11-16-15

Hello everyone!

I hope that you all have had a wonderful week. This week was pretty good here. We had 3 really great miracles. 

The first is we now have a new investigator. His name is Mack and he is the boyfriend of Sara (they are the couple who lost their 1 month old recently). It was a really great lesson. We asked Mack some questions about how he felt when we came, at a family home evening with Sara's aunt, after praying and going to the temple open house. He said he felt good and calm. We talked about how that was the Holy Ghost and how he could keep felling these things by taking the lessons. Then we even soft committed him to baptism and he said yes. :) 

The 2nd miracle is a small one, but big for me. As many of you know I have been struggling with French. It has been so hard for me. But this week I was able to basically teach a lesson on the sacrament in French. :) I had a little help of course but I did most of the talking. The woman we see is so kind and patient that she just waits and smiles while I'm working on trying to figure out how to say something. 

The 3rd miracle this week was at church yesterday. We had 2 potentials come to church yesterday and they agreed to meet with us again later this week. They both came with their spouses (who are less actives). I'm really excited to go and see what will happen. 

The last eventful things happened this weekend and this morning. Sister T got really sick again this weekend. Sick enough that Sister A and I didn't want her to go to church. So on Sunday we went on a split and Sister A stayed home with Sister T and I was companions with Sister P. On our way to church I looked at our car and noticed the front passenger tire was flat. So this morning Elder P came out with us and taught us how to change a tire (none of us know how to change a tire). Eventually we got it changed but I'm sure it was entertaining. Sister P took pictures of us. There was one point we couldn't get one of the lug nuts to move. Sister A tried, then I tried, Sister T tried, and then Elder P tried. We couldn't get it off. So Sister P yelled out to us to try standing on the wrench like thing. Elder P did but he kind of had to jump to get it to go. But eventually we got it off and took the car and tire in to be fixed. They said a nail had caused it. The things you learn on a mission, and they don't just have to be spiritual. :) 

One last thought I would like to share. I've been talking recently about the fear of failure and I heard this quote this week that I would like to share. "Don't let fear of failure discourage you. Don't let the voice of critics paralyze you- whether that voice comes from the outside or the inside." Pres. Dieter F. Uchtdorf. I thought this was a really amazing quote. I know from personal experience that most of the time that little voice comes from the inside. We have to change our thinking. Focus on what we can do and not what we can't do. 

I hope you all have a great week! Sister Gardner

11-09-2015

Hello! I hope that you have had a great week! 

This week was great. I spent the entire week in Montreal at the temple for the open house. It was a lot fun and it was fun catching up with people I haven`t seen for a long time. :)  

So the miracle I would like to share this week is Frank was able to bless the Sacrament yesterday! This was a huge step!! 

May is set on being baptized. She told everyone in Gospel Principle`s that she was being baptized on Dec. 5.  

I hope you all had a good week! 

Sister Gardner  

Pics from the temple, Zone Conference with Elder Golden and all the Sisters in the mission with Elder Richards

11.02.2015

Hello everyone! I hope that you had a great week. This week's email will be short because I'm off to Montreal for the week for the open house. We got transfer calls early and the good news is we will be staying together as a trio!! :) 

Yesterday was Sister T's birthday! As a district we through her and Elder Sorensen a birthday dinner. It was fun. I love my district and I hope that the Elder's will be able to stay with this transfer too. 

The week went normal with lessons and everything. Marylene is progressing well and will be ready for her baptism in December. :) 

I hope you all have a good week!

Sister Gardner 

Pics are a couple of the district that I had to

steal from Sister Petersen. One is from our trip to Quebec and the other is from our German Party with Hans. 

P.S. I asked a couple of weeks ago if Hans looked like anyone to you. Your answer is the man from the Disney Movie Up. Han's was the inspiration for him.

10.26

Hello and Happy Halloween!

I hope that you all had a wonderful week this week.

We had a few small miracles. May reset her baptismal date to Dec. 5. I'm ok with that. It will give her husband more time to be ready to baptize her. She feels like she knows now without a doubt that this Gospel is true and that it is a good thing for her family. 

Our other miracles this week had to do with a less active and her non-member husband. We had dinner with them on Friday and we were able to listen to Mack say the prayer. Sara pinky promised Sister A that she would say the prayer next time. Next time ended up being the next day at her parents house for dinner. At first she wasn't going to. After much convincing, Matt convincing her too, she said the prayer. 

I know that I'm doing the Lord's work and it's by the small things we do each day that we can really feel his love and really know that he is our Father in Heaven who loves us. 

I hope you all have a good week! Sister Gardner

10-20

Hello everyone!

I hope that you have had a fantastic week! This week has been awesome!! Sister A is BACK!!!!!! And she is back in Sherbrooke!!! TAG team has been reunited. :) 

We also were able to set a new baptismal goal with May. It is set for Nov. 21 but we hope to move it up a week due to the temple open house. The best part is she said she would even be baptized even if her husband can't confirm her since he doesn't hold the Melchizedek Priesthood. That is what was holding her back before. That was a miracle. 

I feel like I have been on vacation this weekend. I left for Quebec on Sat. afternoon for exchanges, Stake Conference and Zone Conference and didn't get home until 9 pm yesterday. Talk about mind blown!! Elder Golden from the 70's came and did training. There is so much to do. I think one of my favorite parts was his testimony on Joseph Smith. So powerful! I wish I had time to tell you everything I learned. But alas I do not. 

After Conference we took the time to do a little site seeing. We spent most of the time in Old Quebec and we drove through the Plains of Abraham. I love doing things together as a district. :)

Today I went to Stanstead and visited a library that was build in 1906 and it sits on the border. So today I technically left the mission boundaries and went into the States.

Then this afternoon we played Walleyball as a district. Needless to say it has been an awesome week. 

Love you all and thanks for all the prayers, love and support.

Have a wonderful week! Sister Gardner

Pictures from the library and going into Vermont

Canada!

United States!

More Oct 13th

Our last walk with Lolita because she will be leaving 

Sherbrooke, and photos eating famous ice cream with some of the sisters in the zone.

10-13-15

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! I hope that you all have had a wonderful week and a great beginning of this one.

This week was a good week. We went to a "German Party". Really it was a district party with H, a member in our ward. He made us all a German dinner. We had sauerkraut, sausages, homemade rolls, real mashed potatoes, red jello and coconut salad, and blueberry cake. It was delicious. He told us some stories from his mission. All I can say is wow! 

We also had our training in Quebec for the Open House. It was a beautiful drive. Although we didn't get any time to do any site seeing. From what I saw it is a beautiful city, full of culture and history. Hopefully this upcoming trip this weekend for Stake and Zone Conference we will be able to see more. 

With it being Thanksgiving week here I would like to share a quick thought on Gratitude. There is a story in the bible about the 10 Lepers. All come to Christ and ask to be healed. Christ tells them what to do to heal themselves. They all go their ways to be healed. 1 Leper comes back after he has done his things and thanks the Lord. Christ ask weren't there 10 of you? Where are the other 9? The man replies he doesn't know. All he knows is he came back to thanks His Lord. How many times have we been like the 9 Lepers and haven't given thanks for the blessings He has given us. I challenge us all to become like the 1 Leper and return and give our thanks to our Heavenly Father and Christ for all they have given us. 

I hope you all have a good week!

Sister Gardner 

Pics: German Party!! Does H look like anyone to you? Your hint is Disney animated.