22 Jan 2018
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| Satellite view of Bracebridge, Ontario |
Hey this week has been pretty great we went to Sudbury for district
meeting, and that was really fun to see other Elders. We are the only
sisters in our zone! So that's a bit weird but it was good. We have a
really great district and I'm with 2 of the Elders I came out with, so
that's fun. Elder Twigg from Calgary, and Elder Rigby!. (I'm sure he is related! Mom insert) He was in my MTC
district!
I love Sister Grover, we have been having a lot of fun, and
working hard. We have just been working with less
actives and trying to set appointments with our investigators, we don't
really have any solid ones yet... so we have been doing drop bys and
tracting! (Mom insert, She is once again in a resort town, and not many people there in the winter, many people from the cities have cabins up here)
We have Zone conference this week, and we get our smart phones,
unless mine isn't here yet. Because they have to put software onto it.
The members here are pretty great! Once we can hook up our
smartphones, we are allowed to teach people from home, if they are more
comfortable with that. So I am really excited!!! All is going well here, and I am loving it.
This transfer is going
to fast and I hope I have another transfer with sister Grover, but I
feel like one of us is going to leave.... which will be super sad. She
is excited to meet you! We are gonna hang out after our missions. She
goes home in December right before Christmas!
I am excited for Pres.
Nelson and to see what things happen while he is Prophet. It has been
really cool this week to see how the things I have been studying, have
been brought up in conversation this week, without me bringing them up! I
have been learning a lot, and it's been really cool to see answers to
prayers! That's about all for this week though!
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| Bracebridge generating station at dusk |
Update on me (This is because I asked her for my update in church I have to do on her, what to say to the youth)
Hey
everyone! I am doing really well and I am loving the work! They have
banished me up to the north country, and we are the only sisters in our
zone, so we have dubbed ourselves the official Subury Sister training
leaders! Because I don't know what the Elders would do without us!
I
have been learning a lot, and been setting a lot of goals for the person I
want to become, and trying to make my prayers more meaningful, because
each one is like making goals with God, asking for things with the
thought in mind, that you will do your best to help achieve those things. I was really bad for just mumbling off things, and trying to think of
different ways to say things, but the spirit guides us, as he knows what
our hearts yearn for!
For those of you going to seminary, it would be
best to pay attention, because there is so much that I half remember and I
have been asked about, while serving a mission. Now I am so excited to
study the manuals when I get home, there is so much to learn!
It has
been a great experience to learn from the people around me, and be better
at discerning their needs, and how much Heavenly Father loves his
children. Also getting to feel a little bit of what I can comprehend!
Serving is one of the best decisions I have made, and also one of the
hardest. Satan is at work and some days it's hard to fight back
constantly, but we are on the winning team! The work is hastening and the
Lord is speedily preparing those who are ready to hear the Gospel!
I
love you all and I hope you are doing well, and helping out the
missionaries in Claresholm!
I want to leave you with my testimony, that I
know that President Russell M. Nelson has been called of God, to be our
prophet at this time, and that he will guide us through the craziness of
the world today. I know that the Book of Mormon is true, and who knew how
much good stuff is in there until we read it. I am very excited for all the other books
that we will one day have to study as well! I know that Jesus Christ is
our Savior, and that he knows exactly what we are going through, and how
to help us. His arms are outstretched, all we have to do, is let him in. That is one thing I have been studying recently, is how I can sacrifice
more of myself, to serve the Lord and give up the little things. It has
been amazing to see simple prayers answered, while I have been studying
the scriptures, and the comfort that comes from them. I know that we are
all children of our Heavenly Father, and He loves us!
I love you all to
and I'll see you in a year and a little bit!
Love Sister Leilani St. Onge!
