Hello my family!

This week has just flown by! Last pday we were having issues with getting mail but of course you can't stop sister wotherspoon.... so we got a member to drive us into red deer and get our mail and i wrote lots of letters which was wonderful. i knew this pday would be busy with transfer news so i'm trying to be prepared. We had a great teaching week we made our 20 lesson goal by teaching 21 lessons even though we only have one investigator. Unfortunately Anne is still smoking and hasn't been able to quite. The devil is working really hard on her through her former church and through her family, lots of drama, so we met with her on Sunday and she told us all about it. it's exhausting..... as much as i love people i can't do everything for them! so i prayed about it... and as i was pondering the thought about having her go talk to a counselor with family services came so I called the bishop and she went to see him that night for a referral. She has been through so much abuse and drama i think it would help her best if she could talk to professional and get the skills she needs to help her over come and deal with her family so the quality of her life can actually change! i love ann so we'll keep working with her and keep helping her prepare for baptism!

Friday night i had a call from the new high councilor in the stake over missionary work that he was going to be speaking in our ward and wanted me to be his speaking partner. He told me to talk on the conference talk by president monson to the priesthood on standing alone. It was amazing! i learned so much and i gave a great talk on how in the world today moral decisions and dilemmas are seen as personal and different for each individual but we know differently. God has always and continues to reveal his laws and what is right and wrong. we are always to stand as witnesses of him. i tied it in to our role as missionaries to invite people to come to know truth and have strong testimonies in the savior and also to be baptized and make the covenant to stand up for God at all times, in all things and in all places. Something i loved is i recited doctrine and covenants 4 verse 2 that says "o ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with all your heart might mind and strength that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day". i then asked the question "Brothers and Sisters, can we stand blameless before God at the last day if we are not willing to stand for him in this latter days?". it was my first talk on my mission and i learned a lot! :D One of the women in the congregation came to me and said she had came up with a nickname for me, she calls me "nephi-a" haha she's funny.

Wednesday we were able to take Anne to the Addiction Recovery Program in REd Deer and it's aamzing! the spirit was so strong and i just loved being there and sharing and learning from others. I honestly felt the strength of the spirit similar to the spirit i feel in the temple. When i asked the stake president why that was he said ti's the spirit of the atonement at work. so cool. if you ever have a chance to go , please do it will change your life! It's open to all members and non members and is great for any changes you want to make in your life.

Well not too much else exciting! O ya... transfer news! I will be staying in Lacombe and training a new missionary! i guess the lord really trusts me with his fresh and ready servants! I'm excited for a change and i know sister randall is excited to go to my first area up in the north end of Edmonton. She'll do great. We've come to be good friends.

love and miss you all so much, thank you for all your support i love hearing from you!

sister wotherspoon