March 3 - A week of miraculous adventures! :)

Wow wow wowee this week was amazing!!! This is the Lords work everyone! I know it and God knows it!

(On a side note; two years ago today I had a change of heart ...)

 

So when you serve in the metro and it is transfer week it is nuts, we had Sister Meihe with us till Thursday then she left to her new area with her companion, then we had Sister Ward and Sister Turner with us Weds, Sis Turner left  to Newbrunswick then Sis ward and her bran new MTC companion Sister Dohnelly with us from Thurs to Sat morning because their apartment in Bridgewater was not ready for them till then. So it was a stretch to have so many people in our area; and Sis Keeler and I just love serving with one another and we are just pretty excited to be back to work and have this area with just us two haha. But it was great, required stretching and we saw a lot of wonderful things with the sisters here; but from Saturday till yesterday we saw miracles I tell ya! We picked up 7 new investigators in those two days! and just WOW is all I can say about how we found these people, I am so excited to share with you the details of this week!!

 

So Monday we had a dinner with a family in the ward, and they actually had a non member family a single mom and her two daughters. We taught them about the Book of Mormon and were able to have brother and sister misner share their testimonies! We picked up her as an investigator and will be seeing her this week! Then Tuesday we went to go stop by Andre's house and we met his wife!! She is wonderful and we will hopefully be teaching her this week! Andre will not be getting baptized this week because of his work, he can not get work off; he is still searching for new jobs so he can attend church and progress in the gospel but things are still going good with him! Tues nigt we had a STL skype call and we found out Sis Broadhead (use to be my STL 30yr old from Cardston tank show missionary) has extended her mission for this transfer and for her last transfer she will be a travelling sister training leader so she literally will be travelling around the mission going on two day visits with the STL's in the mission.  She is currently now serving in Halifax but partially pretty well as she will be out of her area so much, so her and I may be travelling week 4 of this transfer to go train the sisters in Mongton and train and learn from them! Sis Keeler and I are so excited for her to come work with us!

 

We went to the temple Weds morning and WOW that was amazing...Then we went that evening and took all the new 8 sisters street contacting down town Halifax with the assistants and the STL's in Nova Scotia South zone and that was wonderful, we all split up.  Sis Lund and I a new sister went street contacting she was terrified but we actually found a new investigator for the assitants (as he lives in their area) together which was pretty exciting! Then Sis K and I and the 3 other sister which were working with us went and worked in our area, Sis Turner and I worked with one another she is a great sister missioanry who came out in Sept, she was in St. Johns and now is in Fredicton.  Her and I had a great old time with one another!

 

So due to short time I am just going to skip to Saturday but from Weds to Sat, we had great days it was wonderful but Saturday is where the magic happens!!

So Saturday we taught Heidi another single mother who was a referral from members in the ward, and she has cousins that are members from edmonton! We had a great first lesson with her and her daughter loves coming to our church! She was going to come on Sunday but they were sick so we will be seeing her again this week.  Then we had a hot chocolate booth; before the booth we prayed and pleaded asking Heavenly Father to place the people we needed to meet in our path ... so we met 3 LAs, a La who was actually from Raymond Albeta and Sis Keeler knew all of her family that have been La for years, we met Michael a potential  investigator and his son, and we also met Brother Macdonalds--> (LA we are working with) we met his non member wife! and also had some amazing gospel conversations with few other people.... like what are the chances?!? We were extactic and that was all within an hour!!

So after the hot chocolate booth we went and picked up Jessica Edis a member from this awesome family in the ward that we have grown very close with, and we went to a lesson with a family that the elders knocked into.  They said they love sister missionaries so we went instead of the elders, and WOW this family is amazing!!! Susan Paul Jennifer and Paul the Magrath family - let me tell you this ... so they met with sisters 4 years ago but the sisters got doubled out so they never heard from the missionaries no more, but as well when their 11 yr old daughter was 8 they attended a baptism at our church for her friend, and now  they left their church 1 year a go and are looking for a church where their kids can learn.  It truly was amazing to see the seeds planted from these faithful sisters and member and we were truly reaping what they were sowing.  SO we had such an amazing lesson, we picked them all up as new investigators and will be seeing them again this week, they are so SO ELECT! Truly was a lesson described in D&C 50:21-22,  when Jessica and us all got in the car after the lesson we all just screamed literally full of excitement and happiness!! Ahhh these truly are the days NEVER to be forgotten.

