Hey
everyone!
It's
a rainy Canadian Thanksgiving here in Gander, Newfoundland. We're getting the
last little bit of Hurricane Matthew today. It's a holiday and all day pday, so
Sister Olsen and I are taking a much needed break. We ordered a pizza and an
ice cream cake and are in for the night. What a dream :)
Don't
you worry though, back to work tomorrow and on for the next 7 months! It's
actually kind of weird though, missionaries need to stay busy to stay sane ha
ha.
This
week was really great. I had a fever for a couple of days, but I'm feeling good
now. Sister Olsen made sure I was ok, bless her. She's a lot better at being a
grown up than I am, probably because she's been doing it a little longer, but
at the same time we're basically the same person, just 13 years apart.
We
had a couple of exchanges, one with the Corner Brook Sisters and one with one
set of the St. John's Sisters. We visited some people in Happy Adventure (yes
that's a real place ha ha, it's the cutest) and Eastport Beach after our Family
History Booth in Eastport.
We
have been so blessed to have three investigators working towards baptism by the
end of the year. That's more than I've ever had at one time on my mission. It's
been such a miracle to be serving here at this time. One of our investigators,
Rose, the Sisters have been working with for a while. She just accepted a
baptismal date this last week :) She came to Conference with us and she loved
it... until she fell asleep. Typical Utah Mormon already ;) She is like 70
though, so we'll give her a break. She's great.
The
other two are Selina and Brendon. They were just married a few months ago and
they have 4 little kids. They live about two hours away from the church right
now, so that's a little difficult (it'll be so nice when we get
#churchingander).
Sister
Olsen and I are still working on establishing the Church here. Someone from the
mission presidency is going to come look at the building we like towards the
end of this month, I can't wait.
We
celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday with some less active members we've been
working with, they're so wonderful. We had Jigg's dinner and a turkey
(Newfoundlanders have turkey like every Sunday though, so we had both to make
it special). There's just so much to be thankful for.
The
messages at General Conference were all so beautiful, but one that has been on
my mind today is that our Heavenly Father intends for us to make it! My heart
is so full of gratitude today for the blessing of the Restored Gospel of Jesus
Christ and the Father's perfect plan of salvation for His children. I am
grateful for a living prophet,President Thomas S. Monson, for the Prophet of
the Restoration Joseph Smith, for Priesthood power and Priesthood keys, for the
Book of Mormon, for temples, for faith, for repentance, for Priesthood
ordinances and covenants, for the gift of the Holy Ghost, for missions, for
missionaries, for families, for friends, for refining trials, for defining
trials, and above all else, for a perfect and promised Saviour who loved His
wandering brothers and sisters so much that He willingly laid down His life for
them, His friends. I'm grateful for the Doctrine of Jesus Christ that allows us
access to that beautiful atonement, along with its cleansing, healing,
comforting, strengthening, and enabling power.
Moroni
8:25-26
My
prayers are with McKenzie Diderickson and her family, and with all of you.
Love,
Sister
Park
P.S.
Congratulations to Hailey and Andrew on their little girl coming soon!
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