Week 7: Exciting Work!

Hi everyone. Another awesome week down! 

Thursday: Met with Matti.  He was refereed to us from the AP's (Assistants to the Mission President), and he's so awesome.  He is from Iran, and he is here in Canada going to University. We had our first lesson with him and it went sooooo good! I was so excited afterward.  We taught the Restoration and he is so interested and wants to learn more. But the sad thing is, he doesn't know how much longer he is able to stay in Canada before he gets sent home. And If you convert to another religion in Iran than a) your family kills you, or b) the government finds you and kills you. Tough odds.  So in the first lesson he told us right away that issue. Also, we aren't allowed to baptize Muslims, because of safety concerns for them (whole killing thing!), but we can still teach them and it's so cool! He's great and when we recited the first vision afterward he was like, "Wow!" and that gave me the chills. So me and my companion Sister Neild were hyped about that. Then we finished weekly planning and all that good stuff. 

Friday: Taught Brandy.  She is the young mom I mentioned in last week's email. She is the sweetest thing! We finally were able to catch her when she wasn't so busy and got to know her.  We also taught her about the restoration and she was very interested. She had lots of questions and at one point thought me and Sister Neild were prophets. Ha ha ha.  We had to clear that up quick!  😉   After her lesson she said, "I'm not going to make any huge promises right now, but you guys have definitely sparked my interest".  So she committed to start reading the Book of Mormon.  We're following up with her this week and I'm so excited!

Saturday: Nothing too big. We stopped by some potential investigators but no one was home that day, so that was kinda hard.  We mostly spent the day tracting (knocking on doors) and going through Area Book (record left by previous missionaries) to find more people.  

Sunday: We attended the Family Ward at 9am and then the Young Single Adult (YSA) Ward in Calgary at 12pm. It was fun! Come Follow Me (a scripture study guide) is so AWESOME! It really helps with missionary work, we are able to meet with less active member families and have lessons from it.  It's so good!

Monday: Missionary Exchanges!  We switched our companionship up with the sisters that live downstairs -  Sister Hansen and Sister Larson.  I lead my area with Sister Hansen and Sister Neild (regular companion) went with Sister Larsen in theirs.  I was so nervous at first because I had to plan our day and all that.  Added pressure is that Sister Hansen is the Sister Training Leader, ha ha ha... so I was a little scared.  But she's the sweetest thing ever and we had an awesome day together! 

Tuesday: Exchanges with Sister Larson! She has a concussion so we had to take it easy, but we got sushi for lunch and that was great! Then, we walked downtown Okotoks and tracted for a couple hours.  We had two lessons and then dinner.  After that, we went back home to end our exchanges.  When we were done we all said one thing we learned from each companion, and everyone said that they learned how to be BOLD from me.  That was soo good to hear! Everyday I pray that I can be confident and bold when talking to people and bearing my testimony all the time because I was really nervous about that when I started my mission. In a few short weeks, I've learned that the Lord works through the weak and simple, and that no matter what people say - no one can take away a born witness in your heart. I have a testimony of this restored gospel.  I know that it is given to all who will accept it.  It is for everyone, and we all need it.  I'm so happy that I have the opportunity to share it! 

This week was great and I'm getting a lot better at teaching and all that good stuff.  I'm still as happy as ever! Ha ha.  Every time we have a good lesson, right after we get out of the door... I do a little happy dance on the way back to the car because I get so excited and pumped about teaching others.  I love helping them come closer to Christ!

Love you guys. Thanks for all the prayers and everything you do! Talk soon.

Love,
Sister Wilson

 Sushi with Sister Larsen during a Missionary Exchange

Tracting (knocking on doors) with Sister Larsen during a Missionary Exchange

Another bridge by a pretty river. 

Pretty river - but it's very cold!  

Tracting (knocking on doors) in Okotoks

Beautiful sunrise outside our apartment window.  This is the view from the kitchen table!