Fort Mac Chapter 22

Wow so last week wasn't very exciting. This week is already starting off more exciting. We are heading down to Edmonton for a Zone Conference, Interviews and Temple trip. :)

Tuesday

Well we had p-day. We had supper with the Goetz, Blackmore and Christine. It was pretty good. In the middle of it the other elders had a call for a referral from a lady down in Lethbridge. It was actually in our area so Elder Walker handed me the phone. It was pretty cool. That is an overarching story of the week. :) We then tried some Less-actives. 

Wednesday

Well we did studies then we went and visited with Bud and Dan. Had a good conversation with Dan and then talked with Bud. We then drove out to Saprae. We drove out there and found a street to tract. We went to park and the truck slid off and got stuck. Luckily someone saw us go in and drove home to get some tow straps. Got out no problems. :) He was awesome. We then tracted somewhere else. We were walking down and this car was stopped at the next drive way. They were waiting for us. This guy asked if we had any pamphlets. He was heading to the Philippines and was going to be wearing some dress clothes and didn't want to get robbed so he wanted to look like he was handing out religious stuff. Hopefully someone in the Philippines gets baptized from it. Or him. :) It was interesting. We then had supper with Tagg's. We then just did some visits. 

Thursday

We had district meeting then lunch. We just tracted for a bit. We went out to the Kidd's for supper and to help them. We then came back and tried some people.

Friday

Well we did Weekly Planning, lunch, then mormon.org. time. We stopped by a few people and tracted. We had supper. We then were supposed to meet with Mihaly. He is the referral. It was quite a process. We have been trying by his apartment, calling him, Dale (the apartment owner who referred us) was in constant contact with us and him trying to figure out how we could meet. It was quite an ordeal. We were supposed to meet with him, but he wasn't home. We just tried by some other people. We then had a lesson with Diana. It went ok. She is having a struggle with one of her friends. Which affected the lesson. 

Saturday

We did the usual. We then tracted just about all day. We saw Bobby D and talked with him. We then had a lesson with LA Olsen's and the Diggles. It was great. They wanted to meet with some converts. :) We ended up having to leave and left them there talking for a little while longer. We ran and met with the Simpsons. We just had a really good talk about how we can help them. It was a good night after a long day. 

Sunday

Well we had ward council, church and coordination. We had lunch, then tracted and tried by some people. We had supper with Galenzoski's. We then ran and finally met with Mihaly. He is so prepared. He lost his job and Dale, his landlord, didn't want to kick him out, but just wanted to try and help him. He sent us over to see if there was anything we could do for him. He was actually prepared for the job loss. He was telling us that he kept having promptings when he was going shopping to buy extra because something bad is going to happen. Well he lost his job and was taken care of, but then the emotional kicked in. We went over and he started the conversation about the gospel. He is a really great genuine guy. 

Well that was my week. The main story was Mihaly. He was being prepared to hear the gospel and I can't wait to see what will happen. :) Dale also has a friend that he wants us to meet. Dave O'Neill. He feels like their might be some family connection. We'll see how that goes or even if I ever meet him. I might be leaving Fort Mac soon, but I don't know. I don't want to leave, but if that's God's plan then I will have to.

Hope everyone is having a great week. Until next week. :)

Love, 

Elder Colin O'Neill

Fort Mac Chapter 21

Wow this week was crazy. I don't even hardly know where to start.

Monday

Well It was Pday. Did the usual and then had supper with the other Elders. WE then tried some people in Gregoire. 

Tuesday

Well we did the usual tracting and potentials. We went on splits with the Zone leaders that night. I was with Elder Waddoups. We stopped by Nahia and actually set up a return appointment with her. It was a miracle. :) Haven't talked to her in two months. We then all had supper with the Schmidt's and Grants. It was a lot of fun. We then tried by a few people. We were able to get in and talk with Eddy for a bit. He is a really cool guy. More about him later. 

