Email 10-5-2015

My week was good.

We went to I-falls minnesota for exchanges :) that was fun. And we brought back american oreos and cheezits :)

Conference was SO GOOD. I can't wait until the ensign comes out and I can study all the talks again.

Transfers are coming up and they are splitting our areas. We won't get our transfer call until Saturday so I'm not sure which area I will stay in, if any, or if i will stay with Sister Wray or what. I'm trying not to make any guesses or any hopes so I don't get let down haha. I'm just gonna go with the flow. Come what may, and love it :) So we will see what happens i guess.

The next general conference will be my last in the mission and by that time i will have 4 months left. totes cray. And Canadian Thanksgiving is next monday so then after that it's already christmas season :) haha So I'm sure the time will fly :) Christmas time always does.

At this point I'm just trying to figure out how I can have more courage to be a better missionary so that I will be happier and enjoy my last 10 months and not just endure. So that's about it :) I love you.




(I asked Maddy if she was ready for the cold weather around the corner)

I think I forgot how cold it actually gets and what it feels like. I'm worried I might need a bigger jacket haha the mission home has some Canada Goose ones they got for free but they only have smalls which is a little too small. But I might be able to make it work since the one I have is small anyway haha but other than that, I think I'm all set. It's already cooling down which is nice :) It might snow by halloween :)

awkward bathroom selfie cause no where in my apartment has good lighting haha but GENERAL CONFERENCE DAYYYY! :) and making it a tradition with Cadbury mini eggs for a conference treat since for some reason Cadbury mini eggs are year round in Canada haha #whynot #ldsconf

Our drive to I-falls was totes gorge :)

Our drive from Manitoba to Minnesota :)

look at this HUGE FISH! Baudette, Minnesota :) #USA

Tyler, I thought you would like this :)

last pday we went to Ikea and it was the best thing ever :) 

made it across the border 

:)

Email 4-7-2015

This has been an exciting week. :) We had Zone Conference, which was all about the Book of Mormon. It was pretty neat and I learned a lot that I think will be helpful as I continue my missionary work. It was super long though. Like all day. haha. Almost too long. But it was good :) I got to sing with my companion and an Elder in our district, Elder Johnson. We sang a musical number called My Kindness Shall Not Depart From Thee. It is a really pretty song and I loved singing it :) So that was fun.

April 1st was the best. APRIL FOOLS DAY :) We pranked the elders with baking powder covered donuts hahaha. It was funny. I felt a little bad, but we gave them really yummy donuts after so I think it was okay. :)

We've been teaching a lot and we're always busy, which is good. We find new investigators all the time :) It is exciting and always changing so it keeps me on my toes, even when I'm exhausted, there are still reasons to keep going :)

We also had General Conference this week WHICH WAS AMAZING! haha. And it was so fun to watch it at the church! I think I appreciated and enjoyed conference more this time than any other time, but I guess that just comes with being a missionary. :) I hope you all were able to watch it and if not that you will go watch it and catch up because it was so good. And Hoorayyy for a temple in BANGKOK THAILAND! I bet my friends Anchalee and Mike and Rachel are so excited :)

Well I better go, but I love you all, have a wonderful week.

Love,
Sister Martin :)



From an Email with Dad:


...The baptism was super fun. She was adorable. I wrote all about it in the letter I mailed you today. You should get it in about 10 days. haha It's funny cause by the time you get letters the stuff in them is like a month old. But it was really fun and after, the Filipinos in the ward made noodles and rolls for refreshments haha it was yummy.

Easter was fun :) Sister Davis's mom sent her a package with easter bags and candy and grass inside so we put together easter bags for each other and hid them and in the morning we woke up and looked for them it was fun :) and then we went to general conference and brought our easter candy :)

That night we went to the bishops for dinner and it was yummy! We had ham and potatoes and veggies and homemade rolls. But for dessert they had chocolate cheesecake which was suuuuuper yummy except it was the biggest slice of cheesecake I have ever had in my life! I swear it was like a quarter of the whole thing. I felt so sick after like 5 bites and it was only a quarter eaten. It probably would've been super good if it was just like a little sliver with some cool whip on top. Maybe I will get the recipe. I decided I'm gonna make a recipe book and collect recipes from people on my mission. :)

That will be fun. It looks like you had a fun easter :) I missed you guys a lot. But I'm glad you had Taylor over and Rachel was there :) I love you bunches