tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74670477456278556152024-03-13T08:20:14.613-07:00Sister Wotherspoon's Mission AdventuresSusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-7182200008517662582012-06-21T11:51:00.000-07:002012-06-21T11:51:03.417-07:00Hey!<br /><br />so it's been an exciting week for us, LOTS of service to do and
so little time! You could say drayton valley is needy.... and i
wouldn't disagree but i love the people so much and have made so many
amazing friendships I'm going to miss serving them! Also news I've found a
new great grandma! Sister Bondi has volunteered and has requested that
i call her "GG" ha ha i wish i could send you pictures she's the cutetest
89 year old I've ever met and we have the same passion for the gospel! she
used to live in Vancouver 2nd ward.... small world!<br /><br />Any who this last
week we received a referral from the elders in Fort St. John! I was so
excited, I've been praying for a while that heavenly father would lead me and
sister Jones to people that need our help! We stopped by a couple times, no
answer.... and then we got a cell phone number.... still no answer! BUT even
though i didn't leave a message they must have seen a new number on their
call display and called us back Sunday afternoon! I answered and set up an
appointment with Jamie Courchesne for that afternoon! We went over and she
was so friendly telling us all about herself and her family! Her mother is
a member who joined up in Fort St. John and so she's been told bits
and pieces of church doctrine. she explained that she had a hard time
with churches that had "silly" rules like not being able to take blood
or to exchange a rice cracker for bread in the sacrament if you are
a celiac (because she is) well.... her and sister Jones became
great friends from then on! started swapping celiac recipes it
was hilarious.... we taught her about God is our loving Heavenly
Father and read the introduction to the Book of Mormon! she was so
respectful and discussed it well and agreed to start reading in first nephi
and set up an appointment with us for Tuesday to teach the restoration!
o I'm just so happy to have the chance to meet people who have open hearts
it's so wonderful!<br /><br />At church this week Brother Musson returned from
holidays and received the Aaron priesthood! it was so wonderful..... he's so
great and strong in his scripture study! Sister Maria Tapsoba was at church
as usual and received her temple recommend along with our other
recent convert brother Strasbourg. they both have family names ready to
take to the temple for the FIRST time on Saturday and I'm so excited
for them! i wish so badly we were allowed to go! I found out Sunday that
a recent convert of a year just went through the temple with his wife (the
meadows) and received their endowment! they will be sealed to their two
little girls in Vancouver July 4th and are so excited! i gotta tell ya even
the roughest of people are children of God, we have oil patch workers here
joining the church and making temple covenants it's so
amazing!!!<br /><br />well! last but not least we have two full time missionary
couples from Edmonton now assigned to our branch. they will commute three
times a week and be in the elders quorum presidency and in the
branch presidency to strengthen and provide leadership! what an answer
to prayers! i love seeing REAL changes for good when you really use
the church leadership system and say you two cents worth :)<br /><br />i love you
all so much, i hope you're staying strong and using all the tools the gospel
of Jesus Christ offers to bring you hope and happiness in this crazy world we
live in!<br /><br />i leave you with this quote from conference April
2012:<br /><br />"Our doctrine is clear; we are to be positive and of good cheer.
We emphasize our faith, not our fears. We rejoice in the Lord's
assurance that He will stand by us and give us guidance and direction. The
Holy Ghost testifies to our hearts that we have a loving Father in
Heaven, whose merciful plan for our redemption WILL be fulfilled in
every aspect because for the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ." -Elder
Cook<br /><br />Have a great week! cheers!<br /><br />sister wotherspoon<br />SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-22505890273392077042012-04-16T10:34:00.002-07:002012-04-16T10:45:58.573-07:0014 Months out in the field toady!! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wahoo</span>!! Can you believe it? That I've lasted this long <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">hahaha</span> i know, o the miracles of our heavenly father and thank you for all your support! The emails and pictures, letters and talks! I couldn't have made it here without your support!<br /><br /> Well this week was exciting! We had snowstorms for three days straight BUT because it's spring it's all gone now and I'm happy about that! Just when you thought you could put your winter stuff away.... everyone says to watch out for the may <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">long weekend</span> snow dump though, so much to look forward to! Any who! This week we had a ton of plans, back plans and plan C's get cancelled BUT we still managed to teach 19 lessons, half of those being with those investigating the church! The members are loving us and i really am feeling like a part of the branch now here in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">drayton</span> valley! I just love serving with sister <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">jones</span>. She's such a great support and strength in the missionary work. She's so fun and the members upstairs always catch us hysterically laughing, because if we couldn't laugh at the crazy weird things that happen in the small oil rig town then we would go crazy! Bro <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Strausberg</span> has been called as a new branch missionary and he <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">was baptized</span> in January! he's going strong and diving into preach my gospel! it will be nice to have the help. We got to do some service this week for some active members. The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">cressman's</span> allowed us to come over, we took down Christmas lights, fed horses, picked up litter on their huge acreage and cleaned their home while cooking dinner . There are so many hard working members that are so over <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">run with</span> life! i feel fortunate to help. whenever i think of how to<br />help others i think what would my mom do? what would my mom appreciate? makes things easier!