August 22, 2106 - pics! Cheesecake! Baptism! ER, Companion 16 year old priest - mini mission,

Area: Ottawa Ontario Stake, Champlain Ward

Comp: Elder Chou (Texas)
Zone Leader

1. What were your favorite things that happened this week?

2. What's something you love about being a missionary?

3. Do you have favorite places to go/visit in your mission?

4. What were your successes this week?

5. Do you have a favorite time of the day/activity as a missionary?

6. What are you thinking about lately?

7. Tell me something in French!

8. Tell me anything!!

okay this one will have to be quick. It is elder chous last p-day so we are trying to speed things up.. 

1- I think going on 3 exchanges with3 dying missionaries was pretty amazing! I am so untrunkable now haha.. also there was a baptism! What more could you ask for? 

2- I love the opportunity to serve everyone I meet and love the people I serve. as well as to know my savior. 

3- I love ottawa! and of course montreal! 

4- well a baptism is a pretty good success haha.. 

5- all the time! I like the moments where I get to spend time with my companions and get to know them etc. 

6- honestly just goals and what I want to accomplish before I leave

7- je t'aime beacoup! Sorry I have like no time haha.. 

8- well yeah I think you heard about this week, but my companion will be dying this week so I will be going with a 16 year old priest for a week because he wants to serve a mini mission then I will get my new companion the following week so I am excited to train/kill a priest haha it will bve such a blast! Also I brought one of the elders that I went on exchanges with to the emergency room because he choked on some food.. haha. funny story. It was nuts! 

Anyways love you so much! 

Devons baptism

eating at a buffet afterwards! 

cheesecake I made this week! 

Love you! 

August 15, 2016 - pics!- ZC, "It is through the spirit that we will testify of the truthfulness of the gospel and it is how God speaks through us to his children. It has been amazing studying the importance of it. Also how it relates to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Basically all throughout our life we will have the need to repent and as we exercise faith in Jesus christ and repent of our sins accessing the atonement of Jesus Christ and listen to the promptings of of the spirit telling us what we should do to change and become better we really become converted as we continue this process throughout our lives."

1- This is Elder Bird he is the man and he was the one that went to school wth elder nilson! 

2- This is what happens when you have a fast sunday as a missionary. 4 chili cheese dogs.. 

3- old district photo

Area: Ottawa Ontario Stake, Champlain Ward

Comp: Elder Chou (Texas)
Zone Leader

1- That is so crazy. I think nature is running out of things that it can do to us. What even happened where was he and how did he react? I really cant believe it though it is quite the story! 

2- Everything is beautiful here ( though it is a little hot )  I am loving life and at this point my mission has become part of my life as of now everything I do is just normal i have adjusted and it is no longer waking up and being a missionary but it is waking up and being me and sharing the gospel with everyone and having fun and smiling and laughing and passing the time in good company.

3- It was a super good week! Quite stressful at some points because it was zone conference this week which took a lot of energy out of me. Basically in preparation every living breathing moment was spent just setting up appointments and interviews and planning for our training. Making sure there was food and everyone knew about it! It was quite the week with that going on! I also gave 2 baptismal interviews this week for 2 young  boys 14, and  9 in a family of 5 that was baptized this week. They were from haiti and president came all the way from montreal to see it because of their extraordinary story! They had been investigating the church for like 5 years and they are just now being baptized! It was amazing to see it all really! Other than that. this was elder chous last sunday because there is a broadcast this next sunday so this is his last full week and it is going to be very busy.. 

4- I have been studying a lot out of chapter 4. This is honestly probably the most important chapter in PMG when it comes down to it. It is through the spirit that we really accomplish everything in missionary work. It is through the spirit that we will testify of the truthfulness of the gospel and it is how God speaks through us to his children. It has been amazing studying the importance of it. Also how it relates to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Basically all throughout our life we will have the need to repent and as we exercise faith in Jesus christ and repent of our sins accessing the atonement of Jesus Christ and listen to the promptings of of the spirit telling us what we should do to change and become better we really become converted as we continue this process throughout our lives.

5- Favorite ward member.. honestly two of my favorite families in the ward are the grahams whom you are friends with on facebook as well as the von scheels! They are a young couple in our ward both about 22 but he was recently called to be the Elders quorum president he served his mission in Greece! They are so cool and they invite us over all the time and they are just on our level and they have  become friends really! I am super tight with them! Eating? I have no idea basically Elder chou looks at what we have makes the most amazing meal you can ever think of with all of it and then we live happily ever after it is pretty great! I would say he is probably the best chef in the entire mission.. 

