dear everyone
first
of all TARRYN IS A LITTLE HOTTIE BABE BRIDE and i am SO HAPPY FOR
HER!!!!!!!!!!! :') she's is so beautiful and i AH im just so happy for
her :)
poopy i just realized i forgot my old planner so i dont
remember every little thing that happened this week.. good thing sister
boyd has hers :)
ok....
so monday
we met with A.. we were thinking before we went that we were gonna
help her plan all the little details of her baptism yatta yatta yatta
and when we get there she is so excited to give us something and what
does she pull out but the PROGRAM FOR HER BAPTISM THAT SHE MADE
HERSELF!! HA she just googled one and organized and planned the whole
thing and mormon.org-ed all her questions!! hahahahah she is so crazy i
love her :)
oh and like 5 minutes before going to her lesson i
had like a mental break down but i didnt ACTUALLY HAVE the time to cry
so i felt like i GIANT BALLOON ABOUT TO POP and then it was like slowly
deflated in her lesson. i love the spirit.
tuesday was celestial. oh it was perfect.
we woke up at 5 am... yes folks. 5 am.
drove to the city watching the sunrise... sat at the feet of Elder
Martino (from the quorum of the seventy) and we were taught wonderful
things about being better missionaries and we set lots of goals to
improve.. then we went to the temple and i LOVE the temple. ANNNNND in
the celestial room i was able to talk to brother and sister wright from
spruce grove!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he was our ward mission leader there
:) and they said they really missed me and sister schofield and that we
were the best missionaries they ever had .. hahahhaa i love them. and
they told me that j v is getting baptized!!!! he was married to a
member and investigated for like 3 years so that was GREAT NEWS :) then
we talked to a lady named S from serbia at tim hortons and then
drove home :) exhausted and happy
wednesday
we met with A and J came with to help make sure everything was
good to go :) they are such amazing inspired women and i love them
then with P a less active lady who i love and cant wait to see her back at church :) shes wonderful
then out to tomohawk... then back for supper to the strausbergs and then... THEN this miracle happened.....
we
were TRYING to get out to B H's.. but i got us lost on a
range road somewhere... and we were like WELLLLLLL we better make the
most of it and knock on a few doors....
first door- no one was home
second door- rottweiler chased us... (they obviously arent ready for the gospel... ;) haha)
third
door (this time we PRAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYED) annnnnd this girl answers the
door talk to her for 3 minutes or so her mom comes to the door.. invites
us in.. tells us she's from poland and catholic and has religious
questions for us... 30 minutes later they are new investigators with a
return appointment this weekend to teach their whole family.
pretty neat stuff.
what if we hadnt got lost? what if we hadnt stopped?
what if we didnt ask the questions we did?
so cool.
thursday
we saw sister phipps and her cute lil Filipino babies :) and then
helped P finish her shed (ill send pics) then out to see C
our new investigator of LAST week.. and we were having a nice lesson
about the holy ghost when the jehovah witnesses came to see her... ha
AWKWARD.. but it really wasnt awkward we just left with a prayer and it
was good and C still loves us and is learning well :)
had
supper with the perretts and then on the way home from evansburg we got
a call from president henriksen with a referal for us for a lady named Al ......
our plans for that night had fallen through so we
were able to contact her that night and she asked us THREE TIMES that
visit if we could come back and teach her whole family. THEY ARE SO
PREPARED AND ARE TOTALLY GONNA BE BAPTIZED THIS TRANSFER
friday
was insane.. cause we had weekly planning and the whole time i kept
bursting into tears cause we were planning for a week that i wasnt even
going to be here for, cause i was gonna be transferred so that was really
hard and emotionally draining and i just kept thinking about tarryns
wedding that i missed on wednesday
and all that and i was so trunky so i just kept PRAYING and sister boyd
helped me and hugged me and it was dramatic but hey we're girls and we
have alot of peoples problems to deal with its STRESSFUL sometimes....