<br />District Meeting was this week! our zone leaders and president Campbell and his wife joined us for a lovely meeting on discussing <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">the qualities</span> that we must have to qualify to be missionaries. It was the usual discussion until we learned about hope..... it really struck me that we teach our investigators to act on faith <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">A LOT</span> but when do we instill in the them the confidence and expectation of the blessings that come as we live the gospel! the hope is really what, as the<br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bookof</span> Mormon teaches, keeps us sure and steadfast always abounding in good works! isn't that what we want for those in the church and newly joined! hope seems to be the answer to my never ending question "<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">how can</span> we keep people strong in the church". let's teach hope! let's teach them that the quality of their lives WILL improve and that <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">all of</span> god's promises will be given to them including eternal life if the<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">y are</span> obedient! :) o that was so awesome, i love it when the holy<br />ghost is teaching the lesson :) We also got to help a family move out and clean their home while spending mornings and evenings reading the Book of Mormon with our investigators! Michael <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">musson</span> has set his baptismal date for may 28<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">thand</span> he told heavenly father in his prayer "I'm so excited! please <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">help the</span> missionaries to prepare me for this date"! so exciting! cam is doing well along with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">domi</span> and we are excited to meet his wife who has recently returned from Africa!Nothing else too exciting! I'm just trying to enjoy the little things,like the baby animals, kittens and puppies that seem to be popping up everywhere. the sunshine. the moments our<br />investigators learn new truths and of course the opportunity to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">exercise</span> and<br />stay strong <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">for the</span> last three and half months! Love you and miss you<br />all!! !keep the faith! sister <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">wotherspoon</span>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-54444092714995116332012-01-04T15:29:00.000-08:002012-01-04T15:32:04.174-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Qlq3xxhqM7_eUUlYSLXEMS0os1wKJi4zHR8B9bd2T7iLwwcosCwabTSLjZJUoRG8T9BW0uqeOHQsqLG4Ffghpi9MGEl6AskbzgKqPz5Q-qW4riXPTHtpYG_LWu3okGjCW8tDZusNO24/s1600/Sister+Wotherspoon+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Qlq3xxhqM7_eUUlYSLXEMS0os1wKJi4zHR8B9bd2T7iLwwcosCwabTSLjZJUoRG8T9BW0uqeOHQsqLG4Ffghpi9MGEl6AskbzgKqPz5Q-qW4riXPTHtpYG_LWu3okGjCW8tDZusNO24/s400/Sister+Wotherspoon+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693923698257835442" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-DmmZcP-58MqsYepxGT1dHDllMhyuIHxrsh2Ol-Z-brBpkrolNhADQiVEMOgwgj8yuX7vMFjKzj68dlQcKJ92Na9SgsVF_daNnFUEy4ZUS5SjCLS6Km-GwJkBPKGHrjlpIXeZw6wlC8/s1600/Sister+Wotherspoon+002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-DmmZcP-58MqsYepxGT1dHDllMhyuIHxrsh2Ol-Z-brBpkrolNhADQiVEMOgwgj8yuX7vMFjKzj68dlQcKJ92Na9SgsVF_daNnFUEy4ZUS5SjCLS6Km-GwJkBPKGHrjlpIXeZw6wlC8/s400/Sister+Wotherspoon+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693923451554665602" border="0" /></a>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-31475559577492709802012-01-04T15:27:00.000-08:002012-01-04T15:29:22.957-08:00Happy New Year - 2012! <div><br /></div> <div>Well since this is "supposed" to be the last year before the end i thought i should make some good goals this year! We had some great talks in sacrament meeting yesterday on goal setting and i loved the acronym that Brother Carter used. He calls the SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Timely. So that's what <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">I'm</span> going to do! I've decided that i want to eliminate fear and doubt from my thoughts and vocabulary, i want to read the Old Testament once and The Book of Mormon two more times by the end of my mission along with a conference talk weekly! My overall goal is inspired by my former companion Sister Hayes - "Love More, Eat Less" <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">lol</span> I really encourage you all to make personal goals for this year and include with it spiritual goals because this life is purely the time for us to prepare to meet our heavenly father and i love in Alma 5:11-13 where Alma explains the steps in order to be have a change of heart and be saved! As we exercise faith + humble ourselves + trust in God + and endure with faith to the end we will all be saved! As I've thought about what it means to be saved i don't think it means our final salvation only but that we can be saved from heart ache, misery, unnecessary trials and evil today, tomorrow and forever!</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Well now that I've given a little spiritual insight <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">I'll</span> let you know how our week went. it wasn't too busy unfortunately so we took advantage of the wonderful positive weather and went <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">tracting</span> to find new people to teach because Neil has been out of town and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Steven</span> is still in Quebec. So! we had some great experiences and even had a couple people invite us back for return appointments. Unfortunately nobody was home or interested anymore when we returned but i really feel that's all we can do! We are showing heavenly father that we are willing to do the work and i know he'll bless us! One girl even <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">texted</span> us after we talked to her at the door because she wanted to know more but then her husband found out and she can't meet with us. I know there are people prepared and i desire <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">soooo</span> badly to be able to teach a family, i should add that to my goals..... </div> <div><br /></div> <div>I loved the Christmas season but <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">I'm</span> really excited for normal life to kick in so that we can start visiting with people again and hopefully receive referrals from our members as they return to town!</div> <div><br /></div> <div>The cold weather is on it's way, so much adventure in store!</div> <div><br /></div> <div>I love you all and miss you so much!</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Love Sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Wotherspoon</span></div>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-24593352336371767762011-12-26T15:33:00.000-08:002011-12-26T15:37:56.196-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-eBF5ME0D6vHPJr-ZREeB7smN3w6He8ioQHwWll_qq3uaZSWBBBDAKoeWQi4T6aqfbclw6iWlGhmJ1OjuVCY4h8NiwAAhpp8I_1uT7CxnCUC-RMIxDZ11G0DDsCRwv-OHSEQNd_YmJnY/s1600/IMG_6730.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-eBF5ME0D6vHPJr-ZREeB7smN3w6He8ioQHwWll_qq3uaZSWBBBDAKoeWQi4T6aqfbclw6iWlGhmJ1OjuVCY4h8NiwAAhpp8I_1uT7CxnCUC-RMIxDZ11G0DDsCRwv-OHSEQNd_YmJnY/s400/IMG_6730.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690585397118726658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsMsGLit6XMrigme92KFcXCMdiLjL3YJ-H6GPKFAUmtUOTHvQOu4EY32nnlQMzF1xBPPPZ38uCpx7kPy3sPZ8Y983ZT4mJjElkjyId6fVwIYqUCpH8h-nUt3agx6iwzdDVomENOBZu7E/s1600/IMG_6724.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsMsGLit6XMrigme92KFcXCMdiLjL3YJ-H6GPKFAUmtUOTHvQOu4EY32nnlQMzF1xBPPPZ38uCpx7kPy3sPZ8Y983ZT4mJjElkjyId6fVwIYqUCpH8h-nUt3agx6iwzdDVomENOBZu7E/s400/IMG_6724.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690585387930254338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJv4y5DZoE4-9cOg3QzmP92xAg0X_FD4mxzwP-waAMNVOzVLAvx_qE2uegG9Md3CZClr5YUpetAuvaUOh9H0L1ig1dLVlYXKrrKyE3oPnw1l6D_ZnpHk8yJsXqGzJ7aHXqrDFSqCPkcV8/s1600/IMG_6721.