6- Honestly after everything that happens through the week it means a lot to me to just sit down and play a board game with the other elders in our apartment and hang out and just talk and laugh. Not worry about anything and just take the time to get to know one another and grow closer! When we dont do that we go out and eat together or go down town and shop and site see! All super fun things! 

7- Well there is an investigator in our area who has been investigating the church for about 9 months now and she passed her basptismal interview officially and she should be getting baptized this weeked or the next so that has definitely been an amazing tender mercy from the lord we have been trying really hard to focus our attention on her and just help her progress and accept the gospel into her life and I think all our efforts will finally pay off in the next couple of weeks! 

Well I think that is all for this week! love you! 

1. What do you think of Aiden's snake bite?!?!

    2.Tell me anything!  

3. How was your week? What were the highlights?

4. What are you studying in Preach my Gospel lately?

5. What have you been eating... who house have you eaten at... favorite ward members?

6. What are some of your fav things to do on P-Day?

7. Tender mercies?  Moments you don't want to forget?

August 8, 2016- Pictures! Riding the Bus. Creole, Zone Training, The City!

1- Missionary work can be pretty tiring.. 

2- MY DESK! 

3- I dont remember what the first picture was.. 

4- Amazing sunset when proselyting with elder chou!

5- 2 of my companions in this one! 

6 - MLC! Elder Udave!!! 

-------------------------------------

Area: Ottawa Ontario Stake, Champlain Ward

Comp: Elder Chou (Texas)
Zone Leader

1. How are you??
2. How do you feel about almost hitting your year mark?
3. What made you laugh/ cry this week
4. What are your successes?
5. What were your favorite things that happened?
6. Tell me anything!

1- I am doing very well. There is a lot of stuff going on over here with zone conferences coming up so our schedules have been a bit crazy! But I have gotten very good at managing my time and prioritizing so all is well! Things are going super well over here and I am very happy I just wish it wasnt so hot.. there were like two days this week it was 35 degrees which is really hot for where we are.. too hot.. 

2- It doesnt feel real I can still remember the 1st day perfectly and I feel that not much time has passed since the 1st day but an entire year has almost gone by which frightens me I dont want to see the next year go by with no changes so in the end it just motivates me to work a lot harder for what I want. I still cant believe it though..

3- laugh? hmm.. that is a good one.. These was a blur. I dont even remember half the things that happened. It has been very long so I am trying to just relax to do and prepare for what is to come with zone conference. I think the hardest I laughed this week was probably during exchanges I had two exchanges this week and they were both amazing. One of them was with an elder that actually went to school with elder nilson so we got to talk a lot and it was nice to learn and see how a new missionary works. That night we just played games together and had a blast what can I say more? Cry-- I dont think there was anything that made my cry this week that I can think of... Sorry! 

4- I think this weeks successes came in the little moments where we were just exactly obeident and we got a lot of work done despite the fact that we were so busy with a lot of administrative zone leader stuff. We have been doing lots and lots of planning for zone conference so things have been quite busy but we were able to find some new investigators this week and I was finally given the opportunity to go down town and work in the big city! That was really cool! It was cool talking to people on the bus and things like that. We found a lot of potentials and it was a really good day!

5- Favorite thing? well we got onto a bus and I went and sat down next to two women speaking creole and starting talking to them. I dont speak very much creole but it was enough to start a conversation then switch it over to french, but the cool thing was what was happening with Elder Dixon in the back ( we were on exchanges ) He started talking to this guy and he just seemed so Golden from the start. We got off at the same stop and we talked to him for almost have an hour on the street. We told him about the book of mormon and the restoration of the bible and basically taught the entire first lesson and he believed it all and loved it! I think my favorite part was when he talked about "Other sheep I have which are not of this fold" He said it just made sense and that he had always wondered about that. We answered questions to his soul and he accepted us and the book of mormon and it was just an amazing encounter! It was exactly how I would expect every single person to react if they heard the truthfulness of the gospel and it is what happened that day. It was an amazing thing to see.

6- hmm well I really feel like there wasnt too much that happened this week. like really this was a week of lots of driving and running around and planning things. the 2 most exciting things were probably exchanges which bore a lot of success in regards to finding people and teaching people! This week was a perfect example of just a by the book week. Nothing extraordinary just a lot of work that got done and feelins successful after getting through all of it.

