Week 30

Dear Family,

We randomly had so many service projects pop up this week! We helped some hoarders move.... twice.  And I tried to help a woman mow her lawn. And failed. Bahaha. So we sent the Elders. (Why am I such a girl??)

Juli told us yesterday that life is just too crazy right now and she'll call us when things slow down. We also haven't seen Tina.... But Alicia went to church in Langley and watched her friend Roy get baptized! She is a girl that we have been teaching for a couple of weeks now. We invited her to be baptized on Saturday and the Spirit just seemed to hit us like a wall. It was so strong. And she said no. So. C'est la vie, eh? But Roy is a really good friend of hers. And she likes us, so we'll just keep teaching her and keep giving her opportunities to feel the Spirit.

I really feel like God is so aware of each of our situations. Sometimes I find myself wondering how much longer I can hold on to hope that someone will actually progress and just accept the gift! Each time I get disappointed, I turn my hope to a new person we're teaching. And yesterday I just got really frustrated. But I know God is trying my faith and my hope. I may not be perfect, and it may take me until week 72 to figure out this whole mission thing, but I'm still holding on to hope. I just wondered yesterday, if these past 7 1/2 months have been to any benefit. I've watched so many people become so close, and then seem to go right back to where they were when we started. But I know where those thoughts came from. I know God is so aware of each of us, and I know He's aware of me. I don't know what my purpose was in Chilliwack for these past seven months, but maybe someday I'll find out. I don't know. What I do know is that this mission is the time of my life. There really is nowhere else I'd rather be. And if nothing else, I am at least grateful that God is letting me be here.

I find out tonight where I'm going to be transferred. I honestly have no idea.

The work is hard, but it's so worth it.

Love you all.

Sister Thomson

PS. Quotes of the week:
 
Me: "So tell us your conversion story." Member: "Well, I was three years old when my mother found out I was a psychic..."
Woman closing door: "It was just the nuns!"
Brother T: "Seriously? You're still here?" (for the third week in a row. Haha he's really going to miss me. :))
Boy: "It's cold, eh?" Sister Reed: "So is that how Canadians flirt?"