Dec 31st
Ok everyone; Things are going great here it was so nice to hear
from my family and to talk with them. I wish there was a ton of stuff to tell
you, but to tell you the truth the only thing that we did after Christmas was
stay home. My companion Sister Craig has been sick. She has been sleeping so
much it blows my mine. She was feeling better on Sunday, which was a really
good thing. There aren't many people in our branch and most
of them were gone home for Christmas. We were teaching Sunday school
the third hour. It was a great opportunity to look at really what my
parents have done for me. My mom had to except the gospel and my dad came back
to the gospel. There are so many people that only come back half way or leave
the gospel and neither of them have left it. Wow I’m so grateful
that they stayed with the gospel and that they showed me this great path of
happiness, Thank you so much for being the great ensamples that you have been
to me. I love you all and hope that you had a great Christmas and thank you so
much for the letters and prayers. I love you all so much. And thank you so much
for the gifts you all rocked my socks this year.
-Sister Cannaday
Jan
7th
Jenni! Thank you so much for the E-mail that you sent it
meant the world to me! I haven’t had any mail from anyone including the love of
my life, so that email was like manna the pictures worked and it was grand!
Your Baby are so CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!
OK everyone; This week has been one of leaning to let
go and let the Lord take the reins. Nothing never ever went as planned and at
moments it left like everything just fell apart. That’s really the life of a
missionary. We plan, we pray, and then the Lord changes it into what it needs
to be. It's truly crazy how things workout in the Lords way. I feel like that
might just be what the Lord wants me to learn from my mission. Is to do all
that I can, but to let him take control. I hope this makes sense to everyone
and that I'm not sounding crazy. I am crazy I just hope that I don't sound like
it.
So on Saturday I got to go back to Livermore again to see a dear
Sister that I thaught get baptized. Wow! If you ever need a boost go to a
baptism. I'm always ten feet off the ground after I go to one. There is no
doubting the feelings that are there and the change in the person after.
They are just oozing with happiness and light. Wow! It was so cool! I'm also going
back again for two baptism next week. I'm so grateful that
I get to go back and see these people I love so much make their first steps
towards their Father in Heaven. I just feel so blessed to have been a part of
Gods plan for these people. Wow I love being part of missionary work. I'm
so grateful that Troy and I listened to the sprit and understood that this was
the plan God had for us, to go and serve his children. To leave those we love
for a short time so others can be with the ones they love forever! I love you
all.
Sister Cannaday
Jan
14th
This week was full of heart ache and happiness! So
this week I found out that I will be training again, also that my two
wonderful companions will be being transferred. Man! I love these girls and
was hoping to have at least one more transfer with the two of them!
We just get along too well, so it was time for us to part from one
another. I will truly miss them! I also feel like I don't know this area very
well yet but I know the Lord can make my weaknesses strengths I
just hope he doesn't take his time on this one. : )
This week was also full of so much joy! I had the great opportunity to
go to Livermore and see two of my dearest friends step in to the
waters of baptism. Wow my heart was so full!!! I wish I could
put in to words how it felt to see them in white and enter into the beautiful waters
of baptism. I can't wait to see them next in the temple. Wow this
week just blow me away!
Ok so short funny story… One day we were leaving our
apartment and I went to lock the door it’s one that you lock from the inside
and I had already stepped outside and tried to just reach around with my arm to
lock it well…I'm not sure how or why, but as I reach around I closed my eyes
and smacked my head into the wall scraping my nose chin and forehead. I looked
a little silly for a few days. Leave it to me right? Well I love you all so
much! See you soon!
Sister Cannaday
Jan
21rd
Hey everyone! Wow this week has been crazy and to
tell you the truth it has gone by a little slow. Not slow in a bad way but in a
way that there was just so much stuff that happened that we didn't really fall
into the missionary flow of things until Friday. I'm going to give you a brief
break down of last week.
-Monday was crazy trying to get my companions packed and helping
say goodbye to all the people that they love. It was really hard to see those
two go! We weren’t together very long but I felt like my little
sister were leaving me and going out in to the big bad world. oh.... how sad.
-Tuesday morning we had our transfer meeting and
had to help my companions load and unload the car, which was such a feat that I
like I might start listing, car packing as one of my super powers. I'm not sure
what was in their bags, but I think it might have been a body or two. After
that I was with 3 other sisters that were waiting for their trainy to
come on Thursday too. We really didn't stay with just one person but swapped
around all the time trying to get as much done as possible in the
four areas.
-Wednesday was a blur until that night when I got to go
with the Spanish sister and teach some Spanish lessons. It's crazy
how the Lord can help you when you need it and I was able to help teach those
lessons with her and understand almost all of it. The best part was the
prompting of the spirit that I was given. He told me to say and do things that didn't
always make sense to me like when I was a little lost in the conversation and
as I listened to them I could help those that we were teaching. Crazy
cool how the Lord will help us you if you are willing.
-Thursday. I got to pick up my new companion. WOW this girl is
great and is so much like me! We have been having fun since the moment we met!
Her name is Sister Livingston. She is from American Fork Utah and
knows the Allen’s, she is friends with Nicole. She is also a great teacher
and I think I might need to learn more from her than
she needs to learn from me. She is hard working and ready to serve the Lord.
Man this time with her is going to be so much fun! Oh ... She also sings all
the time and we sound great together.
-Friday was back to the flow of things more and we just had a
blast serving and teaching!
I Really love being a missionary, it's the best thing I have
done so far in my life. To anyone that is thinking about severing a mission DO
IT! If you and contemplating if you should go, YOU SHOULD! And if
you and a missionary KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! The blessings are out
there go get them. I love you all hope you have a good week.
-Sister Cannaday
