DECEMBER 23, 2009
We have received about 6 inches of snow in the last couple of days. Our high temperature is about -18C which is about +2F. I'm getting used to the colder temperatures. I can actually go outside for only a few minutes without my heavy coat. I wear it if the wind speed is up or for a prolonged time.
Last Sunday we traveled to High Level with the Stake High Council representative and spoke there. I also played "What Child is This" on my violin. Brother Coward, the High Councilman requested it. It had played it last Friday at the Christmas party where he was in attendance and was amazed at the version I made. Now I have a lot of people asking me to bring my violin and play. I feel it is okay if it will help in the missionary work, but I don't feel that I should be playing for members just to be playing. It helped open the door for one of our investigators. His wife, who is a Seventh Day Adventist, was hesitant before she met us. She is more open to letting us teach her husband.
I hope to speak with you by telephone on Christmas Day about 10 a.m. That will be the best time for me because of members inviting us to their home on that day and my companion will be talking with his family about noon. I look forward to talking to you and the Gist family, maybe others if possible.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
DECEMBER 16, 2009
It has been in the low forties here, by that I mean minus 40 degrees. When it's that cold it is JUST PLAIN COLD. We can't leave our apartment too much because of bad driving conditions, etc.
Our investigator, Kim Smith, is doing well. Trying to get other investigators is slow. No one else has really taken much interest in us north of Peace River. There are a few people who we don' t think will ever be interested in Manning because it is a full hour drive from there to Peace River. People don't see the point of traveling that far to go to church. The work is also hard when many of the members here have a bit of a sour attitude toward missionary work. It's rough sometimes, but I know things will get better.
There were two sisters in the area which recently suffered some broken bones. One broke her hip as she was going outside her house. The other was on a ladder in her garage. When she was coming down something happened and she fell about 8 feet onto the concrete. She broke her pelvis and arm and cracked two vertebrae. She crawled to her living room and laid on the couch until her husband found her.
I'll be playing my violin for a Christmas party on Friday. I also will be playing for a New Years Party in High Prairie. We'll be there for Kim Smith's baptism interview and baptism. It'll be awesome.
It has been in the low forties here, by that I mean minus 40 degrees. When it's that cold it is JUST PLAIN COLD. We can't leave our apartment too much because of bad driving conditions, etc.
Our investigator, Kim Smith, is doing well. Trying to get other investigators is slow. No one else has really taken much interest in us north of Peace River. There are a few people who we don' t think will ever be interested in Manning because it is a full hour drive from there to Peace River. People don't see the point of traveling that far to go to church. The work is also hard when many of the members here have a bit of a sour attitude toward missionary work. It's rough sometimes, but I know things will get better.
There were two sisters in the area which recently suffered some broken bones. One broke her hip as she was going outside her house. The other was on a ladder in her garage. When she was coming down something happened and she fell about 8 feet onto the concrete. She broke her pelvis and arm and cracked two vertebrae. She crawled to her living room and laid on the couch until her husband found her.
I'll be playing my violin for a Christmas party on Friday. I also will be playing for a New Years Party in High Prairie. We'll be there for Kim Smith's baptism interview and baptism. It'll be awesome.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
December 11, 2009
Elder Ferguson said the temperature has been about -15 to -25 degrees this week.
The High Prairie Branch had a party on the night of the First Presidency Christmas Devotional. They had a dinner and watched the devotional. They don't have the luxury of watching at home on their own TV.
He and Elder Roberts are teaching Kim Smith. She has set a baptism date of January 2nd. Elder Ferguson is very excited. We all need to pray for Kim.
His mission president gave his missionaries an exercise program. Elder Ferguson called it the 5BX (5 basic exercises). He said: "it isn't strenuous, but kind of hard at the same time. It focuses a lot on the abdomen where I need it. I'm on chart two. It's awesome!" Good luck Elder Ferguson
Elder Ferguson said the temperature has been about -15 to -25 degrees this week.
