Be Our Guest!

Dearest family,

How the heck are you? I am fine. Matoury is a pretty challenging area, but I feel that I am growing more and more each day, and because of the trials, I am getting stronger and stronger. This week we finally got to work with President Baksh, and even though he is no longer the branch president, I think we are going to be able to work better with him and his family. The biggest problem remains Church. The people that are humble and ready to recieve the message don't have any transportation. We are going to try our best this week to figure out a way that our members with cars can come and pick up those without. Unfortunatley this week the few members we have were working, but we talked to them yesterday, and they said that they could work with us this week. That is my new goal. Do everything possible to light the fire in the Members. Elder Taerea is doing good. He was made branch president this week. I am excited for that, and we are going to try our best to support the branch here. The Church is true. I am continually amazed at the faith of our active members because Even though the church here is tiny, they remain faithful. Every sunday they bear their testimonies to me by coming and partaking of the sacrament, even though there are only very few people there. I love that the truthfulness of this church is not dependant on its popularity, but the testimony of the Spirit. The coolest thing that happened this week was, we went to a lesson with a lady named Gertude, and there was a guy there we had never met before. He had a lot of questions, and was very eager to show us his knowlege of the Bible. He said that he only trusted the Bible because it was impossible to know which church was true. We tried to explain about the Restoration, but he was firmly set in his opinion. Finally we told him he could know which Church was true, and he challenged us "How?" Then Gertude butted in before we could say anything and said "Do like Joseph Smith did, Ask God!" It was cool. I gotta get going but I love you!

Love,
Elder Ison

After the trial of your faith....

Dear Friends and Family,
This week has turned out to be a really good week, but it's been hard work!
Monday was good. We did some finding and went to Amie N'Jie's in the evening. She gave us some food, so that was great. She's the sweetest lady. She makes me laugh.
Tuesday we also did a lot of finding. Then in the evening we went to see the Mason's. I love that family! It was so great. David "Danger" Mason told us the story of how he came to join the church. He said that he was working at the coast as a surf instructor, and had no interest in religion at all. However there was this one girl that he was working with that seemed so strong in her faith. He was intrigued by how strong she stood in her faith even when surrounded with so much worldliness. He started to ask her questions, and even met her family. He saw that they were all the same! He didn't understand how they could have such faith that would affect every aspect of their lives. He wanted something like that. But he said, that little did he realize that it came with a whole package, like a testimony and the gift of the Holy Ghost. It was great.
Wednesday we had District Meeting. It was supposed to be our last District Meeting with Elder Voneiderhausern, but then he wasn't there! That was sad, but it was a good District Meeting anyway :) Then we got to see Carol Shooter. She was doing well, and we talked a lot about Visiting Teaching. It was cool. We want to get her involved as soon as possible. Then we had a very long bus ride home... oh boy. haha, and then we went finding for the rest of the evening.
Thursday was a busy day. Early in the morning we met with a young man named Felici. He's great. He's honestly trying to look into a lot of churches. Then we went with Elders Hatch and Spekschinder to see Carol so she could have her baptism interview and she passed! :) Then we went to see a woman named Aldjia. She's searching for something, but she's not sure what. Then finally in the evening we went to do some service at Ursula's. We helped a bit in her front garden with some trimming, and with hanging up her washing. It was really nice. And she made us an amazing meal. Then in the evening we went to see Dominique with the Lidders. I don't think she's ready, and not very interested... but maybe someday she'll figure it out.
Friday haha, welllll..... we had a lot of meetings. We did planning all day, and we had correlation. Then in the evening we did some service, in helping set up for a wedding at the chapel. AND it was Jonathan Young and Rebecka Lee's wedding! Jonathan said to tell Micheal that he loves him very much :) I thought that was so much fun, because it was an unexpected service opportunity. Then we went to a barbeque with some of the ward members by the canal. So that was great.
Saturday morning we went with Mr M to the Martins house and watched The Testaments. I love that movie. So that was really nice. Then we did some finding, and we went to see Amie N'Jie again, because she's soooo sweet and she wanted to feed us again. So that was good :) Sunday was an amazing day! We arrived at church and none of our investigators were there. Then we looked out the door and Sylivia Hollands (less active) was standing there with her nonmember friend Sandra. That was sooo cool! And it turns out that Sandra was the one that convinced Sylvia that she should come to church, because she had heard so much about it, and she wanted to come. Awesome, eh? Then as we ran outside to greet Sylvia someone came up and tapped Sister Jensen on the shoulder, and it was Susan, Giovanni, and the boys, Alex and Sam! It was a wonderful surprise because we hadn't been able to see them in a long time. Sacrament meeting was phenomal, the whole thing. Especially when Elder Green spoke about how he found his testimony on his mission. Giovanni was touched by his sincerity, and afterwards said to Sister Jensen, "That's why I invited you back. A lot of people knock on our door, but there was a light about you." It was AMAZING. Also, the boys were about to not go to primary again, but then the ward mission leader's son, Matt, came and asked them if they would come with him, and they did! Giovanni and Susan loved Sunday School, and the boys enjoyed Primary. It was perfect! Sister Jensen and I had to teach the youth Sunday school, and it was so good. The youth here are amazing! They were so well-behaved, and thoughtfully answered every question we asked, and after it was all over Nichola Perry even thanked us for the lesson! :) Then after church Sandra asked for a Priesthood blessing, so she got one and it was great. And we went home with the Lidders, and after church Reginda said that missionary work had never been her thing, and that this week was the first time she had ever been teaching, and in church she interacted with the investigators, and then she said, "I think I like it." haha, it made me so happy. The Lidder's make me so happy. They are a funny couple. Sunday was so perfect. And it doesn't end there. Because even after that, we went finding for the rest of the evening. We got a lot of appointments and even one really cute Muslim young woman who invited us in, let us teach her, and is going to let us come back later in the week! It was a wonderful way to end the week, and I am so grateful for the Lord's tender mercies, because, to be honest, this past week was hard work, and spiritually draining. It seemed like no one wanted to listen, and some people were very anti, but Heavenly Father is in control, and the blessings come after the trial of your faith!
I love the gospel of Jesus Christ. It doesn't always immediately make sense logically, and it can't be proven by science, but if we test the seed, we will see that it is good. :)

