Read Alma 5 - a Man on a Mission

January 23, 2018

So, I've discovered that WiFi is something that is hard to come by in this area. So if a post doesn't come through one week, sorry!

In other news, we had a cool experience today. We were waiting for a bus with our groceries for a super long time. After looking at the transit app, we discovered that the bus had disappeared into the Aether. So we decided to walk to a different bus station.

On our way there, we saw the bus we were just waiting for stop at the station we were just at; then it drove away as we stared into the sun with tears in our eyes.

So, after waiting for the next bus at a different station for a while, we decided to walk to a different one because the transit app told us to. As we were across the street from the station, the bus showed up, then left. But we choked back our tears and waited there anyway. When, to my surprise, another bus appeared!!!

So we got on and situated ourselves. I was standing there, grateful for warm air, and I was thinking about how weird it was that the buses would be that wonky today, when I felt an impression that we were put on this bus for a reason.

Elder S then noticed a former investigator that was sitting right next to where we were standing.

Miracles happen all the time. Sometimes we just don't realize, but I guess that's why we're told to count our many blessings??

February 6, 2018

Man! It's been a really short year! I don't even know what to say about it, haha. So much has happened just this last week even!

Though the craziest thing that happened had to be when we got a car!!! Nothing in this world is more beautiful than having a car with seat warmers in -30°C.

In other news, there is a lady who is coming back to church after being inactive for a while, and it just so happens that her kids are of age to be baptized! So we've been teaching her kids, John and Leah (pronounced Lia?? (looking at you Lia 😉)) for a while now. They will probably have a baptismal date soon!

And now for something completely different! I have a lot of things to look back on this last year, from having the best trainer ever, to the steak challenge, to the pancake surprise with Elder A, losing my shoes in a river, almost dying on the way to Red Deer with Elder Greer (never forget!), learning how bad English really is with Elder S, teaching the gospel through Dungeons and Dragons (also Elder S (Heavenly Father is the DM of our lives (think about it))), hearing about D from Leduc who got baptized!, learning how not to bash, haha, meeting some of the coolest people in the world (too many to name), tearing up Fort Saskatchewan with Elder A, getting super buff (like Batman), walking through the snow with Elder S, and many, many more things!

It doesn't look like a lot when it's condensed into paragraph form, but it's still a pretty nice list of things if I do say so myself.

It's been a year of change, too. I feel like a completely different person from before I came here, and I hope I've changed even more when I get back.