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJv4y5DZoE4-9cOg3QzmP92xAg0X_FD4mxzwP-waAMNVOzVLAvx_qE2uegG9Md3CZClr5YUpetAuvaUOh9H0L1ig1dLVlYXKrrKyE3oPnw1l6D_ZnpHk8yJsXqGzJ7aHXqrDFSqCPkcV8/s400/IMG_6721.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690585365737632738" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO4oP1sJVKjki7CFMn8rBV928JJzrTQ7MkbWWLAjTQ_bPOGTEHy07zMZMzfbsPLOQvCCnR8XCYENQZ7nPkfGwXEJYVqEndy0IHwQprMZMYtsyeFFKgtpBsuUdPZZhvxs3JPHoY9r6r0Lw/s1600/IMG_6712.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO4oP1sJVKjki7CFMn8rBV928JJzrTQ7MkbWWLAjTQ_bPOGTEHy07zMZMzfbsPLOQvCCnR8XCYENQZ7nPkfGwXEJYVqEndy0IHwQprMZMYtsyeFFKgtpBsuUdPZZhvxs3JPHoY9r6r0Lw/s400/IMG_6712.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690585360727186818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKtfot45hZpwMtbGfS_YVNyzXX8NCXUal1fdb5L9Fb2y0BS-AFkrDnyEbW_Zb-mH8FEfud1cV9snK4ngxXrrmOxqonA9QxHty17q32k-W_CozqcF6gn-aNSyushp86iCoVF6amXK6nzSY/s1600/IMG_6745.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKtfot45hZpwMtbGfS_YVNyzXX8NCXUal1fdb5L9Fb2y0BS-AFkrDnyEbW_Zb-mH8FEfud1cV9snK4ngxXrrmOxqonA9QxHty17q32k-W_CozqcF6gn-aNSyushp86iCoVF6amXK6nzSY/s400/IMG_6745.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690585405747552210" border="0" /></a>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-329466470911916532011-12-26T15:31:00.000-08:002011-12-26T15:32:47.204-08:00<div>Happy Boxing Day Everyone!</div> <div> </div> <div>Wow it's been such an exciting week! so much going on in the missionary world of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Lacombe</span> with all the wonderful <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Christmas</span> events!</div> <div> </div> <div>We didn't have a chance to teach a lot of lessons this week with people being super busy with <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Christmas</span> but we were thankful to be able to be at the Live Nativity/ Creche display set up at the church. It was amazing! i have never seen a live nativity, with all the ward volunteering to be the many parts of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Christmas</span> story and people bringing in their animals - sheep, donkey and goat! it was so well done with music, lighting and costumes. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">I'll</span> attach pictures for everyone to see. on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Tuesday</span> we helped set up the creche in the gym for six hours. all the walls were covered with white fabric and tables were set up surrounded with <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Christmas</span> trees and white lights with the 200 creche's set up. people from all over the communities came and enjoyed the show, the creches and some hot chocolate and apple cider with cookies after! i had a lot of great conversations with people and invited many to take the lessons. i didn't have any immediate luck but i know the community's prospect of the church has increased in respect :D</div> <div> </div> <div>Christmas eve was exciting! we had our whole day set up with lessons and everybody cancelled.... so we decided to go and visit a little old lady in the lodge senior centre, sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">silliker</span>. who <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">I've</span> come to know really well,we went to visit her and she was stuck in her wheel chair needing to go to the hospital! so we got her to the emergency and they gave her strong pain killer shots for her new knee. it was intense and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">I'm</span> so glad that we were there at the right time, she still tells us we were the angels that arrived right on time! we then came back and went caroling with ward members at another senior centre. it was so fun to sing all the songs and meet new people. we then went to a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Christmas</span> party at the bishop's and his family and headed home for the night!</div> <div> </div> <div>Christmas day was AMAZING! we got to sleep in.... which was awesome! we went to church at 10am and had a wonderful program of commentary that included <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Jewish</span> customs that they did at the time and musical numbers including one i got to sing in with the choir - Where shepherds lately <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">knelt</span> - it was beautiful! many of the members invited us over but with time constraints we opened presents at home.... had a great brunch with the cuff family that we live with and then headed off to talk to the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">family</span> on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">skype</span>! it was so great to see the family... it's been 7 months! we chatted and then headed off to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Christmas</span> dinner with the hill family, stopped at a couple other homes and then headed to bed exhausted.</div> <div> </div> <div>one of my favourite <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Christmas</span> presents this <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Christmas</span> was stopping by our new <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">convert's</span> home - <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Anne</span> - with her new husband <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Neil</span>! i was so worried if he was actually interested in the gospel and if <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Anne</span> would stay active. we hadn't heard from them in a week and when we stopped by they said they've been reading the book of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">mormon</span> together, a chapter a day! that makes me so excited for the work here!</div> <div> </div> <div>so many blessings to be <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">grateful</span> for. But most of all <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">I'm</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">grateful</span> for the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">family</span> and friends that have supported me so much throughout the past 10 months of my missionary service. i have good days and harder days but all in all <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">I'm</span> thankful for you guys who remind me of my purpose and pray for me! I love you and miss you! Seven months today <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">I'll</span> be home in surrey! hard to believe.... stay strong and keep the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Christmas</span> spirit with you all year long.