Mom- I can't believe school is started already! Crazy! The trunkiness has set into the ward here, because Elder VonNeiderhausern went home on Saturday and Elder Green and I are preparing to go home. It's so weird, and everyone keeps coming up to say goodbye. I'm going to miss it here. But I still have a week and a half left :)

Nathan- You are so silly! It sounds like you are a very good boy in school. I love you!

Everyone- I love you!

Love,
Sister Ison

That's Inapropriate

Hey guys, Sorry about last weeks email. I always get the crappist computers and something always happens. I have already typed one email this week, and an error erased it. I also have to always type a report to P. Gamiette. My last excuse is I didn't have alot to say because I knoew nothing about the area yet. Now I do! Matoury is a challenging area. The biggest problem is Church. We are trying our very best to find a building close by so our cool investigators can go, but are having little success. Our members with cars are few, and they are full already, but we are still trying to work with them to get our investigators to church. Our branch President is very busy with his job, and we haven't been able to meet with him yet. He has worked the past two sundays, so I haven't even seen him yet. We have planned to do all we can to motivate the members to pray without ceasing for us to have the blessing of a branch building in our own area, and to help us teach, because we feel that it is really up to them. If they pray with faith and show it with their works, I am confident that we could find a building and help the branch to grow. They are all really great members and I know that they could be a real assett to the work. Other than that we have been working hard looking for a building and new investigators with vehicles so we can get them to church, and have found some people that seem really cool. My newest companion, Elder Taerea, is great. He is from Tahiti. He is a barrel of laughs and a good worker. His testimony is rock solid, and he is an excellent teacher. He has been a real example to me in the way that he asks everyone for refferals, and the way he contacts everyone.I love this church and this work. The more time passes by, the sadder it is that its almost over. I know that if I work my hardest to do the will of the lord, we will see miracles here. I can feel it. I love the scriptures, and I love the treasures of knowlege that are in them. I know that Thomas Monson is a prophet of God, and that the Apostles are called of God and will not lead us astray. I love this mission, and I love this people. I can't wait to see the miracles the future holds for this area of the world. I don't got a lot of time, but I am way freaked out that everyone is getting married, and really excited to see what you've done with the house! Have fun with school and seminary, and I love you!

Love,

Elder Ison 

Would a better time be better? no...

