Canada Thanksgiving

A funny road sign in Okotoks.

Sister Hill and I raking leaves with Michelle.

Sister Hill and I at Thanksgiving Dinner. In Canada they celebrate Thanksgiving in October.

Me with Elder Cevering from my High School

Hey family!What a crazy but good week I had!! Let me tell you all about it! So on Tuesday we had our District Meeting and Lunch which was normal. Then we went to all the car places in Okotoks so we could get someone to fix our tire! The soonest anyone could do it was Wed so we had to live with that. We had a lesson with Haley that afternoon and we talked about Family History. She is so excited to do her family history, because as far as she knows she is the first member of her family. We were able to show her family search and I logged in and showed her all of my family history that was on there and it was neat! She is so excited which is great! That evening we went to help Michelle rake leaves. We were raking and talking to her and Sister Hill asked her if she was getting answers to her prayers. She said that when we were done we could go inside and talk about it. So when we were done we basically had a lesson with her and she said she wanted to be baptized on October 29!!! I was so excited!!! She is so ready and prepared to be baptized! So that was a pretty good day! On Wed we had a specialized training in Calgary, but we had to get our car fixed so we made all the elders drive together so we could drive one of their cars. It was a crazy day! The training was so good. It was given by the AP's and President Archibald and his wife. While there Sister Hill and I both felt that we needed to ask Michelle to change her baptismal date to the 22nd of October. More on that later...but when we got home we were just out visiting some members and tracting a little when Sister Landry told us she wanted us to meet her friend that was at her house. It was a lady she works with and she is from the Philippines. Sister Landry gave her a Tagalog Book of Mormon and she said she would be interested in learning more when she has time. So that was exciting. Thursday was not so exciting! But it was my half birthday...It was planning day and we had a lot of stuff to plan! That afternoon we met with Haley to help us make something we are giving to Michelle this week. That evening we went to Crystalridge RS where they finished making the dresses and sock monkeys for Africa. We couldn't stay to long because we had a lesson with Michelle. We brought a member with us which was amazing!! We taught her about the commandments and a few other things. We talked about how baptism is a commandment and then I told her that both Sis Hill and I received revelation that she should move her baptismal date. She said she would think about it and pray about it and let us know. I was so afraid to ask her, but I did it! On Friday we had a retraining meeting in Calgary! All the new missionaries and their trainers went! So I got to see Sister Newby and Sister Hoyt and other people. I also saw Elder Cevering which was cool. I haven't seen him since High School. He goes home at the end of the next transfer. When we got back to Okotoks we had a lesson with Sara D. (LA) and we taught her the plan of salvation. We booked the font for October 22 to show Heavenly Father that we have faith and are going to do everything in our power to help Michelle get baptized that day! That evening we visited a few families and taught them a quick lesson. Sat was a good day. We got a visit from the Elders because they got a new companion on Fri. He is from Cardston and is waiting for his Visa so he won't be here very long, but they needed some blankets so they came and got some from us. Then we set out for the day. We didn't have any appointments set up for the day so we did a lot of tracting! We talked to a ton of people. Not very many were interested, but we did find a few potential investigators! So that was exciting! The elders had a baptism and we invited Michelle to come, but she didn't. She made other plans. We visited some members that evening and had a few lessons with them. Sunday was of course great! Church is always good! Michelle didn't come though...it was disappointing. She said she slept in because she was out late the night before. But don't you worry, she can/will be baptized!! I have so much faith that she will!! That evening we had a few appointments with members and we had some good lessons with them. I met a new family that evening that is so great! They are the Stevensons and they have so much faith! We had a really good lesson with them. We had a some 7 day challenges this week and we need to follow up with them so we can get the members more involved with missionary work. A 7 day challenge is where we challenge the members to find someone to invite to their home to have a lesson with the missionaries within the next 7 days. I had a good Thanksgiving. We ate the traditional thanksgiving food which was yummy. It is starting to get a little colder now...the average this week was about 9 or 10...remember that is Celsius, everyone keeps saying this winter is supposed to be the worst they have had in awhile...that isn't very exciting to me! Tell Sage he is so great! I am so glad he is doing good in school! Is he still reading?? Tell Braydon congrats on everything! all the boys will have fun at the dance! I love Canada and the people are great! it is so great to be a servant of the Lord! I love being a missionary! I love and miss you all soo much!!!Love, Sister Marchant

