Hey!
Sorry we didn't email yesterday, I forgot about Victoria Day yesterday so all of the libraries were closed. Was Memorial Day yesterday? I'm so disoriented with holidays haha. They're all the same to me!
So let me begin by telling you about my sweet experience at Target! For those of you who were not aware, Target just opened in Canada! None of the ones in Edmonton were open while I was there, but lo and behold we went to Grande Prairie on Thursday and there it was! Open and functional. Walking in there was like coming home haha all of them are the same! I spent a good 20 minutes cruising through it observing everything and it's like the Church, true and the same no matter where you go! Now for the best part! As missionaries we get mistaken for employees everywhere, so people always come up and ask us where something is,and we politely tell them we have no clue, we're missionaries. But not this time! You could have slapped a nametag on me and paid me, I had quite a few people come up to me and ask me where stuff was and I actually knew! I probably looked ridiculous and if I worked at Target and saw me I would've been a little confused. Elder Thompson thought I was crazy. But I was reliving the glory days so I didn't even care haha.
Anyways, my week. So this week was a little more structured but still a little more scattered than I cared for. We had District Meeting in Peace River on Wednesday, so we drove the hour there and back. It was exciting, that's the furthest north that I've been.
On Thursday we drove two hours out to Grande Prairie for Zone Training Meeting. It was interesting to hear the trainings regurgitated in a different way than the first time I heard them. Elder Cone is in the zone too so it was good to see him again :)
Mom I'm a leper!! I'm 99% sure I have Athlete's Foot. I thought you'd like to know that. My pinky toe is pretty well living under my 4th toe (I don't know what you call that one, or any of them besides the big and pinky toes for that matter). So it just chills under there and obviously doesn't get any breathing room. This is all a guess by the way, I've spent many a minute pondering the possible reasons why I got this. It's all red and peeling and it itches like you wouldn't believe! Anyways we cleaned our shower, I bought all of the stupid cream and stuff and now I'm determined to kill it. Sorry if that was gross haha I was just dying to share it!
We got to speak in church on Sunday! One of many opportunities I'm sure haha. My topic was "What does it mean to bear testimony?" It was a pretty easy topic to prepare for, and like always I prepared way more than I needed! Elder Thompson finished speaking at around 10:35 which gave me a solid 25 minutes to talk everyone's ears off! Which I did, and I even went over the hour by 5 minutes. I felt like a prophet because everyone knows only prophets can speak for that long.
Today the Peace River elders are coming down to blitz our area since Elder Hunsaker is the District Leader. I've done a lot of blitzing over the past few transfers, but I've never actually had to prepare for it. So last night's planning session took forever! It'll be good for our area though, we need the extra manpower. So they'll come down this afternoon and stay until tomorrow afternoon.
Yesterday we had a cool experience. We went out walking after dinner since High Prairie is so small and we don't wanna waste clicks driving around. We were contacting some potential and former investgators from the area book, and decided to go try a lady named Diane. As we walked up to her apartment building this lady was smoking on one of the balconies. She started yelling at us sarcastically to keep walking and was being pretty rude in general! So we just ignored her and went into the building and tried the room number, only to find out that Diane didn't live there. So we turned around and walked out of there, and once again this lady starts yelling at us, and by this point I'm done listening to her haha. She finally says "what's that you're holding?" (I had a paperback Book of Mormon). I ignored her, but Elder Thompson being the humble man that he is, turned around and told her what it was, and she asked for one. I was still pretty apprehensive, but she told us to come up to her place and give it to her. She had a few friends over and they were all smoking on the balcony. So up we went and gave her and her friends a Book of Mormon. Come to find out that she was Diane! She had just moved to a different room. So we talked for awhile and they seemed genuinely interested in what we were talking about, so we set up an appointment for Thursday! It was sweet. It just goes to show that you never do know.
That's sweet that you guys are Ward Missionaries together! They make a huge difference.
Hey I've been doing lots of Sudoku's! Yesterday was Pday and there's only so much you can do in the apartment haha and there isn't much to do around town. So I went on a Sudoku spree! Thanks for sending that book it's saving my sanity haha.
