First Mission Pictures

From April's Mission President

BRENT L. SCOTT, President

CANADA TORONTO MISSION

197 County Court Blvd Ste #203

Brampton, ON   L6W 4P6

Phone: 905-452-7484

 

24 September 2013

 

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hadley

1079 W 1000 S

Springville, UT 84663

 

Dear Brother and Sister Hadley,

 

We are grateful to receive your daughter, Sister April Hadley as a new missionary in the Canada Toronto Mission.  We are including a picture that we took with her at the mission home when she arrived.  Her testimony and enthusiasm for the work are evident.  As her mission president and wife, we thank you for the sacrifice that was made to prepare her to serve as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  As parents who have sent children on missions, we recognize the feelings involved in sending a son or daughter on a full-time mission for the Lord.

 

A dedicated service to the Lord brings many blessings to many people.  As a full-time servant of the Lord, Sister Hadley will be blessed with a greater knowledge of the gospel, as well as a stronger testimony.  She will touch the hearts of many people, and those whom she will teach will be able to change their lives as they receive the peace and knowledge that comes through the gift and power of the Holy Ghost.  King Mosiah related the comforting message from the Lord that he received when he inquired about sending his sons into the service of the Lord: “Let them go up, for many shall believe on their words, and they shall have eternal life.” (Mosiah 28:7).  The Lord relates in Doctrine and Covenants 84:80-85 that His Elders and Sisters will be taken care of well.  It requires a lot of faith, but we know that the Lord is watching over us all.

 

After prayerful consideration, Sister Crystal Tebbs, one of the outstanding missionaries in the mission has been called to be your daughter’s first companion and trainer.  Sister Hadley’s current address is:

 

1423 Mississauga Valley Boulevard #412

Mississauga, ON

L5A 4A5

Canada

 

We are sure that Sister Hadley will love her mission as she stays dedicated and focused on the Lord’s work.  We promise to love and care for her.  We testify of the truthfulness of this marvellous work of bringing souls to a knowledge of the Savior.

 

Serving a full time mission can be the most significant and rewarding experience in a young person’s life.  It is rigorous and challenging and requires great spiritual focus.  Successful and happy missionaries abide by a strict code of conduct and obedience.  Thank you for supporting and sustaining your missionary in this great work.

 

Once again, we thank you for the faith you have shown to the Lord and the sacrifices that you are making.  We feel it a great privilege and responsibility to care for your missionary while she serves the Lord and pray daily for her happiness, well being, and success.

 

 

With love and gratitude,

Brent L. Scott

President

Sept 30th, 2013

Family!

Canada is amazing! its a lot different than home, too many buildings not enough farmland. hardly anyone lives in a house or at least i havent been in many homes just apartments. my companion is truly amazing, shes not mean and she does a very good job on pushing me to talk to people and because of that we had two investigators the second day i was here! and now we have four and three potential investigators. so one of the most amazing experiences i have had was when we stopped this young girl only a year older than i. we shared a basic principal with her and you could see how strong she was in her baptist faith but also i could tell how much she hungered to know of what we were testifying of, by the time we were about to say good bye she asked if she could pray with us, right there on the sidewalk! ha it was amazing!! we went back to teach her this week but it didn't go so well, we will see how it goes next time. There is another investigator named brendan and we ran into him because one of the less active members we went to visit weren't home, and you could tell the lord had prepared him for us, he wanted to know the purpose of life and he knew that there was some kind of god or something watching over us. we made a return appointment and met with him. it went well he shared the Restoration lesson and he took it well asked lots of questions and we left him a book of mormon to read so we well see how he feels this Wednesday when we go see him. i am so excited for him i cant explain it. then we went to meet with this guy named jamaal we had never met him before so we got to know him and taught him the restoration as well, he has been baptized twice before so that might be a concern, but he seemed very interested and when we bore our testimonies you could see him paying very close attention we asked him to read the intro page and a verse we left with him and then as we were about to say a prayer and leave i felt impressed to ask him to church so i did and he came! when i saw him there i cant explain the happiness i felt! The lords work is so amazing, its hard and i have needed so much help from the scriptures but the lord does help and that's the beauty of it. i love reading my scriptures every time i learn something new! i have started reading again but this time while i read i will focus on the Restoration and so far i have learned so much from the 8-15th chapter in nephi ion the Restoration of the gospel. i've read i t before but its never stood out to me like it has now. I'm hoping to do this with more than one topic. to re read the Book of Mormon multiple times but each time with a different topic in mind. i Love all of you and am so grateful for all of your support, each time i go to my desk i see our family picture and think of everyone of you and how grateful i am to be a part of each of your lives for forever.

Sister Hadley

Sept 20th, 2013

Dear Mom,

This week was harder i have had some rough patches with my comp but i have talked to her about and she seemed to take it fine, it was that she cuts me off when im talking and her stinky feet! but i love her and i learn so much from her, we do so well together when we teach. when i get angry i say a prayer, when i get down i remind my self of how long ive actually been here, and when i feel inadequate i turn to the scriptures. i love how much i have already come to know the scriptures, i dont notice it until my companion points it out but she tells me that if she needs to know where a scripture is i am able to tell her right off the spot, which is amazing to me because i have never been able to do that but i know that things are definitely being brought to my remembrance,  i have started color coordinating my scriptures, such as section for repentance baptism faith plan of salvation with tabs and my scripture markers, our teacher showed us how to do it and i absolutely love it. i did get a flu shot and i did go to the temple, today actually. it was amazing to go with my district. i love it here this work is so amazing. its hard at times thats for sure but i cant wait until monday when i realize how hard it really is and how much more the lord will help me. we were told in a devo talk by elder bednar, it was on video its called  character of Christ, anyways we were told its not about us, forget yourself and by the end of the mission you'll actually be the missionary that you wanted to be, so im trying. I love you all. Thank you for being such an amazing mother and example to me, you and dad have showed me how to work and be studious, if i didnt have that i can honestly say that i dont if i could handle all of this, i love you.

Sister Hadley

MTC Sept 13th, 2013

Thank You!! i absolutely love it here!! my companion is amazing and the work is easier when we both work simutaneously! i sent as letter to mom telling her that i dont have her email address and explaining the first day! if you could pass that along to her it would be great. i love you all very much! the gospel is true that i know!

Sister Hadley