Hello
everyone! My goodness, you have no IDEA how much I miss every single one of you
rascals! Fuh real. How is everyone doing? How is back-to-school going? Guess
what. I don't have to go! Ha! Sooo weird. This is the first time since
kindergarten that I haven't had to go back to school in the fall. Gosh... what
is life right now? What is life?! I secretly wish I could be going back,
secretly not. My little compy had to give a ten minute talk last Sunday, and I
was up for three hours past my bedtime busily translating it from English to
French. Nightmare! It reminded me of school a little bit though, and how I used
to be busy into the night finishing homework I had procrastinated... kind of
missed the feeling a little. But then I realized how tired I was the next
morning, so I think I can wait another year before putting myself through the
joys of school again.
So
this week was INSANE! Some of the best days of my mission! So many adventures.
I hardly know where to begin! Let's start with Quebec City's first elder/sister
P-day last week... SO GREAT! Elders didn't know what to do with themselves.
Everyone was fighting for Soeur Cutler's attention. And I mean, full on FIST
FIGHTS, brawls, you name it! Ha ha blagues. No such tom foolery. BUT! I did
have quite the embarrassing moment. I'd be surprised if elders and sisters will
ever be allowed to play on P-day again after the stunt I pulled. Okay, so get
this. We're walking through some very Euro-fabulous streets in Old Quebec,
everyone just chatting and having a great time. I had an elder on each arm, and
the rest were just clamoring behind me, vying for my attention right and left.
Suddenly one of those delightful Quebec City winds came gusting through the
street, and guess who decided to wear her most vibrant, light-weight skirt to
go traipsing through Old Quebec? This one. Sooo... up goes my skirt! You could
hear a pin drop the elders were so silent. I want to say I looked just like
Marilyn Monroe in this moment, but that would be the world's biggest lie. Ha ha
I'm sure you can only imagine. Anyway, I ran away with my comp. And we laughed
our guts out. And the elders to this day have not been able to look at me the
same. Sooooooo embarrassing! Ha ha I seriously wanted to die. Hopefully they
all get over it, because I definitely want to have another elder/sister P-day
again. We walked all through Old Quebec and got the world's most delicious
gelato. I'd say it was a success!
Thursday might
have been the best day of my mission. Can't decide. Sister Rios and I have a
Spanish speaking investigator on the Riv Sud, which is about 100 clicks out of
our way. We used to not care, but then I realized how low my click limit was,
so we thought we'd be smart and take public transportation over there. That
includes three bus changes and a ferry ride. And then another bus and walking
for about a mile. Well, we ended up spending the ENTIRE day on public
transportation, all for ONE lesson. Which went super well! And I taught more in
Spanish, so it was worth it. But, the trouble was... we missed the ferry back.
By ONE minute! Which meant we had to wait another hour. So by 9 o'clock we
were back on the ferry, the city lights and the glow of the Chateau Frontenac
looking more glorious than ever before. We were able to walk through Old Quebec
at night, a light rain drizzling around us an a cool autumn breeze dangerously fluttering
my skirt around (no flashing this time, thank goodness). Suddenly there was a
HUGE crash of thunder, and the world's most torrential downpour of rain came
cascading through the skies. We were SOAKED to the bone! But I seriously
enjoyed every minute of it. On the way back home I contacted a man on the bus.
Who spoke English! Miracle of miracles! There's something you don't see
everyday! He was seriously awesome. He was like a professional dungeons and
dragons player. He asked for my digits. OF COURSE I gave them to him. Then he
remembered that I was a missionary and it got super awkward. But I know he was
in love. Ha ha in all honesty though, it was just such a great way to end my
day. He was super sweet. I feel like even though we were out WAAAY past our
curfew, Heavenly Father had me in the right place at the right time. We ended
up crawling into the house at about 11 o'clock at night. Pretty sure
my companion wanted to kill me, but I couldn't even get over how fun that day
was. Definitely one of the highlights of my mission.
In
other news, good things happening here in the Quebec ward! We have been working
pretty extensively with a man named Pierre who was baptized into the church in
2005, but quickly fell away after that. Well, one night in June after he was
wasted out of his mind, he decided he needed to make some changes in his life.
That's where Sister Cutler, Sister Orozco, and later Sister Rios stepped in.
We've been helping him get his life back on track, and you'll never guess what
happened this Sunday... he got the priesthood! One of the happiest days of
my mission! I even snuck into Elder's Quorum to watch his ordination. It was
seriously such a great experience. Those are the moments I treasure the most on
my mission. I just love seeing people make these changes in their lives. It
warms my soul!
One
other funny story of me being a coug.... So yesterday at church I was just
boppin around, when suddenly two of les jeunes filles (young women) accost me
in the hallway. They're all trippin, "SISTER CUTLER!!!! SISTER
CUTLER!!!" And I'm all like, "Wuhhh?" So get this. They met this
uber babe from Nova Scotia or something like that at their youth conference
last week. And they found him on facebook this week. So they were stalking his
profile pics, (something I would have done at their age) checking to see if he
has a honey. Well guess what. He does. There was a picture of him with a girl
on Temple Square, and would you believe it, HE WAS KISSING HER! On the cheek!
And they're all, "Man, who is that hottie? Why was he all dancing it up
with us at Youth Conference if he already has this hot mama?" Then they
look closer... and they're like... wait a second... THAT'S SOEUR CUTLER!!!! Ha
ha ha cougin it up and stealing their honeys!!! Turns out it's my fave Canadian
friend that I met months back. Small world, eh? Needless to say, the whole ward
was a buzz about my cougish ways. Soooo funny. Seriously, I wanted to die. I'm
so proud of myself. But now all of the laurels be jealous... but I can't help it
that I'm popular... even with the 16 year olds... ha ha.
So
that was my week! A pretty good one, I might add. I hope everyone is doing
sooooo soooo great! Tomorrow Sister Rios and I get to go down to
Montreal for some training, which means I'm going to see a bunch of my peeeeps!
Sooo pumped! This morning when we found out we were going, we blasted Sandstorm
and danced around the house like a bunch of zoobies! I tried to throw out some
break dance moves that I learned back in high school but... my core turned to
pot. Sad day. Life goes on! Anyway, I'll let you know how our road trip goes. I
love you all ooodles and ooodles and I hope everyone is just enjoying life as
much as I am right now! I want to know what everyone is up to! Summer
adventures! Forbidden romances! I want to hear it all! Ha ha sending a bunch of
smooches your way from the Great White North to the Great White Bellies. Ha ha
ha I crack myself up! But seriously, that's a good one. Long live the land of
super sizing! Well, I love you all and miss you terribly! Peace and blessings!
Love,
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