Well....I can't think of anything else to ramble on about. Hope you guys have a good week!
Love you guys,
Elder Read
Steven Read's adventures as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Canada Edmonton Mission.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
Happy Monday!
Hello my friends!
It was really good to talk to you guys too! This week has been so crazy haha I can't believe I was in Edmonton less than a week ago.
The library doesn't open until 1pm on Mondays and when we tried to come earlier all of the computers were taken!
Tuesday Elder Weber and I were super busy while we (okay mostly he, I was pretty checked out haha) planned Zone Training Meeting, I packed, and I said goodbye to people.
Wednesday I went to trainers meeting and met Elder Thompson! He's from Payson, Utah which is where a few people in this mission are from. He's sweet I like him a lot! He's not 18 either, in case any of you are wondering :) I feel bad that he's starting his mission opening an area in the middle of nowhere though, that would have been hard for me. He's taking it like a champ though!
Anyways we drove to Valleyview and stayed there Wednesday night, and then Thursday morning we drove into High Prairie and met the Branch President and his wife. They had already moved all of our furniture and stuff in, we just had to move our stuff in and organized everything. We're still missing a lot of little things but the members have been really good about getting that stuff for us.
So for the rest of the week we've just been trying to get organized. The elders that were here 3 years ago kept a really good area book which is so nice when you open an area. There's a lot of former and potential investigators to work with which is awesome. They also made a good impression on the land lady (we live in the same room that they did 3 years ago) because our first day she came up and gave us money for laundry and said that was her donation to the missionaries! Pretty sweet.
Church was interesting haha there were a total of 12 people including 3 kids and 4 Priesthood holders. So we said the prayers, blessed the Sacrament, and we're both speaking next week for 20 minutes each! :) It's definitely different getting used to such a small branch in a small little town (2800 people), especially coming from a big YSA ward in downtown Edmonton where people roam the streets like ants! But I'm excited to be here, the few members that are here are awesome. We've been fed by all of the active ones that we've stopped by, and we even got a lunch on Sunday! They're excited to have missionaries again it's great.
We went to the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police, it's Canada's federal police force) Station today and talked to the Staff Sergeant about service opportunities in High Prairie and he gave us quite a few phone numbers for people to call so we'll try that this week. To be honest this week has been super stressful trying to figure out what to do, I'm ready for things to just figure themselves out :) Give it a couple of weeks and I'm sure we'll have a nice rhythm going. I hope :)
We're in a 6-man district with the Elders in Valleyview and Peace River, both around an hour away. On Thursday we're going out to Peace River for District Meeting, and then Thursday we have Zone Training Meeting in Grande Prairie which is where the Zone Leaders are. I was at MLC when the trainings were given so it'll be fun getting them again! Haha
Other than that not much else to report on! Hope you guys have a good week and I'll talk to you next week!
Love you guys,
Elder Read
It was really good to talk to you guys too! This week has been so crazy haha I can't believe I was in Edmonton less than a week ago.
The library doesn't open until 1pm on Mondays and when we tried to come earlier all of the computers were taken!
Tuesday Elder Weber and I were super busy while we (okay mostly he, I was pretty checked out haha) planned Zone Training Meeting, I packed, and I said goodbye to people.
Wednesday I went to trainers meeting and met Elder Thompson! He's from Payson, Utah which is where a few people in this mission are from. He's sweet I like him a lot! He's not 18 either, in case any of you are wondering :) I feel bad that he's starting his mission opening an area in the middle of nowhere though, that would have been hard for me. He's taking it like a champ though!
Anyways we drove to Valleyview and stayed there Wednesday night, and then Thursday morning we drove into High Prairie and met the Branch President and his wife. They had already moved all of our furniture and stuff in, we just had to move our stuff in and organized everything. We're still missing a lot of little things but the members have been really good about getting that stuff for us.
So for the rest of the week we've just been trying to get organized. The elders that were here 3 years ago kept a really good area book which is so nice when you open an area. There's a lot of former and potential investigators to work with which is awesome. They also made a good impression on the land lady (we live in the same room that they did 3 years ago) because our first day she came up and gave us money for laundry and said that was her donation to the missionaries! Pretty sweet.
