Fort Mac Chapter 14

to Family, Garrett, me, My, Regan Wow this week was great, but slow. Everyone was gone for Christmas, but it was Christmas!! It was awesome to be able to Skype home. :) Well let me tell you about my week.  Monday It was p-day. We emailed, did laundry, and then shopped. We tracted a bit and then had supper at Rusnell's. It was great. We then just tried by some potentials.  Tuesday We did studies and had lunch. We then had a lesson with Grandma Jean. We read through 3 Nephi 27 with her. We then went and saw Bud and Dan. We then tracted in a new part of downtown and found 5 potentials. It was great. We had supper with Lord's and then tried some potentials.  Wednesday Well we got together with the other elders and had a district Christmas party. It was fun. We then tried the people that we tracted into. We then went to the Roys. We had supper at Aulenbach's we then went to Fitzner's for a bit.  Thursday CHRISTMAS!! We got up and went to Fitzner's for breakfast and to open presents. Thanks to everyone. :) We then went to the Catholic church. They put on a Christmas meal for some of the homeless and poor families. We went and helped set up and decorate for that. We then came back to the Fitzner's and Skyped. :) We had lunch and played some games and ate supper. We then ran and visited with Olsen's for a bit. We then picked everything up from Fitzner's and went home. :) Friday We did Weekly Planning and then had lunch. We went to do mormon.org time, but the library was closed. we then just tried potentials. It was really too cold to tract. We then had supper at Olsen's and then went to Jackson's. They gave us each Little Missionary Quote book and a True to the Faith book. It was cool. Saturday We did studies and had lunch. We then tried by potentials. We were supposed to have a lesson with some people that Elder Barber and I tracted into, but they weren't home. We did mormon.org time and then tried some other people. We drove out and had supper with the Kidd's. Helped them a bit and then drove back. We then stopped by Simpson's. One of the boys was the only one to really talk. Bro and Sis Simpson were out to dinner and two of them were downstairs. He really opened up to us about why he doesn't come to church. It was great.  Sunday We had church then coordination. We then went home for some lunch. We were suppossed to have a lesson with Jeff. We go and knock on the door and their dog runs out. We spend a few minutes trying to lure the dog back. The whole time the dog is just playing. We finally help get him back inside and it was her mother was watching their kid while they went out somewhere. We then tried some potentials. We had supper with Beaulnes. We drove to Gregoire to try Bro Rich, but he wasn't home. We stopped at the church and made some calls. We then went over to Diggles and had a lesson with them. So amazing. :) Well that was my week. With the holidays it's been slow, but it's going to pick back up soon. :)   Love, Elder Colin O'Neill

Fort Mac Chapter 13

Wow. So a lot has happened in just a short week. I've got a new companion. His name is Elder Merica. Yes it's said just how you think America without the A. :) He gets it all the time. :) He is great. He is so ready for the mission and I get to be his first companion. :) I also found out some news as I was updating our numbers. Our mission has been approved for Facebook proselyting. We can't start using it until we get some training early next year, but it's going to be coming soon. :) That will be interesting how it works. Well now to start my week. Monday P-day and transfer calls. Elder Barber went to Grande Prairie. We mostly just ran around to say goodbyes all night. Had a really good conversation with Diggle's. The Spirit was soooooooo strong there. Very powerful for all of us.  Tuesday Elder Barber packed and we cleaned the apartment a little. We went to Fitzner's for lunch and then drove to Edmonton. We went shopping a bit. Stopped at Cabela's on the north end. It's really quite small, but the animals were impressive. We then went and saw Cody! I haven't seen him since I left Londonderry back in April. We then stayed at the Zone Leader's place in Clareview. Wednesday I had the new trainer's meeting. Training Elder Merica! We had Transfer meeting and then lunch. We then had Christmas Conference. It was AMAZING! There were a couple of elders that would read some scriptures about the Christmas story and then there would be a musical number. It was good. We then got a surprise....We got to watch Meet the Mormons. :) It was incredible. After all of that we did the usual running around, moving stuff from cars and picking up mail along with extra christmas gifts from President and Sister Manion. After all of that we had to hurry and take off. We went to do some quick shopping. Elder Merica needed some boots. we then had to drive up to Fort Mac that night. :P  Thursday Well we had District Meeting. We then went back and did 12 week. We get an extra hour of companionship study everyday except Monday and Friday. we then went and tried some potentials. We tried to see Bud and Dan, but they were busy. We went tracting and so I did the first couple of doors to give an example. I tell him ok the next door is yours. His first door he knocks on lets us in. :) It's the Svenson's...members. we talked with them for a minute and then kept going. We then stopped by the Fitzners to introduce Elder Merica. We had supper with Mackay's and then went to see the Roy's.  Friday We had Weekly Planning and then we started to have lunch and Bobby D texted us. We went and had lunch with Bobby D and talked with him. We then went tracting. We had supper at the Pickett's. We then had a lesson with Prince and Esther. It went a little better than the last lesson. I don't feel like they know what we do. We then went to Simpson's and had a good visit with them.  Saturday We did studies and then had to pick up another extension cord for the car. We pinched the other and it finally broke. Bro Fitzner invited us over for a dutch oven lunch. Mountain Dew Chicken. We then made sugar cookies to take to some of the investigators and less-actives. :) It was really good for some of them. :) We had supper at Sis Kidd's and right before we got there we were told that the whole family was there. It was great. :) We then went and visited with the LA Olsen's. It was a great lesson. We asked Sis Olsen what keeps her back from coming to church and she just opened up with us. It was a great lesson. Really gave us some good insight.  Sunday We had church. Gospel Principles was interesting. The Seventh-day Adventist Pastor came. He had heard from the other elders investigator that they lesson would be about the Lord's day and about the sabbath. He didn't say much, but was sure intrigued. We then went back and had lunch and finished studies. We then tracted a little bit and then had supper with Galenzoski's. :) We then went over to Olsen's to introduce Elder Merica. The Spirig's were also there. We had a good visit and shared a Christmas message.  Overall this week was a bit slow. Most people have left for the Christmas and the holidays. The work is a little slow and we were gone for a couple of days. It will get better.  Excited for Christmas. If you haven't seen it yet, watch the He is the Gift video. It is amazing! Share it with everyone. #ShareTheGift Merry Christmas!!

