January 29, 2019 transfers... to Laval!

Salut mes amies! What a week! We got transfer calls last saturday aaannnnnd...... im getting transfered to Laval. its just off the island of montreal. it sounds perfect. still very french but not nearly as much as quebec and not nearly crazy as montreal. i am so sad but also so excited! i love quebec avec tout mon coeur! but its also super exciting to be going somewhere new! i will also be half training! so thats nerve racking! my new comp will be sister stephenson and she has only been here a transfer herself. im still worried that i wont be able to speak a lot and i know that she probably wont be able to either so i hope that between the two of us we can figure it out! I feel a lot of hope for this new transfer. i am ready to really just buckle down and be all in. i want to work hard and give all that i came here to give. its such a comfort to know that this is his work ot mine. im just a piece that he moves and uses. i dont have to worry about screwing anything up beacuse he wont let that happen. this is his game and he is the master planner. i am just grateful that he is letting me and all of my flaws be a part of it. i have already seen so much growth just from being here and it has been so incredible. we went on exchanges again this last week and it was so great! we had a very busy day and it was wonderful to get out and work hard! we blitzed my area and found like 4 new people! it was incredible! my area is being dissolved so the other sisters are going to have a serious amount of work. im excted for them. i know that they will take great care of our amies. Sunday i was asked to bare my testimony. i was surprised at how easy the words came. i think im making more progress than believe sometimes. its hard to see because there is not much to compare it too. but im starting to finally get more comfortable speaking. now understanding people is a whole other thing but that will come in time too (i hope, haha) tomorrow, were going to be visting a lot of people, saying a lot of goodbyes. it will be kind of sad. i love these people so much. they are really the resaon that quebec city is so dear to my heart, because of the relatonships i have made. i hope that i will be friends with these people for the rest of my life. i feel like i have known them forever. who knows, maybe i have. i feel a lot of hope for this next transfer. i know that i am on the lords side and doing his erand and i know that he will help me to do all that he has asked of me. i love being a missionary. it is the hardest thing ever. but the joy trumps the difficulty every time. every time. i love this work. im excited and hopeful for this next transfer and the miracles i know will come. i love you all and hope that you are happy and doing well! love soeur Bates