October 11, 2011

Hi family!Sorry I totally forgot to tell you last week that I would be emailing on Tuesday! I hope you didn't freak out or anything! But yesterday was Canadian Thanksgiving! But let me give you a recap of my week! Last Monday was p-day of course and we didn't do anything extremely exciting. We did our shopping and then went to a park by a river for awhile before we went to the church and played volleyball. But that evening we had dinner/FHE with a family from one of the wards and they are so gung-ho about missionary work and it was great. They got the 7 day challenge, and they are really making efforts to get people for us to teach! We taught Heather B. (LA) the message of the Restoration that night as well. On tues we had DDM (district meeting) and lunch. This week we went to McDonalds and the Elders are convinced they are going to win Monopoly...they are crazy! That afternoon we did some service for Sis Landry because she works a lot and her daughter came to visit this week for Thanksgiving. Also that afternoon Sis Hill wanted to get a blessing so we met up with the District Leader's and they gave us both blessings! I love the priesthood! I would seriously be lost without it! Wed we did our service at the Library and then had a lesson with Haley. She is so great. We talked to her about Conference and then watched a Mormon Message. I love those they are so great! That day there was a family in one of our wards that was moving so we helped them clean their house so they could move and we taught a LA family that is struggling with their testimonies as well. Thurs was not the best day until that evening. We are really trying hard to find new investigators and we have made lots of plans of ways to help us do that. So on thurs we were out tracting on some acreages and we didn't have any luck, but we did talk to lots of people which was good. But what made that day good was the lesson we had with Michelle. We taught her at Haley's house!!! It was so great to have a member there with us! Having a member in a lesson makes such a difference!!!! Seriously it was the most amazing lesson! Sister Hill and I hardly did anything. Haley did like all of the teaching! She answered all of Michelle's questions and addressed all of her concerns and it was soo great!! We thought Michelle would totally commit to baptism, but once again she said maybe. Friday we were at the library again. It feels like we are there everyday, but it really isn't bad...we just get to look at all the books that we cant read...that afternoon we taught Sara D (LA) the message of the restoration and we are going to teach her all of the lessons. We were supposed to have a lesson with our other investigator Freda that afternoon and we brought Sis Adams with us...so we could have a member with us...but she wasn't home!! We are trying to get a hold of her, but we think she might have gone out of town for Thanksgiving. That night Sis Landry made us dinner, she made homemade cabbage rolls. We had some lessons set up for that evening, but they all canceled on us, but we ended up stopping by some housed and taught a family and they basically 7 day challenged themselves. It was pretty great! On saturday we had no appts so we tracted a lot and had no luck. When we were on our way to our dinner appt guess what happened...we got a flat tire!!! Sis Hill turned a corner too sharp and our back tire hit a storm grate and our tire got a hole in it!! it was flat in less than 2 min. So we called our dinner appt and she sent her husband and son to come put our donut tire on. So we are going to get that fixed today. on sun Michelle came to church and stayed for the entire 3 hours!!! It was great, but in RS they talked about the gathering of israel and she was so lost. but the rest of church was so good and meant just for her. We had a Thanksgiving dinner with sis Landry and her family that afternoon and then we just went and walked around. We talked to so many people, but nobody was very interested. Yesterday was Thanksgiving and P-day!! They had zone p-day in Calgary where they had a turkey bowl and everything, but we couldn't go because we didn't want to drive our car that far. so sis Hill and I had a p-day by ourselves, it was very relaxing though. after we went shopping we went to the church and played the piano and wrote letters it was great! That night we had another Thanksgiving dinner...and let me tell you that much food in 2 days is not very fun! But it was good. We had another lesson with Heather F. and it was a good day. But that is a recap of my week! It sounds like everyone is doing good. I can't believe that Sage is using my phone...That is so great that Grandpa is cancer free!! how is grandma doing? I will work on getting a Christmas list to you. but things are good I am a little homesick, but not too bad. Okotoks is a lot like home and it is nice. I cant believe it already snowed in Utah. We have snow on the mtns here, but it hasn't snowed in the city. It has been a really nice week weather wise. it has been about 7-9 C...that is like 35-40 F. It is really cold in the mornings though, so we exercise inside...we are running out of things to do! Do you have any ideas?? I don't see my Mission Pres very often...i have only seen him once since I got here. Well I love being a missionary. it really is great!! I love and miss you all!!!Love, Sister Marchant