Frot Mac Chapter 12

Wow this week was crazy. Talk about anxiety. It was transfer calls today. We honestly couldn't figure out what was going on. It seemed like everything was possible. We didn't know what was going to happen. This morning was the worst part. The anticipation of if the phone is going to ring. The call didn't come until 9:15. It was eating at us. Well Elder Barber is going to be leaving for Grande Prairie. I don't know who my new companion is going to be, because he isn't in the mission field yet. :)........Do you get it?.............I'M TRAINING! It's going to be fun. :) Well now for my week.

Monday

Well we had Pday. Emailed, while we did laundry we played sequence with Sis Fitzner. That was fun. :) We hurried and shopped and then went and saw Bud and Dan for a bit. We then had a lesson with Prince. He is the Afrane's friend. He has so many questions. It was an interesting lesson. 

Tuesday

Well the other elders had to take their car into the shop and so we picked them up and went to the church and did studies. We had lunch and then we went to Grandma Jean's. It was a really good lesson and helped her understand the importance of the Book of Mormon. We then went with Bro Fitzner to see Bud and Dan. Bro Fitzner kept Bud distracted so we could teach Dan. It was a really good lesson. :) We had supper at Montoya's and then we went to the LA Olsen. 

Wednesday

We did some finding the Gregoire. It was really warm so it felt great. :) We found some great potentials. We went and did mormon.org time. We then had lunch. While we were at lunch we got a phone call from Grandma Jean. She had read some article about polygamy and Joseph Smith having 40 wives. We are going back on Friday to help her understand. We then did some finding. We had supper with Bro Crane and Bro Norton. It was new. It was a Jigg's Dinner. Newfoundland specialty. It was pretty good. We then went to the Doonanco's. 

Thursday

We had District Meeting. We then had lunch at a Donair place. It was one of the best Donaires that I've had. We then changed and went out to the Kidd's. We then came back changed and went and had supper with the Simpson's. Surf and Turf. So good. We then had a lesson with Diana. They are doing soo well. 

Friday

We had Weekly Planning and Lunch. We then went and met with Grandma Jean with Bro Fitzner. We think she is at peace with it now. We then had some potentials that fell through, so we did some finding. We had supper on our own. We then went to Jackson's. We then visited with the Roy's.

Saturday

We started the day off by doing some finding downtown. It went actually really well. We talked to a lot of people and got some great potentials from it. :) We then had lunch. We went to stop by Bud and Dan again, but it was the hospital Christmas Party. We tried a few people and then came back. We then met Bro Turner at Mucho Burrito for supper. We then went to LA Olsen's again. Really good visit with them. 

Sunday

Well we had Ward Council then Church. We had a lot of people come. The whole Simpson Family came as well as Diana and her kids. We then had coordination. We ran home and had lunch and did a little studies. We then had supper with Stewarts and Diggles. It was a farewell party for Elder Barber. Early christmas presents though. :) We then met up with the other elders. Elder Barber and Hentunen went out to Anzac for some goodbyes. Meanwhile Elder Kriesel and I went with the YSA and Bishop to do a living Christmas Card to some of the LA YSA. It was pretty fun. Went and sang two songs, Elder Kreisel shared a quick scripture and then we gave them some cookies. It was fun.

Well that was my week. I'm getting ready for a couple weeks of crazy. :) Merry Christmas!

Love, 

Elder Colin O'Neill

Fort Mac Chapter 11

Wow this week was crazy. A lot happened. It was all pretty good too. :) Monday We went and met with Zack that morning. He is a recent convert less active. :P He is searching for the truth that he has already found. Don't really know how he was baptized. Shared the He is the Gift video and a video about the Plan of Salvation. It went well. We then had P-day. We went out to Spirig's for supper. We were trying to visit some other people, but no one was going to be around. It was good because we talked for a while about what a great influence the Spirig's are, and all of the work they are doing. They are incredible. We then stopped at a store in Anzac and officially finished Christmas shopping. :) Tuesday Well we had a lesson with Nahia. We went in with the mindset of a do or die lesson. We ended up having a great lesson with her. We showed the 20 min restoration video and talked about prophets. She is reading and praying everyday, she doesn't have a problem with Joseph Smith. The only hang up she really has about the whole thing is that she doesn't know that Thomas Monson is a prophet, simply because she has heard him or read about his life. That is just how she works. We told her to look up some conference talks and we are going to direct her to the biography of him. It was a great lesson. We then had lunch and then went to Grandma Jean. It was another great lesson. We talked about the Book of Mormon and read the Ezekiel scripture. We ended up printing out some of the Book of Mormon from online so it was a bigger font so she could read it. It was great. :) We then went on exchanges. I was with Elder Kreisel in his area. I got to drive again for the exchange. California isn't driving in Canadian winter. We tried by some people and tracted. We had supper at Christine's with the other elders. It was alright. We then went and visited with Bro Wood. He is an incredible man. He is another he would be active, but works.  Wednesday Well we did the morning stuff. We also had 12 week since Elder Kreisel isn't quite finished with that. We then stopped by an investigator who wasn't home. We tracted for a bit. the only two doors that answered didn't speak english. :P We then went and did a Christmas questionnaire to a lady that we tracted into. She wasn't interested, but she is friends with a member who had already shown her the He is the Gift video. :) We then exchanged back at the Library and did mormon.org time. We then tried by some potentials. We had supper with McAteer's. It was fun. Sis McAteer knows Sis George from Innisfail. That was cool. We then went to the Roys and shared the He is the Gift video and had a good discussion with them. :) Thursday We had District Meeting. We ended a little early so we could help the Tagg's put up some decorations for the Ward Christmas Party. We then had lunch at Quizno's. We then went out to the Kidd's. Had a good time out there. We had supper with Landrum's. Cafe Rio Burritos. :D We then went on splits. I went with Nate to Diana's. It was a great lesson. She was giving answers to our questions. It was great.  Friday We had Weekly Planning. We then had lunch. We stopped by Grandma Jean to make sure she could come to the Christmas Party. She had already read what we had given her once and was going to reread it to make sure she understood. I also helped her find the videos we left her with on her computer. Go tech skills. :)  We then traveled up Tower Rd and found out that there are no houses up there. Recreation access road. we then stopped by Fitzners to talk about some things with Bro Fitzner. We then stopped by Bud to invite and arrange so he could come to the Christmas Party, but we couldn't find him. He got a new wheelchair and is off. :) We then went and helped the Olsen's set up tables and chairs. We more or less just made sure there were tables and chairs since after we left they rearranged everything. :) We had supper at O'Bray's. It was a bit crazy. So many people coming and going.  Saturday Well we had a lesson with Jeff that fell through. We then tried some people. We had a lesson with Gabriel. We tracted into him a couple of weeks ago. He is great. He is from Venezuela. He already recognizes that we fill in the holes that are in the Catholic church. He is awesome. We just aren't going to be able to meet with him until the new year. Pretty common with a lot of people around here. We then tried a lot of potentials and tracted. We helped Sis Olsen peel some potatoes for the party. Then helped Jannelle move some stuff around. We ran home for something and then went to Gregoire for a bit. We then went to the Christmas Party early. Well I was going to give someone a call and I realized that I didn't have the phone. I was freaking out. It wasn't in the car. Thought about it hard and we ran back to the apartment. I left it on the desk when we came back. I was freaking out. Went back to the church for the Ward Christmas Party. It was incredible. We had a lot of non-members and less-actives come. :D Grandma Jean, Prince, Diana's kids came with their Dad, Bro Kidd, Cahoons, and Peacocks. Along with some others. It was a great night. Super busy for us.  Sunday Well it was Fast Sunday so no ward council. We had Church, it was great. :) We then had coordination. We changed and and then went tracting. We tracted into this really nice couple. We talked with them for about an hour at the door. We then went to Fitzners for supper and watched the Christmas Devotional with them. It was great. We then went and met with Simpons. At the end Bro Simpson told us for an early Christmas present since Elder Barber is leaving that Him and the Boys are going to be a church next week! It was a shock, but awesome. :) Well my week was pretty eventful. Got a lot of working going. Almost everyone we talk to is going to be gone until January. I can't even imagine what that is going to be like. :) Love, Elder Colin O'Neill

