March 12
Howdy Everybody!

Well this has been one of the most eventful, stressful, and crazy weeks of my life! Just for the record purging an area after Elders is not the funnest thing in the world...especially when they don't update the area book or do really anything...but I will tell you all about it in this letter!!
First of all Tuesday was transfer p-day so we did our p-day things and I was able to say goodbye to a whole bunch of the people I love...that is one of the hardest things about being a missionary...saying goodbye to the people you love. But other than that we didn't do anything very exciting.
Wednesday was when it all started. I did spend most of the day with Sister Brower because both of our new companions were coming up from Lethbridge so they didn't get there until about 3. So we were able to say goodbye to a few more people and then we had to say goodbye to each other! Well then I met Sister Garner. She is really nice. She's from Mesa, AZ and is a really good missionary! Well we had absolutely no idea how to get to our new area or where we lived...nothing. Luckily both our Zone Leaders have served in this area so we were able to follow them and then they showed us where to go. We got to our appartment and it was a DISASTER!!! I honestly don't know how the Elders even lived there! But we didn't have time to really do anything about it. Right when we got there, we had to go to a dinner appt with the Hernandez family. So we went there and had a good time with them. One other thing...the Elders didn't put gas in their car...and it didn't have windshield wiper fluid...but we had to get gas right then. So of course we went to the first and only gas station we saw and got gas. We went in to pay for it with our gas card, and the worker said "We don't take that card." How the heck do you want me to pay for $60 worth of gas then... They didn't take any of the cards we had so I used an ATM to get some cash off of my mission credit card and will get reimbursed for it...it was the perfect welcome to Chestermere...after that we went home to try and figure some things out.
Thursday was weekly planning day. It took us all day plus some of Friday...so the area book the elders left us hadn't been updated since January, it was scattered over 3 different area books, and so many other things just needed to be organized!! It was a really long day, but we did make a little bit of progress. That evening we were able to go to the RS March party and it was really fun. We were able to meet a lot of the Sisters in the ward and they are all really excited to have Sister Missionaries there! We also met Bishop Heaven and he is great and really excited to have us there as well! We only cover 1 ward so that is weird, but our area is HUGE!! We cover Chestermere, Langdon, and 3 smaller neighborhoods on the East border of Calgary.
On Friday we finished our weekly planning and when we got out to our car for the day guess what...the side mirror on the drivers side was broken!! Seriously everything is happening to us this week. We called the fleet manager and he told us we needed to go get an estimate to get it fixed. So we did, but guess what...I have never been to the East, I have no idea where anything is, and we DON"T have a map!! But miraculously we made it to the place we were supposed to go. When we got back, we had a lesson with a RC Christina. She is from Africa or Sudan...I don't really remember...but she is really great. She was baptized at the beginning of Feb. Hopefully we will be able to teach some of her kids. We were also able to meet our investigator Kenzie. She is 10 I think and guess what...the Elders hadn't met with her since she dropped her date back in January!! What have they been doing for the last few months??? She is so solid though and we are looking forward to teaching her! We will set a date with her this week hopefully!
On Saturday we did tons of stop-bys and tracting...my 2 least favorite things...so needless to say it was a very long day!! It was the first time we got lost though which is really good!! We only got lost because we missed a turn...and I blame it on the fact that there was no road sign and it was super dark!! But it turned out to not be an awful day. We did get a few lessons set up for this week, which is great!
Sunday was a great day! And it meant that the next day was p-day, which is very needed! So we had a special stake conference. Bishop McMullin from the presiding bishopric was there. It was a really good meeting. We had dinner with the Busch family and Bro Hall...Sister Busch is single and thought she was going to be feeding the Elders so she invited bro Hall. It was fun to finally start getting to know people in the ward and we had a good time! That evening we just did some stop-bys, but didn't have very much luck!
Well that was my week! Super stressful and I am really praying this week will be better! I sure hope you all have a great week!! Especially have fun in St. George! Good luck Sager with your surgery and baseball!! You are a stud! Love and miss you all!!

Love, Sister Kaitlyn Marchant