I dont think I will need that hair gel I asked you for so dont worry about that. Other than that I may send a package home soon with some goodies and souvenirs in it. It will probably be a lot cheaper than the other 2 boxes I sent I found a way to send flat rate boxes through using a member so I will try and get that to you. Other than that life is just normal. Busy as ever well more busy that normal haha. So trying to just relax and stay frosty! I found the momon version of settlers of Catan which is called something like Zarahemla. So I am sure we will be playing that soon! I will tell you how it goes! Elder Chou and I are having a blast and I am still using a lot of french! Anyways love you so much have a great week!

-Elder Massé

August 2, 2016 - MLC, what I'm thankful for, Zone Leader, " I knew then and I know now even more that we will never be asked or given anything that we are not able to handle or endure and that has made everything in my mission all worth it and so much easier to bear."

Area: Ottawa Ontario Stake, Champlain Ward

Comp: Elder Chou (Texas)
Zone Leader

1- in litterally every way shape and form. It has demanded a lot of me physically, mentally, and a lot spiritually. I supposed doing 4 moves in a week, planning a zone conference, and being in a personal meeting with the president of a mission his councilors, the stake president and his councilors can change you in all those ways. Of course there is more I have done.. much more but those are just a couple of examples.! I dont even know what else to say. I have just gained so much perspective on the gospel and what it means to be a missionary as well as the fruits of working hard. It has been so much fun and I have changed who I am! 

2- I have a good perspective on what the future will be like. I have specific goals and things that I want to accomplish and knowing what is in it at the end of all this is what helps me to keep going. It inspires me and drives me to work hard and keep going despite any challenges that I might face. Knowing that it will always get better and knowing that I will be blessed for my obedience and diligence just makes it all worth it. You cannot forget the element of heart though. You can be obedient and diligent but not have any heart in what you are doing. You have to align heavenly Fathers will with your own and make the gospel part of who you are and what you do. You have to attach what you are and what you want to become with the desires of your heart and it makes it all worth it and infinitely easier to just keep going.

3- I love the emphasis on being not only a preach my gospel missionary but a handbook 2 ward council member. Our mission does put a lot of time and energy into the now and planting seeds, but really it makes leaders out of young men and women for the future. It gives and teaches us the proper fundamentals so that we aren't just missionaries for 2 years but for the rest of our lives. It has given me an image of who I want to be when I get home in order to help the work of salvation continue wherever I am. I have learned so many things but I think that is one of the biggest things that I love about our culture. As well as exact obedience and things like that but really how to apply everything that we learn for 2 years to the rest of our lives.

4- That is a hard question. I think I was asked a similar question when I had finally received the valedictorian award. I was asked what was the hardest part. I could name specific times in the time frame where it was extremely difficult, but when I look back it seems so minuscule. I knew then and I know now even more that we will never be asked or given anything that we are not able to handle or endure and that has made everything in my mission all worth it and so much easier to bear. I think if I could name a time though it would definitely be at the beginning of my mission where I did not fully comprehend that principle or fully understand my purpose or goals here. Since the day that I have discovered really why I am here and what heavenly father has asked me to do. It has been cloud 9. Everyday is just another adventure and miracle in the scheme of eternal progression and happiness.

5- Yeah that definitely made me smile! Well.. I got to see elder udave again which was absolutely amazing! That is always a treat. I think I really laughed and smiled the most though in the little moments with elder chou. He has an amazing sense of humor and we are always laughing. Litterally all the time we are just laughing and messing with eachother. I wish you could just tape our lives together. I am sure you could make millions off of making a movie out of it. Kinda like the Truman show. 

6- hmm. well my journal will be done at the 28th I think of this month so yeah if you could send me another journal. I was also wondering if you could send me my planner from laval I missed some days and I want to fill them in but I need my planner to remember what we did. It should say on the inside. I only have one planner and it has like red clouds I think on the outside or something. That would be super useful. Umm. Maybe one pair of slacks would be nice as well. are there any other colors besides gray and black? If not.. well it is fine send me the most sturdy pair. But just one. Other than that. If you know my hair gel you could send me a thing of that. That would be nice. Other than that I think I am golden on everything. I will try soon to send you home a mass thing of pictures on a USB I have made like 3 copies of my photos so I wouldnt lose them. You can then take the photos and send back the USB. I think that everything that I have brought though will make it to the rest of my mission. My shoes. shirts, etc. 

