I'm a missionay:)

I'm grateful that i'm still so grateful to be a missionary. I really am. It was a rough week for teaching. Sister Swim and I often walk away from doors so confused.. we tell people there is a prophet on the earth and that our families can be strengthened and protected and live together forever and people say i'm not interested. i'm thankful to be interested! These things have truly blessed me and i can't imagine life with out the gospel. We've had an interesting day today.. we had to take our car in because i part got recalled so we decided to ride our bikes but then the chain came off one of them and got jammed. we were right by costco and I called a member who we knew could help us and I asked what he was up to and guess what.. he was at costco! So we went in and he bought us poutine( french fries, cheese curds, and gravy) which is soo yummy and ice cream cones and fixed the bike. We are soo blessed! I feel so taken care of as a missionary. It's getting really dark in the morning which makes waking up hard but who wants things to be easy right.. doing hard stuff is way better! I'm grateful for the scriptures and i'm always trying to be better.. I have so much to do better at! I love you all! be happy! we have to go pick our car up! it looks rainy so it'll be a fun ride!


sister Savage

here's a pic of sister swim and i.. she took it upside down..sorry

Hello again!

This week sister Swim and I both got pretty sick but we still did our best and we are being blest. I thought I was tired but being sick really wipes you out. My mind has been so foggy.. It was embarrassing because I was telling someone to look at our website and I was trying to tell them there were little clips of people and their experiences and instead i told them there were little people and their experiences... whoops. I had to give a talk yesterday and the power was out and my voice was struggling but i made it through.. it was really different talking in a very dim chapel without a microphone. When the power came on during the second speaker the mormon tabernacle choir blared from the speakers and woke everyone up.. it was pretty funny. Patrick came to church again yesterday which is amazing. He is such a trooper. He is 76 and has parkinsons but he has been awesome.. this week we met with him and he was asking lots of questions about the baptismal font and if he'd be able to get in and out.. so that's promising! The elders met a lady who dyes silk at some fair and so we all went and made scarves or ties today and that was fun. She has a parrot and the elders had been holding it but when i went to put my hand out it bit me really hard.. sure scared me. I guess it doesn't like the color red and I am wearing a red shirt. Then I was ironing my scarf and it kept coming up and pecking my bare feet.. birds are kind of scary. I am so blessed and learning so much...today I was reading Jesus The Christ and it was talking about when people were accusing Christ of healing people by the power of satan and it was so interesting because He tells them you can say whatever you want about me as a man but don't associate the power I have with that of satans because it is the power of God. I just love how humble our Savior is. He took persecution and rejection patiently and preached the truth. I love you all and am grateful for all of you support. Have a fabulous week! love me!

What a wonderful week!

We have had some great miracles this week. We went to teach an investigator named Gaye and we didn't have her phone number so we stopped by early to see if it was ok if we came back at three and if we brought someone with us. She was soooo excited to meet a member.. she said she had been thinking about what she would do once we left and so she was like you got get her. So we brough sister Whitehead and had a great lesson and then she came to church yesterday! yahooo! We also taught an older man named patrick who has parkinsons disease and he told us he would come to church. We didn't see him but then he walked in a little late. He had spent the whole night in the hospital and then went back after church. He is so sweet. He said he wouldn't have missed it. all the memebers were so welcoming and we were so grateful! Two investigators at church.. wow :) I got a serious case of hiccups while tracting this week.. luckily the man was really nice about it and offered me some water. I haven't had hiccups that bad in a long time! I am so happy and things are getting better here everyday. Sister Swim and I have been a little under the weather but still able to work so that's a blessing. We had a picnic dinner in a random field the other day and it was so beautiful.. it felt like we were dreaming. Oh and some members in my ward were going to Buffalo this weekend for there sons basketball tournament and they were able to meet up with laurie and bryce! wow huh! Laurie made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies on saturday and I ate them on sunday.. amazing! Well I was reading in romans 12 this week and these are my favorite verses,"1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.2 And BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD : but BE YE TRANSFORMED by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 12 Rejoicing in hope;patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." Cool Huh. It is up to us to decide to be hopeful and prayerful and patient and to not be overcome. I heard a quote this week that said, "If satan keeps reminding you of your past, remind him of his future." Some have badness in their past.. mistakes and heartaches but everyone has a bright future unlike the adversary because we know that throught the Atonement of Christ we can live with God and with our families forever. Don't let regrets hold you back. Move forward. Believe Christ. Do good. I love you all and thank you for your support!
Love Sister Savage
We wanted to take pictures on these cool round hay bails......
but then I couldn't get up so we just pretended to try and pick them up:)

Blessings!

