First Week on the Island

       What an emotional, and long  week this has been. Saying goodbye to New Glasgow was not easy. I love the people there so much. So much has changed over the last few days, it's amazing how fast things can happen. 

My new companion is Sister Thompson who is INCREDIBLE!! I love her so much already. She is a skilled missionary and is so sweet and we are getting along so well, which has definitely made the transition easier. I don't know what I would do without her. I have had a hard couple days because I miss New Glasgow. 

       The Island has been a hard transition for many reasons, I am certainly learning a lot. We do not have a vehicle, we are biking, which wouldn't be too bad other than the bikes are HUGE and my feet don't touch the ground (or even close) so I literally have to jump to get on and off, which makes contacting people really difficult. It also takes about 30 minutes to bike to the church and we have no way to get to the Mission Leader or the Bishops Home. In fact, the Ward Mission Leader is out of town for almost 2 weeks, which has made opening the area  little complicated. 

       The ward is good sized, which I think will be great as soon as I can learn all of the names. We are still working on getting an up-to-date ward list, which will help! There are no ward missionaries and they don't really have a ward mission plan. (both of which will be changing shortly I assure you) The drive to the island was BEAUTIFUL, we had to cross one of the longest bridges in the world. It was also neat to be able to drive through New Brunswick. Our apartment is nice, but since there were Elders living in it before we have a lot of cleaning to do. I can't believe May is almost over, but I am looking forward to June. We have a few investigators but mostly we will be doing finding, which is something I am used to. Downtown                Charlottetown is HUGE and there are people EVERYWHERE! Quite the adjustment from New Glasgow. I have met some incredible people here and I look forward to getting to know the area better. It is insane how many international people there are. Lots of people from Africa and Asia. Most don't speak English very well.  We have more Restoration pamphlets in foreign languages than we do in English (definitely different from New Glasgow).

         I know once I am adjusted I will come to love the island as well, it just might take a few weeks for my muscles to warm up to the idea of biking 50 kilometers a day, and getting to know the people here in Charlottetown. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to serve here, I know that I am going to grow so much. (and probably lose weight) haha I look forward to all the work I can do in this area. It just takes lots of work, and prayer. Thank you for all your support, and letters... Til next week...

Love

Sister B.