Hello everyone!

I don't have a lot of time to write today. I hope you are all doing well and are having a wonderful summer so far! 

Life is Sherbrooke has been great. It's so peaceful here. I am enjoying the quiet life much more than the rushed life. Total country girl right here.

My French continues to improve with each day. I wish it could be faster but I'm grateful for what I do understand. We also teach many people in Spanish. My companions think that by the end of this transfer I should be able to understand it. Wish me luck! 

So the miracle I would like to share for the week happened last Tuesday. We went to our invistigator, May's home. We wanted to set a baptismal date. She is through with all the lessons, but she has wanted her husband to baptize and confirm her. The problem is he is not an elder, so he wouldn't be able to confirm her. Recently we had been given council to get all prospective elders (ones who need the Melchizedek Priesthood) ready to be ordained by Stake Conference - Oct. 31. So with that in mind we went into the lesson wanting to give him a date as well. Guess what, we did it!! May has a baptism date of Nov. 1 and Frank has a Melchizedek Priesthood date of Oct. 31.

It was such a great lesson! We talked about temples and I was able to share a couple of sentences in French about why I love the temple. :) 

I hope all is going well for you! Thanks for all the love and support!

Until next week, Sister Gardner

Sherbrooke Week 1

Hello everyone! I hope that you are all doing well. Life here has been great.

Sherbrooke has been a nice change in scenery. Geographically the city is huge. But it`s really just in the country, which has been such a nice change. It reminds me a little of home. :) It`s very hilly. If I`m here in the winter I`m not looking forward to that aspect of it. 

It`s a French area, which has been hard because I`ve only served in English wards up to this point of my mission. But most of the members speak English so they have been able to help me out.

One of my companions is from Tahiti. So she can help me a lot too. Her name is Sister T. I know her from my days in Ottawa. My other companion is Sister A. She is from California. I actually know her too. She was one of the sisters Sister H and I rescued one night a few months ago. We get along well and laugh a lot. :) 

My district is great. We have 3 teams of missionaries in the ward. The Elders: Elder R and Elder S and a senior couple, the P`s. Sister P retired from singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir a few years ago. It`s a great team of missionaries. 

Talk about small world. We have a couple in our ward. They use to live in North Carolina. They know Zack Brinkerhoff from his time as a missionary there. Yesterday in church Elder H was there. He came back with his family to do a mission tour. So it was fun to see him and meet his family. 

The last person I want to mention is Lou. She is our recent convert who has cancer. She will never leave the hospital and we are expecting a funeral soon. But she is so amazing! In the short time I have been here I am already in love with her. She has such incredible strength, courage, and faith. If you could keep her and her family in your prayers that would be great. 

Love you all! I hope you have a good week! Sister Gardner 

Pics are of my companions and Lou, Walking Lou`s dog this morning and Strawberry Picking with the B Family

Sherbrooke

Sister Gardner started out serving in Ottawa, then moved to Montreal (LaSalle  area), 

and is now in Sherbrooke!

According to the internet, Sherbrooke is about 101 miles from Montreal.

Hello on July 6th

Hello everyone!

I hope that you are having a great week.

This week was transfer calls and I'm getting transferred to a city called Sherbrooke. It will be my first area in French so wish me luck! 

This week was pretty quiet. We had 3 miracles yesterday. The first was a less active named Nic came to church yesterday. We have been working with her the last 2 transfers. Yesterday was the first time she came to church. She even gave her testimony.

Than we were able to visit with another less active that we have been trying to get a hold of since the beginning of this transfer. The visit went really well.

Last we got 2 new investigators with a baptismal date of Aug. 18. It's a mother and a daughter. She has 2 other little boys. It was our 2nd meeting but first lesson. It was awesome!

What a great way to end my last Sunday here in LaSalle. 

Today we had the opportunity to hike around Mount Royal. It was a lot fun.

I hope you all have a great week! Sister Gardner

Recent photos

Mount Royal photos with Sister C

Canada with a little Canadian

Here we are on July 4th, 2015!

Happy Canada/ 4th of July Day

Happy Canada Day and 4th of July! I hope that you are all doing something fun for the holidays!  This week was a great week. We had a baptism on Saturday, Janice and Terri. It was wonderful. On Sunday they were confirmed. I gave a talk on the Holy Ghost and played the piano. Brother D baptized them. Bishop M did the confirmation.

It's so amazing to be able to help people come closer to Christ. I know that my life has changed because of that. I know that I have seen the lives of the people I teach change. I know that all of our lives can change for the better if we allow Christ and our Heavenly Father in our lives. 

The rest of the week went well. We got in touch with a less active. She is the cutest thing. She is having us over every Wednesday now to help her clean and she will provide lunch. A win win situation if you ask me. :) 

Today we visited Old Montreal today. It was a lot of fun. There is so much to see. And we didn't cover very much of it. Someday I will have to go back and visit. 

I hope you all have a good week! Sister Gardner

06-29 Photos

Baptism last Saturday!

Touring Old Montreal!