Sister missionaries sang as they walked and walked and walked and WAAAAAAAAAAAAAALKED.

Let me just be candid with you guys for a second.... THIS WEEK SUCKED. but it also was miraculous and i really can not complain... but i think we walked over 40 miles. in -17.. wind chill -25.... no exaggeration.. ok maybe a little on the distance.. but on the cold. no. it. was. disgusting.

but the rewards were sweet and worth it.

soooo im trying to sort through this crazy head of mine and think what i need to tell you first.

blah ok

last monday we walked 500 miles everywhere and i thought i was gonna die and its HILLARIOUS trying to talk to people when your all bundled up cause you cant actually rotate your head to look at people.. you have to rotate your whole body.. so i feel like a big awkward lego marshmellow sister talking to people ha. also if your face itches or your arm or something you just have to endure it cause theres no WAY im takin my mittens of for anything... except to write a number on a card. thats it.

i saw the martins. :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) oh the martins. i love them.. they are crazy people like me and i love it and those crazy people are GOING BACK TO ENGLAND... crazies... so i got to say good bye and hug em all one last time :) love them... so hopefully i see them in june?? ya?? :) yes :)

we had FHE with anna... she is Ugandan..she was baptized 4 years ago and she is rock solid :)i love it. we watched the testaments with her and she was cryign when christ visits the people and she was like "he REALLY will come AGAIN." in her darling accent. i love these people.
and she's right. HE REALLY WILL COME AGAIN. SOON.

tuesday.

we met with ashley... SHE IS ON DATE FOR BAPTISM PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! IM SO EXCITED :)

my FIRST EXCHANGE...
dun dun dunnnnnnnn

its was great :) i went with sister wilson.. she is just about finished with her training so it was cool to just talk with her about that... we found a sweet new investigator for them when we were on exchanges.. AND got their investigator to commit to baptism... it was awesome :) miracles!

wednesday exchange back... went to service.. we play bean bag baseball with really old folks.. i love them.. and they are hillarious.
this was another day of walking around forever and feeling like we were dying. but were still alive so obviously we were fine

thursday district meeting... training on asking inspired questions... im bad at that cause i just respond to quickly to people.. i talk and ask questions that just come instead of pausing and thinking about it.. so thats what im working on this week.
thursday was the worst ever for WALKING. we walked and walked and walked... and so many people were not home and that really annoyed me. we found two potentials for other missionaries.. one Filipino lady and a YSA guy. solid.

friday. we call it fat friday cause we get to stay inside and plan for a few hours.. and munch on food...but healthy food ;)

gave cheryl (investigator) a church tour and when we were in the relief society room looking at the baptismal font we invited her to be baptized next month and she ACCEPTED. so that was crazy awesome to :) this area is HAPPENING!

saturday helped a lady in the ward move, met the duponts.. awesome family who has nerf wars all the time.. yes i played in a long wool skirt.. miracles.
met a few more of our investigators walked all over the city... got on the wrong bus.. we were super ticked cause then we had to walk FURTHER...... BUUUUUUT it was a miracle cause then we met crystal who was a former investigator from lethbridge who knew missionaries and we walked like 2 miles with her just talking and she was so excited to see us and wants us to teach her daughter :) so that was neat.  i did want to cry that day i was so tired though and my feet hurt and we literally walked all day. like i think we sat down for 2 hours that whole day including supper and one lesson. the rest was trying to contact people.
sunday was amazing. ammmmmmmmmmmmmmazing.

ashley came with all her kids all by herself

cheryl came

and like 5 less active families we are working with came :) it was PACKED. then we had a linger longer so EVERYONE was happy :) especially me :) and we have the car now so im especially happy :)

were going to dye hair today and go shopping so i must go.. still lots of people to write back!!!! :):)

i love you all i love love love you :)

love sister douglas

Leaves, Moose and the Northern Lights

hello hello hello OH MY HECK I CANT WAIT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK. its insanity i tell you. pure craziness. but its good.

i THOUGHT i was busy when i was in the city last time... but this is crazy!!!

ok.. but from the begining.

so when i was still in drayton valley at the beggining of this week i might have forgotten to tell you that we saw FIVE MOOSE aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand the NORTHERN LIGHTS. my life is officially complete. jk im still on a mission for the lord. not completed yet.. but it was pure joy i tell you. seeing the world in perfection. i cried in joy :) ha

ok so its been kind of a blur but its been a good TIRING blur.

so monday tuesday packing and cleaning and saying goodbye to my friends :( that was hard. but its good. wednesday transfer meeting. it was HUGE transfer and those are always fun seeing old friends and stuff.
my new companion ROCKS :):) her name is sister Gardner from crescent valley NEVADA. she rocks. seriously. and she rocks style too.