 

So sunday morning we had a skype call with the whole zone and the zone leaders are just on top of everything now it is amazing and so exciting.  We are all on the same page now and just ready to work our very hardest. So we had a skype call where we set out expectations for the whole zone, the ZL's asked Sis K and I to teach to the zone about vision goal and planning cycle.  We explained that and commited the zone to all make one for their areas for this transfer, was bit nerveracking but the Spirit guided us in what to say in that one! But afterwards we were studying and Betty our investigator called us at 10:45 (church startsa t 11:30) and was like I would like to come to church today!! We were under the impression prior too that she did not want to come, we francticly found her a ride and Betty came to church!!

It was testimony meeting and a rather bold sarcastic funny member of the ward whom we had taught a lesson in his home that week and have been able to get to know him lately; got up in fast in testimony meeting and rebuked the ward because of no one was getting up to bear their testimony.  He said "I have a friend Betty who i promised this morning she would love church for her first time and well how is she going to if know if no one comes up", and then he continued to talk about our lesson we had at his house.  He said "and we had a great lesson and our house and Sister Pushy (referring to me haha) shared a sweet testimony in our home" haha it was funny but I literally have 8 minutes left and can't explain his testimony in more detail but it was very funny and the ward got up and bore their testimonies but he called me sister pushy over the pulpit! haha.

So Sunday night we were knocking on a street that we have felt inspired to knock for couple weeks and we finally had time to do so; so we were knocking and we kncoked into Sista Quincy! She is a hairstylist who is ghetto black momma haha that works at the salon we volunteer at.  Her daughter opened the door and I saw her in the background and was like "Sista Quincy?!?" haha it was sooo amazing she had us in her home, we came to understand that she had her mother and mother in law pass away in the past month.  She has a strong strong faith in god, we taught an amazing lesson and well we will be teaching her this tuesday! Like what are the chances!? Seriously if this ain't the lords work I don't know what is?!? No one can deny this!!

 

We have seen miracles happen this week, we are seeing this area flourish and seeing the fruit of the effort; this is all from Heavenly Father because this is His work. I praise in rejoice in God and His plan and purposes for us! I felt like Ammon this morning as Ammon states in Alma 26!

 

It is an amazing day to be a missioanry and I am so thankful!!

 

I love you all and thank you for your prayers I pray for you and the Low family as well, I am so sorry to hear for their trial at this moment!

Love Sister Pizzey xoxox

February 24, 2013

http://www.mormonchannel.org/youth-videos?v=1211362959001

 

here is a great mormon message I feel is so important for  our world today. I totally use to be like the people in this video and I am so grateful for my mission and how much my eyes have been opened from this and how important it is to put the technology down if it is not enhancing our inviting the Spirit and spend I time more worthwhile.

 

I recieved that braclet this week and I LOVE it! It makes me think how much of a blessing it is in our lives to have our eternal family how blessed our WE!! <3

 

So YES I am staying in the Cole Harbour ward with Sis Keeler i am soooo happy!! This week has been a crazy busy week and a lot has happened in so little time!  Sis Leavey she was serving in Dartmouth, Blake and Lindsay met her in Newfoundland went home after being out 1 year.  She had to leave home because she was very sick, so her companion Sis Meihe has been serving with us since Thurs and Sis Meihe will be going to Truro this Thurs to open the sisters area there and train a new sister missionary.  It was sad to see Sis L go, but good as well as she really was suffering. Being a Sister training leader I have learnt soooooooooo so soooooooo many things, you have absolutely no idea, words can not even describe. I am so grateful for all that I have learnt, but to say the things I have learnt quite simply would be to love, have charity and serve others serve serve serve and love!  I have learnt alot about humility and caring less about me and more about others- putting others first, calming down and not jumping the gun on things, listening more and talking less. I love this past transfer I truly have come to see some deep weaknesses in myself ...  I love missions because you go through the "pride cycle" so much and you really come to understand that as you grow closer to Christ our weaknesses will be shown Ether 12:27.

