Hello mi familia (and friends) -
What a week it has been here in the Canada Vancouver Mission. We are seeing miracles here.
On Thursday night we drove down to Nanaimo, about an hour and a half south of Courtenay, to spend the night with some members. Early the next morning we woke up. And by early, I mean early! We got up at 3:30 am to catch the 5:15 am ferry over to the lower mainland. Talk about lack of sleep. There are 3 sets of sisters on the island right now and we found a dimly lit area to get some sleep. We were sprawled everywhere. However, it was totally worth it! We had a conference with Elder Haleck of the Seventy. What a treat that was. You should all re-read his talk in the April 2012 Ensign. It was good. We had a nice time with him and he shared many things with us. I think it was amazing because it seemed to be exactly what I needed. I wish I would have brought my notes with me, but I forgot them. We had a nice lunch full of all the Chinese food you could eat. And the Elders ate a lot! They always do though.
After lunch I was given a wonderful chance, thanks to Sister Tilleman and my temporary companion (we were on exchanges), to sit down with Elder Haleck and talk one-on-one with him. He also gave me a priesthood blessing! How amazing is that. A member of the Seventy talking to little ol' Sister Saal. He told me to call him and he would come to my homecoming. Wow, what a treat.
Other than that, not too much has been going on. Things are great. I am really enjoying Courtenay. The baptisms have been postponed to the 17th of November. Work hard to find new people to teach. Falling in love with the ward members and one less active member in particular, who came to church yesterday! :) We are planning a trip to China and she says we can stay with her parents. Sweet. China anyone?
Keep up the prayers and the letters. Sorry, I wish I had just a little more time.
Love you family.
Sister Saal
Read Doctrine and Covenants 58:2-4 :)
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