Hello my family!
sorry the email is later today! Sister West and I and the Zone Leaders had to welcome the new native Russians to the MTC. It has been a crazy hectic PDay. Trying to find them and get them to where they need to go. All of them are just so so great! We love them already! Most of them speak English really really well! Probably better than we do! They are all super excited to be here and are alot of fun! They have such great conversion stories and we will be able to hear all of them tonight i think.....
We went to the temple this morning and it was great as always! Sister West's roommate was randomly in our session (seriously though, it was random) and she bought us breakfast afterwards which was really really nice.
I feel as though my outside world is invading my mission world kinda! I saw whit and the jensen family here. I see Zach all the time. Derek Smart is here (Elder from Heathers mission prep class), Lauren Bryce (BYU friend/roommate) is here and Deborah Newran (friend from high school) is my next door neighbor! she hugs me everytime i see heer! i love her! and to top it all off i was just chillin at lunch and i looked up and say Nancy and Bruce Woodbury!(Couple missionary from Heathers home ward) I ran to them and gave them both (opps) a big hug! I hug nancy everytime i see her! i love seeing them! She is just the best ever!
Last wednesday we got new missionaries to our zone. Sister West and i had to plan with the zone leaders a bunch of skits and stuff to teach them haha! it ended up being pretty hysterical! They are all very hard working and smart and i am afraid that they already study more than we do and they will pass up our russian soon! not good for us...but good for them.
After i wrote last week Elder Holland talked to us! it was absolutely incredible! i forgot my notes but i wish that i could give you some of his quotes. He is such a powerful speaker and has such a great spirit about him. He told the story of when the Savior asks Peter if he loves him three times. The real issue in our lives is "Do you love Him" do you love the Savior? He told Peter before to leave His nets and his boat and to follow Him, to feed His sheep. When he told Peter that and When He tells us that, He means it for forever. Leave the things that don't matter, leave the worldly things at home and follow the Savior! He called us the "Hope of Israel". How great is that?! and such a huge responsibilty as well! Decide tonight to "leave your nets" "decide tonight who youwill follow and never go back!" He left us with a blessing and with his testimony of the Savior and his love for us. We all stood as he left and no one moved for five minutes. we all just stared at the door. The spirit was so so strong no one could move and no one wanted to. We just wanted to feel of the strength of His testimony and change because of it...i know that i am not describing it very well but it was possibly the coolest experiences ever. We only started moving when a man got up and told us that we could leave when we wanted to. But he said we could stay as long as we wanted to as well. (i sat by Zach Jensen at the devotional which was fun)
We got a new mission president, His name is President Brown. He is super funny! and gaave the fireside on Sunday. We all learned either to sit by him and lunch or to avoid him at lunch, depending on who you are. He called up random missionaries from the crowd that he had talked to at lunch etc to bear testimony, to tell storiess and to make commitments. it was very amusing!
hmmm.....i don't know what else to talk about in this email.....any more questions? haha i guess you can't ask them now but.....
Welp....sorry this letter is all over the place and has alot of words but doesn't say much......haha my bad.
But i knowt hat this church is true! i am so thankful to be here and to have the opportunity to serve my Heavenly Father and my Savior Jesus Christ. I hope that in some way my work can show to them how much i love them and that i realize all that i have is from them and i am grateful. I am so thannkkful for all of the people i love here and all of you that i love back home! Thanks for the letters! i love you all!
Sister Trottier
(NOTE FROM SAMI: Sorry I haven't had any recent pictures lately, I will try to get some from Heather or from my Mom!!)
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