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Doubt Not, Fear Not

I have been thinking even more than usual as my mission time slips by so fast, and Doubt not, fear not are the thoughts that keep coming to mind. So all is well. I read a scripture today that I loved in 3 Nephi 21:9-10 "For in that day, for my sake shall the Father work a work, which will be great and a marvelous work among them; and there shall be among them those who will not believe it, although a man shall declare it unto them. But behold, the life of my servant shall be in my hand; therefore they shall not hurt him, although he shall be marred because of them. Yet I will heal him, for I will show unto them that my wisdom is greater than the cunning of the devil." I love where it says that the life of His servant is in his hand... and that he will heal us from all the struggles of being a missionary and make it so clear that He is so much greater than the devil. I can testify to that! I'm so grateful for my Savior. I'm so grateful to be a part of this work and to have a month left.. it is going so fast! I hope and pray that all is well with all of you! There has been a postal strike for a while so it's been a long time since we got mail.. or at least it seems like a long time I'm not actually sure how long it's been. Anyways we are doing great, I've been blessed with great people to teach a great area and a great companion. I love you all! Keep on keeping on!


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JUNE 20th Email Spirituall​y Minded Is Life Eternal

I'm very grateful today for the opportunity I've had to be spiritually minded for such long consistent time and that it has brought so many smiles to my life. When ever i get blue I just have to think of the restored gospel and remember what i believe and It helps me. I don't have too much time today. I've heard two quotes I like


" I don't like that man. I must get to know him better." Abraham Lincoln

"It's so hard when I have to and so easy when I want to." Annie Gottlier

I like these because it shows how much our attitude determines if things get better or worse. We just have to not get stuck in our ways. If we don't like someone... get to like them. If you don't want to do something figure out why you do want to and then it will become easier. My new companion is great. My area is great. We are teaching great people. It's all pretty great. I love you all and am excited that soon I'll be talking to you in person! love me

FYI Monica's mission home address has changed. the new address is posted on the side bar. THANKS

If nothing ever changed- There'd be no butterflie​s

So transfers have come again and I can't believe it's my last one! I will be finishing in Scarborough with a new companion who is awesome. She is from New Zealand and her name is Sister Tolatau.. I'm still unsure about the spelling. I've never spent much time with her but the time I have spent I am really excited to spend six weeks with her. It's funny that i always wanted to serve in New Zealand because that's where dad served and it's just so cool but I was meant to come here so Heavenly  Father has given me two companions now from there so I've got connections and wonderful friends from there. Plus a companion from australia and hawaii and california... such fun places to visit. And I've got my one's in Utah and that's a bonus cause I won't have to go far to be with me fellow sisters. I'm just so blessed. We had a huge miracle. Ken was baptized yesterday and it was so wonderful! Wow. He was so happy. Sammy and Hema are still doing great and they were at the baptism so I know they felt the spirit strong because it was there really strong. It's amazing how it all worked out. I am still just excited to have six more weeks as a missionary.. I love it and I will miss it but I feel determined to never stop trying to spread the gospel. IT's just too good. I heard another quote about change that I like, " Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights." -Pauline R. Kezer. I'M SO THANKFUL FOR MY ROOTS and grateful for all the change i've experienced  that has helped me grow. Some times I panic a little when I think of how everything will be different when I come home.. both wards i'm familiar with have changed. The house I grew up in. My family has changed with losing mom and gaining another brother and two new nephews- additions I love. But different is never as bad as I think it will be and I really am excited. It's not even like it's a new chapter of life it's like one book has ended and i'm starting the sequal. exciting. I dreamed of hugging you dad and boy was it a long and tight hug... I kinda wonder if something was constricting my breathing in real life cause it just felt so real. I'm really excited to hug all of you. I'm going to attach some pictures. One of them is of us with Ken after his baptism. One of us at the temple.. I don't think the elder realized we wanted the temple in the picture too :) So I'll attach a picture of the temple too.. it's beautiful!! I love you all! love me!

Hello!

