Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello Family.
Happy Thanksgiving. I will be excited to hear that it is celebrated because here that holiday is far past gone. I am so grateful for all of you. There is so much that the Lord has blessed me and Sister Henderson with. We know that it is such a blessing to be a part of the Lord's work. We met a girl 2 sundays ago and met with a woman named Pam. She has 2 little kids and we went to go talk to her on the street. The great thing was that when we met with her she had a chance to really listen to what we were saying she has a baptismal date for Dec. 20. We are so excited for it. I know that it will be a great experience for her. She is sweet! She has had a lot of hard things but I know that this will do wonders for her family. we have met a lot of others this week that we are excited about. We got our transfer calls last night. And.... I am staying here to see the work progress. I will be staying with sister Henderson who is one of my best friends and also getting Sister Sullivan back. So we will be in a 3 here in portage. We will be able to accomplish so much. And I know that it will bless this area to have 3 of us accomplishing everything. I love the gospel. I love that Heavenly Father knows our needs and gives us according to them. I love the members here. And the ones that are soon to be one. It has been an amazing week. We have seen one miracle after the next. I think the Lord is someone who is so kind and loving and that we really are suppose to find joy here. It should be a great transfer. We are excited that SIster Sullivan is coming to serve here. Yesterday we went to a less-actives house and we did some service. Well, it was hilarious because as we were leaving her dog bolted out the door. So we have the 3 of us trying to catch this reindeer of a dog, it took us probably 5 minutes running after this dog until we got it. We were laughing pretty hard because it was so fast. And she got tricked by sister Henderson. She was pretty grateful
though. We also did service for another lady who typically we knock and walk in. Well we had set up this time to do service. So we knocked walked in and she was asleep. Well we promised we would help her so we did her dishes and swept the floor and cleaned off this table. She slept the whole time... talk about secret service hehe. The phone even rang but still to no prevail did she wake up so we left a scripture on her table and left not even saying one word to her. hehe. It was great because this member has been pretty sick so it was probably good for her. We are teaching a lady from Sao Paulo brazil English. She is so sweet. We are teaching her what things are, Pronunciation, sentences, and everything else imaginable. But she really opened up to us, and even though there is a language barrier we understand each other and feel her appreciation to us for our help just humbled me so much to think how wonderful she really is and how much we can be angels in others lives by the actions we do. I loved it. So at this time of year I am grateful for the countries we live in, the gospel that has blessed our family, the scriptures and living prophet we have so we can find answers to our questions, and the chance I have to be in the service of our loving Father in Heaven. I love you all. take care of yourselves! And I will write again soon!
Love, Sister North

Hey Fam!
I just have a minute but I wanted to say that I love you all! We had a week of
service I don't think that I have done more service in a week than I have this week. But it was great. Lots of dishes, shoveling dirt, raking leaves, and unpacking boxes. But it has been a great week. I love service, and wow the work you can get done when you have many hands. I even put bags of leaves around a house for insulation. Its been great. I love the members.

I get to give a talk this week... and well I am the only speaker so I get the whole meeting to talk. This should be interesting. Also, we got cell phones this week so we can talk while we are out. It is pretty exciting and changes things up a bit. Nice to have though when we went out about a half hour out of portage looking for a house. So definitely a blessing. It has been good though. I love the work and the people. It is amazing the chance we have to teach and testify of our Savior. I did dress up for halloween we had to be in at 5:00 for the rest of the night. But I had 2 costumes... a cowgirl which was nice... but also I was a thief in the night in all black both great costumes. We had fun and ate pudding. How much better does it get? I don't know! IT was great!

I love you all and hope you have a great week! Can't wait to see pictures of all the great times back home!
Love you! Write soon! hehe JK.
Love, sister North

Transfers

Hey Family!
How are you doing? So wow... there is a lot going on. Transfer calls were last night, and well I am moving! I am heading to a place called Portage la Prairie which is about 45 minutes away from Winnipeg. It is outlining so we won't be with that many other missionaries. My new Companions is sister Henderson. She has been out 2 transfers, and I am excited to go work hard with her. She is sweet. I took her out her first day in the mission field back when I was in Winnipeg. So I am excited to serve with her again. Sister Sullivan is also leaving heading to a place called Kenora. Which she will love! Because there are more hills, water, and trees. Surroundings that she is more familiar to, and a small town. We are sad to be leaving each other but excited to see what outlining is like. We have had a good transfer together, and I love her a lot. I will miss the good times.
So we can only have 2 suitcases and 1 carryon bag. and well.... I have a little more than that, so I am considering wearing half my clothes. We were practicing today and hehe... I think I put 18 articles of clothing on. I had shorts, 2 pairs sweatpants, 4 skirts, 3 tank tops, 3 shirts, a t-shirt, a light sweater, a sweater vest, a sweater, and 2 blazers. hehe. I looked like a marshmallow, and felt like one too. it was pretty funny were were laughing about it. but we are doing everything so that I can fit everything in my suitcases and make it to where we are going. hehe. So it is completely entertaining. hehe.
We have had a good week, and have been working really hard. I love the work we get to do and to really be able to get to know these people we teach. I love them so much. we had to say goodbye to Stephanie today and it broke my heart. The people we teach out here become a part of us. And I know that without them the work would be harder, but teaching amazing people makes the work not so hard. It is really is a blessing. I love it.
I hope you all have a wonderful week. I am grateful for all of you, and the chance I have to get to keep in touch. I am blessed so much, to have the family that I have. Happy Holidays! I will talk to you soon....
Love you all.

