Dear Family,
well...things are a little different with
transfers. I just got an email that said here are all of the
missionaries being transferred to or within Calgary and my name was on
it with a bunch of other missionaries. Sister Hoyt didn't get one so
I'm being transferred and she is staying. Well, up
in the top it said "Sister Douglass and Sister Little - Royal Oak and
Tuscany" :) That means Sister Little is my new companion and ....wait
for it...wait for it... I AM IN THE AREA WITH THE
TEMPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woot!!!! Which means
I'll be up there the entire time for the temple open house/dedication!!
I'll get to see everything that is happening and going on. Ahhh!!!!! I
am still in shock. I don't know what to thing, but it's going to be
fantastic!!!! Sister Hoyt is super excited because her companion is her
MTC companion. Crazy, eh?
Hmm...now where to begin? We picked up FOUR new investigators this
week!! We taught Susan, who was a referral from a member up in Calgary.
She's so great!! She grew up Anglican and she went to church with her
member friend on Christmas.
Then we met with the Browns, another referral. :) They are soooo
sweet and they are practically members themselves. Sister Brown sells
food storage and has had a lot of powerful spiritual experiences.
Things are probably going to so slower than how we would like them to
go, but once they receive a confirmation that this is true and they feel
the power of the Atonement in their lives I'm sure they will jump in
fully committed.
The fourth investigator is Jacenta, She is a chatter monkey, but she is soooo great!!! We have
EVERYTHING she is looking for!! She says that she is looking for truth
and a church that offers this and that. Once we are able to get in a
teach a lesson I'm sure she's just going to love it!!
We had another lesson with Chris. He is still progressing in the
sense that he's reading from the Book of Mormon and praying and he went
to church...but not in our ward. We are really trying to set a baptismal date with him. I know
that once he is able to get the gift of the Holy Ghost that it will help
him sooooo much!!
Other adventures we had last week was a HUGE storm came flying n.
We had hurricane force wind and sheets and sheets of rain just pounding
down. Thankfully we were in the car when it started, but we were trying
to find a members home that we could take refuge in until it pasted
over. Don't worry, we didn't pile. We stopped by a member who we have
been wanting to visit and share a message with.
I can't believe how much sunlight we have lost already. I think a
week ago it was getting dark around 10 and now the sun is going down
around 9. As Sister Hoyt says, "The End is near!!!" :)
On Sunday
a member shared a story that I loved!! It's a children's book called
"The Race" it's about a group of boys who are racing against each other
and the main boy is good and knows that he'll probably get first place,
if not second. The race begins and he goes a few yards and then he
trips and falls. The crowd chuckles as he does it and he is able to
hear his father say "Get up and finish the race". He quickly gets up
and tries to make up for his loss. But then he stumbles and falls
again. He realizes that he probably won't win, but again he hears his
father say, "Get up and finish the race". He gets up and keeps trying
when the boy falls again for a third time. This time he feels beat.
There is no possible way the he will win. He's about to give up when he
thinks about his father and how disappointed he'll be if he doesn't
finish. "Get up and finish the race." The boy comes in dead last, but
he gets the biggest recognition from the crowd because he did not give
up. How true this is to our life. We all fall down flat on our faces
sometimes and we just want to lay there and die. But we need to rely on
the Savior- to continually turn to Him. He's right there besides us
with His hand reached out. As we take the action of getting up and
going to Him, He will lift us up into His arms and help us.
LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!! I'm looking forward to telling you about my new adventures that will be taking place!
-Sister Douglass
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