October 3, 2011

Hello Family!! I love you all so much! So this week was kinda crazy so let me tell you all about it! On Monday after I emailed you we had the rest of our p-day, so we just went shopping a bit and then we met the Elders in our district by a river and just hung out there for awhile before we went to the church and played basketball/volleyball in the gym. We had fun. Towards the end Elder Heap our district leader (who is like 6'6'') said to stay in the district you have to touch the net...it wasn't really a problem for me, but Sister Hill is short, but she finally did it and basically broke her toe in the process...but all is good now. It was just kind of eventful. That evening we had a lesson with our investigator Michelle. She is so great!! She had some questions about a chapter in the Book of Mormon so we read it with her and answered her questions. I gave her the firm invitation to baptism, but she said maybe...satan is really working on her and we pray for her all the time, but she is still keeping her commitments and still wants to learn. On tuesday we had a district meeting for a few hours and then we went out to lunch. We went to Wendy's. ya they have lots of things here that they have in the states. They even have Diet Coke!! I was pretty excited! After that we met with Sara who is LA(less active) who we are going to start teaching the lessons to this week. She is so cute and has an adorable daughter. That evening we met with 2 families. The family we had dinner with was so great! They reminded me so much of our family and I loved it! Their son just got home from his mission a week ago and is so gung-ho about missionary work, and he had a few people he wanted us to try and teach so that is exciting. With the other family we just taught them a lesson and gave them the 7 day challenge. Wed was a very long day...so Sister Hill had a training meeting with lots of other people, so we had to go on exchanges, but the other sisters that had exchanges came with me to Canada...so I was with Sister Thorpe in her area...so I didn't know anything and her and her companion hadn't planned anything for us to do...so we basically winged it all day and it was not good. I totally learned the importance of planning that day. So needless to say it was a very very long day! After the training we had an appt with Lindsey...my first door contact....but when we got there her parents wouldn't let us teach her because they are Evangelical Free and they hate mormons!! So that was disappointing. That night we went to a ward council meeting and talked about the missionary work going on in the ward. So we have an 80 year old investigator Freda...I haven't met her yet, but on Thursday we tried to take a member of the ward, Sis Adams, with us to meet her. But Freda wasn't home when we got there, so that was disappointing. Also that day we got a call from a member in the ward that has a nonmember living with them and she said that he is interested in learning about the church, but he doesn't want to read the Book of Mormon yet. So we took some pamphlets to him and met him. Hopefully something will come of that. Later that night we went to the RS activity because the RS president told us she had invited some LA members and they said they would come. So we went. They are making dresses and sock monkeys so send to africa. So we helped out, but there was only 2 people there and they were both active. After we helped them finish we did stop by Heather's house (LA) and asked her if we could teach her the lessons. she is really nice just like all the other people here. On Friday we had the library and then a correlation meeting with one of the ward mission leaders and made some assignments for him to help us. That evening I extended my first 7 day challenge so that was great! They said they would and so we set up a time for next week. So Conference was AMAZING eh?!?!?! (I am working on using my eh)...They were supposed to show it at one of the chapels in Okotoks, but they didn't...so we had to drive to Calgary to our stake center and we missed Elder Scott's talk. But conference was soo good! I loved every second. It was a little different going to a church to watch it rather that watching it in your pj's and on the couch, but I loved it! On sat night the people that signed up to feed us forgot, so we went home and ate with Sis Landry. She is so great!! We taught her the first lesson and then helped her make banana bread. That is when she called you. She is so amazing! I am sure you loved that! Sunday was a lot like Saturday we had conference, but it was in Okotoks and then after conference we went and met with the Salter/Sim family. This family is so much like ours too!! the parents got married about a year ago and the wife is from England. but they have 6 teenagers and it is so much like our house!! their kids are so good at missionary work and are going to find us people to teach!! that night we had dinner with sis Landry and then for the message we shared with her we watched the movie "On the Lord's Errand" It is all about President Monson! It was so great!!! So that was my week! It was pretty crazy! I really love Okotoks! It reminds me so much of Utah! But things are great! It is starting to get colder...this morning it was -10 when we went out to walk/run. But things are good! Sounds like things are good at home! and you are having lots of fun! i miss you all! but I love you all even more!!Love Sister Marchant

O Canada

This is the car I get to drive.

My first companion Sister Hill

II'm heading to Canada!