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>lots of love</div> <div> </div> <div>sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">wotherspoon</span></div>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-47161217999182028352011-12-19T14:31:00.000-08:002011-12-19T14:36:09.811-08:00Christmas Week<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsG7e74Tv_SEXtCEIMMg82XpQUVRHJTvGqVCaK4XIjz7REUuCKCO8ZSHMEieRybDZgQZKDAQocQJf3cHUaZVvQh0h-oI8COlxG1ezubL2BnCDkP7-dJsygBvy54wYdHrdUV0X2szJ168Q/s1600/IMG_6701%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsG7e74Tv_SEXtCEIMMg82XpQUVRHJTvGqVCaK4XIjz7REUuCKCO8ZSHMEieRybDZgQZKDAQocQJf3cHUaZVvQh0h-oI8COlxG1ezubL2BnCDkP7-dJsygBvy54wYdHrdUV0X2szJ168Q/s400/IMG_6701%255B1%255D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687971672621967074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtqZp7vMjfwas1JN9hEsqtCemZeFyJQSxdd0wi5-adv_856eY66G__1gNVC8iccSO5yqvGIlWXMwPPGAUzhE9G0DyYb2dKr4R3uGFFr-xX_fiQWbubStniZONLhvrVbCOorQeIpizAm2I/s1600/IMG_6680%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtqZp7vMjfwas1JN9hEsqtCemZeFyJQSxdd0wi5-adv_856eY66G__1gNVC8iccSO5yqvGIlWXMwPPGAUzhE9G0DyYb2dKr4R3uGFFr-xX_fiQWbubStniZONLhvrVbCOorQeIpizAm2I/s400/IMG_6680%255B1%255D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687971662796497490" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhP8afTLjGHEvkapgJap_SzIljKIVly217Qg1miBuF6tmPsOVUglLkiIipzyyl6VRkMYwmAtuy2wpFSzuvdJVZsj_FZwCGzd46cd6jhiYY2tOToHAUNPAFTnjQk_CWA5Pac-AUPS6prn8/s1600/IMG_6672%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhP8afTLjGHEvkapgJap_SzIljKIVly217Qg1miBuF6tmPsOVUglLkiIipzyyl6VRkMYwmAtuy2wpFSzuvdJVZsj_FZwCGzd46cd6jhiYY2tOToHAUNPAFTnjQk_CWA5Pac-AUPS6prn8/s400/IMG_6672%255B1%255D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687971654100942210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnJLaIhOZa1aaLVY2hGmX8V7kfnGAJYW81lTjbvoI3sxbQFQWgxL_X-lMTn5uMEs-cYhS8GnZ_3A3qP38kVBxxBZRMNTfrYti_vCU8ozHOxYcTfA5jMtHGa4x3W8kJHP07lBR8VrBryU/s1600/IMG_6710%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnJLaIhOZa1aaLVY2hGmX8V7kfnGAJYW81lTjbvoI3sxbQFQWgxL_X-lMTn5uMEs-cYhS8GnZ_3A3qP38kVBxxBZRMNTfrYti_vCU8ozHOxYcTfA5jMtHGa4x3W8kJHP07lBR8VrBryU/s400/IMG_6710%255B1%255D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687971685995635346" border="0" /></a>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-20592809559764214102011-12-14T13:47:00.000-08:002011-12-14T14:00:23.263-08:00Merry Christmas Everyone!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHxekATij_o8dsYdCjD0gLp9QRxjvsGBlKuJTs6AQ33HvbdmCN6E_9XDo2t3EbUp3omqMT97GuPQ0tizFEW1qyTpyXWGhQo1BM6LAsmPKaK_gyag9Q9gzrigekzKsKYqlzgDpNNq0CGI/s1600/IMG_6622%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHxekATij_o8dsYdCjD0gLp9QRxjvsGBlKuJTs6AQ33HvbdmCN6E_9XDo2t3EbUp3omqMT97GuPQ0tizFEW1qyTpyXWGhQo1BM6LAsmPKaK_gyag9Q9gzrigekzKsKYqlzgDpNNq0CGI/s400/IMG_6622%255B1%255D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686104687029435554" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Elder O'Randy, Sis. Wotherspoon, Elder Lee<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Surrey 1st Ward Missionaries<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpMR2o1e_gi7lA0fECW5Y9uY7rf274ctYoRBs-4fQF7RAxTN8rknZ2R87hC1-rPq3seq4KSydn9qoTgcgaomFucrjRkd0V-Fe4ypE86xtEy4VA8BNC66IFJcvPCMQU_hVXsXC_r2OMJo/s1600/IMG_6583%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpMR2o1e_gi7lA0fECW5Y9uY7rf274ctYoRBs-4fQF7RAxTN8rknZ2R87hC1-rPq3seq4KSydn9qoTgcgaomFucrjRkd0V-Fe4ypE86xtEy4VA8BNC66IFJcvPCMQU_hVXsXC_r2OMJo/s400/IMG_6583%255B1%255D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686104676566447538" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">New Puppies!!!!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fFB56Iu5Ku1qK7H3cHnFjDCF66vjQa7uGo1vDVqj3fQ2hEgaGl4G7Y0wVHAok_C3CkPDpiDkaVBFFb_omT4HjdTtd3W7GydPaiL07l4hQ_98_MfSWwZWe-Kf00IRnEjgXggl8nqnUl0/s1600/IMG_6621%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fFB56Iu5Ku1qK7H3cHnFjDCF66vjQa7uGo1vDVqj3fQ2hEgaGl4G7Y0wVHAok_C3CkPDpiDkaVBFFb_omT4HjdTtd3W7GydPaiL07l4hQ_98_MfSWwZWe-Kf00IRnEjgXggl8nqnUl0/s400/IMG_6621%255B1%255D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686104691112966034" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A Visit from Santa...HOHOHO</div>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-43794307885999327122011-12-14T13:36:00.000-08:002011-12-14T14:04:13.896-08:00Hello from Winter Wonderland!<br /><br />I now know first hand why they call Canada the Great White North! It just keeps getting colder.... what a difference between just cold and when there's wind! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">haha</span> well enough about the weather i had a CRAZY busy week this week. Poor sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Milburn</span> isn't getting her newbie studies in but i think real life training is better then sitting reading out of a textbook anyways!<br /><br />Well let's see if i can remember it all...<br /><br />Anne Peters is doing great! she's reading the scriptures and going strong, she came to all three hours of church and to our ward potluck because it was ward conference! Of course her fiance <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Neil</span> came too and i think he really enjoys church! They are super cute together and through a wonderful miracle Anne and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Neil</span> were both able to find their divorce certificates and are getting married by bishop L<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">owry</span> tonight at the chapel at seven o clock! It's so funny.... <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Neil</span> - age 84, is<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">sooooo</span> nervous to get married in front of people that he has to go to the doctor to get a pill for his anxiety! it's going to be fabulous! i asked a lady in the ward who does weddings to decorate, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">I'll</span> take lots of pictures!<br /><br />Something fun this week! The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Kasners</span> in our ward are breeders of my favourite dog! an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Australian</span> sheep dog! they have five puppies and they are so cute! <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">I'll</span> have to go back in a couple weeks when they are running around!<br /><br />Thursday we had a crazy experience, we were planning on going to this sister missionary cookie thing in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Edmonton</span> and on the way there we realized we didn't have our phone.... we went home and couldn't find it! well we had no way of knowing the numbers or address of the place so we missed it.... we were so upset and spent four hours looking for it! we ended up driving up to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Edmonton</span> that night for the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Christmas</span> conference the next day and just had fun. The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Christmas</span> conference was awesome! three hours of training, a great turkey lunch and three hours of hilarious random talents by the missionaries! i sang a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Christmas</span> medley including chestnuts roasting on an open fire and have yourself a merry little <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Christmas</span> with elder smith (from my first district, he's from <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Toronto</span>). we sang it jazzy at a keyboard and it was super fun! we then found out at ten to four that we being outlying missionaries could go to the temple at four! o man..... we ran! it's a good thing i had my recommend on me!