Hey Sister Egbert: 10.20.14

Transfer week!!

After p day on Tuesday Sister Connor got a call from President Nicholas! He asked her to be an STL! I knew it was going to happen and I am happy I am her only offspring!(: haha

So Wednesday we went around and said goodbye to everyone which was pretty sweet because we taught a lot of lessons! And the Dean's, who Sister Connor had known in Calgary, fed us! After dinner she was like "I can't believe the Dean's just fed me dinner! Miracles do happen!" Sister Connor has definitely left an impression on Raymond! I'm so honored to have been trained by her! It makes me want to work harder to keep up the good work that she did!

So that brings us to Thursday, my new companion....*drum roll please*.... Sister Keller!!!! She trained my MTC companion Sister Dente!!!! I am so pumped! So far we have just been working our little tooshies off!!

Friday we did some contacting, helped at Good Sam's--it was a birthday party! We played this game where they had to keep the balloon in the air and they got so into it!! It was a blast! haha(: Then we taught Cheryl about the importance of the Book of Mormon! She said she was going to make time to read it this week! We were excited about that! Then we ran into Sam and she said to come back later that night to teach her! So we did and after Sister Keller bore her testimony Sam said "I love how everyone just lights up when they talk about the Holy Ghost! I want that!" So we taught her how to get it! Hopefully she prays and reads her BOM as well!(: We went on splits Friday night I went with Sister Gregson. We taught Brother Rasmussen and the Heggie family (there are lots of Heggies) but this specific family have both a son and a daughter out on their missions. I shared with them the scripture Mosiah 24:15-16 and the dad got teary eyed and said "Our son told us to read that scripture this week! So we have been reading it every morning to begin family scripture study!!" It was so neat! I love the Lord's tender mercies! Sister Keller went with Sister Williams and got the grand tour of Raymond haha!

Saturday we acreage tracted basically ALL day!! We had some unique experiences to say the least. I think there is a reason some people live far out on their own! haha One lady opened the door and she was not hardly wearing any clothing! Yikes! Then we got a few doors slammed in our face... ran into a Menanite who is now praying for us to see the light. ha. Then we ran into a sweet family in second ward, they are also Heggie's! So sweet. Their daughter is going to school at Utah State! The dad bulled dogged in the Calgary Stampede until he tore up his knee!!! And he used to rope with the Burtenshaw's!!! Small world!!(: They also raise lab puppies that we got to hold! So stinking cute! (: It was a pretty good day! We had dinner with the Burton's. She made us homemade tomato soup! And they had some sweet quotes all over their house! One that I really loved was "Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right." - I think it was Ezra Taft Benson?

Sunday we did the usual, went to ward councils, attended sacrament meetings and classes! It was a nice warm October day! Pretty unusual for Canada! I'm sure enjoying it! We had a good lesson on prayer in 8th ward Relief Society! Then this morning when I was studying I read 3 Nephi 18 and 19 and it talks about Jesus praying to Heavenly Father! I love prayer! It is so powerful!!!(: Then that evening we had a stake missionary correlation with our ward missionaries and ward mission leaders! It went well! I think we are getting Raymond more motivated! (: Then we taught Ray as usual that evening and he had read Ether 12 and we invited him to look for the miracles through faith. He pointed out a bunch that I hadn't even noticed! There is always more to learn in the scriptures! I love the Holy Ghost! This has been such a good week! Oh and also I thought I had lost my pink jacket! I was trying to think of every house I had been to this past week, which is a lot, and I prayed and called people and just could not find it anywhere! Then as we walked into the Family History Centre to email this morning there it was hanging up!!! I don't know how it ended up here but I was so happy to be reunited with it(: haha!

I love this gospel, I love all the little things that strengthen my testimony each day! And I love being a missionary and having companions that work hard!! (:

Have a good week! Soak up the last days of October, I know I will!!(:

Love, Sister Egbert

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Oh did I mention I tried my first nanimo bar with the Strong family (: