June 20, 2016 - Taught people from Kinshasa, moving furniture, 'Character is the one thing we make in this world and take with us ' - Ezra taft Benson, " My legs were pinned between the two cars and he wasn't moving lol.. ( in the car I later found out he was just like ' why did the car stop?' So he hit the breaks and rolled down the window to ask me what had happened. ) SO after my mind kinda figured out what was going on I smacked the trunk a couple time and told him to move for obvious reasons.. It kinda hurt.. lol. Then once he moved the car I had to calm down the pedestrian on the side of the street who was obviously very concerned and that didn't take any time cause I basically just told her I was fine, then went and got into the car, and drove to our next appointment. "

3- Last picture with president..

2- STL's and ZL's for our zone! 

1- If you look at me you can see the face of a sad missionary finally realizing that his companion is dieing this transfer as he is doing MY Plan

Where the Magic happens! This is my desk haha

Area: Ottawa Ontario Stake, Champlain Ward
Comp: Elder Jared Nilson (Kaysville, UT)
Zone Leader

1. How was your week?

2.  How did everything go with transfers?

3. What made you laugh?  What made you cry?

4. What is your next training that is coming up? What is it on?

5. Favorite quote or spiritual message?

6. Spiritual moments or highlights this week?  

7. What kinds of service did you do this week?

8. Tell me anything!!

1- It was awesome! We had 2 exchanges this week, we ended up finding 5 new investigators, we had the farewell of president patrick! It was amazing! I had a small injury that happened this week that was amusing I will tell you later in the letter about it.. and other than that.. (haha the lord protects his missionaries! That is pretty crazy though.. )I dont know it was just good week! It was fun and joyous and all went very well! I got all your mail! Which I was super happy about! you go above and beyond! I was extremely grateful for everything that you sent me all the refills etc! You are the best mom! I love you!

2- Well they happened a little while ago but they were super smooth! Mainly because 2 transfers ago out of the like 30 missionaries here 20 of them were transferred so this transfer only 2 of them were transferred haha.. So it was extremely calm and easy to handle! this next one though there will be like 30 missionaries going home 6 of them from our zone and there will be like 24 new missionaries coming in so things are going to be pretty crazy! 

3- What made me cry.. Well nothing made me cry but i was sad to see president Patrick for the last time! I love him so much! He is just the best. We had stake missionary council this sunday and that was the last time that I saw him and he just put his hand on my shoulder and then gave me the biggest hug and AH!! I just love him so much! I will miss him but I am sure that President Phillips is going to be just as amazing! I am excited that was probably the saddest thing.. The funniest thing? I have no idea haha.. umm 

4- Well the next training was technically 2 days ago.. But we ended up not having to do anything because it was the Farewell of president Patrick! So the next time we do a training it will be with president Phillips and we probably wont do much there either because it will be his welcoming. So that will be onjuly 5th I believe.. But we haven't received too much instruction on that so.. Guess we will see! 

5- That is a hard one.. There are so many good ones! I have a million of them written down I have a Quote book. I will share a couple I have written down in my planner - 'Character is the one thing we make in this world and take with us ' - Ezra taft Benson - This one is from Brigham young I believe. ' The Lord has chosen a small number of all choice spirit sons and daughters of all the creations of God to inherit this earth. This company of choice spirits have been kept in the spirit world for 6000 years to come forth in the last days and to stand in the flesh in the dispensation of the fullness of time to organize the kingdom of God upon the Earth. '  - How cool is that! ' Delay is of the Devil ' ' He cant help you very much if you dont live accordingly to his plan.' There is a lot more but I think I will stop there haha. I also like Living right does not mean living easy, As well as interact to edify! The list goes on and on. 

6- I think a big spiritual moment that happened this week was the 5 new investigators we found! one of them happened last week as we were leaving the church! The phone rang and it was a man asking for the missionaries because a little while ago he had been given the book of mormon and he wanted to be baptized! How cool is that! We taught him and now he is on date! It was so cool to see how God prepared people for this gospel. Also the principle of planting seeds! As well as we were going through our phone and we just decided to call some numbers we didnt know and we found a whole family! From... Kinsasha of course! I meet so many people from Devins Mission! So we got to teach them and ah! Just an amazing week of faith! 

7- I love giving service I think something that was funny this week was we were asked to just help move a refrigerator by this man. He said it would take 10 minutes just the refrigerator. So we said yes of course haha.. well.. we showed up and 2 hours later we moved, a washer a dryer a fridge a oven etc.. The list goes on. It was also on the 5th floor haha. There was no elevator and the stairway was small so only 2 people could fit. I man handles a fridge, oven, washer, all the way haha. Good thing I have that 30 minutes of workout in the morning. I dont think I would have been able to do it without it! It was really fun though and in the end he gave a donation to the church it was super cool! 

8- well 1! HAPPY FATHERS DAY! Tell dad that I love him and that his card will be in the mail shortly haha.. Sorry I am super lame and it takes me forever to write hand written stuff.. 2- SOO this is a funny story! When backing up a car the companion that is not driving has to be out of the car to make sure they dont hit anything etc. I think most people know this. Well I was on exchanges with the companion of a district leader and he was driving and where he was backing up was pretty tight because we were in downtown ottawa ( and the car behind him was like a Mercedes or a Auddi ) So obviously I didnt want him to hit it.  so I got behind him so that he could see how much space he had.. Well I dont think he was watching me very well or his depth perception was off because as I was watching him back up the car and I signaled him to stop I dont think he saw me..  so he literally just backed up and smashed my legs between the two cars... So I was just like standing there all calmly just waiting for him to move the care while My legs were pinned between the two cars and he wasn't moving lol.. ( in the car I later found out he was just like ' why did the car stop?' So he hit the breaks and rolled down the window to ask me what had happened. ) SO after my mind kinda figured out what was going on I smacked the trunk a couple time and told him to move for obvious reasons.. It kinda hurt.. lol. Then once he moved the car I had to calm down the pedestrian on the side of the street who was obviously very concerned and that didn't take any time cause I basically just told her I was fine, then went and got into the car, and drove to our next appointment. ( We had lessons to be at haha, no time for games!  ) In the end though all was well! we didnt dent the car behind us because well.. My legs stopped the car haha and I just walked it off and limped for a day or two and it was fine. It bruised a little but that was it! Sometimes I love being a Massé haha. Pretty funny eh? It barely bruised at all and only on 1 leg. I think that is the story of the week! Anyways love you! 

I dont think there is anything else Have a great week 

Avec amour Elder Massé

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Hey dad! I just wanted to wish you a happy Fathers day. You were on my mind that day and you will be getting a letter in the mail soon. I also heard the you are now facebook friends with brother Graham. You two would get a long great. This sunday he came up to me with his Ipad open and showed me some pictures from the concert and said ' So this is why you are so cool ' How great is that!

Just know that I love you and really you have laid such a strong foundation for me dad. I think about our family a lot and nothing would me more to me then to be able to raise my children the same way and give them the same opportunities that you have given me. 

You have a letter in the mail coming soon it will take a couple days and that will have more details etc. Just know that I love you and that no matter the distance I am still close at heart! Je t'aime

-Avec Amour Elder Massé