Fort Mac Chapter 10

Wow so there really isn't much to write this week, since I emailed on Wednesday last week. See what I can do. :)

Wednesday

Well we woke up in the mission home. President Manion came down and make us all pancakes. It was awesome. We then packed up everything and left. We stopped by a few last places and then drove up to Fort Mac. It didn't seem like a long drive at all. I guess I did sleep for about an hour. It felt great. We then came back and dropped off our stuff and then came and emailed. After emails we went to Bevans for supper. We were pretty late leaving the library and we were also following the other guys and ended up turning on the wrong road. Confusing. After supper we just went and filled up the car. 

Thursday

well we left and went out to the Kidd's in the morning. We are going to try and help bro Kidd stop smoking before Elder Barber leaves. He is such a strong man and we know that he can do it. :) We then drove back and changed. We tried by some potentials. We then went to Fitzner's for Thanksgiving dinner. :) Yep we still get thanksgiving up here. :) After that we went and visited with the Doonanco's. A bit jealous. They just got back from Mexico and are pretty tan. :)

Friday

Well We had weekly planning, then lunch. We did mormon.org time so we could check out the christmas.mormon.org page. It is incredible watch and share the video. #ShareTheGift . We then went and visited with Bud for a bit. We then were late to our supper at Johnston's. The traffic was terrible and we had the wrong address at the other end of Timberlea. It was a trip. We then tried some more potentials after supper. 

Saturday

Well our lessons in the morning fell through so we were tracting and trying some potentials. We then had lunch and went over and helped the Roys for a bit. They are building a skating rink in their backyard. It's going to be awesome. :) We then change and tried a few people. We then went out and tried to talk to people at the Santa Parade. It was cold. Fort McMurray has some weird ideas. Let's have a parade at the end of November when it's -30 outside. :) Sounds like an awesome idea. :) Jk. It was pretty successful. We went around with a Christmas questionnaire. It was actually pretty successful. We then went home and had some hot chocolate, before we went to the Simpsons. 

Sunday

Well we had church, then coordination. There was a baptism for one of the Padilla's that we stayed for. We got to talk with their friends that came. Great food after. We then went tracting and tried potentials. We had supper with the Harpers and then did some more potentials. 

It wasn't an overly exciting week, but we also weren't around much. :) Next week will be a lot better. :)

 

Love,

Elder O'Neill

Fort Mac Chapter 9

You would think I would know which chapter I'm on, but I still have to look every week. :) Well this has been quite a gong show of a week. First I'm writing this on Wednesday. The Library was actually closed for Monday and Tuesday, but We had Zone conference that same time, so we finally get to email Wednesday. It's going to be a long one this week. :) Monday Pday, then supper with the Diggles. Everything else fell through, so we did some tracting and potentials. Pretty good night. Tuesday We went to Gregoire in the morning, our lesson fell through as well. We came back and had lunch then went to Grandma Jean with Sis Olsen and Swainson. It was a really good visit. We asked her to pray specifically to know what we are saying is true, and she did. Most specific prayer ever. We then tracted and tried potentials. We then went on crazy splits. The Zone leaders came up and so we went on 6 way splits for two nights. Tuesday night wasn't bad. We all met at the McDonalds downtown. I was picked up by Bro Swainson. We had supper at their home and then we went and visited the Simpsons then Bud. It was a good night. It was pretty cool. It was Sis Simpson's birthday and they were going to go out to dinner, but they waiting until after we came. :) Wednesday We tried some potentials. Went to lunch with everyone. We then did mormon.org time. Tried more potentials. This night I went with Bro Rivers. Wednesday night was a GONG SHOW TO THE MAX! All of our appointments fell through. We did get to go to Thompson's which was good. Everyone's appointments fell through that night. It was crazy. Not doing that again.  Thursday We had a District Brunch, since the Zone Leaders were heading back. Most of the reason was Elder Stewart is going home. We then had a lesson with Malinda with Bro Sousa. It was great. We then went to the church and played a bit of dodgeball and then had District Meeting. We then had supper at the Fitzner's. We then had a lesson with Diana with Bro Fitzner. It was incredible. We taught her the history timeline of the Bible and the Book of Mormon. We also talked about the importance of Jesus Christ. It was incredible.  Friday We dropped off a Chinese Book of Mormon to Diana. We then did Weekly Planning and then lunch. We tried by some potentials. We picked up supper from Sis O'Bray. She was trying soo hard to have us over, but numbers couldn't work. We had supper and then went to LA Olsen's. It was interesting. We went over and were visiting. At the end his parents came. They are Fundamentalists. Interesting people. :) Shared a scripture on prophets and following the prophets. :) Made his dad laugh a little. :) Be bold. Saturday We were invited by a lady, we tracted into, to attend the 7th Day Adventist Church. It was pretty interesting. They are very friendly and welcoming. Many of them said that they might come to our church. The other elders went the last week. :) It was fun. We then went and had a lesson with Jeet. We acutally got to sit down with him. It went pretty great. We then went to Gabriel's Baptism. It was incredible. We then had supper with Simpson's.  Sunday We had ward council and then church. We had some lessons that all fell through again. We had supper at Macpherson's. It was fun. We then tried more potentials since the rest of the lessons fell through.  Monday We did what we needed to and drove to Edmonton. Elder Hentunen and I stopped by some families in Londonderry. We stayed the night at the mission home. Tuesday We had Interviews and then Zone Conference. We then went to the temple. It was great. I hadn't been in 9 months. We then went Christmas shopping. I'm all done. :) Then stayed another night at the mission home. This time with St. Paul elders.  Well that was my week plus some. :) Gong show, but what else can you do. :) Love,  Elder Colin O'Neill

