Here is Dianna's apartment address:
3135 Joseph Howe apt.2
Halifax, Canada NS B3L 4H2
And here is her mission home address:
202 Brownlow Ave. Unit F Bldg F
Dartmouth, Canada NS B3B 1T5
She loves those letters! Thanks.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Dianna Update - 4 November 2009
I want to tell you about some of my investigators. So, I think I told you last week that both my companion and I are new to this area and so we had no investigators. So we have been out all day everyday talking to anyone and everyone telling them about the gospel, it almost doesn't phase me anymore. Well, from those efforts we have met a lot of great people! One of these people is a woman named Chantale. She has Cerebral Palsy and so she is in a wheelchair. We met her on the street one day and we met with her a few days later and taught her lesson 1:the restoration. She said that she had written in her journal the day she met us and had said that God had sent her 2 angels. How sweet is that. She is 39 and not really sure of who she is or what this life means, but she is pretty interested in what we are teaching her and she is really glad to have us as her friends. We are glad to be her friends. There is also this lady Sarah Jollymore. She was in our area book and hadn't really had contact with anyone for a few months. We just showed up at her house one day and she welcomed us with open arms! She is definitely going to be baptized! She was planning on coming to church on sunday but got called into work or something. She is really excited about the church, she is a real searcher. The most amazing story we have had was that we knocked into these 4 boys (did I already tell you this?) they are college room mates. We taught them the 1st lesson and then brought them to the Book of Mormon read and then on saturday they came and played basketball with the Elders. They were going to come to church but remembered that they wouldn't be able to come because they would have stayed out late for halloween. At least they were honest.... I bet they'll come this week! There is this guy named Terry from the Caribbean. He had us come teach the Restoration and he thinks he might believe it but he wants to spend some time reading the book of Mormon and praying before he makes any drastic moves. He is a good kid and I hope he really prays and feels the spirit. He was so cool. When we came over he served us crackers on a plate and glasses of grape juice in his empty living room. It was a great place to feel the spirit. There is this sweet older lady from Lebanon that we met. She is a hard core Catholic so she doesn't believe a lot of the things we say and she constantly talks about the Holy Mother. She keeps inviting us back though...I think we have to stop going though because she no longer wants to talk about religion. She just loves that there are young people who are strong in their faith so she wants us around. That actually goes for a lot of people we meet. The older they are the more they appreciate what we are doing, even if they don't want to listen to us. The people here are just so sweet. This next girl, Lauren, is an interesting story. We were walking on the street one day and Sister Moss told me to talk to this girl but I got scared because she was smoking and had a nose ring. So we passed her. Sister Moss felt bad about it but I was still new so I didn't really care. On our way back we passed her again because she was finishing her cigarette before she went into work. I saw her and told Sister Moss that I'd try again. She told me that sometimes Heavenly Father will give us 2nd chances when we really need them. And we really did! We talked to her, she was REALLY interested, we gave her a book of Mormon and planned on meeting her the next day. She didn't answer her phone so we couldn't get her address and we left a message and called several times last week. Then yesterday we decided to go to her work and see if we could find her there and see if she just wanted to ignore us. She works at a tea shop buy the way, cute little place. She wasn't there but a co-worker was. When we walked in, the co-worker said "Hey, you're the missionaries Lauren has been talking about! Nice to meet you, I'm Amanda." Wow! Apparantly Lauren has been wanting to call us back and meet with us but since she goes to school and works 2 jobs she just hasn't found a time yet. Amanda told us when she worked next and we plan on going in then. Also, we learned that Amanda's best friend for a long time when she was little was LDS and she learned a little about our church, but was never really invited to learn more. I'm excited to give her that opportunity! I'll have to keep you posted. There are just so many more, but so little time.
Sister Nicholls
Sister Nicholls
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Dianna Pictures - 10/22/09
Here is a note from Dianna's Mission President's wife and a few pictures.
