12-09-15

Hello and sorry for the delay on this email. We didn't get home from Montreal yesterday until 8 pm and so we got permission to do emails today since we haven't had the chance to do it at all this week. 

This week was a pretty good week. Papa Burgers told us the cutest things this week. He told us that we shouldn't have to do the dirty work of missionary work (finding). He told us that was his job. Then he also said that we were a great trio and that there will only ever be 1 Sister T, 1 Sister A and 1 Sister G. It was sweet. 

We were able to set 2 baptismal dates with 2 of our investigators: Sam's is set for Feb. 27 and Abe's is set for March 5. Abe came to church with his family this past Sunday. :) Sam didn't get home from Montreal in time to come to church on Sunday but we did have a lesson with him. We finally saw Mack and Sara on Sunday. We had a little lesson on Prayer and Reading the Scriptures. But mostly it was just a goodbye for Sister T. 

May's baptism went great! She seemed so happy. Frank was able to baptize her!! We didn't get final word that he could until Tues. or Wed. night. Frank also gave the talk on baptism and all I can say is wow. I know I didn't understand all of it, but I know I could feel the spirit and it went great. Gabby gave the talk on the Holy Ghost and she did really great too. At the end of the baptism Bishop pulled Sister T aside before she left the stand (I was playing postlude) and he told her about how in the last 5 years of being bishop he has been able to watch this family come back to the gospel and now the last member of the family is a member of the church. Sister T said he was crying as he said that. That was cool!! 

The last few days have been hard. We have seen so many people to say goodbye (5 people on Sunday and 14 stops on Mon. 1 stop had all of the Burgers's, Sister Parry and France Node. Imagine if I had counted individuals).

Yesterday we made it to the temple and it was a pretty full session. Traffic just before the bridge was terrible. It took us 1/2 hour to go 2 kilometers.

Then we went to the mission office to drop off Sister T and pick up things, and last we finally made it to a Lens Crafts. It was in LaSalle. It was so weird driving back through there. When we left the mall around 6 (that's where the Lens Crafts was/dinner) I felt like I should just go back to my apartment in LaSalle. A long day and it was nice to come home but it was weird not to have Sister T. I realized that out of my trio I will have had both companions by themselves in a duo for about the same time too- 1 1/2 transfers. 

Have a great week! Sister Gardner 

I realized I forgot to mention the reason we were dropping Sister T off at the mission office was she is getting emergency transferred... Don't worry she is doing great they just needed her mad skills in Montreal.