Double Whammy

So much happened this week! The beginning of the week was a bit sad because sister Heninger was leaving and it is sad to see your companions go but I was super excited to get my new companion! Her name is Sister Rawlings and she is from Rexburg Idaho! She is so sweet and super enthusiastic for the work! And it turns out that she had read my blog before she came so that was really cool! On Wednesday was my first time driving in Montreal! It was so stressful! Then we got to the mission office and we were there super early! Because they told us to be there at 10:50 and we got there at like 10:15 and our meeting didn't start till 12:30! We were waiting forever! President Patrick gave us a training on how to be a trainer and then all the new missionaries came in and there were 29 new missionaries! That is the biggest group that the CMM has ever had! So to be training the new face of the CMM is a huge responsibility! Then we got our new companions and I really wanted to take Sister Rawlings to get her first poutine but we had to show the Elders from Hawkesburry to the freeway so we couldn't go :( but we will soon. I felt so bad for the Elders because they had to follow me and I had no idea where I was going I was just following the GPS so it was an adventure! Then we got back to Cornwall and we had a lesson and then we went and put Sister Rawlings stuff away and that was at the end of the night.

My trainer (on the right), me, and my trainee (on the left)

We had district meeting the next day and so Hawkesburry and Cornwall are going to Ottawa for when Elder Bruce A Carlson of the seventy comes to visit the mission. So Elder Rangel was explaining why we were going there and he said something like they don't want us because we are brown. So when we were introducing ourselves I was like "Hi I am sister Gonzalez and I am from Utah and my parents are form Guatemala and that is why I am brown" and then Elder Echeverria was like " Hi I am Elder Echerverria and my mom is from the states and my dad is Guatemalan that is why I am half brown." it was so funny! and then Elder Rangel was like no I didn't mean anything by my first comment. hahah it was so funny!  We had some really great lessons! Sister Rawlings is already so great at being a missionary! We had a huge miracle this week we were passing by former investigators and we couldnt find this house but we were determined to find it so we go up to some people to contact them and to ask where this house was and someone tells us where it is so we go and we knock on the door and the lady comes out and is like ya you can come back! So that was amazing! We had such a great week! I love being a missionary so much! I love being here in Cornwall with Sister Rawlings! I am so excited to see what else the Lord has in store for us here!

 

Love, Sister Gonzalez 

Yup, that's frost on the ground!

Hello everyone, I hope that all is going well with every one! I hope everyone is preparing for the best time of the year General Conference! How blessed we are that every six months we get to hear from the Lords prophet and apostles. I hope you are all preparing to hear the inspired messages that we will receive this weekend! This week was so busy and so great! Tuesday one of our members took us out to Morrisburg which is part of our area but is pretty far away so we were able to go do some visits there and it was really great! Wednesday was the Zone conference with Elder Bruce A. Carlson of the seventy. It was so great I learned so much! The conference was an all day thing. So we had lunch and we sat by Elder and Sister Carlson and it was so cool! One of his main themes was that our purpose was to establish Zion where ever we are put. He also told us that we are called to teach not to talk. I thought that that was so powerful and he also taught us to plan in specifics and that when we do that we will see more results. 

Sister Carlson also spoke and she talked to us about how we should always be obedient and how we should never think we are above the rules and how the rules are there for our protection and that they keep us safe and grant us blessings.  Then when we were back in the meeting after lunch they were going to pick some missionaries to bear their testimonies and they were looking right at me so I was like ok I guess I will be picked and I was! I went last and it was a bit nerve racking but it was great. Sister Rawlings was like you were glowing up there! So that was really cool. Then Sister Rawlings was picked to be interviewed by Elder Carlson. So that was really cool! I have now been to the Capital of Canada! It was a bit stressful driving because I had never been there before but it was good because I had the GPS so we got there and back safe and sound.

 

Thursday we had a lesson with Jennifer and she is doing so great! and she is so excited to go to the Temple on Saturday after the women's meeting she was like "Sister Gonzalez when do I get to go to the Temple?" it was so amazing to see how excited she is to go to the Temple! It makes me so happy to see how great Jennifer is doing! On Thursday we had a lesson with Raquel and investigator and we had a member with us and it was just such a great lesson. Our member Sister Gaudet is so awesome she really helped Raquel understand the pre- earth life! Having members present at lesson makes a huge difference! We were having two activities at the church a board game night on Friday and the Womens meeting on Saturday so we wanted Raquel to come out to both of them and we had been trying all day to find her a ride for Friday but it wasnt working out and then finally we got some one but then when we showed up to tell her she had a ride she was like I cant tonight but I can come tomorrow night to the other thing and can my friend come? and we were yes she can come and ok so we got her a ride for Saturday! We had a cake decorating activity before the broad cast and that was super fun and they really enjoyed it and then we gave them a quick Chapel tour with sister Merpaw. It was really great. Raquel seemed to really enjoy the broad cast! She was paying attention the whole time and I think she really liked it! We had some really amazing bus contacting experience on  Saturday was well! We meet a lady how has a cousin that is a member and she is interested in some of the church DVDs!  We have been doing so great I love being a missionary and being here in Cornwall! The Lord is really blessing us and we are just working really hard! Each day I am so tired but I feel so happy knowing that I did my best in trying to help others come unto Christ. 

 

Love, Sister Gonzalez