Dear Brother and Sister Nicholls,
Your daughter arrived in Halifax safe and sound. We have already fallen in love with her and so happy she is in our mission. Her companion, Sister Moss, is a great missionary and I think that they will really enjoy working together. Their area is here in the metro. This is a beautiful part of Canada and a great place to serve a mission. We look forward to working with Sister Nicholls and I know she is going to be a great asset to our mission. Thank you so much for raising such a wonderful daughter and for your willingness to share her with us. Thank you!
Sister Simpson
Your daughter arrived in Halifax safe and sound. We have already fallen in love with her and so happy she is in our mission. Her companion, Sister Moss, is a great missionary and I think that they will really enjoy working together. Their area is here in the metro. This is a beautiful part of Canada and a great place to serve a mission. We look forward to working with Sister Nicholls and I know she is going to be a great asset to our mission. Thank you so much for raising such a wonderful daughter and for your willingness to share her with us. Thank you!
Sister Simpson
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Dianna - Hello from Canada! 10/21/09
I made it safely to Canada! It isn't quite as cold as I was expecting but President and Sister Simpson said that it is unusually warm. I don't know if that is a good thing or not. I just found out about an hour ago who my companion will be and where I will be serving. My companions name is Sister Moss and we will be in the Halifax Metro area. That's great because that means we can go to the temple on our preparation day if we have time. :)
Oh My Gosh!! Anne of Green Gables didn't just stop being everywhere when I left! Last night and tonight I am staying at the Mission home and the room I'm staying in is called the "Anne" room. When they said that I'd be staying in the Anne room I had no idea what they were talking about, until I walked in...! There are 2 pictures about Anne of Green Gables on the wall, a doll of Anne the size of those American Girl dolls, the book is on the side table, and the best part of all is the Embroidered pillow!!! I'm going to take a couple pictures of it so you can see that I'm not exaggerating. It's hilarious!!!I'm just loving the people so far and Sister Moss seems pretty cool, as far as I can tell. I don't actually meet her until tomorrow. The good news is that we get a car!!!! The bad news is that before the end of the year they are supposed to get rid of 13 of the mission cars!!!!And the said Sister Moss might be one of those people who will lose one. :( And they said that when we don't have a car, we walk. I don't think they use bikes here. They might though, we'll see. So I went to the temple this morning and it was a great experience. Wednesday is P-day for my mission so there were a lot of missionaries at the temple. It's one of those small, cookie-cutter temples and man are they SMALL!! The rooms are just so tiny and they filled it up full and with extra chairs. It was still a great experience. Oh, and the person I went through for today, her name was Minnie Nichols! How cool is that!! I just love the temple!
Well, I think that is all I have to say at the moment, mind you I will have something to add 10 minutes after leaving the computer, but I guess that will have to wait. I love you all very much and thanks again for writing!!!
Love,Sister Nicholls
Oh My Gosh!! Anne of Green Gables didn't just stop being everywhere when I left! Last night and tonight I am staying at the Mission home and the room I'm staying in is called the "Anne" room. When they said that I'd be staying in the Anne room I had no idea what they were talking about, until I walked in...! There are 2 pictures about Anne of Green Gables on the wall, a doll of Anne the size of those American Girl dolls, the book is on the side table, and the best part of all is the Embroidered pillow!!! I'm going to take a couple pictures of it so you can see that I'm not exaggerating. It's hilarious!!!I'm just loving the people so far and Sister Moss seems pretty cool, as far as I can tell. I don't actually meet her until tomorrow. The good news is that we get a car!!!! The bad news is that before the end of the year they are supposed to get rid of 13 of the mission cars!!!!And the said Sister Moss might be one of those people who will lose one. :( And they said that when we don't have a car, we walk. I don't think they use bikes here. They might though, we'll see. So I went to the temple this morning and it was a great experience. Wednesday is P-day for my mission so there were a lot of missionaries at the temple. It's one of those small, cookie-cutter temples and man are they SMALL!! The rooms are just so tiny and they filled it up full and with extra chairs. It was still a great experience. Oh, and the person I went through for today, her name was Minnie Nichols! How cool is that!! I just love the temple!