I am so grateful for all I am learning I can honestly say without these expierences I would not be half of who I am becoming without them- every moment I am just in ah and think in my mind "why? why am I so blessed and lucky to be having these expierences and on a mission and serving at a time such as this in this freaking absolutely fantastic mission!?! like why? why me?!? " Every sacrifice that is required with the Lord we truly are blessed 10 fold.

:)

 

So this week well lets begin on it!

 

So we are just seeing the most dersastic changes in this "COOL Harbour" ward.... that is what Sis Keeler and I call it and last week a member quoted us for saying it over the pulpit in sacrament haha. But it is unreal!! Every Sunday ward is just happier and happier or it appears that way! They are dishing out wonderful referrals left right and centre! And beginning to soak up our efforts with them it is really nice to see! They are offering to have our investigators to be taught in their home and just so excited about our volunteering opportunities we are doing! We just got an amazing new ward missionleader who is on fire as well! One of the elders in our ward is being transferred out, he is just ready to go and we are not sad to see that! haha sounds harsh but reality of it. We will be having a new zone leader replace him and he is just amazing he was a district leader in New Glasgow and we worked with him as we are sister training leaders for the sisters in his district and he is exactly what this ward and zone needs, so we are stoked and ready to tare things up here!! He is an intense missionary and that is what i like haha... I just really appreciate, respect, admire, look up to missionaries and people that understand the importance and magnitude of this work and how this is the Lords work we are His work, and we are working with Him and that it should not be taken with frivolty...

 

So Tuesday we were able to teach Andre at President Leavitt's house we taught him 10 commandments and Law of Chasity it was a great lesson and one where talked about in D&C 50:verse 20 or something... "Taught by the Spirit and he recieved by the spirit and we all rejoiced one with another!" It was great and President and Sister Leavitt think he is great, we were able to talk about the lesson afterward and Sis K and I were able to walk away with alot that we learned on how we can improve!! it was great! We had a great District training as well!

 

Weds: We had mission leadership training as well which was great I learnt so much and realized quite a few areas where I feel I need to improve in! Then Weds evening we had a our visit with New Glasgow it went great! I was with Sis Curtis this that evening who has been out 1 transfer and she is just the most humble christ like kind shy person.  I felt so much love for her and we had a blast, she lacks confidence so everything she did I just praised and helped her recognize how great of a missionary she is! I felt bad for her i just wanted to squeeze her.  She was experiencing some things with her companion. I encouraged her to be more open and ...we had a blast! the next morning I was with her comp., we volunteered at the hairsalon and taught a lesson with eachother. It was good!

 

We started teaching two new investigators this week the ball is rolling quite well here! Amazing to see how the Lord works we met the 2nd gator in the lesson with Latisha the first gator we found and her name is Emily we really feel we just found Latisha to meet emily. They are both 17 Latisha just turned 17 and has a 4 mnth old.... and Emily is just very elect and has family that are members in Ontario and a bestfriend in Montreal that is mormon, Emily has actually looked on mormon,org! We taught Emily last night for the 2nd time with sister in the YW presidency in the ward.

 

Saturday we had a sykpe with the Sydney sisters where we trained them because they live like 5 hrs away that was great, with did that at President Leavitts house.

We had a nice chat with President Leavitt afterwards, I asked him for a priesthood blessing where I was able to have a good 45 min talk with him. I got sick this week (did not take away from the work though)  so mainly that was the reason why I asked for one but as well I was just kind of beating myself up about some of the weaknesses I have been recognzing in myself; we had a great talk where I feel really good about the direction I am going and how I can master goal setting and continueing to progress forward grace by grace, he felt the devils tool for me is to have me feel too down on myself and discourage myself by making me think I am incapable... so true.  Pres. Leavitt gave me great advice and instruction as always.

But I literally have 3 mins left to write, sorry for short details of this week just know that I am loving my mission having a great time and am so happy to be serving here in this ward with the sisters in this zone, I can't wait to what is unfolded and this work is so inpsired I am so greatful for the Leavitt's and all they do, I feel so blessed to be here just so inpsired! I don't think words can describe my feelings haha.

But I love you all and have a great week!!

xoxox

love Sister Pizzey

February 20, 2014

New Companion - Sister Keeler

Lunch with Sister Leavitt - their favorite lady!