<br /><br />it was so wonderful to go, i <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">haven't</span> been since <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">April</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">ish</span>! it was so peaceful AND the officiator was Brother Patrick!!!!!! I also saw a guy from one of my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">ysa</span> wards and a lady came up to me in the celestial room and told me i was pretty <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">ha ha</span> it was a good day :D<br /><br />well.... later that night after searching for the cell phone more sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Milburn</span> said i wonder if we threw it out in the trash? we decided that <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">couldn't</span> have happened but it <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">wouldn't</span> leave my mind so at ten thirty i said wanna go dumpster diving?!?! we did! when we got to the church parking lot she got out of the car and right there in the snow was our phone!!!!!!! it was a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Christmas</span> miracle for sure! it was nearly dead when we lost it but was still alive working in the<br />snow after two days of -20 degrees!<br /><br />Another blessing.... <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Stephen</span> during finals week called us and set up an appointment and invited us to a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Christmas</span> band concert at the seventh day <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Adventist</span> college! he then came to church and he's just plain awesome... Last night i also performed in the red deer <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Christmas</span> stake fireside singing a song with the choir along to bells!<br /><br />it's been a crazy week, so many blessings! i know this email was super long but i hope you enjoyed something! thank you all for your emails and your cards and packages! i feel so loved and know that my blessings come from your prayers!<br /><br />love you all so much! and i really miss you. Happy <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Holidays</span>!<br /><br />sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">wotherspoon</span>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-63490945262145863442011-11-28T12:44:00.000-08:002011-11-28T12:46:19.348-08:00Sunday November 27, 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xfxsY0DARlJDoenzVIMB1EF_QpQNJOaizUeM0p1gglS7f66JSLyWFqi29VIBPGfq5381WUgqm7o3zPEm6ckxwlOo7u_Ud301_HTHREKeYDIvzOrLehVXtKWo70A8m-zhIXG1oRmom54/s1600/Anne%2527s+baptism+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xfxsY0DARlJDoenzVIMB1EF_QpQNJOaizUeM0p1gglS7f66JSLyWFqi29VIBPGfq5381WUgqm7o3zPEm6ckxwlOo7u_Ud301_HTHREKeYDIvzOrLehVXtKWo70A8m-zhIXG1oRmom54/s400/Anne%2527s+baptism+%25282%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680150718915660882" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_-Gna4D-JkUcXUzX1-vdd0mZt0_1ywkX7T1P82RUpkeMmrrIYZqDNVUUteIVdf6-d_1E8xZOBplunp08vuDW6ffXJARexdRiBX_tT6oBxoZeoXK6A9wTQN9FP5_gej1qp55baIh6iDA/s1600/Anne%2527s+baptism.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_-Gna4D-JkUcXUzX1-vdd0mZt0_1ywkX7T1P82RUpkeMmrrIYZqDNVUUteIVdf6-d_1E8xZOBplunp08vuDW6ffXJARexdRiBX_tT6oBxoZeoXK6A9wTQN9FP5_gej1qp55baIh6iDA/s400/Anne%2527s+baptism.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680150719652120002" border="0" /></a>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-73632559376269523022011-11-28T12:35:00.000-08:002011-11-28T12:43:39.049-08:00Hey everyone!<br /><br />This week was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">SOOOO</span> busy! we had to organize and get the baptism all planned and prepared for while still trying to maintain the quota of twenty lessons a week and fasting and praying for our other investigator <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">stephen</span>, but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">i'll</span> talk more about that in a minute!<br /><br />Anne's baptism was fabulous! I'll send a program your way! Sister Cuff and Sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Pelletier</span> two sisters in the ward that know <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Anne</span> well gave the talks and me and sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Milburn</span> sang "learn of me" by <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Janice</span> K<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">app</span> Perry! Everyone said it was beautiful. The water was warm and a part<br />of me wishes they would hold her under longer because it just goes by too fast for all the work we do! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">haha</span> about 60 members of the ward came and we had lots of treats and goodies to eat. We decided to continue my tradition of getting those who attended to write their testimonies on index cards for <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Anne</span> so that we could put a book together of pictures and testimonies. We also got her ordered a quad of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">scriptures</span> with her name on it ! i know she loved it! Anne also<br />invited her "boyfriend" <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Neil</span>, who's 84!!! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">haha</span> he's so cute, and i really want to start teaching him this week too we'll see!<br />we also taught <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Stephen</span> this week and had a really intense lesson on the second half of the plan of salvation. he has so many questions and the language <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">barrier</span> is hard! ..... well we prayed that night and the next morning we got a call from him saying he wants to come to church and come to all three hours to experience the whole thing! i was so happy! he came and every meeting went <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">sooooo</span> well! he participated in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Sunday</span> school and everyone came up to him and was so friendly :D i can't wait to see what he really thought at our lesson this week.<br /><br />Well that's really all the excitement this week! <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">I'm</span> really loving<br />sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Milburn</span>, we get along great and she's so excited for missionary<br />work.<br /><br />love you all! and miss you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">a lot</span>..... especially this time of year! :D<br /><br />love sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">kara</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">wotherspoon</span>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-28178000972502572772011-11-26T13:13:00.000-08:002012-01-04T10:53:55.512-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-43557679879738507972011-11-26T13:12:00.000-08:002011-11-26T13:13:27.124-08:00Church Building in LaCombe, AB<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJe-iYSo2Yg7_SvP_kPVr0zuASukxXVkUjW31T7XyKUMuDoi7s0CBP8eMeR8Ya4dQsnHMzn2Is5q1DD5Tad0nLuhM_ogMzu-HwsEp-dmFjRTI-BRSxwTaextIIEWQGjbehk-joBlTThao/s1600/IMG_6542%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJe-iYSo2Yg7_SvP_kPVr0zuASukxXVkUjW31T7XyKUMuDoi7s0CBP8eMeR8Ya4dQsnHMzn2Is5q1DD5Tad0nLuhM_ogMzu-HwsEp-dmFjRTI-BRSxwTaextIIEWQGjbehk-joBlTThao/s400/IMG_6542%255B1%255D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679415595964752610" border="0" /></a>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-25373166476696533782011-11-26T13:07:00.000-08:002011-11-26T13:09:34.844-08:00Kara & Sister Milburn-Day 1!