We have been so blessed this week with people letting us in and agreeing to let us come back. It takes us by surprise but it's great. We were tracting in the rain the other night and this man said sure come in and Sister Swim tried to go first and she kind of closed her umbrella but it shot back out and drenched me and so she was fighting to close her umbrella and get in the door and I was just trying not to get wet and the man was so patient and just stood there while we collected ourselves. He said we could come back so that's exciting. We had two really hot and humid days and then it cooled off a ton. The hot weather really takes it out of ya.. We were soo tired. We are teaching a really cool lady name Jeanne who is so on top of reading and it's just great. She had mormon friends when she was young.. it really shows how all of us are doing missionary work even if we don't know it just by setting an example. We are teaching a really interesting man named john that loves to talk. We took a lady with us that loves to talk too and wow did they get off on some weird stuff. Now we are just working and praying to get them to church! We have two cool families that we have appointments with so that's great. It is really interesting because whether i'm thinking about now or past experiences or future ones i always picture myself with my name tag and pamphlets. I am just so grateful to be here. I'm grateful for all of you! I hope that all is well. I know God lives. I know this gospel is true and if we live it we can overcome this world because Christ already has. Until next week! I love you! Love me!

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CONGRATULATIONS HOLLY AND MARK!!!! I'm so excited! i love to hear of all the great things happening at home! I almost had this email done when the system at the library crashed and so I don't have much time I just came back to tell you all that I love you and that all is well here in Cataraqui! We've been blessed to meet some great people and I am loving the country. We've had some fun dinner appointments lately.. I ran right into a screen door at the Amos's and I don't think i'll ever hear the end of it. That's nothing new though :) I read a great quote by Gordon B. Hinckley. "If as a people we will build and sustain one another the Lord will bless us with the strength to weather every storm and continue to move forward through every adversity." I know this is true! We all need help moving forward sometimes and I think our greatest progression and happiness comes when we focus on others. I love you all! Thanks for all that you do for me. I love this gospel. My companion showed me some fun tricks with magic filters on my camera so we had some fun taking pictures! Love you!
Sister Savage
The first one makes everything look very soft and glowy.
The second one makes everything really bright and beautiful.. I love fall :)
We saw a snake while tracting.. did you know they don't have snakes in Hawaii?
And we saw a frog.. they do have those in Hawaii.

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This is of me riding my bike in the country.
Sister Swim and I like puzzles.. but we are always sooo tired!
I can't remember if i sent this one but it is of us in our canda poncho things!

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Love you!

Staying in the country!

So Sister Swim and I are staying here for fall and i'm very exciting! It's starting to get cool again and I love it... although it's been raining a lot. We had a great week.. we went up north and tried tracting on our bikes cause the houses are far apart. I think every missionary should have bikes... we have so many funny experiences with them! It's not as hard as i thought in a skirt... you just have to be more careful getting off. We found three new investigators this week and that's the best we've done in a long time. One girl is 17 and she really doesn't know anything about religion but she is so open minded and she even prayed the first time we met with her... it was awesome. We meet so many amazing people everyday. We go volunteer at an old folks home sometimes and there is the sweetest 92 year old lady who just goes around making all the other patients smile and she gives them kisses and it's just so sweet. What a great example of how we can make a difference no matter where we are or how old we are. I've only got four more minutes so I should probably send this off... I love you all and miss you! Thanks for your love and support! Keep on keeping on! Love me!

Just another week in paradise :)

They call the country zones the paradise zones... it is beautiful. It's been really humid and rainy but great. My hair usually starts out straight but before long it's all weird and wavey. We are still teaching marilyn and she was supposed to come to church yesterday but her asthma attacked her again and she sounded horrible... next week! I think there is so much to learn about hope on a mission. You just keep on saying the next person, the next door, the next week someone will come to church, the next time they will have read and prayed.. and you know what usually not but those few times when it does happen makes it worth it. They have implemented new leadership training meetings for zone leaders, district leaders, and trainers but sister swim and I were invited and it is really cool. the church came out with a new missionary dvd and it's so real! And as you watch it you realize wow there are over 50,000 missionaries going through the same things as me right now and it is such a boost. This is the Lords work. We are all asked to lift where we stand and it makes such a difference even if we can't always see it. i'm so grateful to be here. I'm sooooo grateful! I love you all and hope all is well! Sister swim and I are going to try and ride our bikes to the Senior couples house and it's kinda far so i hope all goes well! We laugh a lot even when we are crying.. it's great!
Sister Savage