                         

Sign for the Free Hot Chocolate Booth

February 17, 2013 (Wowee 11 months?!? YIKES)

Thanks for your emails I much appreciate them wow it is at an end of transfer coming up here and this Sunday we open up our transfer emails! CRAZYCRAZY! I am expecting and hoping that Sis Keeler and I will both stay seated here!

 

So I just love serving here I could not imagine my life with out it! I love where I am serving it is so nice to be in the "metro" around President and Sister Leavitt, it is just so convenient! For example we will be having a lesson with Andre tomorrow at the mission home with President and Sister Leavitt.... YES at the MISSION HOME! the things you just appreciate sooo much when your mission is so huge!! As well Sister Keeler and I were able to bring Sister Leavitt with us to a lesson this week but unfortunately that person no showed us so we did not end up teaching with her.  We were talking with her in the car and we shared how we are just so happy to be serving around her and that we feel we have so much wisdom to learn from her.  She invited us to come over for lunch today!! And we had a fabulous lunch it was so much fun and so great! We have pictures that I will be sending! We got to see President Leavitt but we had a wonderful lunch with the 3 of us and I feel I just learnt sooooo much from her! Sis keeler and I always are having deep gospel conversations which proceed and open the door up for learning from one another.  I just learnt so much from her and feel like I have so much more of a clear understanding of where I want to be and how to get there!

 

So this week has been great we have done many unique ways of finding!!  We had a hot chocolate booth this week where Sis keeler and I handed out close to 100 cups of hot chocolate; we actually had to run home get some more hot chocolate it was such a success! We are becoming better known in the community, which we feel will lead to success in due time! We started volunteering at the hair salon which was great! We organized their color and got to know all the stylists in the hair salon real well!  They all love us there and actually a member from our ward and her family are faithful clients of theirs! It really is so much fun and such  a great service opportunity! -- memorizes of a lifetime!

President Leavitt has talked about the 4 ways that lead to success they are;

1) Faith of the missionaries

2) Skill of the missionaries

3) Faith, skill, and dedication of the members

4) Preparedness of the people

And we are really trying to apply all 4 of those in this area. Sister Keeler and have been having great companion studies.  We have been doing all we can to serve love and strengthen this ward and warm them up to missionary work, and we feel through finding unique ways to serve in the community we will be able to soften the hearts to the community and like us! So far we have been blessed to see that things have been working!

 

We are seeing success with two investigators the hearts of the people here are certainly hard but we have been seeing success in many different ways! Andre is still progressing great.  We talked to close to 300 ppl this week in inviting them to learn about this gospel and picked up no investigators but it is okay! We are looking forward to this week and have faith that we will find new investigators; it is all about a consistent effort.

 

Since this area does not have a busy high populated area to go "street contact" people we go to grocery store parking lots, and bus terminals haha it is great! We also have been doing alot of knocking, service and working with the members! We are teaching a family in the wards friend this Saturday.  She is a single mother and has had contact with the church before.  We are so looking forward to be able to teach her with them because WE ARE ONE and then with that same family we are going over for dinner next Monday and they are having another family over for dinner!  They are absolutely fantastic and everyone should follow their example :)

 

This ward is embracing us finally and it is great! We are having a dinner apt everyday this week and on Weds two times because we are having the New Glasgow sisters come visit in our area that day so both sets of us will be able to come it is great! Normally I would rather to go work, but dinner apts are not for the food, it is to gain trust and get in the hearts of the members and inspire and uplift them to do missionary work every which is the BEST work ever!!

 

Church was cancelled everywhere on Sunday here except for our ward and Dartmouth ward so in our ward we had like 12-16 missionaries attend! Sis Belford (LA from New York) attended church in this "flash freeze" storm for her 3rd week in a row, it was such a blessing to see!

 

We are having a visit with the New Glasgow sisters this week and a mini exchange with the Dartmouth sisters, we will be having a leadership training this Weds where our zone; Elder Jarvis and Steed and Sis K and I are giving a 25 minute Doctrinal Discussion together on the power of BOM in conversion! I have studied about that this morning in preparing for that and I really have come to realize that the Book Of Mormon is UNREAL and that is is the keystone to our conversion and lives!