7- I am so grateful for the gospel, for Jesus Christ and all that he has done for me, for my family and friends, christlike attributes, rain, storms, snow, a bed to sleep in at night, my companion and the other 2 elder in my apartment, my homies all around the world, so many things. My mission has given me gratitude in all aspects of like, but it has made me appreciate that much more a gospel centered family and true friends. Those 2 things mean more to me than almost anything in the world.

8- Hm.. this week went by really fast but also really slow I cant even believe it all happened it was nuts! We had MLC which was fun and then exchanges with the assistants. We drove 3100 klicks this month that is 100 a day.. so much driving! Ah but it was good! I love being with elder chou it has been so much fun  I can be myself when I am around him and I really appreciate that. Other than that Devon got her baptismal interview I walked around with cigarettes for like 3 hours because I took them ( well he gave them to me cause I invited him to get rid of them ) from him. Other than that.. I dont even know what else. Just crazy zone leader stuff. We have a zone conference coming up and this is a 5 week transfer so things are pretty crazy! But all is well and I am happy! 

Love you have a great week!

-Elder Massé

1. How do you think your calling as ZL has strengthened you?

2. What is something you do to help you keep optimistic?

3. What's something you love about the culture of your mission?

4. What has been the hardest thing about your mission so far?

5. What made you laugh/smile?  ( I sure loved the picture with the primary children!)

6. Do you need me to send you any clothes? pants, shoes ect?  journals?

7. What's something you're grateful for/

8. Tell me anything! 

July 25, 2016 - New Comp! Elder Chou! Transfers! Pics!

So the first one is with the primary! We got to teach in their and they loved us! Of course we love them too! 

Last trip to Montreal on the bus! 

This is the squad or.. Exchanges with the assistants haha. 

This is on Mount Royal in Montreal super beautiful sight! 

This is.. Just something cool in montreal I forgot the name.. 

Some of my favorite Elders! 

Anyways i think that is good for this week love you! 

Area: Ottawa Ontario Stake, Champlain Ward

Comp: Elder Chou (Texas)
Zone Leader

1- hmm. Well I have a new companion.. There is a new elder in our apartment and well life is as good as ever I dont know if there is too much else new to report on! Things are as good as ever just really busy all the time like usual! We will be driving to Montreal again tomorrow we will have driven like 4000 klicks by the time this month is over haha. Lots of practice!

2- So his name is elder Chou he is from texas and he is a total boss! his mom is from Taiwan and his dad from china and he speaks Mandarin. He is a super good cook and an extremely hard worker! He is just the best to be around we really compliment each other and we have just been working so hard these last couple days it has been awesome! He is about my height, really good sense of humor! Has an extremely strong testimony of the gospel and we just have loads of fun together! What can I say more? :D 

3- haha I dont even know it is all just super vague at this point. Transfers were really crazy because we had like 14 missionaries leaving and 12 coming in and I had to help coordinate and drive and make sure that everyone got home safe and a lot of it was by myself haha. So that was pretty crazy I was pretty tired after that day we were so busy that we had to cancel our dinner appointment because we didnt have time to go eat with them. Sorry this week wasnt too exciting just lots of packing and recieving new missionaries and cleaning. Very very busy.

4- laugh - having 2 new missionaries in our apartment makes for quite the adventures we have been able to grow and learn together these past couple days and it has been a blast so we have obvious ly passing the time joyously dont know if I could pinpoint a single instance where I laughed though haha. Cried? Seeing elder nilson leave was pretty sad. I didnt quite cry but if we would have had more time to say goodbye I might have. we got up at 4:30 that morning so my eyes were kind of tired as well.

5- haha. Well do you want french or quebecois? lol non c'est bien.. alors je t'aime beacoup ma mere tu es le meilleur et j'esperes que vous avez passé une tres belle semaine! apart de ca.. je ne sais pas. c'est bien plus facile a parler quand il y a quelque chose que je peux dire en reponse. tu peux fair quelque chose avec Google translate et je peux repondre mais c'est a toi a decider haha. 

6- Well Brian is back on date and Devon is going to get her interview this week so those are two things that are super amazing! We should have 2 baptisms coming up and so I am really excited for that we have been working really hard with them so I am excited to see what will happen when they are baptized and how they will further change! 

7- Well almost everyday we sing in french.. I sang in church with a couple missionaries like 3 weeks ago but other than that just little things here and there in the apartment. Well I mean 179 in the french hymn book is always a classic cant go wrong with that one but I think I just like singing the hymns more in french now haha. So basically all my favorite hymns in english are now my favorite in french! 

8- Life is good It has just been really hot so I am sweating constantly but all is well! Had a crazy busy week with elder nilson leaving and elder chou coming in there is no senior companion with zone leaders but when a new missionary comes in you do have to lead the area for a while because the other missionary doesnt know what is going on so I have been very busy with that setting up lessons etc. Just the usual stuff. This week was really just a by the book week. Everything went very smoothly all the fundamentals were performed but it definitely wasnt too exciting sadly. Sorry! 

I think that is it for this week! 

Love, 

Elder Masse

1. What's new?!?!?  How are things?

2. Tell me all about your new comp AND HIS NAME!  LOL  Where's he from?  What's great about him?  

3. What was the craziest, unusual or outrageous happening this week?

4. What made you laugh and cry?

5. Tell me something in French! 

6. What are your successes as of late?

7. Have you sang lately?  I really miss hearing your beautiful voice!  What's your favorite?

8. Tell me anything! 

July 18, 2016 - Transfers! Area: Ottawa Ontario Stake, Champlain Ward Comp: Elder Jared Nilson (Kaysville, UT) Zone Leader

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

Zone Leader

1. What do you do for the first hour you wake up?

2. Do you generally come home for lunch or ??

3. How many miles do you get a month as a ZL? 

4. What happened this week that you don't want to forget!!!

5. What are you looking forward to?

6. What have you been thinking about lately?

7. Spiritual experience, fav quote?

8. What made you laugh and cry?

1- Well I get up and pray and depending on the day for that first hour we will be playing tennis if we wake up at 6. Or if we wake up at 6:29 we get up and I walk into the other room and just lift weights and try to lose some of the fat that I have gained from eating poutine haha. Not too much variety. Other than that because we live in a 4 man we take 15 minute showers. Well more like 8 minute showers but a total of 15 minutes in the bathroom in the morning. Eat oatmeal with peanut butter organize, get dressed and prepare for the day! 

2- Yeah usually we are already home. Because we have 3 hours of study we end our studies at 11 and then just eat lunch from 11-12 or sometimes members invite us over for lunch. 

3- haha. Well we have 2500 klicks which is obviously measured in kilometers but as zone leaders we decide who gets how many klick so we could change it but, 2500 is plenty. We make a drive to montreal every month which takes between 500-600 klicks. We use about 100 klicks a day roughly. So I have definitely become a better driver. We are also driving a truck so I have adjusted to that at first it was weird. 

4- hmm.. That is a great question haha. Too many thing. I think one thing that was really cool was our exchange with the assistants in Montreal and just the sites that we got to see while we were proselyting and just an awesome exchange with one of my favorite missionaries! I got to see Elder udave again and everything was just perfect I will try and get you some of the pictures that we took! 

5- Anything really! We just got tranfer calls. Well I made them haha. So I am excited for this upcoming transfer! I am still a zone leader and I will be getting a new companion! He was recently a district leader so I know him pretty well and I am excited to work with him! It is funny because he is a mandarin-french missionary and I am a spanish-french missionary and we are serving in an english area.. what is that haha! He is from the US from texas but yeah he speaks mandarin this is also his last tranfer in the field so I will be killing him! Which is kinda crazy because well.. Second missionary in a row I am killing! Trying not to be trunky is a struggle haha. not really but if i didnt have so much self-motivation etc. I am sure that I would be trunky. But also Elder Buck! Another one of my favorite missionaries who lives in our apartment is training and so I am so excited for that as well! It is going to be super fun to be partially training haha.

6- mmm Not much honestly just excited for the future and what is to come. I think something in particular is the fact the we are sent here to succeed. Heavenly Father loves us and he has called us because we are qualified for this work. He needs our talents and abilities and all that we got to bring salvation to his children. But the one thing in particular about all this is that he has sent us to succeed, but we will only succeed if we follow his will. He has sent us here to find and to baptize and to plant seeds and this is all possible if we just align our will with his.

7- mm. Spiritual experiences this week.. What didnt happen haha? I dont even know this week was really long but really short at the same time haha. Super hard to explain! things that happened.. just everyday has been jam packed with things this entire week was completely planned before we even started it! I think something really cool was that I was sharing a spiritual message and at the end I testified etc. and at the end the member just looked me in the Eyes and thanked me. A true thank you and he said that I reminded him of his son and that I had a talent to share stories and just talk etc. It was a really cool experience! Journal worthy! 

