First, I got a speeding ticket! Yay! I thought I was on a different road... and our tiwi didn't tell me... so I ended up going 70 in a 50 zone and the scary Canadian speed radar took my picture.
On a different note, though, we were having lunch with a member yesterday and he was showing us some of his collections. He had a katana, some canes that turn into swords, pictures, and watches that he was showing us. Me, being the weirdo that I am, brought out my watch and started bragging about my $20 Walmart watch. Also Elder A made a joke that I could trade my watch for one of his, so the member I guess took pity on me or something and gave me one of his watches! Elder A and I both refused, but he was persistent and pretty serious. So now I have like an $850 watch!!! Kinda blew both our brains pretty permanently. So uh, Merry Christmas, I guess!
And finally, Christmas is gonna be a happening! Which means that I'm gonna be calling home that day. Kind of excited for that.
December 26, 2017
Also Christmas happened! It's crazy to think that the last time I saw my family they were sitting in the exact same spot as when we first Skyped. It's like they haven't moved for 8 months! Crazy.
Though not much else happened. We ate a bunch of food, sang a bunch of songs, and did some altogether merry celebrating. 10/10
January 9, 20018
I'm in Bearspaw! Which is in Edmonton! Which is the city! Which is crazy!
I never really thought I would ever go to the city, but I guess this is where I'm supposed to be.
My new companion's name is Elder S, he's like 6' 6", and this is his third transfer!
Yeah... He kinda towers over me, haha.
Bearspaw is awesome. We don't have a car, but we share bus passes with some other elders, which means that we get to ride the trains! Every day! ????????
It's been awesome so far.
One thing I feel I don't do enough in these posts is share my testimony. So I'm going to do that now.
I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior. I also know that I was sent to Bearspaw for a very specific reason (maybe a few reasons). I've also already figured out what one of those reasons is.
One thing people in the mission here say a lot is "there is no growth in the comfort zone, and there is no comfort in the growth zone." I testify that that statement is mostly true. There is no growth in the comfort zone. But through prayer and through the Spirit, we can always have comfort.
When we go on the trains we are expected to talk to people. Its our main source of finding here. I've only ever really done tracting, so it was a few fields outside of my comfort zone. And so, being out of the comfort zone, I "grew" I guess you could say. I realized after a couple of days of not talking to people on the train, that if I was going to do this, I would need help from God.
I got that help. But only because I asked for it. And it was awesome! And so I testify to you that prayer works. I don't know what I'd do without it. I've now talked to quite a few people, and this is probably the most fun I've had finding people on my mission!
We were scraping ice off this guy's driveway, and when we finished he gave us three chocolate banana muffins!
We both ate one waiting for the bus. Then when we got to the bus station, Elder S said I could have the other muffin. We still had the box for the muffins and didn't want to carry it around, so I obliged and we threw the container away. Not one minute later, our bus arrived.
That was a problem. We can't eat on the bus and I'd only taken one bite!
So we made our way towards the bus and I was trying to elegantly cram the muffin into my face (I have better manners now, Mom!), and I realized that I didn't have enough time before we entered the bus. I don't know how or why I did this, but right before I entered the bus, my panicked gut reaction was to shove the rest of it in my pocket! Which I instantly regretted. Nice pants + banana chocolate chunk muffin = ??
Don't know why I thought it was funny. But I thought it was. Thanks for letting me waste your time!
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