Tofield Chapter 7

Well this week was a lot of fun, as usual. Did a lot, but a lot fell through.

Tuesday

Well after we emailed we had lunch and then travelled to V to do some things there. We had tried by a lady that Mary had told us about that was a member. We start talking to her and we introduce ourselves and she introduces herself as Sister Klein. Confirmed. She's a member. We talked with her for a little bit. We had tried by some other people and then Katelyn asked if we could come help paint. Luckily we keep clothes in the car. We went over and helped paint her bedroom. It was blue green and orange stripes. We just went over to help prime the walls for a new color. We helped for a long time. They ordered pizza. We then went to Chuck's.

Wednesday

We helped out at the Library and then stopped by some potentials. We got lunch at this café and then went to Walmart to shop. We went and visited with Sis Gillespie, then went to see Sis Yost. We tried by some people and then ended up tracting. We found this really cool guy. We taught him the first lesson at his doorstep. We gave him a BOM and are going to stop by this week hopefully. We then went to Sis Skeem for supper. We usually pick up supper from her, but Bro Fisher had mentioned finding a way to eat supper there. We called her and asked her to invite a friend over. She was trying to get a hold of a LA lady a few streets over, but she wasn't answering, so she went down the hall and invited her friend over. It was really cool. After that we went bowling. We were a little late, but They still love our help. After bowling we drove out to Stennes and they weren't home. Apparently Sis Stennes was in the hospital for something. We drove out to Mundare to stop by some people since we are never in Mundare.

Thursday

We had District Meeting. That was fun. We couldn't meet at the members in Lamont so we had district meeting on the bleachers of the rodeo grounds. We then had lunch at Kelly's like usual. I felt pretty bad. It was a new cook and the new waitress running the show. Everything was slower than usual and crazy. Toward the end, Kelly finally came and helped finish everything. She also wrote off our bill. They are super great. It was a rough day for them. After lunch we drove to Tofield and helped out at Busy Bee. We tried some people and then ended up tracting. We couldn't ever get a hold of Galongo's so we had supper and then were going to drive out there afterwards anyways. Well we got there and they were expecting us. We sat their with Sis Galongo and Sis Tollstrup until Trent got home. He came home, we shared a quick message so we could leave and get home on time. We saw him for about 10 minutes. Crazy.

Friday

We had Weekly Planning then we had lunch. We just tracted all day. It wasn't too bad since the sun was out. got a little bit of a tan. We were asked to help out at the Community hall every 2nd and 4th Friday. Well that is when they have the farmer's market. Well Yvonne is the one in charge and often is the only one there to clean everything up, She isn't young either. Pres Hillyer told us to go help. It was great to be that much help. We also met a member in one of the Sherwood Park wards. She sells pampered chef and gave us some banana bread. :) We had supper with Sister Roughley and the Chutes (that sounds like a band name to me). We then tried by some people. I wasn't feeling too great so we went in a little early. Stomach problems.

Saturday

We went out to V. Some where along the way Elder Garver decided we should borrow Chuck's bikes for the day. We drove to Chuck's, parked the car and grabbed the bikes. We had to fill up the tires, but we were on bikes all day. It was only for a day. not a whole month in the fall. :P. Good ole' Londonderry. We rode around all day and no one was really home. We tracted a little bit. We stopped by Shirley and they were getting ready to go to church. We asked for a glass of water and they gave us a bottle of water since we were on bikes. The only problem was that the bottles were 1.5 L. They were huge. Elder Garver doesn't have a big bag at all so they went in my bag. :( That was toward the end of the day so it wasn't too big of a deal. We were going to have supper at Chuck and Mary's, but it wasn't quite ready so we stopped in to see Sis Gillespie again. We had supper and then drove, yes drove no more bikes, to Stennes. I loved it. We got there and they were making supper. It was kinda late, but whatever. They were having a little appetizer you could say of one of my favorite things ever. Crab! Yep break it, crack it, dip it in butter crab legs. They were pretty much done, but gave us, mostly me, some of it. I miss crab.

Sunday

We had branch council. It's so hard to work with the members sometimes. They try to be involved in missionary work, but don't do much. We ended up talking about 1 of our investigators who is in a part member family. They already know some members. It's frustrating. We had to teach Elder's Quorum. It went pretty well with the 5 people that we taught. After we went and quickly changed then went to Kastendieck's for lunch. Had a fun time there and then went to Woodruff's for supper. There was a little time in between, but still very full. We then tried by some people, but they weren't home. We ended the night talking with Murray.

Monday

Well we had p-day. We did pretty much nothing. We woke up early to play basketball with the Kastendieck's. We then laid around the apartment for most of the day. We went to the church to play ping pong for a little bit. We went to the Roncin's for supper. We then stopped by some people in Holden since we aren't out there very often.

That was my week. It's still going well here in Tofield. :)

 

Love from,

Elder O'Neill

Tofield Chapter 5

Well this week was a lot of fun. I really did enjoy talking to the Fam on Sunday. It was a fun conversation, so I wasn't homesick at all. It was great. The kids have definitely grown a lot!

Well I'll tell you about up here in Tofield.

Tuesday

Well after emailing we went and had Lunch. We tried stopping by a few people, but they weren't home. So we didn't have anything to do while in Tofield so we went to Veg to give us an extra day up there for the week. We went up there and helped reshelve books at the Library. We then went and were able to meet with Eric. They had met with him before, but never really taught anything yet. We went over and did the same. We started to try and teach him, but it wasn't going super well so we just got to know him better. We went and visited with Sis Yost for a bit. She is back home and doing well. We then went out to see the Stennes'. We haven't been out there for a while. It was a good visit. We were able to have a really good talk with their friend Tammy. We are going to bring her a quit smoking program, if we can find one. I was also able to help Sis Stennes with her computer. I helped her move her pics from her hard drive to the computer and fix some settings. I loved being able to work on a computer again.

Wednesday

We were in Veg again. We were going to meet with Dianne but she was busy. We went and talked with Bill for a little bit. Then went and had a lesson with Meggie. It went really well. We were finally able to finish teaching her L1. After Lunch, we were going to go out and help Stennes, but when we got there they weren't home. Oh well. We drove back to Veg and met with Sis Gillispie. She had fallen and her left side of her face was all bruised. She didn't look too well, but is doing fine now. We visited with her for a bit and then went and visited with Soren. We then went and had a lesson with Shirley. It went great. We taught her L2 and had a really good lesson. We invited her to come to church, but she needs to check with the rest of the Fam before. We went and had supper at the Shaw's and then went to bowling. We had to leave early to go to Thompson's who weren't home. Lame. Well we tried some potentials before our lesson with Glenn. We were going to bring Bro Bates, but when we called he forgot. We needed him there so we waited for him. We went to Glenn. This is the guy we met last week. It was a bash. Bro Bates just threw down. It was really fun, but I know why we aren't supposed to get in those situations. Glenn and his friend aren't going to change.

Thursday

Well it wasn't too exciting. We had ZTM so it took up most of the day. We worked on the area book for a little bit in the morning  and then drove to Sherwood Park. ZTM was pretty good. It was great to see some missionaries that I haven't been around for a little while. Right after ZTM we had to leave to get back in time for supper. We had supper at Sis Brockhurst. She had her friend over. She knows all about our church. She said half her friends are Mormon, so she is half Mormon. After supper we went to the Pillings with Bro Fisher. We then drove home.

Friday

Well we had weekly planning then lunch. After lunch we went for Mormon.org time. We then went and helped out at Busy bee. We tried by some potentials and tracted. We had supper at Fishers and then invited the Crumps to come over. It was good, because we don't know the Crumps very well. We then left there and hurried and changed to go help the Pillings. We were going to go help them with their goats, but instead we helped them put in posts for a new fence. It was still good.

Saturday

Well we went to Veg. We went and visited with Sister Gillespie and Sister Yost. We met with Bill and tried by a lot of other people. Not much really happened. Chuck and Mary took us out for supper at Vito's. It was good. I had the baked seafood fettuccini. It was alright, the seafood was imitation crab. Don't have seafood in the country. It was great. We went back and visited for a little bit and then left.

Sunday

We had branch council. We then had Church. It was really good. For Mother's Day they gave all the mom's little flowers. After church we ran home for a minute and then went to Lu's. Well I had lunch with Lu, Bob and Sis Beck while Elder Garver was skypeing. Then I got to Skype and you know about that. We then waited for supper. While we were waiting we played Ticket to Ride. It is a pretty fun game. We then had supper and shared a message. By then we need to leave for the night.