8- Laugh.. Probably my awesome exchange with Elder Critchlow! It was a blast and we got to jsut run around in montreal and have a blast! What more could I ask for? 

Cry.. Well Helping elder Nilson pack is pretty sad.. I havent cried but I may when he leaves I will have to tell you how it goes next week! 

anyways I think that is all for this week love you! 

-Elder Massé

July 11, 2016- MLC - Baptism of David, New Mission President,

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

Questions!!
1. How has your health been?  Your knees?  Your shoulders?  How much do you weigh? What have you been eating?
2. Who are you teaching?
3. What do you love about your new mission president?
4. Tell me 3 things about your apartment and where it is in the city
5. Spiritual experiences or highlights?
6. What made you smile/laugh/cry?
7. Tell me anything!!


It was a super good week! I got a lot done! We got a new mission president, We had MLC ( so I went to montreal ) we had zone training, a baptism in the other ward. It was a super busy week!

I will try! There are some in the mail.. Hopefully you have gotten them by now. I will try and send you some. That is seriously the highlight of this week cant even express in words how cool that is!

1- My health is doing extremely well I eat well, Work out a lot and am strong and healthy. I weigh 165 prefect weight! And all my joints are perfect I haven't had any problems. Well we eat a lot with members so that one is a little difficult to answer but we eat a lot of pasta, a lot of wraps, I have gotten pretty good at little meals. So lots of fruits and vegetable. Grains. The works haha. I dont eat like any candy really or really sweets for that matter. We eat pretty healthy. Dont eat out too much either but when we do we get Shawarma haha. The best thing ever! Lebanese food for days!

2- We are teaching consistantly really 3 people two of which are francophone but speak English fluently. The other person we are teaching is from the Dominican Republic and she is awesome too! All 3 of them are awesome I love them all. first one is Brian and he is 72 he is the one that called us about being baptized he has a baptismal date for this week but it may be moved. He is a boss and he loves the Gospel and will totally be baptized! The 2nd is Dominique she is a  younger mother of 2 children and she is also doing pretty well! We just helped her move and she is in love with us! She loves our church and the missionaries so she is very fun to teach and be with. the 3rd is Devon from Dominican Republic. She has been taught for a little while now but I feel that she will be baptized soon she is doing very well and is super easy to love! All of them are awesome!

3- Oh my gosh he is seriously the best! I cant even describe how much I love him already even from the 1st interview I could tell that I was going to love President Phillips. He reminds me of Dad in a lot of ways, but straight from the start he just felt like someone I could trust and love, and he is! He is already a father figure! I am excited for what is to come with him. I got to talk to him quite a bit last week due to zone training and I know that he is called of God and that he is meant to be here. I love how funny he is but also serious and spiritual he is when he needs to be. He also has so much love I cant even tell you. He just emanates is and it makes you want to be around him! He is the best!

4- Well it is in Gatineau Gatineau so still in quebec. As far as direction go it would be north of the city of Ottawa if I am not mistaken. It is a 4 and a half I think very nice for 4 missionaries. We just reorganized the whole apartment! There is a couch and a nice table. The bathroom and the kitchen are rather small but it is plenty for what we need and use it for.. Umm.. Other than that. I dont know. We have 2 extra small mattresses so when we do exchanges with the other elder we get them and all sleep in the same room it is fun haha. We put 2 fans in the window and just freeze it out like back home. Old habits die hard.. we have a bunk bed and our study desks are in the same room as our bedroom because besides proselyting all day all we do is study and sleep! That is pretty much it..

5- I think something really cool was the Baptism of david this week. his conversion story is really cool! We were on exchanges and It was elder Nilson and Elder Gentillon. It was there birthday and they decided to just go to this one restaurant for no reason and they saw this man sitting in a wheel chair and he was eating and elder Nilson felt prompted to talk to him.. Well normally we dont do that because well they are eating and it is not the best thing to do. interrupt someone well they are eating etc. Just not the place. But he got the spiritual impression so he went for it! And well the rest is history we all got to help teach him and he was just the man! I am so proud He bore his testimony at the end and I almost cried!

