Week 18
4 months down, 20 to go!
So. Much. Food.
We had Zone Training Meeting on Wednesday, and it was very spiritual. I was asked to bear my testimony, and It was really cool remembering the first time I bore my testimony in ZTM the first week I was in the field. I feel like I've grown a lot since then, and I'm glad I can see the change!
We did quite a bit of tracting on Thursday, and we're trying really hard to work on our following up. People have been very busy with Christmas and family and eating, so we haven't been able to just randomly show up and teach. But we're trying to do this cool thing called getting their phone number from them if they seem interested, that way we don't spend all our time stopping by people randomly and annoying them.
Saturday we had no idea what to do, since it was Christmas Eve, and we didn't feel comfortable bothering people that day. Luckily, the brains of the Leduc operation, Elder Woodruff, decided we should bake cookies and take them to people we have met in the area. So we spent the first half of the day baking and stuff, then ran the plates of cookies out to people and shovelled their walks as well. It was super cool to see the smiles on their faces and sharing the Christmas spirit with Gods children.
That night we were invited over for Christmas Eve dinner with a sweeeeeet family named the Jefferys, their son just got back from his mission in Idaho Falls. He proposed to his girlfriend that night! It was adorable! They had to come down and interrupt our game of Pictionary to tell us the news. Mucho congratulations to them.
Christmas was a wild day. We got invited to have Waffle Breakfast on a members home before church, and thus began the first day in the reign of the Feast. (Catch the reference) then we went to church for an hour, and sang a lot of songs. We came back to that same members home for lunch, and I got to try the delicacy of pickled herring. Which is just a huge chunk of fish that tastes like pickles and boogers. Not too bad. After lunch with them, we headed out to Devon to the Laws home. On the way there we spotted a guy with his car stuck on the side of the road. There was two guys trying to help him get it out, but they weren't getting where. So we hopped out and helped the Asian guy and the two Russian dudes get the asian guys car out of the ditch, meanwhile getting the Russian dudes car stuck. Luckily by the power of God, we got them both out and sent on their ways. And yes we were in our suits. It felt good to serve them, because the Asian guy was very very distraught by this time. Mormons, There When You Need Them Most.
Anyway, then we went and Skyped and ate a TON of food, opened some presents, and went to play games with our investigator Braydon's family.
Yesterday was Boxing Day, we played pool, ping pong, ate a ton of food, then went straight to our dinner appointment since lunch was late. More food! Then we went and played games with Braydon's family again.... MORE FOOD! It was really fun, and we were able to have a very spiritual conversation with Dalyce, Terra, and Braydon. I was able to tell Terra, without wavering,
"If you invest yourself into the gospel and it's not true, you've lost nothing. But if you don't invest yourself in the gospel and it is true, you've lost everything." I felt very confident in that, knowing the truth of it.
I hope y'all had a marvellous Christmas and Boxing Day, even though probably none of you celebrated Boxing Day... have a great week guys! Love you much!
Pictures:
1. Millwoods Zone Missionaries
2. A bunch of nutter butters
3. Our cookie project
4. The tallest elf
5. This is how we keep track of the months we've been out! 4 month mark!
6. My companions and a huge chocolate bar
7. I'm not really up for Christmas cuddles from E. Woodruff
8. Christmas morning
9. The Hinmans dog, Diego
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