Fort Mac Chapter 8

to Family, Garrett, me, My, Regan, Regan Well this week was a fun week. A few ups and downs, and a few gong shows. :) That's life as a missionary. :) It's only going to get crazier from here though with what we have going on the next couple of weeks. :) Monday Well we had pday. Did everything that we needed to and then did some shopping. We then went and played a little dodgeball. It's so much fun. We were in shorts that time so it was easier. We left and went downtown to try a few people and to fill up. We then had supper at Irmen's. We got a text and someone needed a blessing. That was interesting. Leanna is a semi LA in the other elders area. She texted us though to come. She is having some struggles and when we went, she wasn't telling us the full story that we found out later. Stupid drama. Leave the missionaries out of it. It was still a really good visit. Tuesday Well we tried by some potentials and then went to have lunch at the other elders' apartment. we then went on exchanges. I was with Elder Hentunen in my area. It was a fun exchange. We went tracting a bit. We tracted into Leila who is super awesome. She used to be Muslim, but doesn't really practice anymore. She was super interested in the idea of modern-day prophets. It was awesome. We then went and met with Grandma Jean. We need to get some fellowship there. We then tried some other potentials and tracted. We had supper at Fitzner's. All 4 of us. We also did some landmark burnings. It was E Hentunen's year last month and E Barber's 6 months next month and my 18 next month. we decided to just do it all at once. Burning the Fitzner way. :) It was fun. Also had a super cool lesson with them.  Wednesday We had a lesson with Nahia. We/I couldn't get a hold of some one the night before to come, so we were trying hard to find some one to come in the morning. Finally got sister Landrum to come with. It was a decent lesson. We then had our interview. Well next week we have zone conference and so we are going to have some time in Edmonton. Elder Hentunen and I are going to go see Cody :) It's going to be great. We called him during our interview. He didn't seem to know who we were at first. Then I think it finally clicked. :) We then went back to our apartment and had lunch. After lunch we went and did mormon.org time. We then went and visited Bud and Dan. It was a cool visit. Well when we got back to the car there was a not so nice surprise waiting for us. We were park a little too long and there was a nice parking ticket and things in Fort McMurray aren't cheap. :P Well we then went to Boehme's for supper. They are pretty nice. After supper I gave the keys to Elder Barber. I'm not driving anymore. It's been 15 months. I need a break. It's an adjustment to not drive though. :) We then tried some potentials and tracted a bit. Thursday We had District Meeting. It was really inspiring. We just read about faith in the scriptures and PMG and watched District videos. It was really cool what I was able to learn. We then went to lunch at this Schwarma place. It was ok. Our lesson fell through and then we went to Kidd's. helped out and visited with them. Bro Kidd is going to stop smoking next week. :) We then rushed back and had supper with Cahoon's. Dry. Not much conversation. We then went to LA Olsen's and had a good visit with them.  Friday Well we tried some potentials and then went to Mark. He is an incredible guy. He is a brain cancer survivor. His story is incredible. He is the most positive person I've met. We then went home and had lunch. We then had Weekly Planning. We went and stopped by some potentials. We then had a lesson with Krystal and Amber, with Bro Aullenbach. It was an ok lesson. We then stopped by Roys'. They weren't home, but the Sousa's (?) let us in to share a quick message. We then went to the Simpsons. They are hilarious. they definitely need some help. We were going to take a late supper, but they fed us instead. :) Saturday We tried potentials and tracted. We then had lunch. We visited Bud and Dan again, mostly to set up for next week for epic splits. We then went to Gregoire and met with Bro Rich. He is pretty cool. We then tried some potentials. We then went to the Roy's they were home and we were finally able to share the mousetrap lesson. It took a long time, but it was the perfect lesson that night. We then came home and had supper.  Sunday We had Ward Council. The other elder's investigator Gabriel is going to be baptized this week. We had church, then coordination. It was a lot of planning for the epic splits. The Zone leaders are coming up this week and we are going to do a 6 way split with some ward members on Tuesday and Wednesday night. It took a lot of work to plan it out, but we did it. We then ran home to change and had a quick lunch. We had a couple of lessons set up, but they fell through. We went tracted and met Papa though. Yes that's his name. He is from Ghana. Super excited to met again. We then had supper with Stewart's. It was the first time it was just Stewart's. It was pretty cool. We then tried by Lisa, but rescheduled. We then helped Bro Mackay move a couch really quick.  It was a really good week. Always seeing miracles. :D Love, Elder Colin O'Neill