6- Smile - I GOT TO SEE ELDER UDAVE again! That was super cool as well as ELDER SMITH!!! They are both currently serving as zone leaders so when I went to MLC I got to see them both and it was basically the best day of my life because they are super far away and Elder Smith is leaving this next week so that will be the last time I see him for a while. I thought I wasnt going to be able to see him again.

Laugh - Definitely the first time I saw Elder Udave again. We just instantly starting messing with eachother and having fun and it was nice to see him again! what else.. I have no Idea. I am smiling all the time haha. The first time I saw president Phillips? He gave me a huge hug and AH! It was the best!

Cry- When I said goodbye to elder smith that was pretty sad.. ! I knew that it would be alright though I thing the coolest thing though is what he had left me. There is this super cool electronic french dictionary that has been in the mission for like 10 years that has been passed down from Elder to Elder and what did Elder Smith give me before he left.. he gave it to me. I couldnt believe it. It was seriously so cool and it is such an useful tool for learning french! That was really cool!


7- Life is good I am happy and healthy and Elder nilson is dieing soon.. Pretty sad. So I know for sure that I will get a new companion next week so I will tell you all about it!

Love you have a great week!

-Elder Massé

July 4, 2016 - "MY WEEK WAS AWESOME!" Happy Birthday Camdeyn!, Helping other move!, A cool miracle, " God doesn't give us what we cant handle, God helps us handle what we are given."

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

1- MY WEEK WAS AWESOME! well crazy awesome haha! I cant even describe how like long this week felt but not because it was bad or anything it was just so busy that I was just in a daze the whole week! I moved 4 people this week four days in a row. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday... Crazy right? They were all big moves to so you can guess by the 4th day I was getting pretty sore. I moved like 4 washed 4 dryers. 2 Fridges. 3 Ovens and like me. Haha because there wasnt always a lot of people there so I ended up doing most of the heavy lifting I carried a washer up the 2 flights of stairs on a dolly basically by myself haha. It was super fun though it was nice to work out and to help people! :D Other than that... WE GOT A NEW MISSION PRESIDENT! We have interviews with him today so that should be awesome! I will tell you how that went next week then we have zone training tomorrow which I will be conducting and giving a training so that should be fun as well! Other than that I think A highlight of the week was we helped a man move 16 tons of gravel a couple weeks ago and he invited us to come to his lodge in a couple weeks to have dinner because of all that we had done to help soooo! We did that this week and it was awesome! He was right on a private lake and everything, boats, dock the works. So while he cooked the steaks.. yes super nice meal! We fished off the dock haha. He said we could take the boat out but... obviously we couldn't honestly one of the best memories of my mission right there it was so cool! Then while we were eating dinner there was a giant thunderstorm so we were stranded there for a little while so we just talked about the gospel and played a game haha.! I think that was most of the highlights for this week!

2- Why am I not thankful! I hope that my little man knows that I love him to the moon and back! On this special day my thoughts are turned towards him. It is interesting as you get older. You just get perspective you mature and you look back at your life and you see where you could have done better where you could have improved or worked harder. Then when this happens you see people that are younger than you and you see their potential you see where they can exceed where you may have lacked. Camdeyn right not has that potential. He can be the greatest of us all. He has all the opportunity in the world to be the best at whatever he wants. I love how talented he is and how kind he is and his love and devotion in all the things that he does. I love his charm and hit whit and how smart he is. It is crazy to watch him grow up so fast and I hope he doesnt get too old while I am gone. I am grateful for the past that I have had with him and excited for the future that I get with him. I love you bro. I couldnt ask for a better brother;) Happy Birthday <3 

3- Smile - I think one of my favorite things was moving someone for like 4 or 5 hours out 1 house and into another and at the end of it all she just looked around and couldn't believe that it had all gotten especially in such a short amount of time she was extremely grateful and happy for the help that she had received. 

Laugh - When Elder nilson was fishing probably. He was fishing and he finally got a caught! Super excited and enthusiastically he pulls in really fast and is just ecstatic, and then he pulled out of the water a like 4 inch fish haha..

cry - Probably lifting up a plastic bag on a table and then seeing hundreds of cockroaches scatter all around me. It didnt make me cry, but it was pretty nasty haha.. 

