Piano Guy Jams and One Month Out!

"Quan, Quan!" That's how duckies quack in French! ;)

Ah so much happened this week, lets see if I remember it all and if I have time to write it all! SO...we totally jam out to the Piano Guys and the Called to Serve CD's in the car, haha! Thanks, Mom, for buying them for me! :) We were so busy this week, it was super, yet stressful! We visited Loretta, our investigator that smokes a ton, and it was so hard for me. We kept trying to teach her but she just kept saying the same things and not letting us teach her! We did what we could, though, and we have visited her three times. Every time we've visited she has asked me if I am Mexican (Arrrrrgh).  Anyway, on Wednesday we went to Hawksberry to meet an investigator that moved into our area and she just seems so ready to accept the gospel! We met with her later on in the day and had a good lesson. 

Poutine

Me and my Tim Hortans!

I tried maple ice cream for the first time, it was soooo good! Ice cream just tastes better here! I also had my first poutine and Tim Hortans hot chocolate and doughnut! Poutine is so greasy and is only tastes ok. Tim Hortans is amazing, though! Mmmm, doughnuts! Oh, and something funny happened this week. We were walking to one of our investigator's house and we saw this guy on the street, so Sister Rios told me to contact him. I walked up to him and said hi. Then he asked me if I had a light. I told him, "no, sorry", but the funny thing is that I actually checked my pockets for one even though I knew I didn't have one! Later on, though, I thought I should have said, "Yes, we have a light. The light of Christ. Would you like to hear more about it?" Haha, I should have said that. :) 

Yesterday, on my first fast Sunday here, we met Loretta at her friend Kelly's house. It was a pretty big miracle that he would invite us into his home! We gave him the Bible he asked for and he said he would be interested in going to church! Hopefully he will. Loretta was much better this lesson and was like, "When can I see you again?", which is a huge improvement! 

We had dinner with the Lupien Family and they are so awesome! They are both form the French part of Canada so I got to speak French with them and I said the prayer to bless the food in French! They said I did a good job! I was so happy! They fed us a ton! I try so hard not to eat too much but everyone is always pushing food on me, it's like, "fine, I'll have some!" haha. :)  Two of the Lupien's daughters are on missions but their eldest son is struggling a bit with his testimony. On Tuesday I started to wonder why I'm here. I have a hard time relating with most people here since I grew up in the church, but then when we were sharing a message with the Lupien family it hit me that I'm here to help the youth. The youth here struggle a lot so when we talk with them I realize more and more that I'm here to help them.  

We saw some great progress this week! Five less actives and three investigators came to church, that was awesome! I love being a missionary, it is the best thing that I could've done! I can see how in just one month I have changed so much. I love and miss you all sooooooo much and love seeing your emails!

Love, Sister Gonzalez 

P.S. Canadians are not as nice as everyone says they are, maybe its just the part of Canada that I'm in, but still. ;)