Oh boy. Aside from the baptisms I was able to participate in, this week was probably the most stressful and spooky.
so ill get that out of the way before i go into the cool things that happened!
so we had to ask for our transfer plans, the aps thought it would be cool to put all the plans on a google spreadsheet (which no one could find for a couple hours) where we learned that we had to be at Moncton at 9 (its a 4 hour drive, plus canadian time is an hour ahead) so in short, we were very late. then backing up a bit, i forgot to mention last week that i broke my phone and ordered a new one and the expected delivery changed from the 6th to the 5th (the day of transfers) to the 4th, then a snow storm hit so it was moved back to the 5th, and then after many prayers asking for a miracle that my new phone would be here was fulfilled! it arrived on the 4th. But i wasn't there to receive it and they didn't leave it on the door. (spiritual message: miracles happen, but sometimes you're not there to see them.) so driving down to moncton (fortunately i was able to pack all my stuff after getting another suitcase (20$) from Mardens (thank you Mardens)) was good!
we made it just before 10:30 to learn that 2 other elders would be joining and they were also running late. so while we waited for them. we took a look at the aps travel plans and found that a lot of them wouldn't work. so we spent the next few hours making our own. We ended up going to bed around 12:30. And there was a handful of Elders that left around 3 or 4 in the morning so that was fun-ish. then came the stress inducing bus ride of 5 hours flying solo. so that was a trip. then after waiting for a few minutes some of the Dartmouth elders picked me up and I got to meet my greenie Elder Rougeau! a nice guy from the outskirts of Alberta! so we got dropped off at our apartment. and mine eyes have never beheld an apartment more beautiful than that apartment . The mission calls it the mission penthouse. And I'll leave it at that. ill send pictures as soon as I get my phone haha.
so after settling for a little bit we were lucky enough to have a dinner appointment with a wonder family named the Mclennons (maybe butchered the spelling) and one of their sons Looks and acts exactly like my younger brother Jack. he's like the canadain equivalent. It's spooky. so that was Thursday. the Friday we had some service at a food pantry that the sisters volunteered at so we did that in the morning. then we did our studies (which is fun because Elder Rougeau is just wanting to go out and do missionary work (kinda like me when I was being trained which is super great) and so after having another dinner appointment with the Galley family, we went out and knocked on some doors! and I was surprised! I didn't think I get to meet another crazy roman catholic. he had the exact same approach as the other lady from Truro. I was catching some heavy deja vu. the phrase he repeated was "are you serious" and for a second I thought he wasn't serious then he said, "so you're going to preach to me about Jesus" then he called out Elder Rougeau. so id say thats a good intro to missionary work haha.
Saturday was sweet! we had a lesson with one of the sisters people they were teaching named John and he is super cool! the odd thing is that he's been taught by sisters for a year and a half, and he had been to church every week (i think) and so the sisters told us of a method that helps him learn so we used that same method for a lesson yesterday. there is also a steller lady named shannon that we have yet to meet, but on the phone she sounds like the sweetest lady. like if there was a southern black lady that is white in canada, that would be her. We have yet to meet her but im super excited to!
one last cool miracle! on Sunday we were able to speak in church because one of the original speakers couldn't make it, so we had a great time there, we also had dinner with another amazing family named the Johnsons and had a great time with them, but here is where the miracle is; we wanted to visit a few other member families out there and for whatever reason, we kept missing the turn (we are both kinda dyslexic) and so after missing it for the 3rd time we just turned into a random neighborhood and started knocking and ran into an amazing couple. (granted we had a few interesting encounters too) and we started talking with the wife first about the time of year and Jesus Christ. and told her about the Book of Mormon. we asked her about it and she had no idea, so I started using the illustrations, and at that point, the husband came to the door and asked if we wanted to come inside, and we said yes so we ended us teaching the restoration. they thought it was a cool story and accepted a Book of Mormon, and as we got to know them before, they dont drink a lot and dont seem to smoke either. #drymember. they told us to come back after the holidays! and what is especially cool about them is that they told us that if they weren't going to see family on christmas that we would be free to come to their home! #drymember
Anyways, no pictures this week, when I have my phone there will be some! Love you all and hope that your week will be less stressful that this last week! remember to read and pray! this is your kickstart to the newest season, The Thrill of Sackville!
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