Dear Friends and Family,
Being a missionary is so cool.  You just get to know so many different people.  Monday night we stopped by to visit Amy N'Jie.  She is so amazing.  She has her sister visiting, and it's stressful for her because her family doesn't know that she's Christian yet.  But she said that her sister must be suspicious because she doesn't say her Muslim prayers anymore and there are pictures of Christ everywhere.  It made me happy in a way to hear that, because even though she's afraid to tell her family, she's not pretending to be something she's not.  She needs a lot of prayers.
Tuesday morning we went to visit Claudia Honrado.  She really misses Portugual, but she is so sweet.  It was so nice to get to know her and see little Isaac.  He's so funny.  Then in the evening we had a reallly cool lesson with a man named Nathan.  He's a Hindu, and we taught him the message of the restoration.  It was so amazing because he just understood everything we were talking about.  His wife was really sweet as well and gave us muffins and apples and water and coffee (which we had to decline :-P).  At the end she said that she works for a Catholic School and asked if we do set prayers.  When we explained that we don't Nathan said that prayers said from the heart were much better, so that was pretty cool.  The only sad thing is he was moving back to India on Saturday for two months.  But we gave him the website and he's coming back to Birmingham in two months, so he promised to look the church up.   :)   He was so cool.
Wednesday we did a lot of planning and a bit of finding  :)   In the afternoon we went to see Carol Shooter, and are working with her to get her baptized on 1 September  :) .  She's doing well, and working hard to get ready for that day.
Thursday was Zone Conference and it was a really weird day.  I can't believe that was my last Zone Conference.  I had to bear my departing testimony and everyone kept asking me what it was like to be going home and if I was okay and stuff.  Oh my days, I don't think I like it  :-P .  Then in the evening we went to see Dominique again and Sister Butcher came with us.  Dominique had read a little, and is open minded to a point, but she doesn't really understand to importance of Jesus Christ.  She is willing to learn though so that's really good  :)   It was a really nice lesson and great to have Sister Butcher there, as usual.
Friday we did a lot of finding then in the evening we went to visit Kathy Taylor.  She's such a sweet heart.  Then we went and had a marvelous dinner with the Ips.  They are so funny.  It was a lot of fun.
Saturday was a really neat day!  We were tracting before a lunch appointment with the Martins and Mr M, and then they called to say that they were running late.  So we got to keep tracting for a little longer and we met this Hindu man.  We were talking to him on the doorstep and he said, "It's windy, would you like to come inside?"  His wife was upstairs so we went in and started to ask him questions and he told us that he had met Mormons before and that he had a Book of Mormon.  I already thought that was pretty cool, and then as we kept talking we found out that he had actually only met the missionaries 2 weeks previous in Florida when he was staying with his son.  They had taught him about the restoration, and he had wanted to come to church, but with everything being so busy to prepare to come back to England he wasn't able to.  Then we knocked on his door, so we taught him a bit about the Plan of Salvation.  He kept asking us what he could do to find peace of mind.  We talked about God's plan for us, and how following the commandments will bring us peace, and he really liked it.  But, sad day, he is leaving to go to India for 2 months soon, and then he's going back to Florida.  He got all of our information and said he'd be in touch.  I thought it was so cool how the Lord sent missionaries to him in both Florida and here.  He must really want Ramniklal Sangami.  :)   Too bad we keep losing all our cool new investigators to India.  haha.  Then we went to the Martins for Lunch with Mr M, and it was really nice.  We had Tacos, and talked about the Priesthood.  Then in the evening we went finding so that was cool.
Sunday was fun.  I gave a talk in sacrament meeting on Personal Revelation.  So did Elder VonNeiderhausern, because it's his last Sunday!  Crazy.  Then we met with Brother Ip and one of our investigators to discuss some financial stuff in order to enable them to pay tithing.  It was crazy.  They used a lot of big words that I didn't understand, but I did learn one thing.  Stay out of debt! Haha.  Then Sister Jensen and I taught Sharing time.  Then after church we went with the Flandros to their house.  It was so cool.  They have a BEAUTIFUL house, and they are such fun people.  They made me laugh.  Brother Flandro served his mission in Rome, Italy.  He told us some cool stories.  Then we did more finding in the evening.  It was a great Sunday.
So that was my week.  Pretty awesome although it's so strange to have everyone keep telling me I'm so close to going home.  Oh well  :) 

Mom-  I can't believe Brooke is married!  Send her my love!   Oh and Ian!  Tell him congrats as well.   Haha, it made me laugh about Sacrament Meeting.  I love my family  :) 

Dad- Thank-you sooooo much for everything.  Thank-you again, you're a life saver!  P.S. Your e-mails keep getting shorter and shorter as well  :-P 

Elder Ison-  Man, French Guyana sounds so cool.  It'll definitely be an adventure for you!

Nathan-  You are so cool!  I love you!