i have NO TIME TO DO ANYTHING. ever. we plan bucket load of things alllll the time. its a HUGE ward, and we had to plan plan plan and planning exchanges takes forever cause you have to line up your schedule with 5 other companionships and we only have the car HALF OF THE TIME.... so ya thats an adventure for sure. i love the sisters im over tho...
ok so for those of you who asked a sister training leader is like.. the girl version of a zone leader but only over sisters... btu their not in your zone really cause there are not as many sisters and they are kinda spread out and we just make sure they are doing good and help counsel them on some things they cant really talk to the elders about. so not really qualified to do that but i do my best. havent actually done it yet.. first exchange is tomorrow. im excited :)

this ward rocks. i love them already. its very big ward tho. thats weird to me haha.

we have alot of investigators to work with. i literally couldnt be sent to a more happening area.. i need to stay on top of things its a loooooot to think about and plan for and make sure goes well... the first three days i felt like my head was about to explode i had been thinking so long and so hard but my heart and emotions were tooootally calm and felt so peaceful about everything. and i sleep like a rock every night. its so crazy. i dont wake up till 5:30.. cause i think my body is used to daylight savings or something. but i can go back to sleep till 6:15. then i get up :P thats PROBABLY the hardest part of my whole mission. MORNINGs. ha.

we go running in the mornings tho :) i LOVE it :) i loooove it.

it snowed this week

like 5 inches
and its -15

hello edmonton. i see you.

we bussed yesterday and talked to a lot of people :) good and bad. there are sometimes alot of crazy people on the bus. hahaha

i really dont know what else to tell you...just send me questions and ill reply accordingly next week

DERYCK I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PROUD OF YOU AND HAPPY FOR YOU AND YOU ARE THE CUTEST 8 YEAR OLD BROTHER I EVER SAW!!!!!!!!!!!

i love you all so so much :)
love sister douglas

Amber and Sister Boyd

Bales

Crazy leap

Boss

Giddeys

Gord Bamford, country singer, acccepting a Book of Mormon

Judy and Ernie, the ones with the gorgeous farm

MMOOSE!!!

Palsky's

Zemp

Hello again!

can't resist

New companion

New District

Back to the big city

HELLO i love you :)

ok ok ok so first off TRANSFERS!!!

i have been called to be a sister training leader and i will be serving in the lakewood area and with sister gardner

a sister training leader is KIND OF like a girl version of a zone leader. kind of. we dont take stewardship calls but we go on a bunch of exchanges and we do lots of trainings at big meetings and stuff.

lakewood is literally the next door to ellerslie.. i think i live in the same apartment as ellerslie now hahaha

and sister gardner was one of the millwoods ysa sisters that i got really close with so I GUESS I COULD SAY IM EXCITED! :)

SO yes. change. big change.

this week was the hardest week of my life probably. in every way most unexplainable.

missionary work is painful and loving people is painful.

i got a blessing last night from brother palsky that was perfect and beautiful and just what i needed and i actually slept through the night last night, so THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER and for everyone that prays for me :) thank you.

we are getting white washed so there is a million and 1 things that we have to do and get organized. im sending you a package full of clothing and something that i need you to give to meri for her bday, and i just realized now that derycks bday present is going to be late to cause thats not in the package. so GREAT no one gets bday presents from me on time but thats just fine :D ha

i really have like no time to write.. im trying to think what happened this week

just lots of goodbyes... some tearful some not.

church was the best in the world yesterday. best ever. but it was hard.

amber bore her testimony. i cried. her mom was there too :) it was neat :)

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm sister boyd is going to be home in 2 days.. thats weird to me. 

we have to go do laundry and shop and pack and clean and say good bye right now, so please tell everyone im sorry for not writing back its just getting really crazy really fast and i dont know when i will have time to write back really anyone!!!!!

coreen is progressing slowly

peggy and charlie dont really want to learn like at all

candice is investigating just in time for us to leave :) 

thats about all the investigators we taught

we found 2 new investigators for the new sisters through sing tracting :) it was cool :)

i love tracting. itll be fun to tract in the city again :) WINTER IN THE CITY. :P
all in all im doing alot better than i was last week. and the begining of ths week. im happpy and i feel more fresh and crisp than i did. more ready.

im nervous for my new calling but i know its from the lord. 

i really dont know what to tell you all sorry its so boring. i feel a LITTLE bit robotic this morning cause we spent like half the night talking and sister boyd poor sister boyd had like melt down and so has paul kruger eyes this morning... so im drained but ready to go.. but i need to run have too much to do!!! 

i love you so so sooooo much :)

love sister douglas :)