January 21, 2013

Hey Family and Friends!!! Well this week wasn't too exciting for us...I hope you all had a great week though!! But just like always I will tell you about all of our adventures!! So we begin with Monday...remember how that is p-day and it is supposed to be fun...well we were at the church waiting for all the Elders to get there...we fell asleep in our car for like an hour...and then we finally called some elders...they "forgot" to inform us that nobody was coming...well that was a waste. So we hung out with Laura and played games with her! At least she helped us have fun! Then we met with Kris! It was a great lesson! We taught her about obedience, following the prophet, and the word of wisdom! She has so much faith! So she had done a little bit of research about some of the commandments so the word of wisdom wasn't foreign to her...but she does have some things she will have to give up. But her attitude is that if she knows what we are teaching her is true, and she does, that this is part of the deal! It was a great lesson. We didn't set a firm date for baptism with her, because we don't know when her husband will be worthy to do it...it is probably looking like March or April though...I am just so grateful I have got to be part of her conversion process!! Well after our lesson with them, we had to clean our car for car inspections...that sure was fun in the dark...and in the snow. Tuesday morning we went to the dentist, because Sister Rice thought she had a thousand cavities...but she didn't have a single one. But then we had to hurry and get to DDM's. After that we had car inspections...it was actually a great day to do it because we had a Chinook this week! It was great...actually above zero!! After we went to lunch, we did our studies and went to dinner with the Stanfords. We had to have dinner early because we actually had to teach ESL...so we had to get ready for that and make copies of things. I was terrified to actually be the ESL teacher...but it was so much fun!! We only had 3 students there, but it was a blast. We compared our home countries to Canada. It was fun! Wednesday was not an exciting day...we did a bunch of stop-bys and then went to see Bill...he was drunk out of his mind and was hitting on both of us. We didn't think that was appropriate so we have decided that until he is ready to change, we will let the members of the ward continue to help him...but it just wasn't appropriate for Sisters...It is really sad to see someone like that. Then we went to see Carmen. She had another project for us to do. She asked us to find some scriptures in the Book of Mormon about the Saviours birth...there are lots of them, and she wanted some specific ones...but we found all of them and typed them up for her. She is just so cute! That night we had supper with the Loewer's...our WML in 4th ward. Thursday was weekly planning day and it was also the day that the world started to hate me! When we were on our way to our dinner appt with Sister McGill, I stepped in a giant freezing cold, muddy puddle...but we were already running late and didn't have time to go home...so I was wet and cold the rest of the night. But we had a good evening with Sister McGill. She had a nonmember friend at dinner so that was fun. We taught them the Doctrine of Christ. Then we went to Enrichment night for 4th ward. There we learned all about freezer meals...I learned lots. They had a freezer meal for everyone to sample and then they sent all the left overs with us! These ward love us and take such good care of us! Sister Rice and I have built incredible member trust and we totally have seen lots of success with working with members!! Friday we had a lesson with Sister Jiang and she even gave us a referral...it is one of her Chinese friends that doesn't speak English...but she seems pretty interested. That night we had supper with Sister Baker. She took us out to eat at a restaurant. It was great. It was like a treat...but we also felt like we were in the world and it was a little bit terrifying! That night we also had a lesson with Christy. She is about the same and we taught Dress and Appearance from the FSOY pamphlet. Saturday was a pretty busy day. We tried to find some referrals in the morning. And then we had lunch with Michele and Liam. They just moved here from South Africa and he is a recent convert of just over a year. Just a few weeks ago they went through the temple and were sealed! It was great to spend some time with them. They have some pretty great stories!! Then we had a lesson with Sandra. We taught her about the Sacrament and how it blesses our lives. We went home and had dinner and then had a lesson with Sister Kamenka....this is another time the world hated me...my seatbelt attacked me and I huge headache for the rest of the night...I know there are other evidences that the world hates me from this week...I have just chosen to block them from my memory....but nothing could go right for me...anyways back to Sister Kamenka. We had a lesson with her about the Book of Mormon...and it brought out a few concerns...so we started addressing them and left her with some reading to do for next time! She is great and I just love meeting with her...she is also very intimidating to teach because she studied theology. Sunday was a great day at church! We still have no WML in Richmond ward...so we got to teach gospel principles again...but it was a great lesson and had lots of participation. As for 4th ward...our investigators were supposed to come, but didn't...but Sandra did!!! She came and stayed all 3 hours!! It was great! She is totally progressing! And she took a huge step by coming to church! Then we had supper with the Williams! They are great! They had a stake meeting they had to go to so it was pretty fast. Then we took some things to Sister Mooney before we ran to the Fords to have a lesson with them! Well I hope you all have such a great week!! I challenge you all to pray for missionary experiences and then act on the opportunities you are given!! Have a great week this week!! I love and miss you all!! Love, Sister Kaitlyn Marchant Here is a picture of me with the Famous Welcome to Calgary sign...I guess it is about time now that I have almost been here 18 months!