Week 14
Hello lovely
humans who I love! The title of this email is from a country song, in honour of
all the houses we've tracted this transfer, in which the lights were on, and
nobody answered the door.
The Vermilion
area is doing mucho Bueno. I think. They haven't kicked me out yet, so that's
at least a good sign. A lot of the locals are starting to recognize us, even if
they don't want to hear our message.
We had another
lesson with Brandon This week, it went really well. Even though we were
teaching the Restoration, somehow his questions came back to eternal families
and the Plan of salvation. He is starting to grasp it real well, and we're
hoping it becomes a priority for him. After the lesson, we were joking about
how much we walk (we use the car more now because it's so dang cold) and he
offered us a Fitbit to track the steps we take. So that's been kinda
funny.
We heard part
of a less active lady's story last week, and this is how it goes. Sister Austin
was doing dishes or something when her daughter ran and answered the door. She
ran up to her mom and said, "mom there's someone at the door."
"What are
they selling?"
She ran back
down the stairs and asked that question.
"They said
it's a Book."
"How much
does it cost?" Runs back down and asks them.
"They said
it's free, mom."
So the
missionaries gave the little girl a Book of Mormon. Sister Austin read the Book
of Mormon and the rest is history.
WELL, we had
almost the exact same situation happen, just the day or so after Sister Austin
told us the story. We handed the girl a Book of Mormon and hope it has the same
effect on that family as it did on the Austins.
Thursday was my
favourite holiday down in the states, and I was worried we wouldn't get any
turkey. We ended up having a thanksgiving meal at a members house that night.
It was delicious, and I was able to try rutabaga for the first time.
Weird.
We did teach
Ray, but there was a strange combination of heated topics and spiritual
moments, and she ended up dropping us. But that's ok, we didn't offend her or
anything she just didn't want to continue with the lessons.
Another Funny
story We had a dinner with the Branch Presidents family Friday night, and
I was exhausted, as was President. While we shared our message, the kids were
rambunctious and I wasn't in tune with the spirit, so we had a hard time
teaching. When I was asked to say the prayer at the end of the message, what I
wanted to say was "thankful for their hospitality" but the only word
that was coming to mind was "hostility". Luckily I didn't say that.
Haha
Saturday was a
good day. We went out to Mannville and hung up Paula's Christmas lights, and
used as much redneck ingenuity as we could. Many extension cords, very few
staples, and a barrel instead of a ladder. My dad should be proud.
As we were
about to leave Mannville, I got a prompting that we should stop by A certain
house. The lady had referred her husband to us, and when we had come back to
see him, they weren't home. So we stopped by. She said her husband would be
back at 6:30, and we could visit him then. So we did. When we came back
that night, I had the strangest feeling I knew them both from somewhere. I know
we were led to teach them and bring the gospel into their lives. We taught
Shane the first lesson, and he really enjoyed it. He said he'd get right on
reading the Book of Mormon, and even before we finished teaching, he was asking
how to get to the church, what time meetings start and all that. He's super
psyched. And so are we. Really the best part about that lesson was that his
wife had started in the kitchen and was ignoring us, but little by little she
started skirting around us on the couch and then soon was sitting, listening
intently and was asking questions. It was amazing to see her be drawn into the
message of the Restoration.
We had our
Stake Conference over broadcast this Sunday, and it was easily the best one
I've ever been to. Also the only one I've ever stayed awake the entire time.
The spirit was so strong. They had converts share their story and their
testimonies with us, and it was amazing to hear. We have the power to influence
so many people.
Yesterday we
got to help Peggy clean up her basement, after she kicked out her renters. They
trashed the place and so we and a member got to clean it all up. When we left,
she was literally speechless. She started crying and didn't know how to thank
us. She has had a few setbacks on her way towards baptism, but nothing she
can't handle. She will definitely be baptized soon, maybe not the day we were thinking.
Prayers are much appreciated!
The more I
serve my fellowmen, the more I know they can feel the love of the lord. I love
this gospel! It's absolutely amazing, and we should never take it for
granted!
Transfers are
next week so we shall see what that brings!
That's it for
this week! Hope to hear good things from y'all soon!
Elder Trevor J.
Wells
Canada Edmonton
Mission
2 Nephi
31:20
Pictures:
1 Being goofy
2.Dinner made
by Elder Idaho (funeral potatoes, meatloaf by sister Austin. Mom should be
proud!)
3. Behold, a
mighty unicorn fossil
4. I thought of
Dallin Blacker when I saw this truck
5. The fog was
so thick, we could look directly at the sun
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