?" hahaha thats her funny little saying..apparently its Canadian.
First of all SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE DOWN IN UTAH.... I. LOVE YOU and I need you ALL to do something... look out your WINDOWS..yup look out your windows and then look at the MOUNTAINS. and now just blow a kiss to them for me cause lets just say it looks like Kansas here. There are NONE.. well everyone says there are mountains but they are 4 hours away in JASPER... (WHICH I GET TO GO TO NEXT MONDAY :):):) ) but ya so kiss the mountains for me...maybe hike in them...and just love them cause I really took those babies for granted and THEN one more favor...look at yourselves and then give yourself a HUUUUUGE hug from me cause I sure miss you :), but guess what I haven't even cried the whole time I have been here!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so impressed with myself. I'm being negative... let me just tell you how wonderful it is here. I love Spruce Grove (which you need to look up cause I wanna hear your opinion of how CUTE it is right??) I love the ward. I love my whole HOUSE! jk its an apartment but I had to say that :) I DONT love these computers cause I dont know how to attach photos so imma have to try and figure that out....ummmmm lets see I actually love the weather suprisingly...it does this BEAUTIFULLEST THING EVER in the mornings... so its so so soooo cold like -15 C so....i think thats like 10 F I dunno... but its cold... maybe colder than that and THE WATER IN THE AIR FREEZES and makes FAIRY DUST MAGIC IN THE AIR... like you're walking in sparkles...thats what it looks like and I think I couldnt have been happier this morning to be skippin around in sparkle air! Its the best!
So ya, its freezing, I live in my fleece lined tights..maybe even 2 pairs a day! (shout out mama Siniscalchi and my lil sis Cate for those babies)
Oh and lemme answer your questions cause your so great at that :)

Did you move at the beginning of the month? if so, How did the move go?

so... we moved on SATURDAY... the... well just this past Saturday.. the 2nd?? I dunno its all a blur haha but ya it went good :) we just set up our beds and all and our apt is HUGE and newish! well its nice :) and guess what!! we have TWO BATHROOMS... wellll WASHROOMS haha and so we have our own vanity get ready at the same time! We're so spoiled, haha I love it.. the elders who helped us move were so jealous and so funny they're like "well sisters is this gonna work for you...does this meet your expectations??" paha!

Did you have to smoosh everything back into your 2 suitcases again?

Ummm YES! Since I knew we were just driving like 30 minutes I didn't even fold my stuff so so nice and shoved it in the suitcase... I have to iron everything again :P whatever, it warms my hands up I guess :)

Who have you been teaching? Any referrals?  Any Goldens?

Ok teaching!!!!! SO for some reason MY idea of missionary work was that we would be teaching 10 people a day or something... HA!! Maybe 3 a day... MAYBE. We do lots of other stuff too! This morning we volunteered at this cute little thrift shop and we TESTED TOYS...LIKE SANTA'S ELVES!! It was so fun, except kinda dirty.. but way fun :) and we also do lots of service for the single ladies in the ward like yard work and washing walls and helping people move..I love it all and I LOVE the people here.. let me just tell you about some of the people we are ACTUALLY TEACHING.. so we don't have any like legit "progressing investigators" just people that are gaining testimonies and they dont even know it. My favorite people EVER are Alfred and Nancy... they both have got to be in their late 70's and they live in the senior village..WELL they called US! and said "WE KNOW YOU ARE HERE WHY HAVEN'T YOU COME SEEN US YET??" HHAHAHA so we drove over there and they both were just soooo excited to see missionaries and that we were GIRLS and they didn't know GIRLS could serve missions and that oh missionaries this and missionaries that are so so great and such a wonderful spirit and Sis. Schofield and I are thinking like GOLDEN but then Alfred is all "so, we love you so much and we are going to have you over every week but here's the thing...we are CATHOLIC AND YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO "CONVERT" US OK?" ,so i said "is that right Alfred?? Wanna know something?" and he said "what" and I said "I'm not gonna do ANYTHING to you we are so excited to come see you all the time and visit with you..but I think you are already converted hun." and he said "oh Sister Douglas no no.. Idont want to be a mormon" so I said "we shall see.." :") hahah SO since that time they have asked us every question in the book like the plan of salvation, where babies go when they die if they arent baptized, what God looks like, why we dont drink coffee, polgamy, all that jazz and Nancy kept saying "I haven't asked any of the Elders this before BUT...??" so they totally trust us and they don't even realize they are getting the lessons taught to them! haha its awesome :) so Nancy might have to go on dialysis and she was really worried about it... so we said "well we can organize for you to have a priesthood blessing if you would like".. and she said "a WHAT?" AND so we explained that...and she said "YES!" and so the Elders came over and administered to her and guess what HAPPENED?? Alfred said... "I had a dream last night where I was able to lay my hands on my wife and I did the same thing.. it was the strangest thing.. but I felt so peaceful!" al;sdkfa;lsdkfal;skdf;lasdjfl I was like "ALFRED GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOU!!!! LISTEN TO HIM!!!"  so.....we are going to go to mass with them next week...and THEY are coming to sacrament meeting with US!! its gonna be so great :):)

What has been one of your memorable experiences this week?

Lets see...YESTERDAY we had to vacuum out our car... but our cord wasn't long enough so we drove to the church and used one of those vacuums... it was quite hillarious to see a 90 year old vacuum in our car ;)

Where have you eaten?  Have members fed you? Have you had any curry yet?

wellllll we have eaten at a lot of members' houses :) everyone is so great and is SO EXCITED TO HAVE SISTERS the elders are so kind but they are a little jealous about how well we have been taken care of haha. All the food has been great, nothing strange or anything...I did have baked pickles... that was a little strange but not gross. We also had Wendys and Subway after District Meeting... oh and this place called MUCHO Burrito... YUM its like....Costa Vida except.. more... authentic.

How was P-day, what did you do?

Preparation day was CRAZY BUSY.. we unpacked everything from our suitcases, ironed, vacuumed cleaned, organized, filled out cupboards, so we did alot of shopping.. There's a DOLLARAMA here that I am so excited to do Christmas shopping at. We did laundry, I wrote 1 letter 'cause I had no time... 'cause pday ends at 6 pm and we had dinner at the Bishop's house at 5:30 and we still had to wash the car.. which was SO FUN!! ITS LIKE A GIANT CAR WASHING BUILDING and you get a little stall and can power wash it all by yourself... but we didn't know you had to dry it before you go outside... so our car has a really cool ice pattern all along the sides and top.. haha

Also last night we went to Alfred and Nancy's and taught them about the restoration... and oh, wait I lied about the crying thing!... 'cause I got kinda teary last night when I talked about Joseph Smith... I can't help it.They are so gonna be baptized..I just know it!

Do you think you'll be up in Spruce Grove around Christmas too?

ya... 'cause training lasts 12 weeks and they like to leave people in areas for as long as 6 to 8 months!

Are you warm enough??????

haha yes!! I bought a space heater on my debit card... 'cause our apt is kinda cold and the heating stinks... so we just plug it in under the desk and in our room and we warm right up :)

Ummm what else.... I bought a new hat :) its cute and red and matches my mittens

its freezing freezing cold today....but thats normal

ummmm I've been eating so healthy like carrots and snap peas
and I just realized  I have 10 minutes left and alot of people to email....

I love you all so much and I pray for you by name every day! and I miss you!
Seriously look at how fast this month went!! I only have 17 more left and thats crazy!!!! I kinda wish I could serve for 2 years... but only kinda.. 'cause I miss you too much for that.

I love you so much!
love,

Sister Bronie girl Douglas