 

We are seeing so much here, and we are at the start of a great work in this area! I love my mission so much it has completely changed me I can not believe 11 months ago I was giving ya'll a hug goodbye in the airport time has gone by so fast and yet I feel like a completely different person at who I was then. I hope to continually change so that when I am home I can continue to do what is right and be an instrument in the Lords hands. Volunteering in the hair salon on Thurs really made me realize how perfect of job it is, to love others and build them up and...SHARE THE GOSPEL AND BE A LIGHT AND AN EXAMPLE TO ALL. I can not wait to practice these skills in the future and continue to bring others into the Light of righteousness.

 

I love you all it is a great day to be a Mormon  and a missionary!!

 

LOVE,

Sister Pizzey

xoxox

 

February 14, 2014 - Pics (from Christmas time)

Paige, got love her!

Cutting hair somewhere - maybe a nursing home

Sis Starkie, Sis Pizzey, Sis Aslett - with their Christmas Gifts
Missionary Christmas Party!

 So many kind people having them over for
Christmas!

With their Christmas PJ's we sent them!

More kind members having them for Christmas!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

February 10, 2014

So this has been an amazing week! I can't believe how much Sis K and I are going through and learning it truly is amazing and I feel so blessed to be serving with her. I know me serving a mission is apart of Heavenly Fathers plan.  It truly is amazing, we are meeting people and serving around missionaries that we know we are here to help.  As well we are learning things from one another that I don't think I would ever be able to learn from anyone else!  I stand all amazed and am so grateful to be here, I could not imagine my life without this mission.

So WOW this has been an amazing week !

Monday we started teaching the MOST prepared investigator every like SERIOUSLY. It was a blessing straight from heaven.  Andre requested missionaries from mormon.org we started teaching him Monday night and put him on date for March 8th!  He has already booked work off for it and informed his boss that he can't work Sundays because church is a priority.  He is french catholic from Montreal has been here 30 yrs and is in his 50s. He has a wife who is not interested YET but he is working on her! He came to church Sunday and everyone loved him and we have been teaching him in members homes, and we will be actually be teaching a lesson with him and the Bishop tomorrow! Truly was such a miracle and mercy from the Lord to be teaching him. He called us last night after church and left a voice-mail about how excited he is and that he cannot but the BOM down.  After every lesson Sis K and I are just like "WOW did that just happen?!" And Sis K coming from Newfoundland for 10 months is just like "people like this actually do exist??!"

haha we have been blessed :)!

So you are all going to laugh but we have set up some amazing service opportunists in this community because one way to success is softening the hearts of the people living here by helping them see us in a different light and see that we are cool! hhah.  So we are doing the hot chocolate booth with the elders but as well Sis Keeler and I set up to work in a salon two hours a week thurs from 1-3 hahaha. President Leavitt okayed it and think it is a great idea! As literally we will be salon assistants at "Fusion Hair Studio" a classy busy new high end salon full of kingdom builders - our fear was we would be around trashy people but we had a great talk with the owner this morning.  We are on the floor mixing colors, sweeping, booking hair appointments and seating and greeting people.  I will be helping more hands on, taking down colors etc! hahaha its great and if their clients ask what we do we are allowed to talk about it, just as long as they start the convo. The owner has asked to many questions like "what are your beliefs?" why do you do this? haha she loves us and it will be great!

So we had a leadership training this week for District leaders and sister training leaders and zone leaders in nova scotia it was great! and then Sis K and I picked up 3 new gators this week and have some potentials lined up for this week we are hoping to begin teaching!

One lady named Betty whose friend is a member in Sackville, and referred us to her, she is going through a hard time and funny thing is she came to the church for an activity and accidentally walked in the temple and she said she felt the Spirit so strongly, we are hoping to have her attend church this week and have her on date!

We are hoping as well to get a free hair cutting booth set up a the farmers market as well!

So many amazing things have happened this week but also hard things as well. Sis K and I are serving in a District of missionaries that are struggling, 3 of the 6 other missionaries in our District were actually about to go home; 2 because of discouragement and 1 because of illness. All of these things have led to a really discouraged slow district.  We are working hard with training and trying to motivate the sisters to be unified.  It was sad to see missionaries struggling so much and missing out on the joy and blessings a mission can bring- yes its hard but its like a refiners fire every growing pain is so worth it! It was saddening to see this all and Sis K and are were so grateful to be serving with one another through this all!  