Church was interesting haha there were a total of 12 people including 3 kids and 4 Priesthood holders. So we said the prayers, blessed the Sacrament, and we're both speaking next week for 20 minutes each! :) It's definitely different getting used to such a small branch in a small little town (2800 people), especially coming from a big YSA ward in downtown Edmonton where people roam the streets like ants! But I'm excited to be here, the few members that are here are awesome. We've been fed by all of the active ones that we've stopped by, and we even got a lunch on Sunday! They're excited to have missionaries again it's great.
We went to the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police, it's Canada's federal police force) Station today and talked to the Staff Sergeant about service opportunities in High Prairie and he gave us quite a few phone numbers for people to call so we'll try that this week. To be honest this week has been super stressful trying to figure out what to do, I'm ready for things to just figure themselves out :) Give it a couple of weeks and I'm sure we'll have a nice rhythm going. I hope :)
We're in a 6-man district with the Elders in Valleyview and Peace River, both around an hour away. On Thursday we're going out to Peace River for District Meeting, and then Thursday we have Zone Training Meeting in Grande Prairie which is where the Zone Leaders are. I was at MLC when the trainings were given so it'll be fun getting them again! Haha
Other than that not much else to report on! Hope you guys have a good week and I'll talk to you next week!
Love you guys,
Elder Read
Monday, May 6, 2013
I'm being exiled!
Hey everyone!
Transfer calls were this morning and I'm getting transferred! It's been a good run. I'm going to open up a little town called High Prairie, which is somewhere north haha it's near Grand Prairie aka the middle of nowhere haha! I have no idea what it's like because it hasn't been open to missionaries in a few years, but I'm assuming it's tiny. I'm also training again! So that'll be cool. It's funny because I trained Elder Nabrotzky exactly a year ago! I'm like an animal, I only breed once a year. This week will be a gong show though with moving into an apartment, meeting the branch (I'm assuming that's what it is), and getting situated in general. I'll leave on Wednesday I'm stoked!
So Mothers Day calls....haha I have no idea what the deal is. I'm guessing we'll get ahold of the Branch President when we get up there or something and then figure something out? I'll probably email again before Sunday to let you know.
This week was pretty busy. I'll explain what happened out of order like usual :)
We had Mission Leadership Council on Saturday, and the Sister Training Leaders were there. Other than the fact that they were there, Sister Campbell was there, and they both gave trainings, it was the exact same as Zone Leader Council.
We had exchanges with Stathcona, and I went to their area with Elder Hale, who I was in the trio with when Elder Coe went AP. It was good to go back to my home of 1 week! It's gonna be so weird to go back to 2 exchanges a transfer!
We went to the CES devotional yesterday it was sweet! William R. Walker (who came and visited our mission last May) spoke about President Monson haha it was actually really good!
Yeah it's so hot here! It's like 25 C! I don't know what that is in F though. Heat>Cold. I was actually sweating in the car yesterday!
Mom I'm glad to hear you're feeling better! Just don't die or anything.
Okay that's pretty much it for this week's edition, have yourselves a good week and pray for me! Haha
Love you guys,
Elder Read
Transfer calls were this morning and I'm getting transferred! It's been a good run. I'm going to open up a little town called High Prairie, which is somewhere north haha it's near Grand Prairie aka the middle of nowhere haha! I have no idea what it's like because it hasn't been open to missionaries in a few years, but I'm assuming it's tiny. I'm also training again! So that'll be cool. It's funny because I trained Elder Nabrotzky exactly a year ago! I'm like an animal, I only breed once a year. This week will be a gong show though with moving into an apartment, meeting the branch (I'm assuming that's what it is), and getting situated in general. I'll leave on Wednesday I'm stoked!
So Mothers Day calls....haha I have no idea what the deal is. I'm guessing we'll get ahold of the Branch President when we get up there or something and then figure something out? I'll probably email again before Sunday to let you know.