Monday

Well P-day was a lot of fun. We did what we needed to and then we went out to the Kastendiecks acreage. We had fun out there. We played Bochi and I took some cool pictures. We just hung out, out there. We then came back and went to supper at Tiedeman's. It was fun. Crazy trying to find it. We then came back to Tofield and then went and visited with Becky. That was about the rest of the day.

Well got to go. Love you all
Elder O'Neill

Tofield Chapter 4

Wow this week was crazy. So much happened. I'm honestly pretty tired. We are working hard out here. I love it.

Tuesday

Well we started by cleaning the whole Veg apartment. We were moving out, so we had to take everything that was left, out and put it in the trailer, then clean everything. We went out with Elder and Sister Poulin to the Bates for lunch. They used to live in Veg. We then went back and finished cleaning. We got done at about 3:30. We stopped by some people. We picked up supper from Sis Skeem and went to Chuck and Mary's to eat it since we no longer had an apartment. We continued to stop by some people.

Wednesday

Well we went and helped out at the Veg Library and then did Mormon.org time. We had lunch at Subway and then went to see Sis Yost. We went up to see Sis Gillispie in dialysis after that. We continued to try by people until supper. Since we had been keeping score at the bowling alley for the Special Olympics, we were invited to a dinner. It was great. I was fine with just having water, but "grandma" deal kept having them bring coke for us. We had a lesson with the Thompson that didn't really get anywhere. We then drove home.

Thursday

We had district meeting and lunch at Kelly's. We then went on exchanges. Elder Mugerian and I were going to be in Tofield. I was pretty nervous. I knew how to get around in the area, but really didn't know the area very well. It went well though. We went and helped out at Busy Bee. We were able to have some good conversations with some people there. We might be able to help this one lady with some service. We had to send in Klick and then we tried by Potentials. We had supper at McDaniel's. We tried by a former out there. He actually answered the door which was a success. He was busy, but he answered.

Friday

Well we had our interview and then had lunch. We drove and exchanged back then drove back. We had Weekly Planning and stopped by potentials. We had supper at Hillyer's. It was fun. Bro Hillyer's parents came too. They are from Southern Alberta. We were going to go to the Pillings but they cancelled during supper. We ended up just stopping by potentials.

Saturday

We travelled to Veg and tried Maggie. She wasn't home. We tried some other people and nothing. We ate lunch at Subway. We had a lesson with Roy and Crystal with Bro Cahoon. That was a good lesson. We were able to talk about the issues with marriage and that they can find and feel the answer as they read the Book of Mormon. It went really well. We found out more about the issue and it totally makes more sense. We went and met with Shirley, had a good lesson introducing her to the Book of Mormon. We then went to Chuck and Mary's. They gave us supper and we chatted for a while. We then drove home.

Sunday

We had church. We went in and helped teach part of Relief Society. We were supposed to talk about ways for members to share the gospel. We had prepared a little bit, but didn't really know what Sis Brockhurst wanted. She gave us a copy of the handout before church. She was going to give us about 15-20 mins. We were really only going to take about 10-15, but we made it a good quality 20 min. The Spirit really guided that. We went home and had our lunch hour. We then tried by Gary, busy of course. We went to try the Hindi house and they were just leaving, but said to come back at 6. We stopped by Bill and set up a time for later. Then we tracted a bit. We had supper at the Kastendiecks. Their youngest just turned 12. It was a lot of fun. We then met with the Hindi people. Kishar is the only consistent person we talk to. We had a good lesson going over the first lesson. We then drove out to set up something with McGale's and Dan. We ended the night by going and talking with Murray.

Monday

For a P-day it was a lot of work, but it was sooo much fun. We woke up and went to the church to play basketball with the Kastendiecks. Bro Kastendieck then took us out to their acreage. We had some fun out there and helped out with some of the projects. It is great out there. We were out there until 2:30. We then came back and showered and took a nap. We woke up and went shopping. We drove to the Huderites (?) to buy some eggs. They sell them for $2/dozen. We then drove back and had dinner. We stopped by some people, but nothing really happened. We were able to meet with the Roe's. It was a good visit. Not much else happened.

I'm still recovering from yesterday, but I'm doing great. Hope everything is going well at home.

Love you,
Elder O'Neill