Fort Mac Chapter 7

Wow this week has been absolutely crazy! You can only plan so much, then when you turn it over to the Lord, he makes miracles happen. :) Monday Well we had pday. Emailed then did laundry while talking to Sis Fitzner. Had a great talk with her. It was awesome. We then tried some potentials. We had supper with Rusnell's. Supper wasn't quite ready when we got there, so they invited us downstairs to play some pool for a bit. It was a fun night. Our other lesson fell through. Tuesday Well we went tracting in Waterways, just the fartherst south of downtown. We then had lunch. Visited with Grandma Jean for a bit. We were supposed to meet March at A&W, but he didn't show. We then went and saw Bud and Dan. We had supper with Olsen's. We then tried some potentials. We also met with Bro Crane. We actually ran into at the hospital earlier and didn't know who he was. We just stopped by and had a visit with him. Wednesday We tried some formers and potentials and tracted in Timberlea. We then had lunch and tried some people downtown. We were walking from a potentials house and started talking to this guy, we walked with him almost the whole way across. We then had to walk back to the car. We were about 2 houses away from our car when this guy pulls up. He is from Salt Lake and was up here for work. he offered to take us for lunch. We really didn't want to, but we did. We then did Mo.org. We went and saw Tenicia and Nick. They are really cool. Super solid. We had supper with Sis Kidd and then ran to Stewarts to have a lesson with Diggles and them. It was a fun night. I love teaching the new member lessons to them. They already know everything so we can teach more in depth. Thursday Well we had District Meeting. We then went out to the Kidd's for a bit. It was good out there. We then rushed back and went to supper with Dahl's. We then rushed to Fitzner's for splits. I went with Bro Schmidt to Diana. That was a very interesting lesson. She is from China and is trying to find God. Her "boyfriend" is a member who set up the lesson. She had been taught many times before as well. It's going to be interesting teaching her. Her kids go to Catholic School and are very understanding. It was different. Always learning new things. Friday We had weekly planning. We were also going to have a long day of finding that day. In the middle of it Bobby D called and wanted to take us out for lunch. We tried some people downtown after that. We then met Bobby D at the mall. He is a LA, because he lives out at camp, works 24/4 shifts, can't get a license and the buses don't run from camp on Sunday morning. He is incredible. "His life could be a movie"-Elder Barber. We met him at the mall and he took us to Foot Locker and bought us new shoes. We then went to Montana's for lunch. It was incredible. We then tried some potentials. Well we were going to have supper with Olsen's, but they never called us back to confirm. We get a call from Sis Olsen and she asked if we could pick up some things for her, before we come for supper. We weren't hungry, but we went. It was still good. We then went to Fitzners' and went with Bro Fitzner to go see Bro Judd. We reinvited him to bring a new friend into his life. Saturday Well were in the middle of studies and Bobby D called us again. 2 days in a row. It's awesome. We tried some potentials. The temp also dropped like a rock. It was cold. We met Bobby D at a Chinese place and we talked for a bit. We then tried LA Olsen's, then tracted some more. We took a shorter supper and then stopped by Roy's they were in the middle of supper so we told them we would come back. We then stopped by Simpson's and had a great talk with them. We went back to the Roy's and they had gone out. Sunday We had Ward Council. It was a long weekend so there was no one there. There was the two councilors of the bishopric, the RS pres, Sunday School pres, Bro Fitzner and the 4 missionaries. :) Guess what we took the majority of the meeting talking about. :) We had church and then ran home for lunch. We had a few lessons set up that all of them fell through. We had coodination and then had supper at Eric's. We then stopped by Davis'. We actually got in with them and had a great talk with him. It was great. We were able to answer soo many of his questions and just have an open conversation. It was remarkable. We had a really good week. When most of our plans fell through, they were filled. It was an incredible week. Do all you can and then put it on the Lord and he will take care of the rest. That also applies to anything not just planning. :) Love, Elder Colin O'Neill

Fort Mac Chapter 6

Hello to Family, Garrett, me, My, Regan, Regan This week was quite a fun week. I forgot my planner again. New transfer left my old planner in the apartment. :) Monday P-day. Didn't do anything too out of the ordinary. We got everything done, so we played some uno for a bit till we had to leave. We had supper with Swainson's. It was an incredible night. Had a very good conversation with them. Don't remember what we did the rest of the night either. Tuesday We had a lesson with Nahia in the morning. It went really well. Her father in Edmonton was sick so she was down there last week. She is still just as interested. It was a good lesson. We then went and had stopped by Grandma Jean. We talked with her for a bit. she called the night before and told us that she was advised to stay away from the Mormons and so we didn't need to come by. Well we wanted to understand what was going on. We had a good conversation with her. We are going back next week. I think we had supper with Rusnell's that night. We had a small snow ball fight after. :) We then went to LA Olsen's. It was a good time there. Wednesday We tried some people in the morning downtown. Sometime in the afternoon we went out to the Kidd's and helped them around for a bit. The other Elder's came for supper as well. We then went and tracted in Gregoire Lake Estates. Found a couple of potentials. It was pretty good. It started snowing while we were out there. Tracting in a Winter Wonderland :) Thursday We had District Meeting and then went for lunch. Don't' really remember what we did that day. Friday We did Weekly planning and then we went to Gregoire to try some potentials and tract. It was interesting being Halloween. We were told many times, "this really isn't the day to be doing this". What else were we suppossed to do? We had supper with Diggles and then went home. We had to be in by 6 if we didn't have any appointments. We played some card games. I tried to teach Elder Barber Crib, but that failed. We mostly played Speed. Saturday We had a lot of lessons set up that cancelled. We tried some potentials downtown and tracted. We tracted into one guy that we debated with for a good little while on his door. Why do people enjoy telling us so much about what we do and what we believe? It's a little annoying. Just a bit. :P We then had lunch. We had a lesson with Dwayne, but he had to reschedule. We then went and met Sis Eric's friend March. He was meeting with the missionaries a few years ago, but lost contact with everyone when he lost his job. He is struggling a lot. We met him and he is going to come to church. We were suppossed to have a lesson with Eric. Well that didn't really happen. When we got there no one answered, but he was walking up the street. He awkwardly let us in. We were half teaching lesson one. His dad came in and we tried to include him in the conversation. Well then Eric took off and took a shower. His Dad wasn't interested so we left. We went up to Thickwood and we got our Flu Shots. We then tried potentials. We were going to have a lesson with Jeet, so we stopped by Tiffany. Well her husband answered and said she wasn't home. Elder Barber saw her in the window as we were walking away. Don't think we are teaching Tiffany anymore. Jeet then wasn't home. Aaron met us there and still had some time, so we tried potentials. We went and saw Tenicia. She was home and we had a super good lesson with her. I can't even describe how much she respects what we do. We made her cry a couple of times. It was a great lesson. We then went home and had supper then tried by some more people. Sunday It was an incredible day. We had church. We had Nahia and March at Church. It was incredible. Testimony meeting was interesting. Some interesting Testimonies. The rest of church was great. After we went to Gregoire. We were supposed to have a lesson with Joe, but his family was sick. We then went to Al Rich. He was home and we had a great conversation. We were almost late to coordination. We then had supper with Harper's. We then stopped by Tina. She was home. We had a great conversation with her and then we were late to the Fireside. It was incredible. It was about Member missionary work with the Stewarts and Diggles sharing their story. It was amazing. Well that was my week. Tons of miracles. Hopefully this week will be the same. :) Love, Elder Colin O'Neill