This week was pretty busy. I'll explain what happened out of order like usual :)
We had Mission Leadership Council on Saturday, and the Sister Training Leaders were there. Other than the fact that they were there, Sister Campbell was there, and they both gave trainings, it was the exact same as Zone Leader Council.
We had exchanges with Stathcona, and I went to their area with Elder Hale, who I was in the trio with when Elder Coe went AP. It was good to go back to my home of 1 week! It's gonna be so weird to go back to 2 exchanges a transfer!
We went to the CES devotional yesterday it was sweet! William R. Walker (who came and visited our mission last May) spoke about President Monson haha it was actually really good!
Yeah it's so hot here! It's like 25 C! I don't know what that is in F though. Heat>Cold. I was actually sweating in the car yesterday!
Mom I'm glad to hear you're feeling better! Just don't die or anything.
Okay that's pretty much it for this week's edition, have yourselves a good week and pray for me! Haha
Love you guys,
Elder Read
Monday, April 22, 2013
Happy Earth Day!
Good morning!
Elder Weber have been trying out emailing in the morning. It's been working out well, we'll probably continue it.
This week we went out to Cherry Grove! It was sweet. We had our outlying Zone Training Meeting on Tuesday afternoon in St. Paul, and then we drove from there to Cherry Grove and spent the night and the next day with them. They live about 5 minutes from the Saskatchewan border, so of course we had to stop by and take a picture :) On the way to St. Paul we also stopped in Andrew, Alberta and got a picture of the "World's Largest Mallard Duck", then in St. Paul is the UFO Landing Pad, and then on the way to Cherry Grove we stopped in Glendon and got a picture of the giant Pyrogy! It was a road trip very rich in culture. They were all on the way too, so don't think we just abandoned the work and went joyriding :)
We had Stake Conference this week, and Elder Choi of the the Seventy came up. He's from Korea and he's hilarious, it was like a comedy act the whole time!
Our car got broken into! Yeah! We went out Saturday morning and my door was open. So we went in and evaluated. They could have stolen, Elder Weber's wallet, my mp3 player, and all of our CD's. But all they took was my gum in the glove compartment, and a $10 bill sitting in the center console haha. He was a thief of simple tastes thank goodness!
Frane came to church yesterday, but we couldn't meet with her this week because she had to leave right after. Hopefully we'll meet this Saturday though. Andy came to church and is doing really well. The ward's been doing great with fellowship now that he's baptized.
That's all for this week! I attached some pictures for your viewing pleasure. They are all pretty self-explanatory :)
Elder Weber have been trying out emailing in the morning. It's been working out well, we'll probably continue it.
This week we went out to Cherry Grove! It was sweet. We had our outlying Zone Training Meeting on Tuesday afternoon in St. Paul, and then we drove from there to Cherry Grove and spent the night and the next day with them. They live about 5 minutes from the Saskatchewan border, so of course we had to stop by and take a picture :) On the way to St. Paul we also stopped in Andrew, Alberta and got a picture of the "World's Largest Mallard Duck", then in St. Paul is the UFO Landing Pad, and then on the way to Cherry Grove we stopped in Glendon and got a picture of the giant Pyrogy! It was a road trip very rich in culture. They were all on the way too, so don't think we just abandoned the work and went joyriding :)
We had Stake Conference this week, and Elder Choi of the the Seventy came up. He's from Korea and he's hilarious, it was like a comedy act the whole time!
Our car got broken into! Yeah! We went out Saturday morning and my door was open. So we went in and evaluated. They could have stolen, Elder Weber's wallet, my mp3 player, and all of our CD's. But all they took was my gum in the glove compartment, and a $10 bill sitting in the center console haha. He was a thief of simple tastes thank goodness!
Frane came to church yesterday, but we couldn't meet with her this week because she had to leave right after. Hopefully we'll meet this Saturday though. Andy came to church and is doing really well. The ward's been doing great with fellowship now that he's baptized.
That's all for this week! I attached some pictures for your viewing pleasure. They are all pretty self-explanatory :)
Monday, April 15, 2013
Happy 22 Months to Kyle!
