February 4, 2013 letter

Hello family (and friends)!

Sounds like all is going well. I am jealous you got to be with the grandbabies. I miss them like crazy!

Well, my year mark happens this week. So crazy how time has flown by. Before you know it I will be home and bumming off mom and dad once again. 6 more months! We can do this!

Well, I bet you are all wondering about transfers. Before I tell you, It came as a surprise to me. But at the same time, I wasn't surprised. Can you guess yet? Maybe I will just tell you.

I was transferred! I am in the lower mainland in a place called Maple Ridge. It is a great area already and I have been here for less than a week. Best part is, on February 12th, I get to go to the temple! Sweet. it is an answer to my prayers. I have wanted to go to the temple for a long time now. And come next week, I will be there. President Tilleman was inspired to send me here.

Funny story, I am in the library right now and this little boy keeps saying "mommy, mommy, mommy" and crying. Put me off kids for a while. :)

We had a really neat experience yesterday that I would like to share. Saturday night we were calling potentials at the church, so we could use the cell phone and church phone. We called one and invited him out to church. He said he wanted to come, so we got him a ride. I honestly thought he was going to blow it off. Sunday morning we were in the library meeting only one of lots of new people. Our Ward Mission Leader came in and said Michael was there. We were really surprised, since none of us have actually met him. We went into the chapel and sure enough he was there. We introduced ourselves and he thanked us profusly, saying if we had not have called him, he would not have been there. He loved sacrament meeting. A lot of people came up and talked to him. After sacrament we gave him a church tour. We thought it was going to be rough because members were walking the halls and coming up and talking to us. However, the spirit was so strong there. He wanted to meet basically everyone that walked by. We taught him about the Apostasy using Amos 8. When we got to Joseph Smith, he asked if that was when the "famine" ended. We told him yes! He liked that. We also invited him to be baptized. He said yes! We set a date for the 23 of Feb. That is also Sister B's date in Courtenay. Please pray for them both! I love you family!

The work here is moving forward at a fast pace. I love it!

This truly is the Lord's work. I so testify!

Love,

Sister Saal