Fort Mac Chapter 5

Well this week was interesting for sure. Lots of craziness. It was a bit of a struggle as well. Things just didn't really work out at all. I guess that's how life goes at times. Can't always be sunshine and perfection. Speaking of sunshine though, snow is in....:P Hopefully it doesn't stay, but you never know. GO CANADA...not :) Monday Well we had Pday. It was actually pretty crappy. Things just kept falling apart for me. I tried to change the format of some of my music so it would play in the car and it didn't work. Elder Barber printed out pics without a problem. I went to print mine, no one was around to put in the code. Then when they were printed, they all left before I could pay. Really?! I was having a bad day. We went tracting at Gregoire Lake Estates and ran into a really cool guy. He opened the door and was excited about the Book of Mormon in my hand. It was really cool. We then had supper with Spirig's. We then went and stopped by the Kidd's. We are getting serious about Bro Kidd stopping smoking. Tuesday We tried by potentials and formers downtown for a while. Then we had lunch. We went to have a lesson with Grandma Jean, but Mendoza didn't show up, so we rescheduled. We then went on exchanges. I was with Elder Kriesel. That was interesting. We did a lot of potentials and tracting. We had supper at Christine's, then went to LA Olsen. We had a really good time there. Really got to know them. It was fun. That night we also got picked up by the other Elders and got to see the northern lights. IT WAS AMAZING. We really didn't see too much. The pictures I got are actually better than what we saw. Wednesday well we ended up being on exchanges for an extra 4 hours. The other elders weren't ready to exchange on time and then we were supposed to have a lesson with and investigator that moved into their area, so they stayed on exchanges until after the lesson so they could do a pass-over lesson. We then had supper at Olsen's (active). It was a lot of fun. We also had the other Elder's phone. They called us from their supper and we told them where to meet us. Well our lesson with Davis' fell through. We had to wait around until they came to get their phone. We then tried some potentials. Thursday We had District Meeting. We played a little dodgeball for an activity and then went to Subway for lunch. We then tried by a potential we had a lesson with, but they weren't home. We then went changed and travelled to Anzac. We went and helped Bro Spirig with their salon. I edged the drywall so they can start painting soon. We then had supper with Kidd's. We then drove back and helped Simpson's move. Their daughter is moving back in with them. We helped them out and then talked with them for a bit. They ordered pizza and we stayed for that. I wasn't too hungry, but can't deny it. Friday We had weekly planning, lunch, mormon.org time and then we went to see Bud. We then went and tried some potentials in Gregoire. Haven't been out there till then. We then went and helped set up for the Ward Halloween party. When it was supposed to start very few people were there. Very few people were there period in my opinion. It was still good. We then left after a little while and went to stop by some people. Saturday We went and helped Roys move some couches around. We did it quicker than they thought so there wasn't much for us to do. We talked with them for a bit. We then went and had lunch. We changed and went to Dwayne. He is cool. He was a potential and we set up a time to met with him. We had a pretty good lesson. Wasn't the most focused. We then went to Jeff and they had to cancel. We then went to Al. Well Al is a very closed. He let us in and bashed with us. It was  a bit frustrating. We then tried some other potentials. We had supper at Macpherson's. It was pretty cool. We then tried more potentials. Sunday We had Ward Council. We didn't get much of a chance to speak. We then had Church. I guess it was the Primary Program everywhere. It was cute to watch the little kids. We had Simpson's and Roy's at church. It was great. We then had lunch. We tried by some potentials, then had coordination. This ward as a plan for everything. It's amazing. We then went to supper with Galenzoski's. That was funny and weird at the same time. We then tried more potentials. Well that was my week. I know this week is going to be a lot better. I don't know how it could really get any worse. :) It wasn't a terrible week, just a lot of lows. This week is going to have a lot of highs. I know it will. :) Love,  Elder Colin O'Neill

Fort Mac Chapter 4

Oct 20 (6 days ago) to Family, Garrett, me, My, Regan Wow it seems like it has been forever since I last emailed. This week has been super long and tiring, but full of wonderful miracles. Tuesday Well we had an awesome lesson with Nahia with Sis Fitzner and Sis Lokhorst. It went super well. It was a bit short, but it was powerful. We then helped a family move some stuff and then had lunch. We then emailed. We had a few potentials that we tried by and tracted. We then had supper at our apartment and waited for the ZL's. After they came we went on splits with them. Elder Stewart and I went to see a potential that said we could come over later. We came and she was busy and her husband sent us away. Not too solid. We then tracted for a bit. We ended up getting in a little bash with a BornAgain. It was interesting. We then met at Fitzner's and went with Bro Lockhorst to see a few people. We met with the LA Olsen's. It was a very interesting lesson. I learned a lot more about them than I knew before. We then went to Swainson's and extended a challenge to them. It was a great night. Wednesday Well we started by helping at Heritage Park. We once again took out the garbage and helped clean up. We then ended up by helping catalog some old ship manuals. We then had lunch. We then did Mormon.org time and then went to Bud. We are trying to help him regain a testimony of the Book of Mormon, but he tries to argue with us. We then tried some potentials and tracted. We had supper with Beck's and Sister Beech. It was pretty good. We then tried some other's. We ended up at Jackson's that night. They are a young couple who just had a baby. They are pretty cool. Thursday Well we had ZTM. It was definitely more relaxed than any of the other ZTM's I've been to. It was good. We learned a lot of things. We then had to leave pretty quickly to get to our lesson with Tiffany. We went with Sis O'Brey and Sis Beck. It was a pretty good lesson. Something from it seemed off. We realized that it was because we haven't really done a lesson like that for a while. It was when we go through 1 Nephi 1 with them. I haven't done it in a while and Elder Barber hasn't ever done it much. It was rough. A lot of improvement. Tiffany wants to get her husband involved. It's awesome. We then went back changed and went out to Kidd's. We helped them out a bit and then we had supper. We had to leave pretty quick to get back to Diggles. That was an awesome lesson. The Diggles know everything. It was the start of the new member lessons and they already know it so well. Friday Well we had Weekly Planning. We then tried Georgina and was able to talk with her for a bit. She is just so crazy busy trying to sell her house it's hard to meet with her. We then tried some other potentials. We had supper with the Diggles. It was so much fun. We then tried some other people. We ended at Simpsons. We were acutally able to catch bro Simpson at home. They are hilarious. It was so much fun. Just need to get them to church. Saturday Well we helped collect food at the Food Bank for the Food Drive. We brought in almost 7,000 pounds of food. It was a lot. We then had lunch and went to Jackson's to help with their fence. We helped mix concrete to make the footings for the fence posts. That was a lot of work. We then tried potentials and tracted the rest of the night. Sunday Well we had Ward Council. The Stake President came up too. He didn't have any comments at the end. This ward knows what's going on. We then had church. It was pretty great. After Church was amazing. The Diggle's received the Priesthood. :) It was so amazing. We then had lunch and tried potentials. We had coordination and then supper with Fitzner's. We tried by the Davis Family and He was outside. We ended up having a lesson with him out there with his son. It was great. We then tried other potentials and tracted for the night. It was a super eventful week. It seemed like it was soo long too. Crazy. :) Oh well. That's life. :D Love,  Elder Colin O'Neill P.S. from MOM----Sorry ya'll I have been out of town and had no internet. So these didn't get forwarded. Until now. New one coming tomorrow, also! Love to all! Sheila

Fort Mac Chapter 3

Wow this last week was crazy. Quite a Gong Show. :) It was still pretty fun.