Love, sister north

ps... the pictures are me as a marshmallow, and the other is us with stephanie
today.

From the Birthday Girl

HELLO EVERYONE.
My birthday was SO GREAT! tHANK YOU for all the letters and emails... some of which I haven't gotten. I must be off I am out of time but I had a great day, with district meeting, lunch with the Davis' (senior couple) some members sang me happy birthday, Dinner with Stephanie for a mexican/canadian meal. And a lot of good laughs. I love you all. Have a great week.

Love, Lou (Sister North)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Today is Lindsey (Sister North's) 22nd Birthday! We all wish we could give her our love in person, but this will have to do! We love you Lou! We hope you have a very special day! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Pictures from Regina

These are pictures of Lindsey and her new companion Sister Sullivan. The picture with the Birthday cake is of Stephanie, an investigator.

Last week.

I am so excited for conference this week. It is going to be amazing. How many times can you say "come listen to a prophets voice..." well twice a year for sure. But what an amazing opportunity. It is so important to learn as much as possible. Stephanie (our investigator) will be coming. All she needs is a big enough confirmation that the church is true and I know she will be able to quit all the habits. I know she will come along. She is doing good. And we had a really good lesson with her. We Love her so much and really just want her to be happy.

We got to go to the Relief Society Broadcast. We had to go to the dinner they were having late. And the men who were helping with dinner helped us get everything we needed to be completely stuffed. There are some really great members here in Canada that I love a lot. The interesting part, is how grateful I was to see these familiar faces from the family ward and just remember great memories past. We were fed well physically, and then we went to get spiritually fed. Which was amazing. I LOVED ALL THE SPEAKERS at that broadcast. Each one was powerful, and stephanie didn't go so we went to her house later and talked about them, then she told us that she went onto the website to look them up, and listened to 2 or 3 of the 4 of them wow! I loved it! It was a great chance for her to listen to them.

Love,
Sister North

Hello Everyone.

This week has been an amazing week. We have had 12 lunch/dinner appointments in a week. We are rather full. We had some amazing lessons with our investigator Stephanie! And I know that we were blessed.

So last night though, was transfer call night. We had to be in at 8:30, so we invited the Davis', a senior couple, to come over and play phase 10 as we were in our apartment. They did, and as we waited for our call the phone probably rang 20 times before our call actually did because everyone wanted to know what we were doing. and we would yell, "we haven't got our call yet...bye" and hang up. However, it was a lot of fun. I didn't get the call until about 10:20. And the news is....Sister Ferguson is being transferred back to the states, she is going home. I will miss her greatly because I love her a lot. And I am training a greenie named Sister Sullivan in Regina. I am excited to meet her. I will go in to Winnipeg with Sister Ferguson for our last road trip for a while, and have a transfer meeting tomorrow. I am excited to get a chance to share what I have learned with someone who is willing to learn. It will be a great opportunity to learn, I am quite nervous, and excited at the same time.

Yesterday we set a baptismal date for Stephanie for September 20th. So it is coming up. She is scared to death so pray that she will find confidence within herself. But she knows it is true, and now it is time for her to use her faith and Act. It was such a great experience to be able to see how the members have loved her and invited her. They are a great support and help. Sister Ferguson has already planned that she is getting on face book to stay in touch. hehe. I am doing really great. I love Regina. And this weekend is Stake Conference...wahoo! It should be really great. I love you all. Take care, and know that I am happy, healthy, and scared to death to train.

Gracias.....Malo....Thank you...Mahal Ko Kayo (I love you)

Sister North

Hello everyone!!

So this week has been a lot of fun. So we met this girl named Stephanie this week. She is the light of our lives. The first day we met her we got to know her and invited her to church. She accepted. We got to see her saturday as well. It was so good. She has such amazing interest levels. We gave her a pamphlet that she read and had questions about so when we taught the next lesson she already knew what we were going to say. It was so great. She asks a lot of questions and has a great love for her family. It is so fun. We had a great chance to address her concerns and discuss a lot of the commandments and a variety of topics. And to our astonishment she is already living most of them. She is doing great. She loved church. The members loved her. and she asked if they would be there next week. hehe. The meetings on sunday were amazing! I love it! She is really great! So I really love teaching the gospel. and those that listen to it. An amazing story this week.
We had a great prank we pulled on the Elders this week. We snuck over there, and we put a bunch of alarm clocks hidden in their apartments. We love good pranks... so we went during lunch, and they had meetings. well they with dumb luck found one of the alarm clocks and new a prank was being pulled. There was 4 altogether but only 2 worked because the found the other 2. But it was a good prank. And made our lunch a lot more entertaining.I have to be off. But I love you all and hope all is well with you. Pictures will probably come later of our adventures. love you all.
Love, Sister North

