Hey mom and family!
This week was pretty good. We had a lot of appointments fall
through, which sucked. But that's nothing new haha. People are more than
happy to schedule appointments if it means getting you off of their
doorstep, and then they're conveniently not home when we come back! It's
the best. One of the guys we came back to was upstairs when we rang the
doorbell. He got up, peeked his head barely above the window to see who
it was, and then then slowly crept back down hahaha it was hilarious.
He was so sneaky we didn't even notice! We never do. But things are
still going really well! I enjoy being with Elder Merrell. I've gone on a
lot of exchanges this week because he's the District Leader, and every
time I come back I'm so much more grateful for him hahaha there are some
interesting people out there. We're teaching an East Indian family and
they've been taught for a year now. They don't really understand the
whole Priesthood authority part of baptism so it's a struggle to try and
help them grasp the concept. We had a member come with us though and
the lesson went really well. We invited them to be baptized, again, and
they said it's something they think is important and that they're pray
about it. Which doesn't sound like much but it's better than the answers
they've given in the past. They're super cool though. All of the East
Indians around here are really nice. And they're a million of them haha.
So this week my diet was pretty terrible hahaha. Monday was Pday and we
shopped at Costco so we ate there for lunch, then Tuesday was exchanges
with the zone leaders so Elder Frazier and I went to Costco and had
Poutine (Poo-teen) which sounds gross but it's actually delicious! They
serve it everywhere here. All of the fast food places have it. It's
french fries with gravy and cheese curds haha it's awesome! Anyways so
that was about as unhealthy as it gets, then wednesday was district
meeting so we went out for district lunch at A&W, then thursday our
dinner appointment cancelled on us so they brought by pizza and
cheesecake! Man I was in heaven! Then Friday we had more pizza and
cheesecake, and then saturday was exchanges with the Spanish Elders and
all of our appointments cancelled on us so we had a comfort blizzard
from Dairy queen! It was much needed. Haha exhchanges with spanish was
crazy. We went to a lot of member's houses and they just spoke spanish
so I did a lot of smiling, nodding, and spacing out. But yeah Dad my
ward's great! They're small but mighty. We're fed every night. If we
don't have a dinner appointment we go over to the Ward Mission Leader's
house. I never realized how important those guys are! And Garth
Martinson is seriously the perfect guy for it haha. They save us.
Sundays are super good. We wake up, go to 9am church, talk afterwards
until 1pm, and then go home and study until 4 because we're usually
studying from 8am-11am. So we study, then usually go to dinner, then
visit less actives or potential investigators. Usually pretty low key I
love it! Tell Nicole congratulations on the job that's great! That's a
sweet schedule too. I wish I could've worked 9-5 M-F. That's my dream
haha. No mom no package yet, but I'm alright so far. As long as it comes
this week. Mail in Canada is seriously sooo slow it's crazy! So that's
pretty much it for now! We've got to go get a coat and some boots. The
weather sits just above freezing every day but the sun's still out.
They're predicting snow some time next week. So I'm enjoying it while it
lasts. Hey I need email addresses! So will you send me all of the
family's? Including grandma read's. Okay we're leaving now.
Hey I found out how to send pictures! They're all from the mtc
though. In the picture where we're all in street clothes my companions
were Elder Atwood, who's in the green, and Elder Crockett who's to my
left in the light blue with the glasses. But other than that I don't
remember which ones I attached so if you have any questions about them
then ask! I don't very many pictures from this area yet. Except the view
from our apartment! Super cool. Plus the huge pig! That was dinner at a
member's house. So good. Anyways that's all I have for now! Have a good
week I love you guys!
Elder Read
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