Caitlyn and transfers

 Last Saturday Caitlyn got baptized by her friend.  Elders Baker and Ellis, two awesome missionaries, have been teaching her for about 3 months.  I was lucky enough to teach her also.  These two Elders have been coming to the office every day.  Elder Baker is from Canada and Elder Ellis is from Utah.  Elder Ellis is an apple guy.  He has been working at the apple store in SLC since he was 16 years old.  He has whipped our office here into shape with all of his computer skills.  Whenever we have a problem, he solves it for us.  He is also very spiritually inclined and he and Elder Baker are great gospel teachers.  Caitlyn is a wonderful girl.  She has applied to and is now waiting for an acceptance letter from one of the top universities here in Montreal to study for her Masters degree.  Caitlyn grew up a Catholic and said that she was always a believer in Jesus Christ and God, but that she always felt something was missing.  Her friend invited her to sports night and that is how she became acquainted with the missionaries.  She had the lessons, studied a lot, read the Book of Mormon and when she prayed about it, she knew the truthfulness of the things that she read and of the truthfulness of the book.  She has had quite a bit of opposition in her life, but she has overcome her trials and is looking forward to a full and happy life.

 Today is transfer day again in the mission.  New missionaries arrived last night and 2 missionaries have gone home.  Everyone is excited about the changes and some have a few sad feelings about leaving one area and going to another area.  All will be well though.  Elder Heder was one of our favorite Elders.  He actually lives just a few miles from where we live at home.  It was always fun to talk to him when he came into the office.

 These five Elders came into the office often and we really grew fond of them too.  They are always so pleasant and upbeat.  I loved talking to them each time they came to the office.  The missionaries are the best part of being on the mission.  They are all such awesome young men and women.

Elder Rasmussen is from our city back home.  He taught me how to use John's Blackberry and how to transfer pictures from the camera to the computer to the printer.  Next to him are Elder Bagnall from Arizona and Elder Teuira from Tahiti.  They have been the AP's.  Elder Babin, from France is one of the new AP's.  Elder Bagnall will be leaving next month to go home.  Elder Olsen is fairly new to the mission, but is already proving to be great missionary.  It is so interesting to know that one of our most favorite young adults from France, Eduard, is now the brother-in-law to Elder Babin.  In fact, Eduard and his wife just had a little baby boy and so Elder Babin is a brand new uncle.  It has been fun to talk to him because he knows several of the young adults that we worked with on our other mission. I love talking to the young missionaries and feeling of their spirit.  I love to help them in any way that I can and they are always so appreciative.