It has been an amazing week of growing, learning, and teaching! Things with the ward are going better and better! Sis K and I had a great meeting with the Bishopric yesterday, just us two as the elders could not make it; it was funny this is the most "hip hoppiting" Bishopric ever.  They all look Blakes age and are like Blake and also have young families, they are pretty casual which is weird for me but they are so willing to help us out and be one with us.  We are learning lots from them and we are all working together on helping the ward be a more welcoming ward and not so clicky.

This week has been one for learning and I feel so blessed! I am working on changing my diet consecrating that aspect of me to the work and giving up my unhealthy eating and being more charitable to others!

Sis Keeler and I are having a blast and building a friendship for eternity we totally were pre-mortal besties ;)

haha
I LOVE you all and hope my letter was not to confusing to follow along and understand!  This is another crazy week in a life of a missionary!!

Have a great week!

xoxox Love,

Sister Pizzey

February 3, 2014

"Hiiyeah!" thats what the English people say!

Anyway so Jordan was baptised this week! whoo hooo! His sister sang two musical numbers at his baptism apparently it was a powerful baptism and when he was confirmed he hugged all the people that confirmed him-- ahh amazing!! He was pretty pumped! Sister Aslett gave him a note for me, and took pictures and is sending them to me as well with is baptismal program! So it was pretty much like I was there ;)

I really could have of pulled some strings to attend but this work is not for me! Its the Lords and I have been called to serve in this area! Therefore as badly as I would of liked to go deep down in my heart, I knew it would be best for me to stay and knock the evening in our area!

So this week went by crazy fast and was all about crazy growth! I feel very blessed that Heavenly Father has entrusted Sis Keeler and I to serve here and feels like we can handle it here! It is a challenging area and the soil is alot less fertile than the other areas in which I have served! but none the less we have been very blessed and have had many wonderful things happen this week!

So Monday night we had diner at a members home and we got a ton of referrals from them which are quite promising! The husband of that family actually got up yesterday in testimony meeting and bore his testimony about our visit and how member missionary work is so easy and he talked about our visit with him in it, so that was quite exciting! We knocked that evening and it was great!

Tues: We drove 45 mins and met the New Glasgow sisters half way and then Sis Burton and I (who is in her 3rd transfer and training a new sisters) drove to New Glasgow and we were on a exchange in her area as Sis K and Sis Curtis were in Cole Harbour. It was a wonderful exchange best exchange I have been on as a STL! Sis Burton was soaking everything up like a sponge, such a humble dedicated obedient missionary really nice to see! I feel so blessed to be serving over such amazing sisters.  We had great lessons and we were able to find some great potentials! As well we were able to do some great role plays that gave her more confidence with some skill areas of missionary work that she was lacking in.  She was quite stressed out because she was focusing alot about "me me me!" in missionary work and worrying about her growth and potential as a missionary more than she should be; so we had a great real conversation about how as we forget our selves completely and go to work we are blessed with becoming who the Heavenly Father needs us to be! It was great her eyes were open about how looking outward truly is the key to success and how when she looks outward puts the mirror down and looks through the window and serves her comp. in helping her comp. be the best she can Heavenly Father and the enabling power of atonement will strengthen her in her weakness! We both walked out of our exchange feeling very strengthened!

Weds: Sis Keeler and Sis C drove up to New Glasgow and then Sis K and I hopped in the car and drove and hour to meet the Sydney sisters halfway from Sydney to Cole Harbour (as they are 5 hours away) Then Sis Nelson and I drove 2.5hrs back to Cole Harbour for our exchange with one another! It was quite a bummer as Sis Nelson got "sick" and we only were able to attend one LA lesson then she called it quits and decided she couldn't work no more due to a migraine so she slept the whole day, I did work in apt. it was alright tender mercy in a sense I was able to catch up on my BOM reading!

We met a LA street contacting though and she just moved from New York 3 months ago and has not attended church for 15 years! We had a great lesson I was bold and she is very repentant and wanting to prepare for the temple! She is in her 70s and is wonderful she attended church this Sunday!!