The Latest

So it's been another crazy week. It started out really interesting, We have these neighbors below us that started having a full blown screaming match. It got to the point that we thought violence was involved and called the RCMP. (cops.) and they came and so did an ambulence, but because we are very nosy neighbors we saw the gentlemen leave with a hurt hand we think, and the girl was walking and doing things, so overall, we haven't heard any fighting since so we really don't know what happened so we were a little flustered by it. and our air conditioner just barely broke hehe. So it is getting warmer and warmer in our apartment and outside isn't so cool anymore. So we are pretty warm.
The best part of our week was getting to have Zone Conference for a number of reasons. We first, got to see our Mission President and his Wife. I love them. And they really help set an amazing tone for our meeting. Second, we had a general authority come speak to us named Spencer V. Jones from the quorum of the seventies. He was amazing. He felt the love and the spirit radiate and he got to know us and as he taught. His Wife was with him, and she is a fiery thing. Sister Morgan talked about improving our prayers, and told a great story of a convert in Phillipines and how he learned to pray. President Morgan talked about appreciated the things around us even the flowers, the moon, and all the great things there are. (we were asked to go buy flowers for zone conference they were beautiful fuscia gerber daisies and yellow lillies and little white and lavender flowers.. they were nice). Sister Jones talked about trials and overcoming them to "Buck UP" and face them with strength. It was great. I sang "How Great Thou Art" with sister Ferguson, Elder Tieken, and Elder Davis... with Elder Goettel accompanying. It was really nice. but I was so scared. However, the spirit was really strong. Then Elder Jones spoke about how we learn, the bigger plan of why we are missionaries.. to Baptize and Retain so they can reach Exaltation, and how to commit people effectively. Every time he taught it was powerful. The time went so fast, and when it was done, I was sad, I longed for more. But it was a great meeting, and I learned a lot.
Overall things here in Regina are good. We are still trying to find those that are ready but we are learning a lot and really coming to enjoy the things here in Regina. The other missionaries from Saskatoon, came down for the conference. It was really fun to have sister peterson and sister Dietrich stay with us. We laughed about funny memories, caught up on everything we missed, and really just loved being together. It was short lived, but great to have them here.
I love you all, thanks for the support. I hope all is well and that you are
happy and healthy. I know that the gospel is true, and really brings us the
greatest happiness and peace when we live it. I know that everything we do is based on the beautiful principle of Faith, and that our true goal should be to have the
vision of returning back to our Loving Heavenly Father. I will talk to you soon.
Love you tons.
Love, Sister North
In the far from frozen North

Hey Everyone

Hey.
I am back in Regina Wahoo! I really am loving it here and everything, everyone about it. We have been so blessed this week. We moved into a new apartment both of us, and it had absolutely no food, so we were wondering what we were going to do, and well, the Lord provides because we went to see a couple of people and they gave us food, and then the Elders called and said that where the sisters were before there weren't going to be missionaries there and to come get all the food out of the apartment. So our needs were provided for. It was a good adventure for both of us. My mattress wasn't my favorite and so as were going to get the stuff from the other apartment we shoved a mattress folded up in our car, and got it to the other apartment and switched for the other mattress. Now I sleep great. We felt like we were on a special mission to get all this food, and other things we found we needed from the apartment. I am driving now, it is pretty fun, we have a really nice Malibu we drive that has quite the accelerator. It has been such a great week, full of meeting new people through street contacting, tracting, and we even were fed by a member today. What a blessing. and it was great. I love it here. I am doing well. Healthy and Happy. Thank you for all your prayers, I know I am being taken care of. The gospel is true, it really can bring us the greatest happiness. I hope we all can strive a little harder, to be a little better and to measure up to our potential. We truly have great things to acccomplish for ourselves and also for those around us that need our help. I love what I am doing. I love you all. Thank you for your many prayers, I know they are heard.

Love, Sister North

Can We Say Transfers....

Hello everyone....
Last night was transfer call night and we had the chance to talk to President Morgan and here where are next assignment is. And so he called I am....GOING TO REGINA. Wahoo. I am heading back to Regina but to go to the YSA (young single adult) ward to be with my legendary companion Sister Ferguson. Which is really exciting, because she was my trainer and now I get to kill her off (or be her last companion before she goes home). I am really excited to get a chance to be somewhere new with someone I love. I will be driving this transfer it has been a while since I have driven so it should be fun. hehe. Fortunately, Regina isn't quite as chaotic as Winnipeg. But to make things even better, there is a brand new sister coming out this transfer, and Sister jenkins my companion is training for the third time...impressive, but because she can't meet her till tomorrow I am taking the new sister out with me tracting or whatever we choose to do. So I have been entrusted to be her first comp in the field, well, temporary companion. So we are going to have a lot of fun tonight getting to work. It has been so great to be back in Winnipeg and see the people I love.