Love,
Sister Ison

P.S. The subject line is something that Sister Jensen said on the doorstep and it just made me laugh.   Of course a better time would be better, but the person still said no.... oh boy  :-P 

Mister, I'll make a man out of you

6 Lot. Heliconias
Route de Baduel
97300, Cayenne
French Guyana


Thats my new address, just in case you were wondering. How are you doing? I am well. The trip here was pretty uneventful, except my flight got delayed a whole day. It turned out to be a HUGE blessing though because #1: I got to go to an FHE at Jean and Helenes House, which was pretty insanely awesome, and #2 instead of Air Caribes, I got to fly AirFrance, which is much nicer. Now I am here. It is A LOT differerent here than anywhere else I've served. People here are from all over! Most of the people here are from Guyana, Suriname, Haiti, and Brazil. There is an ENORMOUS squatter neighborhood in our area, and its a pretty intense place. The work here can be difficult, because most everyone here is illegal, and are scared to get deported. I was pretty excited to find out however, that there are also a couple Amerindian villages in our area. It is interesting and different, but cool too. Our priority right now is finding a place to hold church close by, because the chapel in Cayenne is too far for most people. I am way excited to see the work you've done though! You guys are the best. I gotta get going, but I love you guys!

Love, Elder Ison

I love my family! :)

Dear Friends and Family,
How are you!?  Life is great.  Being a missionary is the best thing ever.
Monday night at the Snailham's was great as usual.  They are a cute family.
Tuesday was also a good day.  We went finding in the morning, and we met this woman named Elizabeth who immediately let us in.  She's a very wise woman, and understands a lot, especially about the importance of the family.  It was a nice lsson.  Then in the evening we had an appointment with another woman named Dominique.  She's from France.  It was a great appointment, and I love how the spirit gives us the words to speak.  Dominique didn't understand the point of going to church because she believes God is everywhere and in everything.  I wasn't sure what to say, but the spirit definitely gave me the words, and I was able to explain how she was right in that God will listen to and answer our prayers no matter where we are, but he's given us the church in order to have access to the highest of his blessings.  it was cool  :) 
Wednesday was awesome!  The Elders were picking us up for District meeting so at around 9:30 am when there was a knock on the door, we assummed it was them and ignored it, and prayed.  But then the doorbell rang, so I just yelled, "We're coming!"  And then we got all our stuff and went to the door, and the poor postman was standing there!  haha, But he still gave me my parcel.   :)   Thank-you so much!  I LOVED the pictures so much!  They made me smile all day.  Also, the CD is FANTASTIC!  Did you listen to it?  It's so cool.  Thank-you.  Then after District meeting we went to see Carol Shooter.  She's doing so well.  She's working on a way to come to church every Sunday, and she wants to be baptized on 5 September, so that's good.  Then in the evening we went and met with the Mc Shanes's (Micheal was supposed to come, but due to miscommunication, that didn't work out exactly.)  Then we went to see Govanni and Susan with Sister Butcher.  At first Govanni wasn't there, but in the end it ended up being a good thing, because it was really nice just to talk to Susan and find out what she was thinking, because she's very much involved in her own church.  We had a really good lesson about really investigating the church with real intent, and we taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  And then Govanni came in at the end, so we got to see him a bit as well.  Then we went to travel home, and we got to Hemel Hempstead Train Station, and sat there for like 20 minutes, and our bus never came! Oh my days, it drives me mad when buses don't come.  But the Lidders very kindly picked us up and took us home after we called them for an emergency favour  :)   People are so great!
Thursday we did our planning and some finding, so that was a good uneventful day.
Friday morning we went to see Elizabeth again and Sister Ip came with us.  Elizabeth, although very wise, doesn't seem prepared to open her heart to accept that there would be any one true church, but we were able to bear testimony, so that's good.  Then we called to Elders to ask them a question and they told us that we had interviews at 1:30!  That was definitely a shock, because by that point it was already nearly noon, and it would take us nearly two hours to get there by bus and train!  Not possible!  So after a bit of panicking, the Elders very kindly offered to give us a lift and to go early.  *phew*, so we made it on time and had a very nice interviews.  President and Sister Patch are great.  They make me laugh.  As we were walking to have interviews, President Patch looked at me and said, "Looking at you just makes me sad."  Haha, oh man.  Then we were able to go with Sister McShane to Mr M's house for dinner, and it was SOOOOOO good.  I think that coolest thing (for me anyways), was that he prepared mashed green bananas (I can't remember the Uganda word for it), and they tasted really nice.  It tastes almost like mashed potatoes.  Then we went to the Friday Night activity and played chair football.  That was cool.
Saturday morning was Angela's baptism (one of the Elders investigators).  It was so nice to be there.  She is such a sweet woman, and had faced a lot of opposition, but she said, "It's true, what else matters?"  She had a great fear of water, and had never in her life been swimming or anything.  She had a really hard time, but she was so brave and she had so much faith, and after much prayer she was able to do it.  It was amazing.  Then in the afternoon into the evening we went finding.
Sunday was another great day!  When we got to the bus stop to go to church there was this little Latvian lady there, who had been here visiting and was trying to go to the airport to go home.  She spoke almost no English, but through showing us her various tickets, and a few things that her friends had written out for her we were able to figure out where she was trying to go, and then she said, "You help me?"  Hehe, so of course we helped her get to where she was trying to go.  Then Sister Jensen went to give her a card for a Book of Mormon, and when she saw it, she pointed at it and nodded and indicated she had seen it before, and between gestures and very broken English she indicated that in Latvia she was learning English in that church.  Three Boys who were American were teaching the class.  Then she smiled and said, "Snowflake City" .  I loved it!  She was so cute.  Then we got to church.  Angela got confirmed.  The spirit was so strong there.  The topic of Sacrament Meeting was Charity.  Sister Jensen gave a talk.  She's amazing!  She speaks like a general authority.  Also Alastair Sui gave his homecoming talk, so that was pretty cool as well.  Micheal, of course  :-P , was there.  After church we went to Paulo Martins house for lunch.  They are such a fun family.  Then we came back to Hemel and met with a member named May Cook.  She is a sweet sweet lady.  It was nice to get to know her, and she gave us so much food.  Watford Ward takes good care of the missionaries.  Then we went finding.
So all in all a great week.   :) 