Hi everyone!! Can you actually believe that I am in Canada?? I really can't to be absolutely honest. In fact I still don't feel like I am in Canada because the part I am in reminds me so much of Utah. My first area is Okotoks. We cover 2 wards which are the Crystalridge and DeWinton wards. It is fun. But let me tell you about my week from the beginning. On Tuesday, we woke up at 3 AM and got ready to leave for Salt Lake at 4. I think I slept maybe 30 min all night long. When we got to the airport and got through security we were able to call so that was so great to talk to you!! We didn't have to wait long at any of the airports we were in, but cool story...at the SLC airport while we were waiting for our flight we were talking to these 2 men. They were from back East somewhere and had just come to SLC to go to temple square and see the Mormon Tabernacle choir. They weren't LDS so we talked to them and gave them pass along cards. When we boarded our flight they were sitting right next to us so we were able to talk to them even more. It was really cool. We at least planted 2 seeds. When we got to Canada it took forever for us to get through immigration and everything, but President Archibald, his wife, and the AP's were waiting for us. They took us to the mission home and fed us and gave us a little bit of training. Later that night we had dinner and then had our welcoming fireside where we met our trainer and got to know where we are serving. My companion is Sister Hill. She is from Las Vegas and she is great!! She is going home after this transfer though, so I will get another trainer because now we have a 12 week training program that tells us what we need to do every week. We were so exhausted that night and I don't think I have ever slept better in my life. On Wed we went with our companions to our new areas. Like I said I am in Okotoks and it is a lot like Utah. We cover some of the city and also some acreges out in the boonies. It is really nice. We live with a member. Technically she is considered Less Active, but her name is Sister Landry and she is really nice. On Wed we also picked up some groceries and tried to visit some people in the ward, but didn't have any success. We had dinner with Sister Crowfoot that night. Her and her son are the models for the 2000 stipling warrior picture of the mother and son. She is really nice. Then on Thurs we had a few hours of planning and study before we went to visit some people and try a little bit of tracting. Mostly we try to work with members to get us referrals. In 80% of our lessons with members we are supposed to 7 day challenge them which means within 7 days they need to find someone for us to teach in their home. On Fri we went to the library to shelve books. We do that for service so that we can email for free. We do that every Wed and Fri. It really is kind of fun. We had lunch with a Recent Conver(RC) Haley and she is really cute and her kids are really cute too! We read a lot of the special Book of Mormon Ensign with her. That night we were a few min early for dinner so we decided to knock on some door. Sister Hill asked me if I would do one so I did. On my first door we met a girl Lindsey. She is 16 and we gave her a BOM to read and set an appt to see her on Sun, she later called and told us she couldn't get a hold of her mom so we rescheduled for Wed. I will totally let you know how that goes!! But it was so great to have success at my first door!! On Sat. we went to Calgary to help with the Calgary food drive. I have never seen so much food! They have been in Guiness World Records for collecting the most food in one day. Just at the place I was we had over 50 huge crates of food. It was cool to be apart of that. We did a little bit of talking to people and stuff that afternoon. That night we went back to Calgary for the RS Broadcast. Sister Landry took us with her! It was so great!! President Uchtdorf's talk was AMAZING! I loved every word. Yesterday was Sunday and it was great! We go to both of our wards so we are at church from 9-2. It was fast Sunday, so of course they asked me to bear my testimony in both wards. It was good though. We tried to knock on some doors that afternoon and visit some people, but we didn't have any luck. That evening we had dinner with the Grigor family. They are great! She sent you a picture of us! Their daughter is serving in Ogden. Right now she is in Washington Terrace. A lot of people here have children serving in Ogden and another just got home a few weeks ago. We taught a lesson to Sister Landry that night and it was good. Today is p-day!! We get to go shopping and stuff and then we will do something later with the Elders in our district. I will let you know more about that later! But overall it was a pretty good first week as a missionary!! To answer some of your questions, I will get to watch all of conference at some church somewhere, but I won't get a copy of that Ensign...so if you want to send me one when it comes out that would be very much appreciated!! I have used my America First card to pay for my luggage at the airport and then I will buy some coats and stuff today probably so watch for that. And also I still don't get tanners email, so will you please add me to the list!! that would be great! Why did you let the turtle go? It was pretty cool! I love and miss you all a ton!! Have a great week!!

First Sunday Dinner in Okotoks

Kaitlyn had dinner with the Grigors. This was her first dinner appointment and Sister Grigor e-mailed this to me.

