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
Monday, December 1, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
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
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
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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.
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.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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)
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)
Monday, October 6, 2008
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
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
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