Elder Jordan Ferg

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.