Elder Jordan Ferg

MAY 20, 2009

Things in Innisfail are going pretty well. We're working hard and we've found a few new investigators. A couple have promise. The other one has already ditched out on us once, so I don't think she's terribly interested. We will be teaching Lorraine Ewashen on Thursday. She hasn't heard that there is new missionary in the area. We will see how she reacts. We extended a soft commitment of baptism to her last time. She said she wasn't quite ready. She wants to learn more before she joins.

Times has gone by really quick for me. I still feel like I just got to Innisfail, but I've been here for five months now. I'm quessing that I'll be leaving soon and so does elder Evans, another missionary in my district. We've both been in this area for a while, and we are the most senior missionaries in the area, meaning that we've been in this district the longest out of all the Elders in our district. I've actually been out in the field the shortest time. I'll be here until the next transfer day, June 14th. I think I've gotten into a rut here, so I'll need to leave soon. My mission president joked about this with me. He commented that if I stay any longer I can run for mayor. I did find out that there was an elder assigned to Innisfail for nine months. I think I'm starting to get ready to leave.

My companion, Elder Hamilton was a companion to Elder Salanoa in Yellowknife. I hope to able to meet him someday. Elder Salanoa attended Snow College and played football and was in the LD singers for a semester. The most trustworth Elders are assigned to Yellowknife because it's so far away from everyone else.

Well, Canada being Canada, it snowed on Monday and Tuesday, just less on Tuesday. It was 24 degrees centigrade on Sunday and zero on Monday. I wasn't happy to see the snow that morning, but it had melted by the end of Tuesday for the most part. The weather will get better. I still have hope that spring will eventually appear.