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlliC424C0Syunk_Y1Hf_MitetvhKgPLonxoo4rflG8NhmvS2gMzuK9Dn1MUlrBNdHXhyphenhyphenW2C7-roXMRd5m9vTyt8CudEe9pYmlceDK1rJT7VlNLvr3yUask-fI2bVienYaWCi88Ld9l8/s1600/IMG_6551%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlliC424C0Syunk_Y1Hf_MitetvhKgPLonxoo4rflG8NhmvS2gMzuK9Dn1MUlrBNdHXhyphenhyphenW2C7-roXMRd5m9vTyt8CudEe9pYmlceDK1rJT7VlNLvr3yUask-fI2bVienYaWCi88Ld9l8/s400/IMG_6551%255B1%255D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679414545957209650" border="0" /></a>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-6970970151461006912011-11-26T13:05:00.000-08:002011-11-26T13:07:34.369-08:00Kara with Senior Missionaries from Stettler AB<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY87kEtSoYJfv6arqhkvprbd3LYZXpSZhsmOWdfJO1PvyGVnhyFl7dT_moTitK2ia6-jhOaDxoxZQMaOwNC-g1-e5tj8uWE8hgPpprdL1nXG_icEqJpC0nYdheNGhTIePMZ3XPviA-_0o/s1600/IMG_6533%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY87kEtSoYJfv6arqhkvprbd3LYZXpSZhsmOWdfJO1PvyGVnhyFl7dT_moTitK2ia6-jhOaDxoxZQMaOwNC-g1-e5tj8uWE8hgPpprdL1nXG_icEqJpC0nYdheNGhTIePMZ3XPviA-_0o/s400/IMG_6533%255B1%255D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679413979447334850" border="0" /></a>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-30674280780998459882011-11-26T12:52:00.000-08:002011-11-26T13:00:57.645-08:00Hey Everyone!<br /><br />Wow it's been an INTENSE week! so much going on, so much to write about! here it goes...<br /><br />As you all know I am staying in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Lacombe</span> here and training a new missionary! Her name is sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Milburn</span> and she's from Bonnie Lake Washington, just outside Seattle! It's so crazy how we grew up only a couple hours away from each other, had the same temple growing up, we're the same age and she went to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">BYU</span> too. she's really nice and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">sooooo</span> excited to do missionary work! i just love her! she's so fun and likes to talk! the members are just loving her and everyone is being so nice and loving to me. I just feel the missionary work booming!<br /><br />So Wednesday we woke up early at 5:30 and drove into Edmonton. We had great weather and went to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">riverbend</span> stake centre where the Edmonton temple is under construction for the trainer meeting. It was great and I picked up sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Milburn</span>! the sisters then went out for lunch at red robin for sister Thomas who was the only sister going home. I just had a feeling we should get sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Milburn</span> a winter jacket and boots instead of waiting till <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">pday</span> and president agreed and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">thankgoodness</span> we did! the NEXT day we had a huge snow fall and it got down to -26 during the days this week. I was so nervous to drive but took it slow and we are still in one piece! We went to dinner at the stake president's house that night and invited Anne with us to dinner and then went to the Addiction Recovery meeting with her. Anne is doing fabulous! she's gone 8 days without smoking and her Baptism is a go for this Sunday <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">i'm</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">SOOOOOOo</span> excited!!!!<br /><br />Thursday we found out that our district has been changed so we are meeting only every two weeks with the senior couple in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Stettler</span> and a companionship from red deer. so we didn't have district <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">meeting</span> but we taught <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">anne</span>, some member lessons really trying to get more referrals and went to the farmers market in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">lacombe</span>. they had a huge <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Santa</span> Claus parade in the snow and then a moonlight midnight shopping day where all the shops were open till late and the farmers market was at the convention centre. we went around talking to people and i hope something comes out of the contacts we made! we also did a little <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">tracting</span> and found a guy who wants us to come back! <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">I'll</span> keep you updated!<br /><br />Friday was our planning and we also met with our investigator Stephen the french speaking guy from <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Quebec</span>. i found out he's twenty six and he read from the book of Mormon. We had sister cuff come because she served her mission in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">France</span> and the spirit was so strong as sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">milbu<br />rn</span> asked him to be baptized! he said it was a big question but that he would continue to pray to know if the book of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Mormon</span> was true ! we are really excited for him.<br /><br />This weekend was stake conference and we had a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">visiting</span> general authority of the first quorum of the seventy come elder <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Johnson</span>? he was GREAT! and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Anne</span> loved it! we also heard from the temple president and our mission president. the spirit was so strong. The general authority recounted a story about his daughter saying that she had bought her daughters some beautiful jewelery boxes for <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Christmas</span> and a smaller one for their cousin. when she showed the little girls the small one they just started balling their eyes out because they wanted it so bad. he related it to how our heavenly father has greater things then we could even imagine waiting for us! i loved it.<br /><br />Emails were changed to today because we volunteered at the festival of trees in red deer and set up garland and decorated trees! it was intense! and so fun. really got me into the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Christmas</span> spirit!<br /><br />well this is all for now. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">I'm</span> glad you are all doing well and hope to hear from you really soon.<br /><br />lots of love!