So monday we had FHE and we were making cardboard cars and painting them and different things. We decided to put ours together and make a police motorcycle with a side car since we needed to make one big enough for three. It was a great time... I was trying to get out of it but I ended up falling down and getting stuck in it...
it was really funny I did make it out but we laughed forever about it. So yesterday was amazing because it we worked so hard we ended up teach 7 lessons finding 2 new investigators, and setting a baptismal commitment. Winnipeg is picking up, Sister capps is lucky she is staying I love it here, but am excited to be with Sister Ferguson and back to the temple. We met a girl named Kashus who was really struggling with things in her life, we met her monday and then we went to see her Tuesday as we talked she got all emotional and said that she was praying for something to happen in her life and that we were an answer to her prayer. Also, Kim is getting baptized soon which is so great. There are so many blessings happening here in winnipeg. So now I am off to Regina to hopefully work for the same success. I really love being back out. I feel like I am happier than I have ever been, and that even when things are hard I am just happy to be back. It is amazing the joy that comes through service to our Heavenly Father. I love it. I really have a testimony that it is in the small and simple things that we really learn who we are and how to find the greatest amount of happiness. I love you all and hope that you are all doing well. thank you for your love and support.

love, sister north

Once more from Winnipeg

I am now back in Winnipeg. Wow what a weather difference. It is pretty rainy here which makes it humid which actually isn't that bad when the wind hits. I am loving the weather here because it is still cooled off. We have a baptism coming up July 26th, so we are getting ready for that, and it has been great to see the members and missionaries again. It is good to be back to what I know and what I am suppose to be doing. I really love the mission field. Especially in the canada winnipeg mission. We had members bring us buns last night (rolls). and just people are great here. It was great being home and seeing people I love and catching up, but it is equally as great to be back to the service. I am ready to go. I am really loving the mali.... and it is great to be back in another 3. Some things never change which is no problem to me. I am with sister capps (my old companion from oregon.) and sister jenkins and she is from wales.. I haven't ever served with her, so I am excited to. They are really great and were actually MTC companions. So the work is going well here. We are going to have a good time this weekend because there is a couple of ward activities and a baptism that we get to go to. So I am excited to be with the ward again and hopefully make an influence for good here. I hope everything is going well for all you...I love you, keep me updated on the good things going on in your
families and just remember the mission office has changed to:

845 Shaftesbury Boulevard
Winnipeg, MB R3P 0M5

I love the chance I have to go and serve the Lord. It really is a blessing. I
wish you all the best.

Love, Sister North

From St. George

Well a lot has happened the last little while so here is the updates. First, for those that don't know, and for those who haven't heard much. I am currently serving in the St. George Mission with my mom as my companion. I got sick while I was serving where I would get bad abdominal pain. So I got sent home. I had gallbladder surgery and am on the recovery. Which is good. I will be going back in a couple of weeks probably somewhere around the 7th of July. So it has been crazy to be home, I am missing winnipeg but fortunately I get to go back when everything is good again. I have been out 8 months, so still have plenty of time to enjoy the rest of my mission. I am still learning a lot here, different from a mission, but I think patience and relying on my Father in Heaven knowing that he is aware of me. I didn't think I would learn it this way but we don't always expect the things that happen to us most of the time. I have had a chance to talk to some of my recent converts and also to some of the investigators I taught and it has been good to encourage them and just to hear of the great things they are accomplishing. So that has been really neat. I am doing good, but still am excited to go back. It has been so wonderful to see friends and family and feel of the great support that I have. It really is encouraging to me to feel like I have such great people cheering me on. Second, my mission address is changing as of June 16.

The new mission office address will be:

845 Shaftesbury Boulevard
Winnipeg, MB R3P 0M5
Canada

What the mission office says about letters that go to the old one:
We will be setting up a forwarding service so that any post you have already sent which may currently be in transit will be forwarded to the new address when we have moved. This will be in effect for approximately 6 months, so hopefully no post will be lost.

So that is kind of crazy, just so you know. I just want you to know that I love the gospel it is something that really brings me the most joy. I love canada and am excited to go back to my mission this I think just makes me appreciate that much more the time that I get to spend serving my Father in Heaven. I just hope that I have been the instrument he has expected of me. I love my Savior, I truly know that by ourselves it would be impossible to really accomplish or have what we hope for. Especially eternal life and exaltation with our families. What an amazing blessing it is know these truths. And that we can know it through a prophet of God. I love President Monson and his sincerity, and humility in this new calling of his. I love you all. Thank you for the support.

Love, Sister North

Here are some more pics:

From the Field

Hello!
This week has been a great week for a couple of reasons. I am currently still in Winnipeg, and love it. The weather is getting beautiful I think this morning on my alarm clock (thanks ash) it said it was 22 which is about 71 degrees. So beautiful. We played sand volleyball which made me happy and I am really grateful for all the parks here in canada they are amazing!

This past weekend was Stake Conference. And it was so great! The stake presidency talked about the 3 fold mission of the church and there steps of getting every family to participate in them. It really was great the revelation and insights that
they had. They want to increase the member finding and missionary teaching of Elder Bednar and gave everyone really great ideas of how they personally can accomplish it. And the pattern we need to establish in our lives, and the steps towards family history and temple attendance. I really respect the leaders in this area. They are really great. So we heard from everyone in the stake saturday night because on sunday it was a broadcast. The broadcast was all of the canadian stakes and the speakers were President Monson, Sister Dibbs, Elder Steven Snow, and Elder Ballard. And each of their experiences of service in Canada. And their love for Canada. It was really great though. I learned a lot even though the night before was a huge thunder storm, lightning storm, which blew their antenna or something so we missed the first part of it, but it ended well. It was great to hear the love they had of their experiences here in Canada and how part of them will always have special place in their hearts. It was really a great opportunity. We had some investigators there, who wanted to hear the prophet speak, but we could only get audio and it wasn't that loud, so they heard it but it was quiet and no visual so I was trying to take copious notes to pay attention.