Hello my friends!
For all who weren't aware, today is Kyle's mission birthday. Please celebrate accordingly.
We baptized Andy! He ended up having to be confirmed on Saturday right after the baptism, rather than the next morning at church. He had to go get his gun license or something before he goes back to China so we got President's permission to do it on Saturday. It was sweet though! I got to baptize him and Elder Weber confirmed him. A lot of the ward showed up it was a way good turn out! Andy goes back to China in May so we're going to help him figure out how to attend church back home over the Summer. He should be back in September for school.
Elder Weber was sick for the last half of the week. We spent some time in the apartment, so I wrote letters and exciting stuff like that! He's been doing better though so this week should be a little more busy.
We had Zone Training Meeting on Thursday, and it went really well! The trainings that they gave at ZLC were exactly what our zone needed so we're excited to see what happens! We have the outlying areas ZTM tomorrow, so we're going to drive out to St. Paul in the morning, give the training, then follow the Cherry Grove elders out to their area and spend the day with them! Then we'll drive the 3.5 hours home on Wednesday night! It'll be good because I have some mail to catch up on.
Frane, the other Chinese girl that we're teaching, is on date for May 11th! We taught her the Gospel of Jesus Christ and invited her to be baptized and she agreed! It was awesome, things have been picking up a lot!
On Tuesday I got to go on exchanges with Elder Coe! :) Man oh man was it good to see him again. It was nice to get closure, his departure left me scarred. Haha he's doing well though!
I wish I had more to talk about....We decided our zone would be festive this transfer, and so we made up a bunch of holidays! Today is White P Day! So we told everyone to wear all white to the church today to play sports! We're pretty festive. Thursday was Mr Rogers Day so everyone wore a sweater, Tuesday was "Diabetes Day" so everyone had to say something nice to a diabetic! I got lots of nice phone calls haha. Friday was "Ginger Day" (because Elder Weber has red hair) and so everyone had to say something nice to a ginger! I know, we're creative. Anyways that's about all! It snowed again this week, but it's all pretty much melted. I'm looking forward to short-sleeved shirts! Have yourselves a good week!
Love you guys!
Relder Ead
["Kyle" is Kyle Johnson, who is on a mission in New Mexico. -Ed.]
For all who weren't aware, today is Kyle's mission birthday. Please celebrate accordingly.
We baptized Andy! He ended up having to be confirmed on Saturday right after the baptism, rather than the next morning at church. He had to go get his gun license or something before he goes back to China so we got President's permission to do it on Saturday. It was sweet though! I got to baptize him and Elder Weber confirmed him. A lot of the ward showed up it was a way good turn out! Andy goes back to China in May so we're going to help him figure out how to attend church back home over the Summer. He should be back in September for school.
Elder Weber was sick for the last half of the week. We spent some time in the apartment, so I wrote letters and exciting stuff like that! He's been doing better though so this week should be a little more busy.
We had Zone Training Meeting on Thursday, and it went really well! The trainings that they gave at ZLC were exactly what our zone needed so we're excited to see what happens! We have the outlying areas ZTM tomorrow, so we're going to drive out to St. Paul in the morning, give the training, then follow the Cherry Grove elders out to their area and spend the day with them! Then we'll drive the 3.5 hours home on Wednesday night! It'll be good because I have some mail to catch up on.
Frane, the other Chinese girl that we're teaching, is on date for May 11th! We taught her the Gospel of Jesus Christ and invited her to be baptized and she agreed! It was awesome, things have been picking up a lot!
On Tuesday I got to go on exchanges with Elder Coe! :) Man oh man was it good to see him again. It was nice to get closure, his departure left me scarred. Haha he's doing well though!
I wish I had more to talk about....We decided our zone would be festive this transfer, and so we made up a bunch of holidays! Today is White P Day! So we told everyone to wear all white to the church today to play sports! We're pretty festive. Thursday was Mr Rogers Day so everyone wore a sweater, Tuesday was "Diabetes Day" so everyone had to say something nice to a diabetic! I got lots of nice phone calls haha. Friday was "Ginger Day" (because Elder Weber has red hair) and so everyone had to say something nice to a ginger! I know, we're creative. Anyways that's about all! It snowed again this week, but it's all pretty much melted. I'm looking forward to short-sleeved shirts! Have yourselves a good week!