<br /><br />sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Wotherspoon</span>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-46450869020395189892011-11-26T09:37:00.000-08:002011-11-26T13:10:24.438-08:00Sis, Randall, Kara, Bro & Sis Cuff<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTp7aJNtDU56NgAeCbAipZWKr5ZrqvxCoNgACEIVzupZ1ud9cuRlfwpP4QyykNJJida3xqx2Td8cfXrGj_6XX7PjgwAwm2jE11FFaIg3GGAsaE1FuI-Pq9E3MCiLsoFGGZm0eXZ4_fIU/s1600/IMG_6499%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTp7aJNtDU56NgAeCbAipZWKr5ZrqvxCoNgACEIVzupZ1ud9cuRlfwpP4QyykNJJida3xqx2Td8cfXrGj_6XX7PjgwAwm2jE11FFaIg3GGAsaE1FuI-Pq9E3MCiLsoFGGZm0eXZ4_fIU/s400/IMG_6499%255B1%255D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679360274188999858" border="0" /></a>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-28046382891688229632011-11-26T09:35:00.000-08:002011-11-26T09:36:44.006-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigAqOgvSgc_mrAyGojNftgi1Fm3JCD-kQKYiIO0u-TtkEJczItjJW1wGMzH6Jy6_6S2fOh61Tr2vu19LvBvDwheN1u1jtCGz2Xl-o8vx_XsviVVKhyuSMkEl4NwnaleC6UfY11acHOvlU/s1600/IMG_6490%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigAqOgvSgc_mrAyGojNftgi1Fm3JCD-kQKYiIO0u-TtkEJczItjJW1wGMzH6Jy6_6S2fOh61Tr2vu19LvBvDwheN1u1jtCGz2Xl-o8vx_XsviVVKhyuSMkEl4NwnaleC6UfY11acHOvlU/s400/IMG_6490%255B1%255D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679359788310458754" border="0" /></a>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-55300035130362845972011-11-26T09:21:00.000-08:002011-11-26T13:11:52.016-08:00Tyler Wotherspoon & Kara @ Red Deer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsuHXbJkkfC79NKmpOWesKSf_rnedrepbDLIMY-L0R3bU7fU-H9fhTX5Ixh_jUanXjGx_1DQLVV2u7zEAcXCEUdgXMbdTJkijHtB8NhlL9jOU4e6YIqh8KH58cq0bg-ug4OQ9mGdRTxI/s1600/IMG_6504%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsuHXbJkkfC79NKmpOWesKSf_rnedrepbDLIMY-L0R3bU7fU-H9fhTX5Ixh_jUanXjGx_1DQLVV2u7zEAcXCEUdgXMbdTJkijHtB8NhlL9jOU4e6YIqh8KH58cq0bg-ug4OQ9mGdRTxI/s400/IMG_6504%255B1%255D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679356340390687906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrnRRySVrd43r0PgIKwh5TdvVDCbBYtZdvAOtP-YUNvltMpvQF94bbLXSbYh5lGMktaNxqBjKQLZkKMqpa39JUpPg3aBOfEIQdLxJEFzsnUMrqM0icbRfKh1dxG61EkF1obgDt_3cufw/s1600/IMG_6505%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrnRRySVrd43r0PgIKwh5TdvVDCbBYtZdvAOtP-YUNvltMpvQF94bbLXSbYh5lGMktaNxqBjKQLZkKMqpa39JUpPg3aBOfEIQdLxJEFzsnUMrqM0icbRfKh1dxG61EkF1obgDt_3cufw/s400/IMG_6505%255B1%255D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679356347368480626" border="0" /></a>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-42314844650018315942011-11-21T12:19:00.000-08:002011-11-21T12:20:30.698-08:00Hello my family!<br /><br />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!<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />love and miss you all so much, thank you for all your support i love hearing from you!<br /><br />sister wotherspoonSusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-52525233354641197062011-11-07T09:09:00.000-08:002011-11-21T12:18:03.277-08:00Hallowe'en 2011<div><div><div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5nrLLclT2xgp2qHsBEsqVmZSPCdF6S0YXp-KZmhNLHDgnLOS012GYi04ndTlOLxc_IFUdmtkQlyttpoXr66ubFYZVjhtakRIHgVVRDSXGMal7bGG8szIjohyphenhyphen_K4vHyYhsUX5tTziYEY/s1600/IMG_6339%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672302804859406946" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5nrLLclT2xgp2qHsBEsqVmZSPCdF6S0YXp-KZmhNLHDgnLOS012GYi04ndTlOLxc_IFUdmtkQlyttpoXr66ubFYZVjhtakRIHgVVRDSXGMal7bGG8szIjohyphenhyphen_K4vHyYhsUX5tTziYEY/s400/IMG_6339%255B1%255D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhcYwa7FdjH4HwotVGthpp5tE5Y93Trxsy5SqY7Vqyf4Nq8FXhJQo76Hbjr7RSYzVEChhIIipfiNBrRHqn4-GZp_niDD5xlp2W059MALFWXoiMicP6maUG4CKATZWRgXfWO-CV42-O50/s1600/2011+October.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 176px; height: 220px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672302796099865954" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhcYwa7FdjH4HwotVGthpp5tE5Y93Trxsy5SqY7Vqyf4Nq8FXhJQo76Hbjr7RSYzVEChhIIipfiNBrRHqn4-GZp_niDD5xlp2W059MALFWXoiMicP6maUG4CKATZWRgXfWO-CV42-O50/s400/2011+October.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-55474628756863649242011-10-03T10:42:00.000-07:002011-10-03T10:43:11.008-07:00heyHello Hello!<br /><br />This week in Lacombe (Panoka, Rimbey, Clive, Tees and Bentley...) haha we had some great times! I for the first time in this area really am starting to see the members start to trust us and really see the desire to do missionary work come out! It's truely amazing how that works...<br /><br />Monday we had a lesson with the girl emma that i mett at the flat iron building museum here in Lacombe. I can't remember if i told you about her... we mett her labour day when the museum was supposed to be closed and her best friend is a member that's curently in school down in lethbridge! Well we set up a lesson on that only day that worked for her and sacrificed our "day off" but it was worth it! We had two members there and mett at a coffee shop were we just got to know her religious background and talked about God is our Loving Heavenly Father and read a bit of the introduction of the Book of Mormon and then Moroni's promise! It was so awesome.... she's such a sweetheart! But of course i didn't want to really expect anything for all we knew she was just being nice! BUT today we mett with her again, this time at tim hortons, and had lunch and taught her the restoration! OMG it was the BEST restoration lesson i've ever taught it was just like a discussion with her totally into it! She's like how does God pick prophets, WHAT? there's a prophet living now.... where is he? hahaha i laughed so hard she's so funny but so sincere and just LOVED the joseph smith experience. When i asked about her book of mormon reading she had decided to read the chapter around Moroni's promise..... you just never know what part of what you share will influence and have an impact on the people you teach. Gotta love the Spirit! Well she is pre law (psychology) major and is really busy with school and working so i had a prompting to leave her with Alma 32 on faith and she's so excited to read it she said she'll let me know when she's read it! So awesome..... i love teaching the gospel there is NOTHING like it :D<br />Soooo that was our FIRST new investigator last week this brings the total of investigators to 3.<br /><br />Wednesday we drove our to Rimbey because we have never been there and heaven forbid we get transfered we wanted to say we'd been our there so we took the over an hour drive and only one of our appointments with less active members was home so we mett with sister kirk who is elderly and restricted to her home because they did a surgery on her arm for carpel tunnel and she didn't even have it! so now she has these nasty scars all over her hand and arm, it's swollen like a balloon and she can't do anything it's so sad..... so we cut her some peppers becuase she was making bucket pickles? she was a sweet lady i'm not worried about her. well we've decided to put rimbey aside. there are no active members there and it's way too far to go we don't have the km's for it but it's just not where we need to be!<br /><br />That night we decided to organize our area book and i was looking on this sheet of potentials (people that missionaries have contacted in the past but never taught) and there was a list of people with only numbers no addresses so i called the first one, lindley, who answered and said he'd like to meet and we mett with him the next night and taught him the first lesson!!! it was crazy.... you tract and tract and then you call someone up and you get an appointment! it's amazing who the lord is preparing i really hope he'll meet with us again he's living in the country and is a welder. super open to the gospel but has dyslexia so we'll have to work with him on reading the book of mormon but that's no problem!