I hope things are going well back home!
I
am now in Brookswood! Saying goodbye to the people in Victoria was SO
HARD. But I know they're in good hands! The Brookswood ward is so
awesome! I'm now in the lower mainland so I actually saw some rain for
the first time since I got here! It's so green and beautiful and I love
it so much! The church building is right across the street from the
temple and it makes me so happy so be so near the temple!
My
new companion, Sister Crane, is so awesome! We have so much fun
together! Langley is very different from Victoria so doing missionary
work is very different as well. It's so interesting how missionary work
changes so much in different cities! I guess that must be because my
mission is so big and diverse.
Yesterday I got
to meet one of our investigators! She's and old Japanese lady and she is
SO CUTE! She's been investigating the church for a long time. Her son
became a member a few decades ago and he actually served a mission in
Japan! He's been trying to get his mom to join the church for a while.
She is so sweet! She's going to teach me Japanese so I'm going to be a
pro by the end of this transfer ;)
There are
so many different people from different parts of the world here, it's
incredible! I've met someone from Vietnam, Africa, Korea, China, and the
list goes on!
We had such a cool miracle the
other day! A member of the ward took us to a super fancy Greek
restaurant. Our waiter said "Are you the mormons?" so we told him we are
and he got super excited! It turns out he is a member of the church who
was baptized in Ecuador!!!!! I told him that I had gone to Ecuador and
it was so fun to talk about it! He hasn't been to church for a while but
we told him where the building was so hopefully we'll see him again!
I'm so happy I found someone to talk about Ecuador with!
In
this mission we are only allowed to listen to EFY music and the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir. I just wanted to let you all know that EFY 2017 is the
bomb. If anyone wants to know what's been running through my head just
go listen to the song "He believes in you" from that album. Dad, you
would love all of those songs haha.
One thing I
know to be true is that Jesus Christ loves each of us so much. He would
never give up on us, so don't ever give up on yourself. He knows we're
going to make mistakes, don't let that stop you from coming closer to
him. As the prophet Nephi said, "why should my heart weep and my soul
linger in the valley of sorrow, and my flesh waste away, and my strength
slacken, because of mine afflictions?... Awake my soul! No longer droop
in sin. Rejoice, O my heart, and give place no more for the enemy of my
soul" (2 Nephi 4). Never give up! God loves you!
Sister Bloomfield