Thurs: We drove swapped back and SIs Keeler and I were quite excited to be with one another in our area! We love serving with each other! I truly feel Sis Keeler and I was totally besties kicking in the pre-mortal existence haha ;) its TRUE though I love her so much and she is my sister! She is great everywhere we drive we have no music playing just the most amazing inspiring gospel conversations! We are very open and honest with one another and have gotten into the grove with teaching with one another! I love her so much and feel so blessed to be here building relationships for eternity! We truely feel there is one person waiting to receive us here and we feel that Heavenly Father is teaching us so much here, I feel very humbled that He has chosen us in this area, it is an area where the ward members have their backs up towards missionaries.

This week I was on Alma 17 on weds I woke up at 5 am Thurs and Friday and finished BOM this morning I completed the BOM! Sis Keeler and I have done much prayer and we decided that alot of fasting, waking up early, and greeting every sister in the ward on Sunday with a hug! We have recieved alot of guidance from the Holy Ghost and just feel we need to stretch and jump out of our comfort zone and be excited, happy and just approach every member with sincere love for them.  We have seen alot of amazing results already and have faith things will change as we are patient and consistent-many members have responded well. i love this opportunity to grow and serve as Christ would!

We have been very blessed to see some amazing success with LA`s- the relief society pres. has given the same list of LAs for the past 1.5yr and never has anything happened, with the list we have been teaching a family and had some powerful lessons. We had 3 LAs attend church, 2 of them who have not been to church for 15 yrs! It is amazing and they both want to go to the temple! I love serving in a area where the temple is literally 2 mins from our apartment, everyday I see it and I just feel so happy looking at it!

 

BTW I am now just doing a general letter... as you can see from above

Yesterday it was church and I was able to go up and bare my testimony Ì said something along the lines how two years ago I read BOM for my first time and it changed my life, I testified of BOM and how excited I am to serve in Cole Harbour ward-blah blah blah you know!  I was able to share a bit about myself and my excitement to be here Sis K when up afterwards it was great! We were blessed to pick of 3 investigators yesterday! One was a mother and daughter from a member who is there husband who is LA, and as well a family that we will teach in two weeks once they are home from being out of town!

SIs Keeler and I are learning so much, it was a harder week but I feel we are here for a reason, I feel honoured to be put to this challenge and have faith that as well stay meek and humble willing to submit all things to the Lord we will see great things happen here. The elders and us have created a vision for this ward and are becoming more unified which is great!  The elders have told us that the ward is loving us and that they never met sisters like us... I feel its a bit of our excitement ... The ward is great reminds me of our Sherwood Park wards SO FAMILY PLEASE DON`T BE 3 HR MEMBERS and not help missionaries out and don`t be all passive towards missionary work when the missionaries ask for referrals and invite you to join in the work JOIN IN and GIVE SOME REFERRALS (because really when we missionaries do we are inviting you to partake of the blessings of missionary work).

I love this work, and I love our Heavenly Father!
I want to always be a missionary and I will, I love people and talking to everyone out of a genuine way to just love and laugh with others!

This morning from 9am-1 we cleaned the temple! It was amazing! I love diligently scrubbing the temple- the house of the Lord! The senior missionary couples that are serving in the temple here are in our ward, this week we knocked into one of them and we did not know it was a missioanry couple the elder answered and invited us in and I asked ``are you alone`haha he laughed and turned out they are missionaries too!! They live 3 apts down from Sis Belford (LA from New York!) So we were able to tell them about her and they are going to fellowship her, they just have so much charity these senior couples ! It is amazing this couple is 88 years old on their 7th mission, he was a mission president, and served for 2.5years as his wife has two children at home! Now that is consecration and they will be heirs of the celestial kingdom! We must follow saints examples! People like them truly seek the kingdom of god first! It is so apparent as we serve others and do missionary work that we are in the service of our god, the quality of this couples life is so much higher than the 88yr olds I have met in old folks home and that is because as we serve the Lord we are blessed in ways we can not imagine!

I love meeting such legendary people here on our missionary with such  strong faith! It is amazing and I am just realizing how much I have to change, grow, serve and learn!  My eyes have been so opened and I love it! I can not imagine my life without this. I feel I have been blessed 10 fold for the sacrifice a mission is! It is amazing words can not describe!

I love you all very much !

And have a great safe trip mom and dad and I love you! And keep up the reading and family prayers:)

much
LOVE

SIster Pizzeyxoxoxo