My Plan and God's Plan

 Hello everyone! I hope you are as excited as I am about this week's weather! It's been amazing! We've already had a couple of thunderstorms, so that's really cool. Today we found out something super exciting! We are now in phase 1 of opening up missionary work! That means, starting Saturday, we can teach in person, as long as it's outside and 6 ft apart! Woo-hoo!!!

 Also I start my plan this week! Crazy! I'm staying with Sister Nelson for my last 6 weeks, so that's super exciting!

Not much else has happened this week besides that soooo... Yeah... Sorry y'all this week was boring the more I tried to think of it haha I will try to write more next week!

Just remember that God loves you and everything will work out the way He has planned it to. I know Christ lives and He is always with you. 

Love y'all and have a great week!

Love, Sister Talbot 

Blisters and Miracles!

 Hello everyone! How was your week?? Ours was pretty great! Today, I made the best potato salad I've had in... A long time...  Anyways, it was yummy! So yesterday, we were taking a walk around the University of Manitoba and we ended up walking around the entire Winnipeg Blue Bombers football stadium, and then having to walk all the way back to the church. It took two hours and we had terrible walking shoes on so that wasn't fun  my heels had little blisters but Sister Nelson was worse off haha she was sore, sunburnt and her feet were blistering so needless to say I felt bad  but, as we were walking back, we decided to take a shortcut through the grass and as we walked we noticed there was tons of garbage everywhere. (Winnipeg is kind of a dirty city and the wind blows trash all over the place) We were talking about how we felt like the Israelites because it was so hot and we were tired and thirsty and then we were like, "Wow, we need to stop complaining." And then as we walked, we talked about how we wished we had a bag to pick up all the garbage. Well, God must've been tired of our complaining because moments later, Sister Nelson found a Safeway bag under a tree that was brand new with no tears or anything! So we used that to pick up a bunch of trash around the lawn. As we were about done, we were almost to the sidewalk when Sister Nelson just found a $20 bill on the ground! At first we thought about using it to buy groceries but then, we had the idea to put it in a Book of Mormon with a pass along card and our favorite verse marked and then give it to a homeless person! We're excited to see how that goes haha but yeah, it's been a great week! I don't have much to report as far as adventures go but I do have a thought to share.

  As I was saying, our walk was pretty difficult. It was hot and we were thirsty and tired of walking. Then we thought of the Israelites out in the wilderness and how they too felt the same way, until they realized that they weren't happy when they complained so much, only when they followed God! I realized that unfortunately, the world doesn't revolve around me. Fortunately for us though, it does revolve around the Son of God, who gave His life for us. He did this so that no matter where we are in the world or in our lives, we would never struggle alone. I'm glad we had the opportunity to serve by picking up garbage. Some of it was gross, but it really helped us to get over or complaining! So just remember, when you feel like complaining, and life is hard and you just wanna give up, serve! Go and serve someone! It will help you to turn outwards and its so fun! Serve as the Savior would serve, and feel the Joy that comes with it. I love you all and I hope you have a great week!

Love, Sister Talbot

1. Bombers stadium 

2. Sisters Call!

3. Outside the gates of the field 

4. Walking on the University

5. Our great idea! 

The Gifts of Tongues and Humility

 Hello everyone! I hope your week was great! Our week was super busy! We were just jam packed with lessons and english classes and all sorts of stuff. It was really interesting. As I've probably mentioned a few times before, I'm learning Chinese (mandarin) and I always love trying to speak to other people from China. Well, this week, I decided to try and get some practice as we taught our English lessons, since we teach people that we thought knew pretty little English. So when we were teaching, we read through the list of words and some of our people didn't know what the meaning of the words were so I tried to say the word in Mandarin and they weren't really impressed haha one of them even spoke Cantonese and I was trying to speak the word in Cantonese but she just said that she could read the Chinese....awkward... It definitely answered my prayers of help to be humble 

  Anyways, something fun that happened this week was we had a fruit snack that wasn't cut right so we got 2 for 1! We also heart attacked Sister Hitchcock's door yesterday with the Waverly Sisters for Mother's Day. It was so fun!

 Also, the other day, we were leaving the church and there was a few cars lined up in the back, all just chillin. It was sketchy but also, it was so cool because when we left, there was just a big huge line of cars and they were all super cool. There was Audis, mustangs, trucks, the works, it was awesome! 

 So, something I wanted to share with you all was an experience we had with someone we are teaching. We were talking to her about how sometimes it's scary to share your testimony or talk to people as missionaries and how it's tough because people might reject us and stuff and she goes, "Why is that scary?" That question kind of stumped me. Why is it so scary to me that someone might not accept the gospel? Let me share something that someone once told me. They aren't rejecting you, they're rejecting the gospel. Anyways, my point is, share your testimony anyways! Be a missionary! It's not hard to simply tell someone that you know God loves them. Honestly, the simpler the better. Get out there and share your testimony because you never know who it will impact for good! ️

I hope you all have a fabulous week!

Love, Sister Talbot 

Bannock and Sunshine!

 Hello everyone! This week was so great. It was so sunny and warm all week, it was crazy! We tanned a bit too!!! Anyways, not a lot much else has happened this week, it was just a feel good week! I made Bannock bread, which is super good! It was great! Also, I was trying to remember the name of this energy drink someone told me about and when I found it, I read the comments, it was so funny, see picture below. I don't know what else happened this week, not a whole lot really.

But to share a thought with you, I just wanted to share the importance of prayer! I encourage you all to pray honestly and communicate with your Heavenly Father openly. My mission has really taught me the importance of praying and being honest with Heavenly Father about how you feel. I've recognized that when I am honest with Him, I feel closer to Him. So I strongly recommend that!

 Anyways, I'm sorry I don't have much to write this week, so I will try and have more stories for next week!

I love you all and I hope you have a great week!

Love, Sister Talbot