<br /><br />It was great to be able to go to the Relief Society Broadcast i just balled like a baby through the whole thing... not because anything was wrong but there was just something about teaching people about the prophets and apostles and testifying of them and then to see them just and listen to their counsel was so just intense! I know they are truly men of God because.... they actually understand women! hahaha<br /><br />Well nothing much else, we are just working hard and really trying to find people. i'm so excited for conference this weekend!!!! I challenge all of you to watch one more session then you usually do, and if you watch them all koodos!<br /><br />I love and miss you all! thank you for the support!<br /><br />love sister wotherspoon<br /><br />p.p.s the weather here has been fantastic! hotter than there summer! :DSusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-83432340255415226052011-08-29T14:49:00.000-07:002011-08-29T14:52:17.928-07:00Pictures<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4oLMJES6QXLj3z-7Si1BSOpKn14Wvg5nZLWKibiFzqDjU6iEgNuui9B8mn-sutc0aRrwfwvVAdtwq4Y3sFD2xnxgUQreAeDoPWRLAacQlgFSS41BCZsGrsVbF2nAF5E1Ozzpo4CeYrkk/s1600/2011+August+02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4oLMJES6QXLj3z-7Si1BSOpKn14Wvg5nZLWKibiFzqDjU6iEgNuui9B8mn-sutc0aRrwfwvVAdtwq4Y3sFD2xnxgUQreAeDoPWRLAacQlgFSS41BCZsGrsVbF2nAF5E1Ozzpo4CeYrkk/s400/2011+August+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646399028550046786" border="0" /></a>
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<br />SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-77108271176090432632011-08-29T14:39:00.000-07:002011-08-29T14:44:45.848-07:00Hello from Millwoods!<div>Hey Everyone,</div> <div> </div> <div>So.... it's been a busy crazy week in edmonton! Monday/ Tuesday we spent all our time rushing around to appointments, getting ready for michelle's baptism and packing before leaving super early wednesday morning for transfer meetings. </div> <div> </div> <div>Michelle's Baptism was amazing..... about fourty five people came to support her and she was baptized by a member that referred her to us! Michelle was VERY nervous but also excited of course and just couldn't wait to be baptized. The program was full of spiritual talks and i decided to sing "Daughter of a King" from the 2007 young women's theme cd. I was very nervous but i just felt like the song was exactly what michelle needed to hear! Her family, mom and grandma, and three friends came to support her which was so tender.... her mom got all teary eyed as i was singing and it took everything in me to keep going. As michelle went into the font she immediately plugged her nose and started leaning back! Adam had to restrain her and remind her that there was a prayer first. We had explained and even practiced what would happen but of course she was so nervous! hehe i love her so much she is going to be an amazing contributor to our heavenly father's work!</div> <div> </div> <div>Wednesday was very overwhelming but i was so excited! I was so excited but had absolutely no idea where to put my energy so poor sister Heo my new mission companion from korea just kept giggling at me as i probably walked in circles for ten minutes untill i could focus my head around being in a new place. Our car was packed full of luggage and odds and ends because of course we need EVERYTHNG we've accumulated so far! lol We unfortunately are living in a "old" apartment on the THIRD floor so ten trips later up and down those stairs with huge suit cases my legs were trembling but we finally got everything inside the door and we just collapsed! Next we approached each room.... cleaning out droors and closests full of old clothes from missionaries past and cupboards full of food..... we found old stockings, pictures and goodies from last missionaries which was crazy! we decided just to clear everything out, clean and make it feel like home! Eight hours later.... we were moved in and we hadn't even touched the area books yet!</div> <div> </div> <div>The next couple days we mett with our distict, a couple members, the bishop (bishop white) and went on some dinner appointments with the elders! We of course have been doing a lot of finding and have five new potentials who we are hoping will meet with us soon! Mill Woods is a small area..... WAY smaller then my last but still so much work to be done of course! we live down the street from the mall and everything really just feels like a two minute drive away! We don't have any investigators here so we are starting from scratch but after much fasting, prayer and scripture study there is no doubt in my mind that heavenly father has prepared people here for us!</div> <div> </div> <div>Chuch on sunday was great and although the ward is tiny with about 50 members in the summer they are super supportive and friendly! Susan Anderson is our relief society president..... funny enough she grew up in port coquitlum ward and we went to young women's camp together growing up! it was great to catch up with her since it has been about six years! Well we are being fed, we have lessons, and a great hope for this area!</div> <div> </div> <div>Thank you everyone for your emails, mail and prayers!!!! They are seriously what motivate me to keep going, can you believe i've been out over five months already?! craziness!!!!</div> <div> </div> <div>Love ya'll,</div> <div> </div> <div>Sister Wotherspoon</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>p.s. here's the photo of me and sister hayes with michelle at her baptism <3</div>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467047745627855615.post-79470247377036914892011-07-13T00:00:00.001-07:002011-07-13T00:06:24.390-07:00Pictures<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiilS51QZjcQe6pxw-ZMw8z55QUPhzdlq1LblrXes_kfZWl1tgL7kihCc_eXBKtYgRQSdKPGRsnR6979vKy2up5tVePFtqCuG9chZM5svRmUj3FNDVvyiQcfNRehK_6kl1ED3wDdX61CY4/s1600/IMG_5947.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiilS51QZjcQe6pxw-ZMw8z55QUPhzdlq1LblrXes_kfZWl1tgL7kihCc_eXBKtYgRQSdKPGRsnR6979vKy2up5tVePFtqCuG9chZM5svRmUj3FNDVvyiQcfNRehK_6kl1ED3wDdX61CY4/s400/IMG_5947.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628729749921409922" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdk1s-yCk59uKfrCOJKLsLNapSIMrDDAyZEKsY-kNeK_iPcfOyECiNztbnnOY7YbNTsdIyxV7Lp3K70hYJ39Yj08hd7d9eQ1plsn331s2A_eA-SJNqF2a3cjhB9TpnNiKF4TYTlLvDjg/s1600/IMG_5951.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdk1s-yCk59uKfrCOJKLsLNapSIMrDDAyZEKsY-kNeK_iPcfOyECiNztbnnOY7YbNTsdIyxV7Lp3K70hYJ39Yj08hd7d9eQ1plsn331s2A_eA-SJNqF2a3cjhB9TpnNiKF4TYTlLvDjg/s400/IMG_5951.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628729753799856642" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieEuEx0yK2bVLGsQOAJRCg4QMxtIT8l4I8KYM1X_YAYjzHz0kz0oqJit2LttqEFPFFgViOrbTGebUN_DHoAcl1oLLaHtLNWRDq_3_lH_TKr2VjcX1ugn4mQOip0S0YedySmhe83kI0bA/s1600/IMG_6045%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieEuEx0yK2bVLGsQOAJRCg4QMxtIT8l4I8KYM1X_YAYjzHz0kz0oqJit2LttqEFPFFgViOrbTGebUN_DHoAcl1oLLaHtLNWRDq_3_lH_TKr2VjcX1ugn4mQOip0S0YedySmhe83kI0bA/s400/IMG_6045%255B1%255D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628728598464300530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfznp-LtZpw4W14zSpROCIXK0RD3djjKZ9jNQoLgpgMbMVA_cjIKo_mbWkGuDydFa3nMejgLpNuIUQqIXKoKNL291yt9p31KytqsuavVowvx6Lgi7owyWJAz-zfhZQEOzfS1m6I7P1sUs/s1600/IMG_5986%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfznp-LtZpw4W14zSpROCIXK0RD3djjKZ9jNQoLgpgMbMVA_cjIKo_mbWkGuDydFa3nMejgLpNuIUQqIXKoKNL291yt9p31KytqsuavVowvx6Lgi7owyWJAz-zfhZQEOzfS1m6I7P1sUs/s320/IMG_5986%255B1%255D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628728296501868162" border="0" /></a>SusanWotherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699277293012170317noreply@blogger.com0