Staying n Brantford

TRANSFERS! I will be staying in Brantford and Sister Hawryluk will be my new companion. All I know about her is that she is from Alberta and she is an INCREDIBLE missionary. She's a legend. So I'm excited to work with her! I am sad Sister Fisher is leaving though. We have become best of friends in these short, crazy 6 weeks.


We had an FHE with Kayla and Clint last Monday and it was a blast! Kayla planned the FHE so she assigned me to say the opening prayer after the opening song, which I think was a Catholic hymn that's in the movie Sister Act... I'm not sure if we were allowed to sing it but it happened :) Haha. We were clapping and Kayla was laughing and it was great! Sister Fisher and I taught about the Atonement for the lesson. It was incredible to watch their faces as we unfolded restored truths about the purpose and need for our Savior, Jesus Christ. All Christen churches believe in Him and worship him, but this is the only church with the true doctrine of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I am so grateful for this knowledge! We watched "Because of Him" and it had a powerful effect on both of them. We ate chips for the treat and had a closing prayer :) Success! A few days later however, we got a text from Clint saying that he is getting really busy and doesn't have time for a three hour church on Sundays and meeting with us during the week :( So we are no longer teaching them. But I know they'll come around someday. The Holy Ghost will lead them back when the time is right.



We re-taught Racquel the Restoration and it was really good! She understood a lot more this time around and Paul did too! It was cool for him to make connections with definitions that he's been hearing for so long but didn't know what they meant. Like dispensation, apostasy, gospel, etc.


We had Stake Conference yesterday because the stake president, President Jacobs, is moving. So Elder Carlson from the seventy was there with that assignment to reorganize the stake presidency. Before the meeting began, we were standing by the doors saying hello to people as they walked in. Elder Carlson came through the doors and asked if we had anyone there with us. We told him Paul, a returning member, was there and Elder Carlson said he wanted to meet him! We led Elder Carlson back to where Paul was and he shook his hand and it was incredible to watch! Paul's face went red, a little embarrassed at the attention, but you could tell he was a little feeling the spirit. I don't think he'll ever forget when a servant of God shook his hand an personally told him welcome to stake conference. It was also Paul's first stake conference. So good!


I went on four exchanges this week! This could have possibly been the craziest week of my mission! One was a trio exchange to Chatham. That means I just joined their companionship for the day. We taught a lady who was planning on getting baptized on Saturday. We taught her about the commandments and obedience and she's incredible! So prepared! At the end the sisters asked about her baptism and they asked her how she felt. She brought up a concern about her family persecuting her for her beliefs. She hadn't told them about her baptism and it's her third time being baptized, so she was so worried about it! She talked about just wanting to be a peacemaker. A scripture came to mind, and I flipped open my bible and read to her Matthew 5:9. "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." As soon as I read that her eyes filled up with tears and she stared sobbing. I panicked for a minute because I wasn't sure if I had upset her or if she was just feeling the Spirit. I couldn't tell. I figured out after a few moments that it was the Spirit! Thank heavens! It's a wonderful feeling to receive a witness from the spirit of the reality of the power and authority of my calling as a missionary. Usually it's simple things like reading a scripture or bearing testimony and feeling the Spirit confirm that witness to your own heart as He bears witness to the receiver of the message. I know that there is a scripture for everyone. I love the scriptures and the effect they have on us when our hearts are willing. She was baptized on Saturday and the sisters called me and told me in was an amazing baptism!


We had a unique and unplanned opportunity this week to go to the temple. It was definitely the highlight. There have been some crazy things happening in the lives of two sisters, so we got to take them to the temple. We were late and didn't make it to the endowment session, so we went and did initiatories instead. I have to admit that I was a little sad, because I haven't been to the temple in a year and I was so looking forward to the endowment session. But it was definitely inspired to do initiatories!! I have had my temple recommend for almost two years and went to the temple almost every week before my mission, but that was my first time to do initiatories since I received my own. What an INCREDIBLE reminder! I am so grateful for the temple. It is the place. Every sacrifice is worth it.


Have a great week!!


Love and Prayers, Sister Felix
"Every foundation stone that is laid for a Temple, and every temple completed according to the order the Lord has revealed for His holy Priesthood, lessens the power of Satan on the earth, and increases the power of God and Godliness, moves the heavens in mighty power in our behalf, invokes and calls down upon us the blessings of the Eternal Gods, and those who reside in their presence." -George Q. Cannon (At the Logan Temple cornerstone dedication)