Saying goodbyes are really hard and this week I had some hard
goodbyes to say! Its weird to think that these people can have such an impact on
my life in such a short time but I hope to never forget the experiences I have
had. So I am gonna start off this letter with a list of hard goodbyes I had to
say!
My district and other missionaries: Usually saying goodbye to missionaries
is the easiest because you know you 'might' see them again through transfers or
after the mission but I won't see these missionaries again unless I see them
after the mission. And then on my travels I got to see old companions and
friends that I just probably won't see for a while. The missionaries around you
really become your family out here! I love them all oh so much! I have made a
lot of eternal friendships out here that I plan on keeping around for a
while.
The YSA/Young Women of the Prince Albert ward: Those girls are incredible
they really made me feel loved while I was up there and it was so sad to say
goodbye to them! They have great things ahead of them and I hope they realize
the impact they can make. Such powerful girls!
The Kiefer's and Mavis: I swear in every area i got to there is one or more
people who 'adopt' me. This is my Prince Albert mom and aunt and they are so
incredible and so supportive. they told me if i ever came and visited i would
have a place to stay! i may take them up on that one day!
Cooks: I feel like i should never have had to say goodbye to them but
president was kind enough to let me go anyways and that was SUCH A HARD GOODBYE!
the hardest part was sheila walking me to my car and holding my hand and telling
me she loves me but i have to move on with my life that i cant stay here or i
wont grow and that she loves me. I love that woman so much! I am so incredibly
happy I came on my mission so i could meet that family!
Then off to my 11 hour car ride that went over two days to get from Prince
Albert, SK to Selkirk, MB! It started with me and sister hudson driving down to
saskatoon and then i lost my companion and was placed with wait not another
sister... nope... instead with three elders... so for three hours i was in the
car alone with three elders and HOLY was that weird. haha we ended up finally
finding something to talk about but I was so excited to see sisters again when i
arrived to Regina. In Regina we stayed with the sunrise sisters (sister meservey
and sister fellows were there) and then at five thirty in the morning we had to
be at the church ready to drive to winnipeg... so with no sleep and little time
to get ready off we went on a six hour car ride in petunia my purple vibe from
saskatoon! She drives horribly just so everyone is aware (petunia not sister
fellows) but we safely made it to winnipeg that was followed by big hugs from
sister thomas and sister menlove. seeing old companions, a special ordered pizza
because sister menlove loves me and meeting my new companion sister porter...
and would you think my traveling was done there... NOPE! I then got in the car
with sister porter and traveled for an our to selkirk... but we finally made it!
:)
Now that i have given you a run down of what consisted of most of my week
let me tell you some of the fun stuff that happened.
I wrestled with C*** who is one of the young women up in prince albert...
she thought it was lame the boys could wrestle but we couldnt and i told her we
could so she was like REALLY and came to sports night and had me wrestle her...
she taught me a few things and was sure she was gonna beat me... little did she
know i am pretty tough so after we both threw each other once we called it a day
because we were both tired.
In selkirk we got to see some incredible people so far. Some of our recent
converts were the first stop we made and they gave me a big old welcome hug and
it was the best! im so excited to be here. Then we also met T and D who are our
new investigators... T is an italian catholic who has way to much to say and D
is buddhist she thinks but they are SUPER funny! We showed them the importance
of faith using a tea bag and then got on a really good discussion about the
importance of positivity. Apparently T has been so negative lately he is causing
negative energy to make him sick or so D tells us. Then we spent two hours in
the most secure part of the mental institution here in selkirk because we have a
less active and an investigator there. They had to lock up my possessions and
wand me down and it was incredibly weird but we did it. Then we met a real live
viking... not sure what that meant but it was pretty neat that that was the
first thing he told us. Then we met an investigator who suffers from MS and
hasn't left his home in a year or more because he doesn't have a ramp. Poor guy!
he is super bitter about it too! hopefully knowing Jesus Christ loves him will
bring him some peace! The people we have met have confirmed to me the importance
of positive thinking! its so important to be able to know that you can change
your outlook and how you react to things. I love how the people around me
sometimes teach me more lessons then what i teach them. On sunday i went to my
first PEC and probably my only PEC meeting... i guess that PEC will just be for
the men when i get home haha.
Sister porter is such a sweet girl. im nine inches taller then her but she
is ten times smarter then me. she wants to be a mechanical engineer when she
gets home and maybe specialize into something with space, she talks in big
words. But she draws beautifully she is an incredible artist! She is more on the
quieter side but i love her! we will have a good six weeks together! Selkirk is
small but its growing on me! population of 10,000 here i come!
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