6 Months Out

Yes in fact she did! But it was only an itty bitty blond stripe that is really the exact color of my hair in the summer =D My wonderful and beautiful companion Sister Avaemai was really really wanting to color her hair but did not want to do it alone. After much pleading I finally gave in to the little childish dream I have had for years and years. Why is my rebellious stripe coming out on my mission? Just ask my companion =D

So besides looking just a little bit like Anna from Frozen, life is pretty wonderful here in le groupe de Hochelaga. We just received the news last Saturday that Sister Avaemai and I will be staying together in the area! I couldn't help but smile. The assignment was a direct answer to a prayer.

Its crazy to think that in just eighteen days it will be my six month mark. There is no way that I am almost a third done with my mission. It is impossible! Yesterday was just the fourth of July at the MTC! And now we just celebrated American Thanksgiving last week in the not so balmy weather of Montréal!

What wonderful miracles we have seen this week! Particularly what I have seen in myself! I am not who I was when I left June 25th 2014. Nor will I be the same right now as I will be on December 22nd 2015. A mission is very much a time where I am being changed. And right now all of these changes are for the best.

In life it sometimes seems that we are in the refiners fire. That no matter what we do something always goes wrong. We are in an uncomfortable place where we feel there is no hope. But here is a little something. There is ALWAYS hope. We are ALWAYS loved. And we will ALWAYS make it through. In those moments that we feel in the refiners fire we should pause and just be grateful to be in the light rather than the darkness. We should rejoice to be in the warmth rather than the cold. And we should sing at the opportunity to be in the masters hand.

I am so grateful to be on a mission. I get to talk to people everyday and tell them that they have a chance at eternal life no matter what they have done. I encourage everyone who is debating on going on a mission to earnestly pray. I can tell you that it has helped me so much and I look forever to the future. I love this world. I love Québec and I love the Lord. I say these things in his holy name, Jesus Christ, Amen