Love you guys!
Relder Ead
["Kyle" is Kyle Johnson, who is on a mission in New Mexico. -Ed.]
Sunday, April 14, 2013
General Conference!
Hey fam!
Conference is the bomb! I loved President Monson's talk on Obedience, and of course, Elder Holland delivered again. I liked Elder Cardon's too, and then Elder Callister's in Priesthood session was dope! Super good conference.
Andy came to Priesthood Session, and we set up a Mandarin translation for him which worked out well. He loved it! He really liked how simple and human President Monson seemed. He then came to the Institute the next day and stayed for both Sunday sessions. So far so good for his baptism this weekend. He was interviewed on Friday by Elder Bowles and he passed! But then he texted us today and said he might not make it for Sunday because of some Gun License thing, so we might have to switch it to next weekend.....but we'll see! Keep him in your prayers :)
This week we had ZLC at the mission home and that was pretty cool. President and the AP's gave super good trainings and this week we get to give the same trainings at Zone Training Meeting! So we've been planning those and putting the trainings into our own words so we're not just regurgitating them.
Tomorrow we get to go on exchanges with the AP's and I'll be with Elder Coe! :) man I'm psyched. I've missed him. So we'll probably go around and let him say the goodbyes that he couldn't do before.
We taught English Class on Thursday, and we had a "Back to Grade School" theme. It was sweet. We had a Spelling B (Bee?), a book report on Prayer out of True to the Faith, and music class! Haha I took the chords out of the primary hymn book for "The Wise Man and the Foolish Man" and played it on guitar and we all sang along! It was sweet! I love English Class.
Hey did anyone ask the Jenkins if they know the Webers in Middleton?
That is pretty much all I have this week. Glad to hear you guys made it home safe! Have another good week!
Love you guys,
Elder Read
Conference is the bomb! I loved President Monson's talk on Obedience, and of course, Elder Holland delivered again. I liked Elder Cardon's too, and then Elder Callister's in Priesthood session was dope! Super good conference.
Andy came to Priesthood Session, and we set up a Mandarin translation for him which worked out well. He loved it! He really liked how simple and human President Monson seemed. He then came to the Institute the next day and stayed for both Sunday sessions. So far so good for his baptism this weekend. He was interviewed on Friday by Elder Bowles and he passed! But then he texted us today and said he might not make it for Sunday because of some Gun License thing, so we might have to switch it to next weekend.....but we'll see! Keep him in your prayers :)
This week we had ZLC at the mission home and that was pretty cool. President and the AP's gave super good trainings and this week we get to give the same trainings at Zone Training Meeting! So we've been planning those and putting the trainings into our own words so we're not just regurgitating them.
Tomorrow we get to go on exchanges with the AP's and I'll be with Elder Coe! :) man I'm psyched. I've missed him. So we'll probably go around and let him say the goodbyes that he couldn't do before.
We taught English Class on Thursday, and we had a "Back to Grade School" theme. It was sweet. We had a Spelling B (Bee?), a book report on Prayer out of True to the Faith, and music class! Haha I took the chords out of the primary hymn book for "The Wise Man and the Foolish Man" and played it on guitar and we all sang along! It was sweet! I love English Class.
Hey did anyone ask the Jenkins if they know the Webers in Middleton?
That is pretty much all I have this week. Glad to hear you guys made it home safe! Have another good week!
Love you guys,
Elder Read
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
April Fools!
Heyo!
Hey sorry I forgot to tell you that the library would be closed yesterday because of Easter, so here I am!
I totally forgot that you guys went to Utah! It sounds like it went well, and Calista's engaged that's sweet! I expect a wedding invitation or I'm not coming. Haha. Seriously though.
