First off, I forgot to tell you how cool your joke was that you
sent last week! It made me laugh. This week was pretty good! This
transfer is coming to a close, and I can't believe how fast it went.
This has easily been the fastest 6 weeks of my life. But that's a good
thing I guess! We had a mission wide leadership training this week, so
Elder Merrell got to go to 2 days of straight up meetings haha. We had
the Wainwright elders stay with us for that, so Elder Crockett (one of
my MTC companions) was my companion for 2 days. He's a crazy guy haha I
missed him. But we were in Southwood so I was in charge I guess! I never
realized just how much I follow Elder Merrell around haha it took
awhile for me to figure things out but after that we did pretty well. We
did a lot of tracting Wednesday and Thursday, but that's defnitely a
good thing because the more I talk to people the easier it gets. You
definitely meet some interesting people though! There are a lot of East
Indian people here, like I mentioned before, and they're all really nice
and love to talk until you mention that you're a missionary haha. Then
they "no speak english" and close the door. Funny how that works! It's
funny though I kind of enjoy tracting. For now :) We have 2 exchanges
this week, and for both of them I'll be with new missionaries hahaha
it'll be interesting. Meadows. the area north of us just got a "mini
missionary" this week. They're missionaries from around the area that
are waiting on visa's, and so they send them a few miles from home and
have them serve here until they can go to the MTC. This one's from
Spruce Grove, which is just outside the city, and he's going to
California. ANYWAYS I guess you didn't need to know that, but my point
is, I'll be with him and Elder Cone for one of the exchanges so i'll be 3
greenies running around Southwood! It's gonna be sweet haha. Halloween
was sweet! Our dinner appointment gave us a ton of candy before we left,
and so we sat, ate candy, and watched The Testaments. It was sweet!
This week at a dinner appointment we had peroggies....? I'm not sure how
they're spelled, but man they're good! They're like dumplings filled
with mashed potatoes, topped with cheese and bacon! I ate a lot. The
weather here is still holding up surprisingly. The coldest so far is -15
Celsius, which was pretty cold, not gonna lie. But still no snow!
Everywhere around Edmonton has it except for us. BC, Grand Prairie,
Saskatchewan, and Red Deer all have snow, but we're still dry. I'm
definitely not complaining though, and neither is anyone living here
haha. Dad, we can listen to anything that invites the Spirit, so yeah if
you'd like to send stuff that would be sweet! Momma, I only want the
peacoat for times when I'm not gonna be outdoors for a long period of
time, which happens a lot, like walking to church and stuff. I bought a
big coat this week, it's sweet and it's warm, but the peacoat would be
sweet if you wouldn't mind sending it. I also still need to buy boots. I
won't be devastated if you can't send it though, let me know. That's
awesome that you guys got to go to Auburn. I miss that place! It's
always cold though, so I'm not surprised. Nicole's job sounds sweet too!
That's great that she got it. How's the rest of the family doing?
What're Chris and Geoff's emails? And Nicole's? I'll write them first :)
Yep Day Light Savings time was Sunday morning, and it was sweet! We
were both up and awake by 5:30 though haha but we were well rested it
was awesome. We cut our own hair a little while ago, it's sooo much
cheaper than going somewhere for it. Everything is SO expensive is
Canada! It's ridiculous. One of the Elders in our district is from
Quebec, and he went to culinary school before he came out, and on the
last Pday of every transfer he makes a feast at the church! Everyone
pays 5 dollars and it's an all you can eat. I'm so excited. Anyways
that's all I got this week. Send that speaker, Cd player and coat
whenever you can. No rush at all. But hey I miss all of you guys! I wish
I could be there for the holidays but I know I'm supposed to be here.
I'm loving it so far! The ward here is seriously awesome. There are a
LOT of Hydes from down south that visit our ward a lot. They're all from
Medicine Hat and that area though. I keep telling myself to go ask if
we're related but I always forget. What're some names I could use to see
if we're related? That would be sweet. Anyways we're gonna head to the
church pretty soon. I love you guys, and to all of those who don't have
the luxury of sending me emails, feel free to send me letters :)
Love, Elder Read
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