Our Hello Everyone!!!
It was quite an interesting week! I got all packed up and got to say goodbye to everyone in Port Alberni! That was really hard but i did it and arrived in Victoria safe and sound! It is very much different than Port Alberni in a lot of ways so it has been interesting to get use to the big city since i haven't been a big city in about 10 months now!
My companion Sister Magleby is so cute!!!! She has only been out for 3 months so just finished her training! We have been having so much fun and have had some very interesting experience already!!!! It has been a great few days! We started off delivering the bags for the BC Food Drive that they do every year! I guess they had taken a lot of routes so it took a really long time to get them all done but we did it and then on Saturday spent 3 hours picking up all the bags of food! We gathered over 90 bags of food!!!! It was a lot of food and bags!!! It took up a lot of our week but we had a good time using that time to get to know each other better and have some fun experiences!!!
We have us and 2 sets of Elders in our ward! The best part is we are the only companionship in the ward with a car! The Elders are now on transit due to one of the cars being taken up island and the other companionship is really new to the area so never got one! My ward is full of lots of either old people or kind of crazy people and i was joking with my companion and told her they sent me to die in the ward full of old people so i could be with people my own age! Not sure if i will end my mission hear but i wouldn't be surprised if i did! :)
We don't have a lot of people to teach but have a few that are close to baptism but have just a few things stopping them from it! So we get to go out and find a lot this week to search for more of God's prepared children! I can't wait to find those people that i have been sent to find! I am excited for this next transfer and to see the miracles that He has in store for us in this big city!!! I just can't wait to talk to all of you next week, especially from all the women to hear about what you got out of the Women's Conference this weekend!!! I can't wait to watch it! And when the Women's Conference is here you know that in a week you get to hear from the Prophet and Apostles speak to the world! It will be so exciting to finally hear who the new Apostles are going to be and to hear what we need to focus on now! It is interesting to think how much the world has changed in the past 6 months and to be able to hear what we can do to prepare for the next 6 months again! I am so grateful for the knowledge and testimony that i have been able to gain about having a prophet on the earth today and how important it is! We are all so lucky to have this knowledge and know we are loved and can receive the guidance we need to return to live with our Heavenly Father once again!!! Love you all and hope you have a great week!!!!
Love,
Sister Heaton
Pictures:
Our apartment is so cute!
Sister Magleby took me to the most amazing place called La Belle Patate. They have the best poutine I have ever had! The best part is it is owned by a less active and he always gives new missionaries a free meal when they arrive.
Sister Magleby and I
Us and the YSA Sisters at the Food Drive
Us again delivering the BC bags