All Creatures of our God and King

February 20, 2018

Sorry the last few weeks didn't happen as well as I thought they would. I even wrote up a draft for last week before p-day, but it ended up disappearing into the ether or something. So I'll try to make up for it today with an awesome email.

So Elder S and I made friends with a coyote recently. He's the one who has a lair near the church. There's a huge field that we walk through sometimes, and the coyote just kinda tagged a long. I decided to name him Alfonzo. 

We also met an owl on the way back home one night. I think I'll name him Jeremiah after my uncle.

We also had another lesson with J and L! We were teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ and decided to try a fun experiment. We had a cup of water and some food coloring. When we were talking about repentance and baptism we put a few drops of food coloring into the water so symbolize sin. And since nobody wants to be the color of fruit punch koolaid, we need repentance, baptism, and the gift of the Holy Ghost to get rid of it. So we then poured some bleach into the cup and watched the sin go away!

It was a fun lesson 😁

March 13, 2018

So... transfers is tomorrow, and I'm staying! But Elder S is not. He is going to Strathcona in Edmonton. And I'm getting a new companion named Elder R.

As an update of what the area is looking like: 

We have had some lessons with the J and L and they are totally ready for baptism! All they need is the baptismal interview and they're on their way! Or at least that's how it should happen. Their father says he wants to do the baptism, but the mom is worried that he's not actually able to do it (due to him being inactive). But we're gonna keep on teaching them until something happens. So expect a baptism soon! 😁

But yeah, that's all that's happened. We've been texting a bunch of old former investigators recently, and it's been kinda humorous, but no appointments out of it.

One thing that President said during interviews was to just not worry about not having lessons. All that needs to be done is doing the work, that's it. If lessons come and people get baptized, then great! But all I have to worry about is getting myself to the next door without slipping on ice. (He didn't actually say all that, but this is my interpretation of what he did say.)

Oh yeah and Pi day is tomorrow! Eat pie. It's one of the only excuses we get to do it.