This week has been pretty sweet! Transfer Meeting was on Wednesday and it was good to see a bunch of people again! The sisters that I was in the MTC went home this transfer! It was crazy to see them leave. Anyways it's been a good week though Elder Weber is the man. He's hilarious! He's from Middleton, Idaho and doesn't know the Jenkins, but I don't really know how long they've actually lived there so maybe that's why? Anyways he's been out for 15 months and just came from the Olds area. His personality is a lot like Geoff's except he has red hair! It's awesome haha. We get along super well. He pronounces it like "Webber."
We've been busy planning this transfer out and it's gonna be another fun one as usual! We're going on exchanges today with Forest Heights it's about to be fun! Cherry Grove just became a District Leader area so now we get to drive the 3.5 hours out there this week I'm pretty psyched! I don't have to drive :)
It's been super warm the past week, like 8 C! I don't know what that is converted. I just heard some guy talking in the library though and he said it's supposed to snow this week. Sweet. On a brighter note, we get to take off our jackets this week, and since it's my last General Conference I don't have to put them on again :) I'm ready for slacks!
General Conference is this week! Man oh man do I love this time of year. I definitely didn't take it for what it was worth back home, but it's seriously solid gold. We're watching it at the Institute building with the other YSA missionaries so that we have a neutral place to invite investigators. So we're hoping Andy and Frane will come.
Speaking of Andy, he's still solid as ever! We met this week and taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and we talked about the Sacrament, and he said "I never really understood church, I thought it was just for fun. But now I understand that I have to come and show my commitment to Christ each week." Score! He's still on date for the 13th of April, but he needs to come to church so let's hope he does! Keep him in your prayers.
Frane came to the last hour of church because she slept in and missed her bus. But we taught her after church about the last half of the Restoration and she soaked it in! We're planning on teaching her about the Gospel of Jesus Christ this week and inviting her to be baptized!
I think that's really all I had. Hope you guys have a good week!
Love you guys,
Elder Read
Hey sorry I forgot to tell you that the library would be closed yesterday because of Easter, so here I am!
I totally forgot that you guys went to Utah! It sounds like it went well, and Calista's engaged that's sweet! I expect a wedding invitation or I'm not coming. Haha. Seriously though.
This week has been pretty sweet! Transfer Meeting was on Wednesday and it was good to see a bunch of people again! The sisters that I was in the MTC went home this transfer! It was crazy to see them leave. Anyways it's been a good week though Elder Weber is the man. He's hilarious! He's from Middleton, Idaho and doesn't know the Jenkins, but I don't really know how long they've actually lived there so maybe that's why? Anyways he's been out for 15 months and just came from the Olds area. His personality is a lot like Geoff's except he has red hair! It's awesome haha. We get along super well. He pronounces it like "Webber."
We've been busy planning this transfer out and it's gonna be another fun one as usual! We're going on exchanges today with Forest Heights it's about to be fun! Cherry Grove just became a District Leader area so now we get to drive the 3.5 hours out there this week I'm pretty psyched! I don't have to drive :)
It's been super warm the past week, like 8 C! I don't know what that is converted. I just heard some guy talking in the library though and he said it's supposed to snow this week. Sweet. On a brighter note, we get to take off our jackets this week, and since it's my last General Conference I don't have to put them on again :) I'm ready for slacks!
General Conference is this week! Man oh man do I love this time of year. I definitely didn't take it for what it was worth back home, but it's seriously solid gold. We're watching it at the Institute building with the other YSA missionaries so that we have a neutral place to invite investigators. So we're hoping Andy and Frane will come.
Speaking of Andy, he's still solid as ever! We met this week and taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and we talked about the Sacrament, and he said "I never really understood church, I thought it was just for fun. But now I understand that I have to come and show my commitment to Christ each week." Score! He's still on date for the 13th of April, but he needs to come to church so let's hope he does! Keep him in your prayers.
Frane came to the last hour of church because she slept in and missed her bus. But we taught her after church about the last half of the Restoration and she soaked it in! We're planning on teaching her about the Gospel of Jesus Christ this week and inviting her to be baptized!
I think that's really all I had. Hope you guys have a good week!
Love you guys,
Elder Read
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