One of our Investigators Yuki is going back to China, many of the university students do because they are originally from China so they go home for the summer. She will be back in like 3 months. But it seems so long.

There is a single sister who was a service missionary who has currently been released. She has some health problems but we usually go over there to do different service things and share a message. She has 3 bookcases full of books, and it is interesting because she doesn't even remember how many she has. so we have been trying to organize them in some sort of order. So she fed us last night and we are working on finshing we have one more shelf of keep and throw away decisions but we still have to get those cabinets organized most are church, but she has so many books. It has been good to do some service, it is hard to do here, because we don't really have to many options so it is great to serve, because she really needs all the help she can get with her home.

Winnipeg is beautiful, I really love it, and the memebers, and the people. We are learning a lot this transfer and hopefully will apply it. hehe. We see interesting people every day. The other day I saw a gentleman walking across the street, and he decided to stop about 6 feet (kind of in the middle of the farthest lane) on the street to check his watch, well cars were coming and so he checked it and kept walking. We were laughing because I would personally never do something like that, but to this gentleman it was perfectly normal. How great. Also there was a gentleman the other day wearing a pink turban. So everything you wouldn't think you would see people do, is done here. It is great. I love it!

I love you all. I hope all is well, and that everything goes great this week for you. I love being able to serve the Lord, and am grateful for the gospel, without it we would still be in our own personal apostasies. I love getting to teach and to testify, and help these people understand the worth that they have to there heavenly father, and the happiness they can find through living the principles of the gospel.

I love you! Have a great week!
Love, Lou (sister North)

News from the North

Hello everyone!
Reports from The Windy city of Winnipeg. So the weather has become something beautiful! Today at our activity I was getting pretty warm. What a grand change. The Baptisms were amazing the spirit was so strong! Heather and Colleen looked beautiful in white and I really know that they were making amazing choices in their lives. I love them so much, and really can see them becoming strong members of the church. So last night was fun because as I called in to the District Leader, Sister Ferguson and sister capps got into a water fight next thing I knew I was covered in water as well, I think Elder Cutright was a little confused but to say the least we were wet but happy. I love the people here in canada so much. We really have some amazing members, right now we are working on building the area after the 2 baptisms and really its a lot of work, but its worth doing. Sister Ferguson and I sometimes beat up on each other as far as tackling when one isn't paying attention, its good exercise. hehe. I am learning a lot, and really trying to learn everything I possibly can. The other day in my studies I was learning about personal apostasy and it was such an interesting topic because well, even when we are slacking on the basic things of reading our scriptures, saying meaningful prayers, and going to church, we are having our own mini apostasies. It is so important to stand firm in all things. I love the gospel and how it really changes peoples lives for the better. Yesterday we talked to this guy on the street, and he was like sure lets talk religion. He was really smart and as we talked his desire to learn and to read from the book of mormon grew because, The book of Mormon answers the questions of the soul, so now he is coming to a pot luck and will start investigating the church and who knew if we wouldn't have talked to him what would have happened. There are
people all around who are ready, which is a crazy thought. But we do meet some crazy people on the street, who you just wonder what in the world they are thinking, but it is good fun. You just laugh. Such as meeting Elijah the Prophet who told us the New Jerusalem is right here in Winnipeg, who knew? And that they world is going to tilt to the 23 parallel so that those here in Winnipeg will have the best view, and the best weather... good thing I came here... whew! I love you all. Thank you for all of your support. I am lucky to have the amazing friends and family that I do. Take care!
Love, Sister North ( from the not so frozen north now)

Pictures from Zone Conference

It was warming up here, the cold part is the wind. whew. Spring is a hopeful thought. Overall we are being pretty blessed. Sister Allan and Sister Capps looked at my wardrobe and were like honey you are going to melt this summer so we are going shopping today to pick out a couple things that can get me by... we are going to suzy sheer which is I think like a t.j. maxx. I love all of you so much and am grateful for the wonderful support I have at home.

Love, Sister North

Hello Family and Friends.

Well I am now serving in the Windy city of Winnipeg. The weather is getting much nicer, but the other days its was 70 kmh so we felt like we would get blown away but it just adds a little more fun. I am in a Young Single Adult ward so I am working with people that are my own age which is pretty funny. Very different from a family ward but is good because I can relate on different levels. My companions are sister Allan and Sister Capps. Sister Allan is obviously my fellow st. georgian and I found out that yes we do have accents. words such as field, idea, feel and fill. Supposedly we say it different but at least we can both pronounce it wrong together. hehe. I love it here! There are some amazing people. We have 3 baptismal dates for May 3. Heather- who is so good, and so excited about her baptism. her family is thrilled but I have never seen anyone so aglow when it comes to the church. Colleen- who was paegan and now has a great testimony of God and his love for her. She even took out all her ear piercings but one to be obedient right after we talked to her about it. and Yuki- who is Chinese and never knew of God before and last time we taught her she said she can just feel it even though she can't always understand what is being taught at church. They are amazing. I love you all. Thank you for your support. I know that this is where I am suppose to be and that teaching the gospel really brings me the most joy! I know that living the gospel will make us happier than anything else we can do! It changes our lives for the better. and we really can
be purified by the Atonement of our Savior Jesus Chirst. I love you all. Take
care. And I hope to hear from you soon.

