Denis and Ines got
baptized on Friday! They did it! They just got confirmed
yesterday. Oh my goodness famille, it was so awesome. It was the
biggest baptism this ward has ever seen; there were 70 people there! The
Spirit was so strong. The day of, Denis got stuck at work, left with him
and his boss to finish everything. He said there was no way that he was
going to finish in time for the baptism, and he didn`t know what to do.
So he prayed and said Heavenly Father, if I am supposed to do this today,
please help me be able to get to my baptism. Right after, his boss came
up and told him to go home. Church is true everybody! And now it`s
got two new golden members. My goodness. I wish I had words to
describe it. I love them so much. They are going to have such a
huge impact. Our ward needs them. I am so blessed to be
serving here in Gatineau!
Transfer calls. I
am training. Also, the Elders in our ward that we serve with, Elder
Norman (who came to Gatineau with Sister Wright- been here for a year) and
Elder Jenkins (from my MTC district- came in with me). Elder Norman is
going to train in Montreal. And Elder Jenkins is staying with me here in
Gatineau, training as well. I didn`t stop crying all night long. We
were sure that no matter what happened, Elder Norman would be staying, and I
could stick with him. The ward and all of our leaders are devastated.
I don`t know how we are going to do this. Neither of us have any
idea how to do this. And after having the same two missionaries here for
a year... it kind of feels like we are getting our feet pulled right out from
under us. This weekend has been so hard. But I know that somehow
everything is going to be okay. I don`t know how, and we might be
stumbling around for a while, but I know that Heavenly Father is going to be
there for us. I know that He is not going to leave us alone. And it
might just be me, my greenie, and Him against the world all the way out here in
little Gatineau, but that`s a pretty powerful team. I just know that as
we work hard, be obedient, and rely on the Spirit, we are going to be
okay. He`s going to be with us, and we`re not going to fall.
Finding faith to overcome fears. I`m still working on that. But I
know that the Lord blesses His missionaries to be more than we really
are. No matter where we are or who we are, our Heavenly Father knows us
and we are never alone. He will be there for me and for you at every
step. So let`s all have a little more faith! We`re going to get
there!
So this Wednesday our
little Gatineau family will be heading to Montreal. Sister Wright will be
going home, and I`ll find out who my new greenie is! (Hopefully she`ll be
francophone) And then us four greenies we`ll hopefully find our way back to
Gatineau and survive up there. Pray that the GPS has arrived at the
mission office by then. And then I guess we`ll just take it one day at a
time, because, what else can we do!
Hey famille, I have a
challenge for you. I want you to go to lds.org and check
out the Hastening the Work website. It`s the new way the Church has implemented
to do missionary work, and it is beautiful! And it just so happens that
President`s stake is the model for it, so he`s all over it. Watch it for
family home evening! Maybe you could watch one each Monday night for a
couple of months. It`s so inspired, and it`s the way that the Lord has
decided that we will usher in His Second Coming. Check it out.
Check out the member and missionary tab. (I love that we are all under
the same section, what does that tell you? ;);) )
We got President to
Gatineau this Sunday! It was awesome. He was in the circle for
Denis and Ines, and then he gave a talk and a fireside after church. It
was just what our members needed to hear.
Okay, that`s all I guess,
I`m too exhausted to write anymore-- emailing home is hard stuff! Hey
also, I know this is really inconvenient, but I was wondering, would you mind
printing out my weekly emails and putting them in a binder for me. This
are often more detailed than my journals, so I`d really love to have them after
my mission. Thanks so much for all your love and prayers and
support. I love ma famille so much! Have a good week
everyone! Good luck with school and work, and don`t forget to have fun
and pray for missionary opportunities! And your little French missionary
out here in Gatineau. I`m really going to need it.
Killed a spider with my
bare shoe yesterday. It`s starting to get cold. I`ll send pictures
of the baptism! Love you!
Love love love,
Soeur Catherine Olsen!
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