The High Prairie Branch had a party on the night of the First Presidency Christmas Devotional. They had a dinner and watched the devotional. They don't have the luxury of watching at home on their own TV.
He and Elder Roberts are teaching Kim Smith. She has set a baptism date of January 2nd. Elder Ferguson is very excited. We all need to pray for Kim.
His mission president gave his missionaries an exercise program. Elder Ferguson called it the 5BX (5 basic exercises). He said: "it isn't strenuous, but kind of hard at the same time. It focuses a lot on the abdomen where I need it. I'm on chart two. It's awesome!" Good luck Elder Ferguson
Friday, December 4, 2009
December 3, 2009
Elder Roberts and I moved to a new apartment because the members we were living with had their single daughter move back with them. My new address is #105 10118 100 Ave. Peace River, AB, Canada T8S-1R3.
Here in the North it gets dark around 4 p.m. currently.
I'm doing my best to be a good missionary. It's hard some days when nothing seems to go right. I just have to have faith and look forward. Things eventually pick up.
I've been doing pretty well personally since last Wednesday. We haven't had too many lessons recently though, but doing our best to continue to be optimistic. We will be going down to High Prairie this weekend and doing some work there. We are trying to see people and meet with Kim and Vicky and Marie and Marcello. Marcello was recently involved in a car accident. He was driving down a highway at a good rate of speed and hit a patch of frost that sent him tumbling for a good long distance. He was able to walk away with a few scratches. The car was
pretty much demolished. We hope to be able to teach him the first lesson on Friday and then commit him to read and pray about what we teach. We will meet with the others on Sunday.
Elder Roberts and I moved to a new apartment because the members we were living with had their single daughter move back with them. My new address is #105 10118 100 Ave. Peace River, AB, Canada T8S-1R3.
Here in the North it gets dark around 4 p.m. currently.
I'm doing my best to be a good missionary. It's hard some days when nothing seems to go right. I just have to have faith and look forward. Things eventually pick up.
I've been doing pretty well personally since last Wednesday. We haven't had too many lessons recently though, but doing our best to continue to be optimistic. We will be going down to High Prairie this weekend and doing some work there. We are trying to see people and meet with Kim and Vicky and Marie and Marcello. Marcello was recently involved in a car accident. He was driving down a highway at a good rate of speed and hit a patch of frost that sent him tumbling for a good long distance. He was able to walk away with a few scratches. The car was
pretty much demolished. We hope to be able to teach him the first lesson on Friday and then commit him to read and pray about what we teach. We will meet with the others on Sunday.
November 25, 2009
Things are going okay for missionary work. It's slow, as it almost always is in these smaller towns, but it's moving forward. The missionaries in Fairview are doing really well. When Elder Roberts and I would go, we didn't really have the opportunity to give it the attention that it really needed because we had to go back to High Prairie. Now it's that was in High Prairie because we give more attention to peace river. It's a little rough, but that's the way things go I guess when you cover so many areas.
I'm still learning the ropes of being a district leader. We are focusing on mastering the doctrines of the lessons this transfer.
I haven't seen the Northern lights yet. They come out really late at night, so we are going to talk to a member of the branch that is a cop and ask him to call us the next time they happen.
Things are going okay for missionary work. It's slow, as it almost always is in these smaller towns, but it's moving forward. The missionaries in Fairview are doing really well. When Elder Roberts and I would go, we didn't really have the opportunity to give it the attention that it really needed because we had to go back to High Prairie. Now it's that was in High Prairie because we give more attention to peace river. It's a little rough, but that's the way things go I guess when you cover so many areas.
I'm still learning the ropes of being a district leader. We are focusing on mastering the doctrines of the lessons this transfer.
I haven't seen the Northern lights yet. They come out really late at night, so we are going to talk to a member of the branch that is a cop and ask him to call us the next time they happen.
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