Love, Sister North (up in the warming frozen north)

Lindsey and her newest companions.

Winnipeg

My area is now in winnipeg! I work in the YSA with all the young people so basically their college ward. My companions are Sister Allan from St. George, UT.(She is practically family) and Sister Capps who is from Portland, Oregon. They are both hilarious and they are hard workers. The weather has actually been quite cold the past few days. It had started to warm up and now it is freezing again. But I got to give it to these two sisters they are working out champs! The city is huge~ and there are so many people from so many nationalities. President Morgan lives here, and I have seen him twice this transfer so I think it will be nice to be serving around them. We won't seem them a lot, but occassionally so that is nice. The senior couples are the Heltons, work in the office, and the Hansons, who are city builders. Winnipeg is a lot different from Regina but it is fun.
So we as a companionship are playing the biggest losers with ourselves because i want to be healthier again, sister allan will be going home, and sister capps just wants to be healthy too. So it is going to be fun. So Linda... how did you figure out percentages? Lets see... We have set some stretching goals so we will be working hard which is good. I am going to be learning a lot. I am really happy and feel like things happen for a reason. So I was the only sister traveling into Winnipeg so they let me travel with two of the Zone Leaders. But before I left I said goodbye to some of my favorite people in Regina. One being Myles, who gave me a porcelein angel...it is very pretty. He really has a big heart. I love this area already, it will be a change from the family ward but there are great people here. I love the gospel it is true no matter where I serve, but I know that my morning studies are going to be more effective here so every transfer you learn something new. And I am excited to
see what I get to learn this time. I love you all. Thank you for your support. I
am excited to be here in Winnipeg so send any mail to the mission office.

First Transfer

This is all we received today:

Sister North wanted us to email you and let you know that she has been transferred to Winnipeg. The LDS web site is down, so she couldn't email you. Sister Ferguson is staying in Cambridge. Her companion is Sister Wertz. Sister Dietrich is going to Saskatoon. Could you please let everyone know to send Sister North's mail to the Mission Office in Winnipeg.
Thanks
Elder & Sister Davis
P.S. We are really going to miss her! We have grown very close. We do have some great pictures of her, with her funny looks!

New Pictures!

Lindsey's license plate was stolen right off their car and this is her with her new plate.


In front of the of the beautiful temple in Wascana.


Going about daily missionary activities.

The Baptism

Okay so you have all asked about the baptism well, here we go. So we had committed Myles about 1 1/2 weeks before his actual day. All he said was, Well i guess the sooner the better. So March 1st was set. Everything we taught him after that he accepted. We had a lesson on the priesthood and he had a blessing by President Quinton because we were at there home doing a Family home Evening, and the spirit was so strong, it ended in two grown men crying. Things were amazing. We just were trying to meet with him as much as possible and help in anyways that we could. So as we taught him, one night we told our member no worries because we are just going to watch the Restoration and answer any questions he has. So we get there, and his dad and brother are just leaving and we go up to teach him. Well we walk in and he is acting really weird. We sit down and he just starts shooting off really weird questions. So we are like, lets open with prayer. What his dad and brother had been doing was sharing lots of anti-mormon literature was him. and wow, it wasn't the lesson we expected at all. Myles has had a rough life anyways, and to have this pushed on him was really hard for him. We told him not to trust it and that we personally wouldn't trust anything that wasn't from LDS.org. and he did something i didn't expect him to do, he said, "so you are telling me these are lies" and we said we didn't know what was on them but we wouldn't trust it, and then he threw the papers behind him on the floor. It was reassuring that he still had faith in what we were teaching. We talked with him for a while, and then asked if he was still planning on saturday and he said, I will have to get back to you, we set an appt for friday and left with a prayer. Our member helped bear her testimony we apologized for the rough lesson. Well we started a fast that night, we were really worried. (oh yah sis D. stole the literature and we ripped it up when we got home). So the next day we went over there he said that his dad had called 3 times trying to see what his decision was. We showed him part of Special Witnesses of the apostles testifying of the all different principles. we added our testimonies, and the first question he asked that night was. What did you do with the papers? we told him and asked if he wanted them back he commented no. He then asked why would we want him to be a member of our church. Sister Ferguson said because we love you, and he said what? everybody who tells me that has backstabbed me. And I shared that it was a commandment to love, love the Lord, love they neighbor. He was quiet, and he said, I am going to trust you now, but so help me if you have told me wrong, You should know I haven't trusted anyone in 2 years. And he said I guess I will do it, tomorrow at 3:00 then. It was music to my ears. hehe. however he wasn't perfectly okay, but he was going to do it. He just said I am going to make a lot of people mad. And so Saturday we made the appropriate arrangements and we got ready for it. We called just to see how he was doing, and he said he had already had 4 calls that morning trying to tell him to back out. He finally showed up at the church and we asked if he had any questions, he just said "yah, but I asked them all this morning, i have been praying the whole time." So we took pictures, and waited for everyone to arrive. President and Sister Morgan were there, and so was every missionary in Regina. Plus a great turn out from the ward. Also his mom and dad were there, and his daughter and her husband. The service was amazing. The spirit was so strong, between President Quinton talking having a musical number and having the baptism take place. It was amazing. We then stood up to talk while he was changing. and as we taught the restoration of the gospel, me and his mom locked eyes and she sat there and nodded as I talked about families. She agreed pretty well with everything we said. and when the service was over she came up and gave all 3 of us a big hug and said, "I am glad he met such nice people as you." It was amazing. She was one of them that had called that morning discouraging Myles. I know the spirit touches hearts, and that it really can change lives. Its not us as missionaries. As I bore my testimony when Myles came back my eyes filled up with tears and all I could think was, How great shall be your Joy. And it was. It was an amazing day. He was confirmed the next day and I saw his countenance change, he just seemed....softer. As we talked about the baptism he said he was grateful for how it went, and that his daughter who doesn't believe in God was actually asking questions, and he was excited to just be there to answer them.
He is going to be an example to his family, and I know that he will be a great asset in the Kingdom of our Father because he has great faith. And I know that he fits in well. I know that I was blessed to be a part of this opportunity, and that I really am grateful to see how gospel changes lives for the better, and we are just small instruments in the hands of our Father in Heaven.