Last E-mail from The MTC

Hello!
You probably weren't expecting this, but in case I don't get to call you tomorrow I wanted to tell you about this week. On Tuesday after I wrote to you we went to the temple and it was an amazing experience. There is nothing like going to the temple as a missionary. But then we had our Tuesday Devotional! Guess who the speaker was!!! Elder M. Russell Ballard! It was such an amazing fireside!!! He and his wife both spoke to us and basically their message was to not worry about yourself. When you get down and discouraged, just remember that the Savior has been through everything you have and more. He told us to always keep a picture of the Savior with us so we can look at it and always remember. So our sweet Branch President's wife got all of us a picture of Christ. It is a nice reminder to always have that with me! On Wed. we taught Brigitta again and she said she would pray and read the Book of Mormon and think about coming back to church. This week Sis Hutchinson and I learned the power of music in our lessons. In almost every one of our lessons this week we sang our investigators a hymn and it really brought the spirit. It was amazing! I don't have my schedule to look at with me so I am just trying to remember everything we did. But also this week we taught Hely again. She comitted to being baptized!!! She is such a sweet person and I really thought of her as a real investigator. This week we also taught our investigators Matt and Annika. Things are moving along with them as well. Annika set a date to be baptized and Matt is about ready to as well. We teach him for the last time tonight. But really that is how most of my days were this week. On Friday we had In-Field Orientation. It was basically classes/workshops from 8:30am - 9:30pm. But it realy was helpful. They were all taught by the missionaries that were in those District movies we watched before I left. So it was interesting. We learned a lot about things that will apply for when we get to the field. It was an extremely long day, but it was good. Sat was just a normal missionary day of teaching and class. Oh but we got new sisters with the new district in our zone this week! They are all cute and will be good missionaries. But Sunday was an AMAZING day!!! I have never been so spiritually fed! We started off with Music and the Spoken Word which always brings the spirit. Then that led into Relief Society. I don't remember who the speaker was, but she was great and she talked about being cheerful. Later that afternoon we had District Meeting which is always so good! My district is so amazing and I am going to miss them all so much! They will all be such great missionaries! But then we headed up to the temple for our Sunday Walk. We didn't go all the way to the temple because Elder Mortensen is on crutches. So it is a long way up a big hill for him. He has to go home for 6 weeks tomorrow when everyone goes out to the field. It will be hard but he knows it is for a reason. Then we had Sacrament. I didn't have to give my talk, but I was prepared. The topic was repentance. But my district did sing the musical number. We sang "I Believe In Christ". That song is so powerful and a great testimony of Christ. After that we had our Departing Devotional where the MTC presidency spoke to us and gave us som advice of how to be successful and what we can expect the first few days. And that led into the Sunday Fireside. The speaker was a District President from the MTC and his wife. Both of their talks were excellent! My miracle of the day was that EVERY talk that I heard yesterday was meant exactly for me! It was everything that I needed to hear. Instead of watching the movies last night we headed back to our rooms to begin packing because we are given very limited time to pack today. But that was the basic overview of my week. If I left out anything important I will let you know! But I leave for Canada tomorrow!! I can't even believe it! I am really scared/nervous/excited!!! We have to leave the MTC at 4 am so we will be awake around 3...not my idea of fun. But then my flight is at like 7:10 I think, so if I have time to call you I will! It will be early so sorry for that. I know that this is what I am supposed to be doing and I am grateful for the oppportunity I have to do it! I love you all and I am so grateful for all of the love and support you have given to me!! I know Christ lives and that He is there for us whenever we need him! This gospel is true!! I am so grateful I get to share the happiness I feel with others!! I Love you!!

