Moving On!

Bonjour!

This was my last full week in the MTC! It is crazy to think about how fast time goes here, and the fact that they believe I'm ready to go serve others and teach them the gospel in French! I got my travel plans last week, but I was notified today that my visa hasn't gone through yet, so I may be temporarily reassigned to the Oakland/San Francisco Mission for 6 weeks before I go to Barbados. However, nothing is official until my original flight to Barbados leaves on Monday morning. Most people who get reassigned are super upset about it, but honestly I'm okay with it! I figure that the Lord is going to send me wherever I'm supposed to go, and if my reassignment actually happens then I'll at least get to say that I served in two different missions! 

Anyways, this week was great as usual! I spoke in church on Sunday in French, and I'm not going to lie it was rough, but I made it through and everyone told me that it sounded good so I guess there's progress! Also, just something funny that happened Sunday night, Soeur Black talks in her sleep sometimes and on Sunday night she woke me up because she full on screamed, "Bonjour!" in her sleep. She is insane, but I love her. On Tuesday, Soeur Black and I taught a skype lesson to a woman from Quebec, and it was needless to say interesting. The island French that I'm learning is a little different from the French that Soeur Black is learning for Canada, so I was already a little confused, but then the woman that we were teaching had the thickest Quebec accent, and we could not understand her at all! Soeur Black's teacher was watching and listening to our entire lesson, and he was laughing the entire time because he thought it was so funny how thick the woman's accent was and then how confused we were the whole time. It was an adventure for sure, but the important thing is that we shared the gospel in French we just didn't know what she was saying to us. Overall, I had a few bad lessons this week, but the Lord pulled through every time and continued to show me how He was looking out for me and all of the blessing that He has given me. It really does go to show how our faith in the Lord is what will pull us through when we are pretty sure that there is no moving forward anymore. 

Soeur Black and I have had a room to ourselves for 2-3 weeks and I think the Lord knew that we were getting too comfortable like that because on Wednesday we had 4 new sisters move into our room. They are all going to Reno, Nevada and San Diego, California English speaking. They are all really nice, but to be quite honest we don't see them very much and I'm not going to be here for much longer so I don't know all of their names. However, they are all really sweet and Soeur Black and I are happy to have them in our room with us. Yesterday was my last day of service in the MTC, and it was so much fun! When the people in charge found out that it was my last day they said that Soeur Black and I could do the most fun job, so we spent an hour or so power washing the showers in the girls residence hall and it was so much fun! I guess you take what you can get for fun in the MTC, but I would take power washing showers over vacuuming carpet any day! 

Last night in class, Frere Pruett (One of my French teachers) almost made me cry. We were sitting there translating some sentences when all of a sudden he gasps and in a really sad voice says, "Oh no". We were all really confused and asked him what was wrong and he looked over at me and said, "I just got really sad because I realized that I only have two more lessons with Soeur Connery" and it about broke my heart. I already know that saying goodbye to all of these amazing people who have influenced and taught me so much for the last 6 weeks is going to be so hard for me to do! It is amazing how fast you can build relationships that are meaningful, and that you will never forget! I'm so grateful for all of the amazing people that I've gotten the opportunity to meet in the MTC and I'm looking forward to all of the amazing people that I have left to meet on this mission and throughout the rest of my life! I love you all so much and I'm so grateful for everything you do for me! I can't wait to talk to you all next week!

Love,

Soeur Connery

My companions Soeur Southwick & Soeur Begay, who are both serving in Tahiti with the rest of my district from the MTC ... we took pictures because of our awesome shirts!