Well, I think that is all I have to say at the moment, mind you I will have something to add 10 minutes after leaving the computer, but I guess that will have to wait. I love you all very much and thanks again for writing!!!
Love,Sister Nicholls
Dianna Update 10/15/09
Here is another update from Dianna - 10/15/09
Hey guys! I am absolutely loving your letters. It's fun getting handwritten ones but it's also fun getting Dear Elder ones because I get those the very day they are written. They print it out and put it in my mailbox. So either way is great. What way is NOT great is email. I only get 30 minutes on it a week and I want to use that time writing to you, not reading stuff....
So, I sang in the MTC choir this week! That was a neat experience! It was actually really fun. This is the biggest choir I have EVER seen. I think it even beat the Mo Tab. It was about 100 Sisters and 6-700 Elders AND you could still hear the girls! The Spirit is just incredible in firesides and devotionals, especially when we are all singing. There are over 2,000 missionaries here, so you can only imagine. You'll even hear people singing from their new language hymn books so it can get interesting at times.Thanks for the prayers. I can tell that you are praying for me. One day was really rough but then I remembered all of the support I had, from family, friends, and Heavenly Father. Being a missionary is fun but can get really rough sometimes because of all the studying and being critiqued when we teach, it can get you down sometimes.
So, my District is really cool we all get along really well. None of us can believe that we leave in just a few days! We got our travel itineraries last thursday evening. The Edmonton Elders and my 2 companions also going to Edmonton all leave Monday morning at 5 am. Then us going to Halifax leave Tuesday morning at 6 am. This means I will have a replacement companion for a day. I wonder what it's going to be like. I heard that I get to call home while I'm traveling. I don't know when, but I guess I will give you a call on tuesday. I'm flying to Halifax with a stop in Chicago. Just getting colder as I move north and east!!!I really hope I don't freeze to death! Also, my bags are too heavy now because they gave us so much stuff. So I will most likely be sending you a package of some clothes. Most of it will be stuff I can't wear anyway. It's stricter than I thought.
OH! I went to the Provo temple. It's a lot bigger than I thought. But it's not as pretty on the inside as the Mesa temple.
Well, my time is up. LOVE YOU ALWAYS AND FOREVER!!!
Sister Nicholls
Hey guys! I am absolutely loving your letters. It's fun getting handwritten ones but it's also fun getting Dear Elder ones because I get those the very day they are written. They print it out and put it in my mailbox. So either way is great. What way is NOT great is email. I only get 30 minutes on it a week and I want to use that time writing to you, not reading stuff....
So, I sang in the MTC choir this week! That was a neat experience! It was actually really fun. This is the biggest choir I have EVER seen. I think it even beat the Mo Tab. It was about 100 Sisters and 6-700 Elders AND you could still hear the girls! The Spirit is just incredible in firesides and devotionals, especially when we are all singing. There are over 2,000 missionaries here, so you can only imagine. You'll even hear people singing from their new language hymn books so it can get interesting at times.Thanks for the prayers. I can tell that you are praying for me. One day was really rough but then I remembered all of the support I had, from family, friends, and Heavenly Father. Being a missionary is fun but can get really rough sometimes because of all the studying and being critiqued when we teach, it can get you down sometimes.
So, my District is really cool we all get along really well. None of us can believe that we leave in just a few days! We got our travel itineraries last thursday evening. The Edmonton Elders and my 2 companions also going to Edmonton all leave Monday morning at 5 am. Then us going to Halifax leave Tuesday morning at 6 am. This means I will have a replacement companion for a day. I wonder what it's going to be like. I heard that I get to call home while I'm traveling. I don't know when, but I guess I will give you a call on tuesday. I'm flying to Halifax with a stop in Chicago. Just getting colder as I move north and east!!!I really hope I don't freeze to death! Also, my bags are too heavy now because they gave us so much stuff. So I will most likely be sending you a package of some clothes. Most of it will be stuff I can't wear anyway. It's stricter than I thought.
OH! I went to the Provo temple. It's a lot bigger than I thought. But it's not as pretty on the inside as the Mesa temple.