Mom-  Thanks for the message from Sister Stevenson!  Oh my goodness I'm soooooo excited!  Tell her to give Justian Evans a huge congrats from me!  That's so cool.  :)   Sounds like you had a fun week.

Dad-  Mom is great at finding bargains, haha. 

Nathan-  No more monkeys jumping on the bed!  I love you Nathan!  Thank-you for the beautiful picture!

Elder Ison-  What?  You're no longer on Gaudeloupe?  Crazy!  Good luck in your new area!

Sister Arnquist-  You rock my world!  Sounds like really awesome things are happening on temple square.

Sister Besso-  My Favourite Australian Companion!   :)   Hey, tell Sister Bidwell, that I respond to every letter I receive  :-P   Hehe.

Love,
Sister Ison

Try to say goodbye and I choke...

Hey you guys!

Sorry for the lateness of this email, but yesterday was crazy! We had a Lunch at the Collings house, and I didn't have time to email. This week was good. We got transfer calls on Saturday and I am going to Matoury, French Guyana. I will be co-companions with Elder Taerea from Tahiti, and he will be the Branch President. That is pretty cool. I will still be the district leader as well. I am really excited to go down there, but it is also really hard because this will probably be my last day serving on Guadeloupe. Goodbyes are always lame. That's basically what I did all day today. I hope now you understand why I wanted you to wait. I hope you got that email!!! I will have the Collings Email you with the address there. How was your week? I was pretty excited to hear Mom is trying out some new recipes!!! The Book of Mormon is the best. I am excited Mom is teaching it too. I LOVE IT! Anyways the investigators here in Capesterre are doing good. Dylan and Cynthia weren't there this week, so we didn't get to see them that much, but Jonathan is doing well. I saw him smiling yesterday, and since he is so Gangsta, thats basically the first time I've seen that. I am sure he'll be baptized soon. I dunno if I told you but we ahve also been working with Thédy, Sr. Naines Brother. He wants to be baptized and be a branch missionary, but first he wants to read the Book of Mormon 2 times. It is going to be hard to leave, but Elder Olsen will take care of everyone. He's training. Haha, its really funny because he has only been out 3 transfers and he is training on his 4th. I better get going, I don't got a lot of time, but send everyone my love, and if you don't get this email, I am going to be pretty T-Oed. alright, PEACE OUT!

Love,

Elder Ison

Who ya gonna call?

