the cold never bothered me anyway: they call it PG but the snow is rated R for sure.‏

OH MY WORD! what a week I have had. seriously, one of the craziest ones of my whole entire mission. im so excited to tell you all......... i am serving in PRINCE GEORGE as the sister training leader with sister lavery!! she is a personal trainer.. so you can imagine our work outs in the morning getting up extra early to run 3 miles, play basketball, or play soccer. i already have a bruise from this mornings soccer game ;) she is from Draper. and she goes home next transfer! so i am trying to learn this area pretty quick because it will probably be all me in 6 weeks. shes so awesome. i learn so much from her!! we are so excited for this transfer and i know we are going to see success!!

PG is the farthest north sisters go. its so cold but it hasn't been all that bad. i didn't have boots so I've been wearing my rain boots until today so i could buy other ones. i wasn't giving up sacred time to talk to my new peeps on the street ;) you can imagine how cold my feet were in rain boots in all this snow. but hey, the lord provides. and i tell you, just when i thought i was about to die, it felt like they were sittin by a nice warm fire.

most importantly i have learned so much about looking to God and living. i have been living off the quote from Elder Holland when he counseled us to "look ahead and remember that FAITH is always pointed to the future" he continues, "As a new year begins and we try to benefit from a proper view of what has gone before, i plead with you not to dwell on days now gone nor to yearn vainly for yesterdays, however good those yesterdays may have been. the past is to be learned from but not lived in. and when we have learned what we need to learn and have brought with us the best that we have experienced, then we look ahead and remember that faith is always pointed toward the future." i learned so many incredible things and saw so many miracles in Sidney. i know it is all because of the Lord and putting my trust in him. i have had to continue to tell myself that i will see success here in PG, and that i will see even more miracles than i did in Sidney. and already, we have seen incredible things together!!!!

i have been thinking a lot about Lots wife and thinking about just what she did that was so wrong? why did she look back? it wasn't just that she was looking back, but in her heart she wanted to GO back. she was already missing what Sodom and Gomorrah had offered her. or, her attachment to the past out weighed her confidence in the future. that, my friends, was the story of my life on the plane ride. i prayed like no other. i decided right then and there, that i was going look forward with faith knowing that the Lord has so many rich blessings for me in this next area. Faith builds on the past, but never longs to stay there. PG, im here for you baby. except i blame all of you for sending me here because you jinxed me when you kept asking if i was freezing yet!!!!!!!! its fine. its fine. the lord provides.

this is the greatest opportunity i have to serve the elders and sisters in my stewardships. every day is so busy i haven't had one second to myself! we are literally going until 10:29 at night. and we are crawling to bed. i wake up in the same position and it feels like i didn't even sleep. lol!!! i love it so much!!! thank you for your prayers. i mean it when i say, i feel them. and i hope you feel mine.

doodle bug, i will be doing a long hard prayer for you this week! (always do) i know he will be ok. and i know he will be better soon! hes growing up too quick. i love you guys! thanks for everything. muah!

xoxo, sister ovard