Hey Y'all!
This was a great
week, full of blessings in disguise. Ha..hah..ahaha....
I felt a strange
desire to tract one certain street a while back. We tracked one side of it
during the snow storm, and decided to tract the rest of it this week. We came
across some wonderful people, and of course, opposition. One older gentleman
kept telling us that we were trying to give him something called
"Awakenings". He said it has the Book of Mormon all over it, so we
figured it was some Anti-Mormon stuff.
Down the same
street, we told him, "were missionaries for our church, and were talking
to people about Jesus Christ." He stopped us after that and said, "I
know all about Him, thanks though." So we wished him well and left. The
thing is, if you know all about such a magnificent being, why WOULDN'T you want
to talk about Him? He has done so many great things for us, and you can't take
one second to talk about the Wonders He did? I had to bite my tongue a little bit.
We had a good visit
with our friend Farrell, who used to be a member of the FLDS church. He
absolutely loves missionaries though. We were able to talk about the power of
prayer, and the issues with the world. When I started getting squirmy because
my back was hurting, he asked about it and asked if he could pray for me. So we
said sure. He asked Heavenly Father to heal my back because he knows He could
do it. As we walked home, my back felt perfect. No pain. It was great! I think
he was praying to the right Father!
Later that day, we
went back to the street we had been tracting. I knew there was a reason we
needed to be there. So we finally came across a lady named Lenny. She is a dyed
in the wool Roman Catholic, but she was very open to talking about religion. So
we talked about the church and the greatness of Heavenly Father and Jesus for
like 45 minutes on her doorstep. I felt the spirit like crazy as we testified
of Christ. I kept bringing the conversation back to the gospel with every
chance I got, and Elder Leigh told me he was proud of me for that.
#PointsToTheNewb
We were able to have
a lesson with a less active member named Art. I felt the need to share Elder M.
Russell Ballards talk from Conference, titled "To Whom Shall We Go?"
It talks about how some of Jesus' disciples started leaving Him, so He turns to
Peter and asks "Will ye also go away?" Peters answer echoes the way
members feel about Christ's church. He said, "Lord, to whom shall we
go?" Basically saying if we're not following Christ, we're lost. Art
really liked the talk, because he wasn't able to watch Conference when it
happened.
Saturday we had
our district meeting in Cold Lake. We had lunch at a fancy seafood restaurant
and I got to try crab for the first time! It was super duper good. We took a
bunch of pictures by the lake. It was super pretty but super cold.. hence the
name!
Sunday night we
got to go to the Ukrainian church for dinner with Peggy and her family. We
finally met her son, Darcy, who is actually very easy to talk to, and a very
nice guy. The Ukrainian food was absolutely spectacular. We had what they call
kubasa, which is sausage with onions in it, and perogies, which are just mashed
potatoes and cheese dumplings. They're so delicious.
Last night was
Halloween, and we were prepared to give kids some of the candy that the lady at
the old folks home gave us, but we only had a few kids at 5, but we weren't
ready.
Tonight we have a
dinner lesson with Peggy at a members home. We are planning on talking to her
about putting the Lords will first, letting Him have the reigns, and submitting
to what He wants for us. She is progressing slowly towards baptism, so we are
excited to ask her to pray for an answer to when she ought to be
baptized.
That's about it for
this week, keep doing good things, and know Heavenly Father loves you!
Love y'all!
-Elder Wells
"Come what may and
love it." -L. Tom Perry
Pictures:
1. Two of the best
looking lunch ladies you'll ever see (volunteering at the elementary school)
2. Stopped for a
herd of cows on our way to Cold Lake (Looks like home!)
3. District selfie,
including the Rhotons
4. District from
Left to Right:
Elder Idaho, Sister
Romney, Sister Lee, Sister Smith, Sister St. Onge, Elder Leigh
5. A picture I took
and edited of Cold Lake (hymn number 335)
6. When you
know your companion is getting trunky
7. Those little
black dots are geese... there were thousands. #Goosen
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