Love,
Sister Marchant

September 13, 2011

Dear Family and Friends,
Sounds like things are still going great at home! That is all good! This week at the MTC went by really fast, but really slow at the same time! In some ways it feels like I have been here forever, but really it has only been 2 weeks! But let me tell you about my last week. On Tuesday after I emailed you I went to the temple and did a session with the other sisters in my district. It was really amazing and it was the turning point for the week! I seriously LOVE the temple so much! I really hope I will be able to go on my mission! I cant wait to go again this afternoon. Also that evening we had our Tuesday fireside and the speaker was Jay E. Jensen of the Seventy. It was really good and he talked a lot about missionary work and recognizing the spirit and being obedient. But that is all that really happened that day. On Wendesday we just had class and stuff. Which meant a lot of sitting! It really is hard to sit for that long in uncomfortable chairs! But we also met a new investigator. Her name is Brigitta and she is a less active member. Really we are just trying to help her rediscover her testimony! We bore testimony a lot to her and just listened to her and her concerns. That day we also had to teach in zone teaching and we taught our other 2 investigators Matt and Annika. Things are going pretty good with them. But on Wed we weren´t the new missionaries anymore and we got another district in our zone. They were all elders so the sisters in my district are still the only sisters! But we will get new ones this week. Then came Thursday. On Thursday we taught Hely again! I seriously love her! She is so excited about the gospel and is just soaking everything up! She is so awesome!! She commited to read the Book of Mormon and is pretty excited about it! That day I saw Brother and Sister Brown. She gave me a huge hug!! They both said Hi!! Another thing that happened that day was we had a firedrill in our classroom building! It was a nice break from class! Friday was a pretty exciting day too! We had service at 6 AM and we cleaned windows and helped set up classrooms in one of the buildings here. We taught Annika again and she is going to read the Book of Mormon. We also taught Matt about the plan of salvation and committed him to baptism, but he wouldn´t commit to a date. So that is our next goal with him. That day for gym, we went up to the missionary field (off the MTC campus) and played Bocce ball. it was a lot of fun and we were laughing the whole time!! We also found a tree that smells like cream soda. I know you probably think I am crazy, but I promise I am not! Everytime we walk past it, we always stop to smell it! it is so crazy! We also got our travel itinerary that day!!! We leave for Canada next Tuesday at 4 AM!!! our flight leaves around 7 I think and we have a really quick layover in Colorado and then fly onto Canada. We should be there around 1130 or 12. I don´t know if i will get to call, but if I find out I will try and let you know! I can´t believe it is already time for me to leave! It is crazy!! On Saturday not much exciting happened. At gym I ran into Elder Carling (Preston) I talked to him for a bit and it was fun to see him! Now I swear I see him all the time, but it is nice to see a familiar face! I wrote my talk on Faith in Jesus Christ as well. We have to write a 3 to 5 min talk everyweek, because you might get called on in Sacrament to speak. I didn´t, but my talk is ready. That way you also have 3 talks prepared for when you get in the field. Oh and that day I got a package from the Summers! They sent me some treats and Diet Coke!! They have caffiene free here, but it just doesn´t compare to the real stuff! They are so great!! On Sunday we had online study time where we watch those district movies and do quizzes and other stuff and then we had RS. The speaker was Rebecca Thompson from the RS board. She did a really good job. Then we got to get out of the MTC for a bit and walk up to the temple! It is so nice to be on the temple grounds and just have a little bit of time to relax! After that we had Sacrament and then the other sisters and I went to choir practice. I haven´t been in a choir since High School so it was really neat!! We will sing at the fireside tonight! For our devotional that night they showed us the special Music and the Spoken Word, because it was dedicated to the memorial of September 11. I can´t believe it has already been 10 years. It still seems like just yesterday! Then we got to watch the movie Legacy! It had been forever since I had seen that! Once again that movie was never funny or cheesy until you watch it with a bunch of elders! On Monday we taught Annika again about the Plan of Salvation and hopefully she will commit to baptism on our next visit! We also taught Hely again and she is still so great!! She is really progressing and I think she will commit to baptism this week as well! For gym we went up to the field intending to stretch and do some ab workouts, but we all fell asleep in the sun for about 20 min. it was so nice! Oh and Elder Mortensen broke his foot! he was playing basketball. he will find out tomorrow if he needs surgery or if he will be able to leave with all the other elders! i feel so bad for him! Today has been good so far! Just did my laundry and wrote a few letters! I get to go to the temple in a few hours!! My teacher told us a good quote by President Hinckley that I want to share with you! He said ¨More and more sisters are going on missions today. Not because they aren´t getting married and have nothing else to do, but because he needs them to raise his priesthood army.¨ Isn´t that so true!! I am so excited to be a missionary and to share with others the knowledge I have!! I love you all and am so grateful for you!! Oh and we are witnessing history at the MTC this week. They are moving a bunch of things to a new building, like the mail and other stuff, so if you tried to send letters or a dear elder letter i probably won´t get it until thursday! And remember I am leaving the MTC this week!! Love you all!! Hope you have a great week! I don´t know when i will get to email again because I don´t know when my p day will be!! anyways my time is almost up!! love you so much!!

Love, Sister Marchant!!