Thank you all for what you do for me. I am truly blessed to be so supported. There are some out here that aren't supported at all. One is from Tonga, and I admire him greatly, his family disowned him when he came out because they didn't want him to go on a mission. He came and didn't hear from them for the first 10-11 months of his mission, and he got a letter from his family for Christmas which brought a huge smile to his face. And I was blessed on many sides of getting to hear from everybody as much as I do, and that I did feel support from my family. I love you all. Take care, and know that we are very blessed.

Love, Sister North

WaHOOO!

Well hello everyone. I love you all so much thank you for all your wonderful
support. well as I said to some of you good news....

MYLES IS GETTING BAPTIZED MARCH 1ST. YAH!!!! I am so excited for him. He really has changed a ton! When we first met him he wasn't the most friendly of characters, and now he is one of the happiest things I have found. He has one of the best hearts and a hard life. But I am so happy for him. He saw the bishop the other day, and he actually told him that the missionaries just came at the right time, and that he was genuinely happier than he has been in a long time. He is great. So there is no greater joy than that... read Alma 26 or D&C 18 just about how exquisite the joy is in bringing the gospel to someones life. So thank you all for praying that someones heart would be softened and that they would have a desire to be baptized. So it will be a great day! Start the month of march off right!

The work is progressing and it is going to be a very happy day. We also have a couple other investigators who are moving nicely. wahoo! I love the gospel. And I love having Sister Dietrich here with us. So I have been learning german, I can count from one to ten. It is an accomplishment, and she really has amazing study
insights that I love to hear. So the more the merrier I guess. Well sort of.. it
started out rough but has gotten so good. AND tomorrow is Zone Conference so it is going to be so nice to have that chance to hear from President Morgan, the assistants, zone leaders, and district leaders. but honestly one of my favorite parts is the testimony meeting...wow... the spirit just soars through that meeting. I love the gospel. And I am so happy here. The members are starting to see the vision and actually giving us referrals, we get fed well...and I really feel loved. I am excited for the chance I have to serve. What a blessing. Sometime I think what blinders I must have on compared to the Lord, because I see such a small part of the picture. I often think of the potential we as missionaries have to become better, but also the potential our Father in Heaven must see in our investigators. I am always so impressed by those who make such a concentrated effort to find the Lord and act upon the truth when the recognize it. Myles has had to overcome smoking, coffee, drinking, and eating meat sparingly. But every commitment we leave with him he accepts whether it is hard or not, he has complete trust that we will teach him correctly so the things we ask him to do he does. And I wonder if I would have done what they do. We asked him to write down his 10 favorite things we have taught him, so in essence his testimony. I am excited to hear it. and even after hearing all the commandments he has to live by... all he said was, "thats not too bad". wow. I am humbled by his sincerity, and faith to act on some of these commandments he doesn't understand. Maybe, someday I can show that great faith in something too. Well, I just wanted to tell you the good news. and I will be sure to send pictures home, because it is going to be a special day. Oh yah, we had FHE with Myles at a
Members home and we talked about the priesthood. We talked about some of the
different responsibilities of holding it, I think he is excited to be able to be a part of it. It was such an amazing lesson, and I know that he felt the wonderful spirit that comes from being in a members home, and having that priesthood authority. It was a very good week, and the best is yet to come.

I love you. Thank you for your support and love. I miss you, but know that I am happy and I always tell stories from home. Have a great week. And maybe look for
an opportunity to tell one simple fact about our church to someone who isn't a member so that they are actually getting true information.

Love, Sister North

An additional companion

Preface: Lindsey is still in Regina and last week for transfers Lindsey and Sister Ferguson had another sister join them.


Okay... figured I could talk to everyone at once... So yes I have a new German
companion named sister dietrich (d-trish is what it sounds like). She is really
funny, and can speak english exceptionally well. She is a lot of fun and probably one of the most easy going people you will find, so it has been really easy to add her to the group. She really does fit right in, and she will be such an asset this transfer. I love her a lot already. and her favorite color is green just so you know. Today is FREEZING the snow and the wind are having a field day, so we are really enjoying today. But no worries because we are doing good.

