Cannon, Sydney

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!  (Prepare yourselves, this ones kinda long, lol)  ☆☆ And the angel said unto them, FEAR NOT: for, behold, I bring you GOOD tidings of GREAT JOY!! which shall be to ALL people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a SAVIOUR which is Christ the Lord ☆☆ (Luke 2:10-11, emphasis added)  Oh my goodness golly gee, what a time to be alive! Christmas as a missionary is the BEST! But also really hard too. That's a given. But people are so kind to us. It's been a busy week and a half. We had zone conference which was AMAZING. It was like a spiritual talent show (which sounds kinda lame, lol) but it was actually so so good. By far my favorite zone conference. There were lots of really good musical numbers, my zone is super talented ❤ I did a painting of the stars/christmas star, cuz I pretty much got my testimony from the stars. How could there NOT be a God when there are things so beautiful and breathtaking like the stars. And how could He NOT l...

Hey all!!  Not much this week again, lol. We're trying to jumpstart the area. We set a goal to knock on every door in Brownsville. it's not that huge of a task, cuz B-ville is TINY. But yay so we did a lot of that this week and we actually got a lot of return appointments!! So nothing major, but still kind of a miracle. We also had a lesson with R and it went so well!!!!! He is so in tune with the spirit and has so much faith. So, lots of good things!!  Also we have zone conference coming up this week, and I'm singing in it again???? (I sung at the last one, too.) And like ya, my voice isn't horrible, but it sure as heck isn't good enough for a musical number!! why does this happen to me?????? Anyway, here are pics!! Lots of cats this week, lol.

Not much this week, lol I still have a crush on Oregon, LOVING the small town vibes, very very foggy. The work is kinda slow right now. We did have sort of exchanges on Saturday tho!! We did what is called a Blitz (?) Which is where both the STLs came to Brownsville and we spent all day with them. It was awesome but ya it was only like 12 hours instead of a full 24. And we spent like 6 hours outside proselyting  We also were about to drop R cuz on Tuesday he literally said he doesn't want the lessons. BUT THEN on Wednesday we ran into R again and it was like the spirit punched me in the face and said "dont you dare drop him". So yeah... we're not dropping him Also I have never felt the power of the Atonement so strong in my life. My family is going through something kind of traumatic right now, and I'm not a calm person, like at all. Y'all know me, I'm a spaz. But I'm just overwhelmed with grace and I am so at peace with everything and I know Heavenly ...

New Address-    PO Box 241 Brownsville, OR  97327 Soooooooo not much has happened since my last email lol.  But we did have a zone service activity on Saturday!!!! And it was SOOOOOO fun!!!! We went and set up this storybook christmas thing in Lebanon, and its basically just a bunch of stories and fairy tale sets in christmas format. Idk how to explain just check out the pics, all you need to know is it was awesome. And it took like 7 hours. we spent like 3 hours unloading a bunch of semi trucks, then spent the rest of the time setting it all up. And it was soooooooo cooooooolllllllddddddd but we got hot chocolate so I guess it's okay, lol. But my zone is the best I love them. It was just so fun spending all day with other missionaries just messing around and having fun. Anyway, that's it for this week I think. Love y'all!!!!!  Syd

Soooooooo my work in Willamina is done, for now at least. I was very sad to leave, there was wailing and gnashing of teeth. Not really, but there were a whole lot of tears. I kinda knew I was getting transferred. It was really hard to leave all the people I had come to love with my whole heart. It was like saying goodbye to my family again! And I'll miss Sharon's baptism, but that's okay because I know Brownsville, my new area, is where the Lord needs me right now.  But yoooo, Brownsville is straight out of a hallmark movie!! it's kinda the cutest in the whole world and the people here love the missionaries!! They're not interested in the gospel, but they love us. So my last week in Willamina, lol I don't even remember what happened except for one thing: Sharon went to a bible class where a preacher had been bashing her and giving her crap for reading the Book of Mormon for a long time. And she walked right in there, announced her baptism, then invited them all ...

Hi mom!!! Can you forward this to Julie?? I dont think I have her email.  Hi Aunt Julie!!!! How are you doing? I absolutely LOVE your letters. I love how you did missionary work by talking about brewing beer! I think it counts though.  that's really cool about George, he sounds like a really cool man. I also love hearing Africans talk!! I love accents. Also, I forgot that uncle Ben served in Japan!!! That's so cool!! Have you been? I love Japanese culture, it's on my bucket list to visit Japan one day. I want to save up money after my mission and maybe take Summer there for her senior trip. She also really loves the culture there. Gosh I just love Summer. Do you remember when we were still just kids? Feels like so long ago. Anyway, I almost didn't go on my mission because of her (not in a bad way). I was not very kind to her growing up. Not at all. So naturally she used to be pretty defensive and standoffish towards me. But this whole past year before my mission, her an...

Okay, guys, Oregon in the fog is literally the game Slenderman.... so spooky!!!!! But also kinda cool.  Anyway, we put Sharon on date!!!!!!!!!!!!! We took her to a baptism Saturday morning and she LOVED it!!! After the baptism, sharon told us she hoped the gal being baptized felt the spirit as strongly as she did. She started tearing up and telling us she needed to get baptized. It was so cool, she is so prepared. Her baptism is December 14th, if everything goes well. Gosh she is so cool.  We also started teaching a new person!!! Her name is Shandy so now all the people we are teaching have 'S' names, lol.  We also had Zone conference AND the new missionary hand book is out!!!!!!!!!! Its been an exciting week.  Also here's a quote from Pres Monson that kinda slapped me upside the head: “The greatest decision I ever made in my life was to give up something I dearly loved to the God I loved even more. He has never forgotten me for it.” I just LOVE that. Cuz you best be...