Wow, it seems like it has been a really
long time since I have emailed you guys! We all arrived safely in Canada
last Monday. We were all exhausted by the time we finally got to the
mission home! We had been awake since about 1:30 in the morning. On Tuesday, we had a brief orientation and then we met our new companions and headed off to our areas.
My
companion's name is Sister Spiekerman and she's from Brigham City (one
of my MTC companions was from Brigham City too!) I'm the third greenie
she's trained, haha, so she pretty much has the system down. We're
serving in a town called Cobourg (it's about the size of Ontario), but
our area also covers another little city called Port Hope. Our ward is
fairly small, but all of the people are really amazing and they do
everything they can to help us. Our ward mission leader, Brother
Davenport, is really nice and he's a lot of fun to work with.
We
do a lot of tracting and contacting in our area, which has definitely
been a learning experience. I'm getting better at talking to people, but
I still have some work to do.
It's very cold here right now (and everyone keeps telling me this is a mild winter). We actually have a big storm moving in tonight,
so we're hoping it doesn't snow too much. I usually put on about four
our five layers plus two pairs of socks before we go out, and somehow I
still manage to get cold, so I'm going to have to toughen up a bit. :)
The most important thing I learned this week is that we have to rely on
the Savior. There have been some days this week where things didn't work
out according to our plans and we had to figure out other ways to spend
our time. During these times, I would often start to feel homesick and
want to quit. Every time I had these feelings though, I just tried to
think of the Savior and His own mission when He was on the earth. It's
quite a humbling experience to think that He was doing the same things
that I am out here doing, only His trials were so much greater than
mine. He had no way to contact His family, His life was in danger, and
He didn't get to go home when He was finished. Instead, He suffered for
the sins of all people, even those who had mocked Him, rejected Him, and
crucified Him. I have learned that we are truly doing His work and that
this is the time when we need to get to work and remember that we are
representing Him as we try to help bring the blessings of the gospel
into the lives of other people.
I hope you are all having a great week! I love you guys!
Love,
Sister Dille
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