We have had some lovely weather. Things are still going well here. We are teaching amazing people who are coming to church and working towards being baptized and it's wonderful. Here are some of the funnies for the week. In sacrament meeting one of the deacons was waiting to go back up to the front but was standing a little close to the lady in front of him and accidentally was pouring water down her back.. his face was so funny but he stayed reverent. I'm always so impressed with the boys that pass the sacrament.. I don't know if you could find such reverent teen age boys anywhere else in the world. We went to dinner at a members house they are from Mexico and were asking my companion so many questions about Australia and the kangaroos. I guess they box each other so they were talking about that and all the sudden the six year old little boy said but what if those kangaroos beat your husband up. It was so cute. We had our last zone conference with our mission president this week which is so weird. We just found out we will be having another joined one with the other side of our new mission and elder Ballard is coming on Saturday so that is exciting. We also got to go to the temple and it was a beautiful day! I love temple trips but they often make me reflect on so much when I leave I get sad. I wish I could just stay all day in the temple. I read a poem the other day that I thought was pretty tender,


God looked around his garden

And He found an empty place,

He then looked down upon his earth

And saw your tired face,

He put His arms around you

And lifted you to rest,

God's garden must be beautiful

He always takes the best,

He knew that you were suffering

He knew that you were in pain

He knew that you would never

Get well on earth again,

He saw the road was getting rough

So He closed your weary eyelids,

And whispered "peace be thine"

It broke our hearts to lose you

But you didn't go alone

For part of us went with you

The day God called you home.



I thought a lot about mom while I was in the temple and I had such peace knowing that she isn't suffering and that she is happy and well and still a part of me and I'm a part of her. I'm just so grateful to know that. I love you all so much. I am yours and you are mine forever!

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Oh ya any mail being received after June 27 should be sent to my new mission office

Canada Toronto Mission

197 Country Court Blvd #203

Brampton ON L6W-2E2

All is well

It has been another great week in Toronto. I have some fun moments to share. I'll start with two funny ones. We were tracting in an apartment building and two young girls from Africa were jump roping. They just had one rope so they were jumping together.. it was pretty impressive. They asked us a lot of questions about God and followed us down the hall and we could hear them saying lets do our routine for them and so they did some tricks. It made me miss being little and playing. We were on the 2nd to last door and one of the girls said, "wow no one really wants to listen to you, that's pretty rude, I mean Jesus saved them." I wish we just taught kids sometimes.. they understand so much more than adults. They made it a point to make sure we knew that they liked talking to us. They made tracting really fun. Another story we were teaching a family and they can get pretty load. we were doing a lesson about how everyone needs the gospel where ever they are from and I was trying to get things on track and I loudly said everyone needs the garbage instead of everyone need the gospel... well so much for trying to calm everyone down. I still can't figure out where the word garbage came from. My brain is struggling a little. Like the other day I had written that we had an appointment with someone named Tintu but I could not find his information ANYWHERE! We never figured it out and I was distraught that I had dropped the ball on that one. Well after a teaching appointment we were waiting for the elevator and out walks a man and he was like hey how are you and neither of us recognized him but guess what it was Tintu!! We were so happy and got his information again and it was awesome. I love all the little miracles we experience everyday! The people we are teaching right now are so prepared it's amazing. The members are involved and they love church it's so great. We have investigators paying tithing and wanting to be missionary's and they aren't even baptized yet.. this area is really blessed right now. We had 5 investigators at church and it wasn't even that stressful because every time I looked someone was talking to them making them feel welcome. It's getting close to the east and west combination of the mission which is really weird. Although at first I was a little unsure if I could make it another six weeks I'm really grateful to have another transfer. It's weird that I would be coming home in just a couple weeks. I really do love being a missionary. I have learned so much. I wanted to share a quote I read by Elder Holland, " If there is anyone in the room who thinks this experience is not easy, welcome to the Church. Welcome to the gospel. Welcome to the life of the Apostles and Prophets. Welcome to the life of the Savior, who knows quite a bit about cups from which one does not want to drink, and paths that one does not particularly want to walk....I have come to this conclusion: salvation is not an easy experience. IT was never meant to be easy, and it never has been easy. It was not easy or painless for the Son of God himself, of whom you are to testify. And if i am going to be His missionary, if I'm going to declare His truth and His church, I cannot ask to avoid completely the pain that He felt or the tears that He shed, or the sorrow that He saw.... I'm asking you, as I ask myself, not to ask to get by without paying at least some little piece of that price." This quote brought a lot of perspective to me and a lot of peace. It's OK for things to be hard because that's part of the plan. We just have to knuckle down and do it and not ask to not have to. I'm so grateful to all the wonderful examples I have of others who have payed a little of that price and not complained about it. I'm so thankful for my Savior for showing me that all things can be overcome... not always avoided but always overcome through Him. I love you all. Have a great day! love me