but we got over it and went to work and had an amazing evening seeing C and the W's and the C's and then H and her kids
are now new investigators as well cause they aren't baptized and want to
be and we taught them the plan of salvation and it was one of the
coolest moments of my life watching them get it and love it :)
saturday
WAS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE
YES A WAS BAPTIZED
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and
it was so BEAUTIFUL!!! and her whole family came from all over canada
to support her and it was just so HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
like i dont even know what to say about it.. oh i gave a talk on baptism for her.. and it was great in my opinion haha :)
and she was just so happy
ill send pics of that to :)
then
we went out the heilgers "cave" its a GIANT QUANSET and had the branch
family barn dance and basically sister boyd and i should enter a
virginia reel competiton cause we KILLED IT!!! haha :) SO FUN! oh ANNNNND
on the way out there we saw THREE MOOSE!!! miracles
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh
ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND crazy side story
so
sister boyd and i went early to set up the primary room with tables and
chairs for treats after A's baptism and we looked out the window
and in the parking lot was this cute little asian family just playing
and laughing and we were like.. who the heck are they!??!?! and we
looked at each other and then just booked it out into the parking lot to
talk to them haha
and we met them and their names are (well
their english names) p and c and s (she's 3) and they have
only been in drayton valley for 3 months and we invited them to A's
baptism and THEY CAME and loved it and had all these questions.. but
their english is a little new and such and so we called the mandarin
elders in the city and they talked on the phone for like 15 minutes and the dad was SO impressed with the Elder's chinese he couldnt believe he had just
learned it. and so skip forward to last night sister boyd and i went
over to their house and they are the CUTEST PEOPLE EVER they have such a
little asian apartment like chairs that are on the ground and little
asian posters and i LOVE them!!! i want to go to china!!!
but
so CRAZIEST lesson ever... they couldnt understand all that we say so we
had to talk so simply and slowly and they asked questions and THEY WANT
TO LEARN AND COME TO CHURCH AND SO THE MANDARIN ELDERS ARE COMING OUT
HERE TO TEACH THEM!!!! and they are so excited..... ya. its insane..
so this week we got EIGHT NEW investigators and... oh shoot i havent even told you about J so crazy story about her too...
so
the kinniburghs bring their friend j to like everything and she is
the sweetest girl ever she is like my age and expecting and trying to
get out of a bad scene and stuff so we havent ACTUALLY been able to meet
with her to TEACH her but we have been working with her for a while and
she is totally interested and wants to learn we just need to nail down a
time.
now get this.
her last name is M and the people we tracted into.. the mom and daughters that let us in and let us teach them.....their names are R, N, and A... M. Same last name and J IS THEIR DAUGHTER!!!
their
family is so hosed.. like heavenly father has us working with their
family in two different places and we didnt even realize it!
HOW NEAT IS THAT!??!?! pretty neat :3
then sunday
was so sweet cause H and her kids came to church and R loved
it and she said the "holy water is so delicious." hahahah (she's seven
:D )
and then we met with P and C, the asian family, so it was the best
day ever! and i went around saying goodbye to a bunch of people like
almost bawling my eyes out ..
only to find out this morning that
IM
STAYING IN DRAYTON VALLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SISTER BOYD AND I ARE
STAYING IN DRAYTON VALLEY!! SOOOOO i dont know what the heck is going on
cause she goes home this transfer so when she is gone ill have to stay
for at least one for to train the newbie to this area.. which means ill
be here for 5 transfers... thats seven and a half months... that never
happens.. but it IS happening :3 im so happy :) :):):):):):):)
so ya.
life is perfect
its so busy
crazy
busy... and ive almost reached my breaking point a few times this week
as we have just go go go goooooo all day... and then never get enough
sleep but the lord just leads us along and makes things happen and its
HAPPENING! SO IM HAPPY :)
i love you all so much
the church is so true. it really is
miracles happen :)
i love you!
love sister Douglas
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