HEY GUYS!
How the heck are you? I am doing great! Capesterre is doing well. We are working with alot of family members of members, and we are definitley seeing results. Cynthia and Dylan, the neice and nephew of Frere Bonbon, are progressing really well, and both have growing testimonies and know the church is true. We also have been working with Sr. Naines brother, and he said that he believes our church is true and wants to keep following it. And, of course, there is Jonathan Bonbon who has also expressed a desire for baptism. He is just not exactly sure when. I will definitley keep you posted on their progress. I have seen alot of success as I have planned for it! Zone Conference was one of the awesomest of my mission for sure. I love learning, but it is kind of sad, because I learned so much and don't have much time to put it into practice. Today we had a sweet P-day and visited some waterfalls and hiked a while in the jungle. It was nice. I am kinda a little bit super jealous that you got to see the Joseph Smith movie and Nauvoo pageant. I can't wait to see them again. I actually have a suggestion to ask. Don't send my package this week, because it is transfer week, I will tell you whether or not you need to send it to a different address next week. I still have not recieved my Drivers lisence thing though... I hope it comes this week-ish. I am glad to hear that Andrew is doing well, I love that guy. Well, Hate to love you and leave you, but thats the way the cookie crumbles.


Love You!

Elder Ison

Zone Leader Council

Dear Friends and Family,
So monday turned out to be a fun day. We saw Govanni and Susan with Sister Butcher in the evening. They enjoyed church and Sister Butcher bore powerful testimony about how this is the fulness of the gospel. Tuesday was so cool! President Patch invited Sister Jensen and I to come to ZLC (Zone Leader Council). It was really cool so see what the Zone Leaders are up to :-P They discussed a lot about how to improve missionary work on an area to area basis. It's neat how individual each area is. That took pretty much all day, but when we got home in the evening we had time to do a little bit of finding. It was actually our first time tracting in Hemel Hempstead! Cool! :) Wednesday we had District meeting, and then afterwards we went to see a less-active woman named Heather Hiscock. She is a sweet lady who is experiencing sooo many trials in her life right now. It was wonderful to be able to talk to her about how the gospel really brings us that peace and hope that we need to get through trying times. Then we went to the Stanbury's for dinner. I can't get enough of that family. Mr M was busy working on some assignments so he couldn't make it. Thursday we saw Sister Shooter. She's doing well. She even said half a prayer out loud (she doesn't like to pray out loud). So that was progress :) We did planning the rest of the day and finding. Friday was pretty cool. We went finding in the morning, and then in the early evening we went and met another branch of the Martins family, Alberto and Tina. They are all such sweet people. It was really fun. She actually taught him and he got baptized while she was on her mission in Portugual. Then he served a mission as well and then 8 years later they met again at some mission reunion thing, and then started dating....etc. I thought it was cute :) Then we went and saw Micheal at the chapel and talked about fasting. Then we played a rowsing game of dodgeball for our Friday night activity, and I decided that I don't like it much anyway :-P Saturday was cool because the ward had arranged a temple trip and Mr M got to go on it. He really enjoyed it. :) Then in the morning we taught a woman named Kathy. She's sweet and under a lot of stress right now. We aren't exactly sure how much she understands but it was nice anyways. Then we went with a member Amy N'jie to visit her neighbour Simon, who has been taught by the Elders. It was sooo cool! Simon is so prepared and Amy is just a gem. I love member missionary work. Amy actually used to be Muslim, but she is now a Latter-day Saint through and through. Simon used to be very active in his own church, but then one day he prayed to God to show him the place to go, and he just stopped going to his church and never went to church again until the day he met the Elders. Cool eh? Then in the evening we went to Teacher Training with Elder Hatch and Elder Spekschinder (spelled completely wrong by the way :) ) so that was cool.

Yesterday was great. I love Fast and tesimony meeting. President and Sister Patch were there! Mr M came and so did Sister Shooter. Sister Mason shared with the whole Relief Society how cool it was to have us over to visit her friend Vicky and told them all to do the same :) And Sister Jensen and I got to teach the sunbeams. And they are 3 of the cutest little sunbeams I have ever seen :) So that was super fun. Then we went finding and found quite a few potential investigators. All in all, as usual, an amazing week.

Haha.... guess what. Fiona Smith just walked into the Library and is e-mailing next to me. She's so cool :-P
Mom- I love my pictures too :-P I love our new flat so much! It's really nice. :) I'll give you a virtual tour. (you didn't happen to send me a memory card by chance? :-P ) I can't believe it's already August. Time flies.

Dad- Thank-you for your testimony! More and more as a missionary I just think that the sweetest thing to hear is someone bear their testimony :) It's excellent.

Nathan- That was such a nice e-mail! Everyone loves Nathan! :)
Love,
Sister Ison