First week in Hochelaga....

Hey everyone!

So this was my first week back on the island and it i definitely different than Quebec. There are people on the streets! It was such a shock to be in the car and actually see people out walking around...definitely a change. I'm excited to work here. It's been an interesting adjustment...It took us almost 3 hours to find our apartment because we had no idea where we were, where we were going, and then the street that we lived on was broken up into 3 different streets (they're like that all over Montreal...it can be a bit frustrating at times), but we finally found it just in time to go to a DA with a family of 3 older unmarried people (2 sisters and their brother) and that was fun. They're really sweet. We then taught English class which should be fun as well. We spent Wednesday getting organized and then taught several new investigators and a recent convert on Thursday. The recent convert, Sendra, is wonderful She has a daughter that got baptized with her and then 6 other children that aren't yet investigating, but we're going over to do an FHE tonight and so we're hoping to meet them. We decided to talk about the Armor of God and then for the activity we're going to divide into 2 teams, each one having a box of random everyday things and they're going to dress somebody up in the armor of God and we'll have a "fashion show" after. It should be a lot of fun and hopefully they'll want to keep having the family home evenings with us...we'll see :)

This week actually hasn't been too eventful yet. We've done a lot of getting organized and adjusting and trying to make phone calls (which is a bit difficult since I don't understand everything they say and my companion speaks less French than I do), but it should be good. We're going to make a bunch more and this week is going to be AMAZING. I'm really excited to have the whole ward to ourselves so that we can work with everyone in the ward...they're all super nice too and way excited to have sisters. It should be fun :) I'll keep you all updated on how it goes.

Oh, and the crowning event of this week: while going through the random boxes we have in our house trying to find scissors (we didn't have any anywhere....but we did have a bag of flower petals! Who knows when we might need them?) I came across the BEST Halloween mask ever. It's the bottom half of a man's face with a cigar hanging out of a mouth with half the teeth missing and a huge nose and it looks like he hasn't shaved in awhile. I put it on and went to go find Sister Davis to try and startle her. She screamed when she saw me and then we both started laughing so hard we couldn't stop. So much fun...it's going to be a great transfer :) But anyways I hope all is going well with you guys and you all have a great week! Love you all tons!

Love, Sister Nicole Lindsey