Monday
We did laundry at Fitzer's and then we emailed. We went shopping and printed out some pics. We had to go pic up some stuff from the Dry cleaners. That was an adventure. Well they have been doing some construction on the bridges from Downtown to Thickwood and Timberlea. Well the car in front of me slammed on his brakes and so did I so I would hit him. Well the car behind me wasn't as quick. She was going to hit us so she swerved into the other lane. Well in doing so she hit out bumper. She got into that lane and then merged back over and took off. Hit and Run. It was interesting. We couldn't do anything. Well luckily it just scratched the paint a little. Still had to call Elder Pratt about it. That was an interesting call. We went on with our day. Looked around the mall and had supper. We went to Jackie's but she forgot we were coming. Well we decided to go then to the RCMP station to report it. The guy at the counter really didn't know what to say to me. We then drove to Tiffany. We were a bit early so we tracted. We got in and talked with this Indian couple. They were the most open Hindu's ever. They were cool to teach. We then went to Tiffany about an hour late, but she still let us in. Her husband isn't really interested, but he just went into the kitchen. It was a really good lesson. We weren't really getting much response from her, so we taught a really short and simple lesson 1. It was one of the greatest lessons ever. It was amazing. It was a really good day over all. :)

Tuesday
We did some potentials and then we had a lesson with Nahia. We took Mendoza with us. It went super well. She is a student and the college and is studying philosophy of religion. She has taken her desire to know the truth to an extreme. It is sweet. She is so open. It was great lesson. We then had lunch. Mendoza took us to Fatburger. :) We then went to our apartment and then we went on exchanges. :) I was with Elder Hentunen. :D. That was fun. We did a lot and got a lot of work done. We did a lot of potentials and tracting, but time flew by.

Wednesday

Well we were supposed to have a lesson, but she wasn't home. We had out interview and then had lunch. We then went and met with Russell. He was a former, who in the past really tried to ignore the missionaries. He is more open this time. We taught the Plan of Salvation and it was amazing. Such a good lesson. We then went and exchanged back. We went and saw Bud and Dan. We then had supper with Sherry Kidd. It was all for of us for numbers. Well the other elders tried to leave right before the lesson. They were trying to walk out as we were all strongly hinting they couldn't. We then went to the Simpsons and met with the boys and their sister.

Thursday

We had District Meeting and lunch at Wendy's. We mostly did some finding. We went and were going to the Kidds to help  them out and have supper. We ended up leaving late, since all four of us were going and the other elders were a bit late. We drove out there and had a fun time out there. We helped haul some wood in and then worked on the wolf trap with Bro Kidd. We had supper with them. We were going to go to Anzac and tract, but that didn't work out.

Friday

We had weekly planning. We got a lot organized so it took a while. We tried by people and tracted. We had supper and that night we went to the Doonanco's. It was a little awkward. While we were there their daughter confessed to ruining a blanket while there were visiting some old missionaries about 10 years ago. Well they thought it was their other daughter. Sis Doonanco got pretty upset and left the room. Awkward for us.

Saturday

We mostly did some potentials and tracting in the morning. We had lunch and then went to LA Olsen's. We shared a message about the Book of Mormon that really got them thinking. It was incredible. We then went and visited with Bud and Dan. We were there for a bit and were about to leave when Bud asked us to stay for a bit longer. We told him we could stay if we read some scriptures. Well we read some and had a great conversation. We were trying to leave when Bro Fitzner came in. We finally said a prayer and left. It was a long visit. We then tracted a bit. We had supper at Lokhorst's. It was fun. We then went to Roy's. It is so much fun over there.

Sunday

We had Ward Council. It was ok. We then had church. The Roys came. It was awesome. We were actually in the lessons too. :) We had lunch and then tracted. We had coordination. We then had supper with Stewarts and Lemays and the Diggle kids. Bro and Sis Diggle are out on site. It was great. So much fun. :) We then went and met with the Swainsons. Such a spiritual conversation. It was amazing.

Monday

Well we did our shopping and did what we needed to and then went to Fitzner's. We did laundry as we played shuffleboard and croquet. We also had Canadian Thanksgiving. Well we weren't supposed to go tracting and we didn't know what else to do, so we stayed there for FHE and played some games. It was a great Thanksgiving.

Well that was my week. It was Crazy, but a lot of fun. I'm loving it up here. This week is starting to be just as crazy. If we can keep our heads on straight it will be a miracle. :)

Elder Colin O'Neill

Fort Mac Chapter 2

Wow. That's all I can really say right now. It seems like it has been forever since I last emailed. This week was so amazing. It was incredible. So many things going on. I'll try and share what we did. It may not seem like a lot, but when you put your full heart into the work, you get work done. :)

Monday

It was p-day. We emailed then went shopping. Didn't do a whole lot. We went to Fitzner's to do laundry and then went back and had supper. We tried by potentials and tracted the rest of the night. 

Tuesday

We tried Potentials and tracted. Had lunch. We then tried formers and potentials and tracted. We had supper. Then we picked up a member who used to be a missionary here. Mendoza. We picked him up and then we went to have a lesson with Fred, Raj and Shuma, but no one was there. It was a bummer. We went and helped Bro Soares with writing a letter for Sunday School. English help. Strange. We then went and talked with the Olsen's for a bit. 

Wednesday

We were going to do service at Heritage Park, and they needed help at the Marine Park. It was cool to see it. It is a Marine Museum. They have a couple of boats that you can walk around. We were there to help them close down for the season. Our job was to take out the garbage. The outside one :P. Well it's been raining a lot up here so all of the trash cans were full of water. It was very pleasant. It was still cool. We then had lunch. We were supposed to go to some potential to teach them and the member called about 5 minutes before and cancelled so we had to cancel our lessons and move them. Frustrating. We did mormon.org time. We then tried some Formers. Mendoza took us out to Montana's for all you can eat ribs. Two Beef ribs and I was done. It was so good, but way to much meat. :P We then just tried by more people. 