Well, lets see... we have been teaching some amazing investigators! whew...Kathy has quit smoking completely and no longer has any desire to smoke which is so good! we had a good talk with her Monday about other commandments and I really think she is progressing well. Myles, we just committed him to stop smoking and he has taken some huge steps to do so, he sold his pack and bought a lot of cinammon things to encourage no smoking... AND he finally felt a really strong spirit reading the scriptures because of his actions to do so! I was so proud of him! Lets see, Crystal is trying to get to know the ward and get involved in activities and she is praying on her knees which is a huge step and has continued her reading. We really are blessed and are grateful for the blessings in this area, and hope that it continues progressing.

I love the people here in Canada, they are great! And they really have a lot to offer. I love the gospel, and the book of mormon. I was reading yesterday morning and I was reading about Nephi, he really was commanded to do a lot with the plates, and yet he obeyed, and only wrote things he felt were of great worth and really for our time. I am so grateful for the many people in history who acted upon faith, the commandments, that we can be so blessed through the experiences they had and the knowledge they obtained and shared. I love the gospel with all my heart, and I know that it is so much better to live by the spirit than not, and those "little things" we do; such as prayer and scripture study really make the difference, and really add the spirit for us to be guided. I am grateful for the missionaries who do go out and share, and teach the restored gospel, because it is something everyone needs but they just don't know it yet, but there is a lot of adversity, I like to think if there wasn't opposition the answer that it is true wouldn't have such sweet joy. and we have so much opposition because it is so true. I love you guys so much. Know that I pray for and love each of you, and am grateful for the opportunity I have to serve and know of the great support there is behind me. Keep the faith because there is no other way for us to have all those blessing we desire, and know we must do the little things to add that protective armor around us. I love you all! (cousins, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends included!) I know the gospel of Jesus Christ is true and that this is his church which has been restored today!

Love, Sister Lindsey North

New News Letter!

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Sister North Newsletter

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So funny story. like 2 days ago we were out trying to find this ladies house so we went to one door and we went and knocked and no one was home at the first house so we were leaving and walking across their driveway and i totally fell. It was so funny beause sister ferguson turns around to me on the ground first fall in cananda. We were laughing so hard, we finally made it to the second the door and knocked on it and there was a lady home so we talked to her and then we left and walking down the sidewalk that goes to the driveway and i slipped again and this time I took sister ferguson with me. I haven't laughed so hard in so long and today i had a huge bruise on my leg that I am going show off at pday activity hehe. It was hilarious we couldn't stop laughing, i was like crying, and i was sure we had made quite impression to the car driving by when it happened. It was entertaining though. Today is a cold day! it is like -33 with windchill but thats all part of the fun.

Oh yah, So me and sister Ferguson had a bonding moment the other day...hehe... we decided to sleep on our balcony. hehe. It was a lot of fun, we took pictures and just laughed. I guess I like my own bed because by the end of the night she was towards the end. We ended up going in at around four. But it was really fun! No worries we are still healthy and it wasn't too cold. But now today is FREEZING so we were lucky to find a mild night. Today is -30's with windchill so I imagine tonight they aren't going to stress knocking doors just going to your appointments you have.

I do love it here, and we are teaching a really intense word of wisdom lesson tonight with some of our investigators Kathy and Rayne. We really have been blessed this week and we are really trying keep things progressing.

And I have gotten mail from the hammers, grandma and grandpa hafen, ashley, and a card about sister missionaries at my apartment, thanks fam! Sister Ferguson and I have done a lot of fun things are really enjoying each others company.

Love, Sister North (Lou)

Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! First of all, I want to tell Linda and Maudi thank you for the present and the great drawing, I hung it up on my wall next to me. And thank you
Grandma and Mitzie for presents too, food is always a nice addition, and the pictures of home made me smile.

I have a good story about the temple this week. At dinner with the Quintons, Mr. Quinton told us that one day there was a man who came and was looking around the temple. President Evanson went out to meet him, and asked if he could help him, he said that he drives by there everyday and everyday he feels something when he passes. They talked for a minute and President Evanson explained a little about the temple. He didn't give his name but I really liked how he could recognize a difference. He also mentioned a muslim guy who comes to visit once in a while here in Regina and he visits the temple when he does and walks around, once again President Evanson went to talk to him and found out that he too could feel God here. He kissed his hand and told him he was a man of God and left. Sometimes I get these small realizations, and this one was how blessed we are to have a temple so close and that so many people here in Regina went through the open house at the temple and saw the beauty and always comment that we are good neighbors, and they are always very gracious about the temple and the members that visit it. Sister Quinton said that every time they are doing baptisms for the dead, there is a different feeling
in there, and also when the missionaries come. And I always take for granted having that temple close by and not always taking full advantage of those blessings. I love the Spirit so much, and it is amazing the difference of having it and and not having it with you really is. There is greater happiness in living the gospel than imaginable. Today I read Alma 39-42 and wow, we have so many answers about questions people ask that don't know where to find them. I am greatful for the gospel in my life. Don't be afraid to have a conversation about one principle of the gospel, and more importantly, don't take for granted to opportunities you have to have that Spirit more abundantly in your life, because it will come if you want it to. I love you all, take care. I am sending a funny story so you are going to have to wait till it gets there... but I think you will like it!

Love, Sister North ... don't worry I am not always so serious here. Hehe.