4- I think a very cool success was a miracle that happened this last week. A lot of our investigators have not been progressing as well as we would want them to except for 1. Well the past 2 weeks he fell off the face of the earth and we couldnt find him. He is also living in a temporary residence so they cannot legally tell us if he is there or not anymore so it made things quite complicated.. Well We hadnt seen him in like a week and a half and we were doing weekly planning and we were just praying that we could find him and then set goals as if he would be a part of the week etc. Well we finished up planning that we would get a hold of him then decided to go and do some pass bys because we had some extra time well on our way to the first pass by a block away we found him!!!! He had relapsed which was a little sad, but because of this he just felt ashamed to meet with us. In all of this though we set up another appointment planned to get him to church and just bore our testimonies to him and said that we loved him no matter what and we want to help him. It went really well and he is back on track. That was the miracle of the week probably! 

5- Not too much honestly. I mean elder nilson will be going home soon and I will have to take over the area so I have been thinking about that a little and just preparing as well as the arrival of president phillips I am uper excited for that! well he is here.. but like yeah I am excited to meet him!.. Umm yeah.. Other than that..  I will probably stop there sorry haha.

6- We have been teaching someone from the Dominican which is super cool! A francophone who speaks english, a man from England, a man from scotland. That is basically it haha. I am sure there are more like all the people from Africa but it is so diverse here. Basically if they are not white they come from a different country and half the time they are white they still come from a different country haha. Not to be racist but to be real.. 

7- I have so many quotes it is crazy..  I dont know if I can just pick one though! I will send you the best of this week though it says. " God doesn't give us what we cant handle, God helps us handle what we are given."  I have no idea who said it but they are awesome! 

Anyways well that is about it.. Do you have any other questions for me? I got the hard drive so all is well. Also how much money is on my card? I think I have like 150? Unless I am wrong.. could you check? Also what is the exchange rate right now? Would it be a good time to exchange money? I took some money out when it was like 1.3 which was good if it is still high maybe I will do it again. Anyways love you have a great week! 

-Elder Massé

1.       How was your week?!?!
2.       Why are you thankful Camdeyn is your brother?
3.       What made you smile/laugh/cry?
4.       What were your successes this week?
5.       What have you been thinking about lately?
6.       Who have you been teaching?
7.       Do you have a favorite quote?  Favorite thought?

June 27, 2016- Busy! President Patrick is leaving, We play Tennis or live weights, Saw a bunch of wild animals!

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

1. What did you do this week??  

2. What made you laugh/cry?

3. How is your health?  What do you do to exercise?

4. What do your district meeting look like?  How about P-Days?  Do you end up wearing your suit all day, or p-day clothes?

5. Stand out spiritual experiences or tender mercies?

6. Anything you need?  (I have some extra pants for you if you want me to send them)

7. What happened this week you don't want to forget! 

8. Questions for me?  Are you going to send me a pic or two?

It seems like I have run out of time and I feel bad that I wasn't able to email.. I know I said I would but then I got caught up in Presidents final email and talking to devin so i will respond as much as I can now then I will write you a letter with all the responses and some pictures in it! Hope that that will suffice! 

1- Great week really busy everyone is moving so things have been super crazy! Glad that I am not supoer scrawny though I am able to help a lot! 

2- cry? Well president patrick is leaving this week so that is pretty sad but I will have a new mission president so that is exciting! 

3- I am 100%, sometimes we play tennis and other times we lift weights and just work out in the apartment. I usually always get a good work out in. 

4- I only wear my suit to district meeting and zone meeting really. As well as chuch. P-day clothes rarely because we are almost always out doing somethings. District meeting usually have a training, or 2. white handbook moment, trumpet moment, miracle moment, etc. I can explain that one more later.

5- Just being here! mm.. I think something cool was during the week a man just randomly called us that we didnt know and asked us to come teach him! That was way cool as well! 

6- mm.. not quite yet. I dont think I need anything.. I will be ready to ask for them though soon probably when I go into my next area. but not quite yet. as well as the hard drive would be nice but I could get that today. 

7- mm we drove an hour and half north with our bishop and worked on this international school for the entire day it was so cool! They had all these wild animals. 12 birds of prey including a bald eagle. Horses, I saw 20 mushing dogs full grown super strong and very obedient I got to play with them etc. It was way cool! as well as gosling etc. It is a less active man but he lets us come up and do service everyone once in a while it was sooo cool! 

8- I will in the letter.. sorry! 

Sorry that that is all for this week but know that I love you! and I hiope you have a great week 

-Elder Massé

President Patricks Farewell!

Elder Masse is in the back, just to the left of Sister Patrick!

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

------------------------

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