November 23, 2015

Well, another busy and amazing week. I am so blessed with the wonderful companion and area I have! 

This week we have been finding a lot of new people. We have about 6 new investigators whose wheels are just starting to turn. It is fun to teach them as well as a few people that are progressing and are on their way to baptism here soon. There are just so many people interested. In my old areas finding was hard but here keeping ourselves organized enough to contact the people as often as we should is the hard thing! I absolutely love it. 

This week we went to the temple and that was amazing as always! After the temple I went on exchanges to be with a sister in Toledo. Toledo is a very old city where the king of Spain used to live. It has castles everywhere and is very beautiful. It was a fun exchange to get to know the sister and also to see that beautiful city.

Oh ya have I mentioned that they called me to be sister training leader again? I had a break there for a couple transfers but I'm back at it again... It's fun because I get to do exchanges and have an amazing companion. 

Right now we have a friend of ours getting ready to be baptized the 5th of December. He is really cool and so sweet, he passed his interview because we were planning on having the baptism this week but they are having a stake dance in our chapel so we have to wait a week but he's excited and ready so that is awesome.

Another fun fact for the week... My companion is just about as obsessed with Christmas music as Hermana Trone was last year... So Hermana Marsh and I have been listening to Christmas music when we are at home. It's fun to bring the Christmas spirit and we have a lot of variety so I can live with it. Haha.

It's been a "freezing" 1 degree Celsius today.... Haha I tell people how cold it gets in Canada and they literally think I'm insane for living there. But I love Canada even if my American companion teases me about it... I'm teaching her how to properly use "eh" in a sentence.

This week we had an amazing meeting from elder christiensen from the seventy. It was so full of the spirit and amazing! I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was such a treat to have that meeting. It just gave me so many ideas on how to improve.

For pday today we visited Hermana marsh's old area. It was a lot of fun.

It looks to be a good week this week as well.

Love

Hermana West 

Pictures with the other 2 Canadians in the mission, Hermana Streibel
and Hermana Pilling. They are from Red Deer and Edmonton.

Also a picture with my cool companion, fun fact about her... Her
grandfather just happens to be Russel M Nelson as in the president of
the quorum of the twelve.. Ya, not intimidating at all...

November 16, 2016

Hello everyone!

Wow, what an awesome week! I just can't believe how blessed I am with
my companion and this area. I can't believe how much Heavenly Father
loves me. It's such a blessing.

Our area is very small but jam packed full of people to teach! I
haven't learned it very well so thank goodness for my companion
Hermana Marsh.

This week we had to do an exchange because we have to do them all in
four weeks in stead of six.

I am sosososo sorry. Something came up and we were running around all
day. Know I am good and love you all so much!

My companion is seriously amazing

Love Hermana west

Nov. 9, 2015

I am going to 3rd ward in Madrid! I am going to be with a friend of mine from the MTC Hermana Marsh. She is  from Utah and amazing! We are going to have a blast together! 

So the reason for the transfer is that it's from God but as well it is because they are going to have only 2 sisters in my old area. The ward was very sad to see both my companion and I leave but I know this is where I'm supposed to be. 

We had a great activity about nations on Saturday, us missionaries did a huge skit with all five of our nations. It was awesome... We played hockey for the Canada part of course.

This week was a good week, and I'm loving my new area and my new companion. I have heard nothing but amazing things from here so it is going to be great!!

I don't have much time because of unpacking and everything!

Love

Hermana West 

November 2, 2015

Hello 

Well, this week as exciting with three Halloween baptisms in our area. As you know we have been teaching Gerry who only speaks French. He was baptized on Saturday because we weren't able to find his records. So now we have all of the paper work done and he can get a calling and everything! We are excited and his Spanish is getting so great! 

This week we had a fun lunch at a members home with all ten of us missionaries! It was a lot of food and a lot of fun! I'm grateful we have amazing members that can help us and are so loving.

Today I went to the doctor and well, I had some sort of infection but it's not too bad! Anyhow, I now have a prescription for antibiotics and a cough syrup! Now I will for sure get better! Which is good because next week is a new transfer and I'll most likely get a new companion so now I can get better before my new companion comes. 

Today we also ate with a member this week, all ten of us in this area, that was fun. 

This week I received a really good email that helped me because well, missionary work is  hard sometimes. My favorite part goes like this "You will have good days and bad ones, take it all in stride and remember that even Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ could not convert everyone in the council in heaven.  They lost a third of the hosts of heaven and they were standing right in front of them." My heart yearns for these people that don't have the gospel. I know that God loves them even more than I do. I am doing my best to be God's hands and do what He would so that He will know I love Him.

This week promises to be good, here's to the work of the Lord! 

Love,

Hermana West 

Here is last weeks pday, shopping and eating at McDonald's...

When all 10 missionaries were invited to eat at a members home.

And our baptism, the larger guy is Alain a convert of 1 year and
smaller is Gerry who was baptized! They are both from the Congo and
did it in French!