Thursday

We had District Meeting. It was pretty fun. Elder Hentunen came up with a board game based on our planner. Every space there was something to do and to practice. It was cool, because we practiced different situations and played different roles. We then went to Mucho Burrito for lunch. We met with Bud and Dan. We then went out to the Kidd's. They live by Anzac about 30 min southish of Fort Mac. We had supper with them and then (since we didn't have service clothes) we watched Bro Kidd build up his wolf trap. Ya he is making a wolf trap. :) We then went into Anzac and met with the Spirig's. They are awesome. We told them that we were going to try tracting in Anzac and Sis Spirig drew us a map of where there were some houses. It was very helpful, since we knew nothing about the lay out of Anzac. We tracted this one cul-de-sac. We actually found a lot of success. It was awesome. We then had some fun driving back. I turned the wrong way out of Anzac and started driving. After about 15 minutes when we passed an oil camp we realized we were going the wrong way. We turned around and made it back to Fort Mac. We were almost out of gas as well. We should have filled up earlier, but didn't. Not doing that again. :)

Friday

We had Weekly planning. We decided to divide up the area into sections, so we can focus our finding on one section at a time. We had lunch. We tried by a lot of people. We had supper with Diggles at Stewarts. That is pretty common to have them both. It was fun. We then tried some other people. We went and met with the Simpson boys that night. 

Saturday

General Conference. We started and went to Stewarts for breakfast with them and the Diggle's. Before conference started. We went with Bro Stewart so he could switch with Bro Diggle at Canadian Tire selling raffle tickets with his girls for a fundraiser, so that Bro Diggle could watch conference. Their First One. We drove back to Stewarts with Bro Diggle and watched the first session. We did miss the first part. In between sessions we went and saw Bud and Dan to make sure they could watch conference. We then watched the second session at the church. After that we ran home to grab a bit to eat and then were supposed to meet Audrey at the Church. Well she nor anyone we asked to come showed up. We watched Priesthood and then went to A&W with the ward. It was fun. 

Sunday

Well we watched the morning session at the church. We then had lunch and tracted a bit until the afternoon. Watched that at the church as well. We went back and had supper. We then went and tried potentials and tracted. We taught two people last night. neither of them are going to go anywhere though. one was an Indian man, who didn't really understand what we were teaching. Language. The second was a lady who was struggling to understand why there has to be something added to the Bible. We know that if we would have said the right thing, the Spirit could have touched her heart, but we didn't know exactly what it was. She started to be more closed off as well. 

Overall it was a really good week. We have a lot of appointments for this upcoming week that hopefully will happen and go well. I'm enjoying my time up here . It is getting cold, but the Spirit is warm. :)

Love, Elder Colin O'Neill

Fort Mac Chapter 1

Well I'm on a new book of my mission. I'm now in Fort McMurray. I'm loving it so far up here. The ward is pretty awesome and we have a lot of things going on for us.

I'll start with my week. Remember it started in Tofield and then to Fort Mac. 

Monday

Well we went to Kastendieck's acreage that morning for breakfast. We got the call on the way. It was fun to be there. I'm going to miss the acreage. It was fun out there. We then drove back to grab clothes and then we went to Veg. We emailed and then went to say goodbyes. In all we saw Chuck, Sis Yost, Sis Gillespie, Grandma Deal, Soren, then Stennes. I'm going to miss them all. 

Tuesday

Well it started with packing. We had a lesson with Roni with Pres Hillyer and Sis Fisher. It went really well. We then drove over to Hillyer's to say goodbye. We went and saw the Chutes. We then went to supper at Kastendiecks'. It was a great last supper. :) Going to miss them. They made a candy poster for me. Don't worry Mom. I haven't finished all of it. Barely eaten any of it. We stopped by Gillis' and then went to Fishers one last time. 

Wednesday

Well I got everything packed up and in the car. We took off a little early and went to Jannell's in Edmonton. We then went to Transfers. It was cool I got to see some friends in the mission. It was fun. I'm now companions with Elder Barber from Lehi. He lives super close and we never knew each other. Funny how that works. Well the other Fort Mac elders are Elder Hentunen and his trainee. They had to get some stuff while we were in the city. It was weird, because we went to all of these places in Londonderry. It was a trip back in time. Really strange. We then left for Fort Mac. It is a 5 hour drive. That was the rest of the night. Driving. YEAH!!!.....not. Elder Barber and I got to know each other really well that night. :) That's a plus. 

Thursday

I don't really remember much. I didn't get much of a chance to write down our plans. I know we had District Meeting and then lunch. We dropped off our car for an oil change. We met with Bro O'Brey about some young men that we could work with. Picked up the car and then had supper. We then went to a memorial for someone in the ward that had just passed away. We then went and met the Fitzner's. 

Friday

Well we had weekly planning then lunch. We then tried some potentials and tracted. We met Bud. He is an older LA in the hospital. We then tried more potentials and tracted. It was kind of miserable because it was raining and cold all day. Not too much fun. We had supper and then met the Roy's. They are a fun family. We then went and met with the Simpson's. We then tried by the Reitz and they let us in. She is a member and he isn't. We were able to get in and share a message and say a prayer. It was pretty awesome, since he didn't seem too thrilled that we were there. :) It was incredible. 

Saturday

We went and did mormon.org time and tracted. We had lunch and then tried potentials in Timberlea. We at one point ditched the car and walked around trying people. It was really effective. We were able to talk to a few people on the street. I love this feeling of missionary work. We had supper with Soares. That was interesting. We then tried by some La's and potentials. We then went to Mackay's. They are an awesome couple. 

Sunday

Well we had Ward Council. We then had church. It was very interesting. We ended up helping Sis McPhearson with the Food Drive. Didn't really get to go to class. Still got to talk to a lot of the members. We then did studies. We had coordination at Fitzner's and then went to supper at Stewarts with the Diggle's and Crouch's. It was a ton of fun. Small world moment again. Sis Stewart is Sis Pilisko's (Londonderry) sister. Small world. We then were supposed to have a lesson with Lisa. We stopped by yesterday and set up the appointment. We knocked two girls answered the door and told us that she left for Las Vegas. WHAT? I guess that happens up here. Lots of money lots of people just leave. We then stopped by some other people. 

Well that was my week. I'm loving my time so far up here in Fort Mac. It is a great area. A lot going on. We are working hard and doing lots. Slowly trying to learn the area as well. I'm still driving. We are now driving a Chevy Equinox. We call it a Soccer Mom car. It's a tank. Oh well :) It's fun. :)

Love,

Elder Colin O'Neill