Well, my time is up. LOVE YOU ALWAYS AND FOREVER!!!
Sister Nicholls
Saturday, October 10, 2009
We received our first letter - here is an excerpt about life in the MTC:
...I got those AMAZING cookies this morning. I haven't eaten one yet but I'm excited! So are my companions! That's right, I said companions. I have 2. They are both going to the Canada Edmonton mission though. We are the only 3 sisters we have found going to Canada and only 2 other Elders going to Halifax. But there are a few that just left for Calgary and a BUNCH of Elders going to Edmonton. My companions are so great! Sister Burgi is the cutest little thing. She is 5 feet and half an inch! She is so sweet. I think it's mainly because she is the 5th of 14 kids! WOW! She is good with people.Sister Weston is 5 foot 9 so we make Sister Burgi look even tinier :) Sister Weston is so fun. She is the odd ball of the group. She always has questions about EVERYTHING. But they're good ones.
We have had 3 mock teaching appointments so far and they just keep getting better, which is good because we did REALLY bad at the first one and were kind of put off. Our spirits are building again though. It's rough working with 3 minds but we hear that we are doing it exceptionally well, so that's good news. Also, we spent an hour in the Referal center yesterday where we call people and confirm that they got the free gift they ordered. Sister Burgi and I only got answering machines but Sister Weston talked to this one guy for 13 minutes! It's pretty scary at the beginning but the more answering machines I got the more I really wanted to talk to someone.
The schedule here is SO busy! We get up at 6 or 6:30 depending on if we are going to shower, then we have to be in class from 7-7:45 and then breakfast, then class from 8:15-11, gym until 12 (LOVE IT! They have the coolest gym EVER!), Lunch, class from 1:15-5:30, dinner, class from 6:15-9, plan the next day with your companions 9-9:30, get ready for bed, quiet time at 10:15 and lights out at 10:30. Phew! Those class chunks are broken up every so often for Large Group Meeting or teaching appointments. But my teachers are really fun! They are Brother Vallett (rhymes with Ballot) and Brother Brame (rhymes with frame). They have helped me a lot.
...I got those AMAZING cookies this morning. I haven't eaten one yet but I'm excited! So are my companions! That's right, I said companions. I have 2. They are both going to the Canada Edmonton mission though. We are the only 3 sisters we have found going to Canada and only 2 other Elders going to Halifax. But there are a few that just left for Calgary and a BUNCH of Elders going to Edmonton. My companions are so great! Sister Burgi is the cutest little thing. She is 5 feet and half an inch! She is so sweet. I think it's mainly because she is the 5th of 14 kids! WOW! She is good with people.Sister Weston is 5 foot 9 so we make Sister Burgi look even tinier :) Sister Weston is so fun. She is the odd ball of the group. She always has questions about EVERYTHING. But they're good ones.
We have had 3 mock teaching appointments so far and they just keep getting better, which is good because we did REALLY bad at the first one and were kind of put off. Our spirits are building again though. It's rough working with 3 minds but we hear that we are doing it exceptionally well, so that's good news. Also, we spent an hour in the Referal center yesterday where we call people and confirm that they got the free gift they ordered. Sister Burgi and I only got answering machines but Sister Weston talked to this one guy for 13 minutes! It's pretty scary at the beginning but the more answering machines I got the more I really wanted to talk to someone.
The schedule here is SO busy! We get up at 6 or 6:30 depending on if we are going to shower, then we have to be in class from 7-7:45 and then breakfast, then class from 8:15-11, gym until 12 (LOVE IT! They have the coolest gym EVER!), Lunch, class from 1:15-5:30, dinner, class from 6:15-9, plan the next day with your companions 9-9:30, get ready for bed, quiet time at 10:15 and lights out at 10:30. Phew! Those class chunks are broken up every so often for Large Group Meeting or teaching appointments. But my teachers are really fun! They are Brother Vallett (rhymes with Ballot) and Brother Brame (rhymes with frame). They have helped me a lot.
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