Wednesday

Well they were doing some things for our apartment so we had to be out of there by 9. We went over to the Fitzner's and did studies and had lunch. Well with the wind it was -45 so we couldn't go out. We stayed at the Fitzners for a while. The other elders were having some problems with their apartment and so the Zone leaders stayed with us that day. We had supper with Sis Kidd and then we went to the Bikers for Christ Bible study. Eddy is a part of it and invited us to go. He was totally shocked when we showed up. It was really awesome. They are really great and Eddy has told us since that they really enjoyed us coming. :)

Thursday

Well the Zone Leaders took off early early that morning to drive back. We did the usual and then had district meeting. We went to a great place for lunch. Freshii. The owner is one of the bikers. :) It was soo good. We then tried by some people and then went out to the Kidd's. Helped them and had supper. We then hurried and drove back to meet with Diana. :) It was a pretty great lesson. She got a little fired up when we were talking about fast offerings, but she feels the same. It's not a hand-out, but a hand up (Bro Fitzner). It went well. 

Friday

We did Weekly Planning and then we went and did Facebook. We then went and visited with Bud and Dan. We then tried by some people and tracted. We had supper with Lockhorst's and then went with Bro Lockhorst to see LA Olsen's. It was a great lesson and felt like it actually went somewhere. :)

Saturday

We had a lesson with Nahia!!! Like I said earlier we haven't seen her since the beginning of December. She went to Edmonton for Christmas and then got busy with school and it's been a struggle to connect with her. We went in not really sure of what to expect and it seems like nothing was different. It seemed more like we haven't seen her in a week than in two months. She stopped reading the Book of Mormon, just because she was busy. We recommitted her to reading and praying. She is so prepared still. :) We then had lunch at Fitzner's. Bobby D was supposed to come, but didn't. We went and stopped by his new place. He had to move into town so we can see him more. We stopped by and talked with him for a bit and are reteaching him the lessons. We then ran home to get a progress record and ended up talking with one of our neighbors. He is Muslim and we had a good talk. He's open to talking, but not sure where it's going to go. We had supper with Pickett's and then we went and dropped off the progress record. We then went and met with Simpson's and Bro Swainson. Their trip sounded like a lot of fun, but not much has changed with them.

Sunday

Well we had Ward Council and Church. It was cool since it was High Council Sunday, one of the High Councilmen came up. It was Bro Johnston from Londonderry. It was great to see him. :) We then had a Linger Longer Pot-luck. Ya Food. We went and tracted and then we had supper at Beaulne's. We then went and met with Eddy. He's awesome and so willing to learn more. :) We then were going to go see the Francis family, but they were busy so we went to the Roy's. 

Monday

It was Family Day and since most people were going to have work off pday was changed. Well we spent most of the day tracting and not finding much success. We had supper with Fitzner's and had a really good talk with Sis Fitzner. :) We stopped by the Francis' again, but he wasn't home. 

Well that was my week. A bit of a Gong show, but I managed. :) Still alive and still smiling. :D

Love, 

Elder O'Neill

Fort Mac Chapter 20

Wow this week was a really slow and boring week. :P Every lesson we had set up fell through. It was a long week of tracting and potentials.

Monday

P-day. We then had supper at Sis Beech's. We then went over and had milkshakes at the Lamoureux's. 

Tuesday

We did studies and tried some people downtown. We were supposed to have a lesson with Dwayne, but he wasn't home. Dropped. Can't keep setting up appointment and having him not be home. We then had a lesson with Dan and Bud. Don't know how promising Dan is really going to be. We then just tracted and tried potentials. We picked up supper from Soares and ate at the other elders apartment. We then tried by more po's and then went with Bro Lockhorst to see LA Olsen's. It was actually a really good lesson. Bring members to everything. :)

Wednesday

Studies, tracting and po's, mormon.org time, tracting. We had supper with McAteer's :). We then tracted more and then went and visited Roy's with Bro Olsen. It was more of a visit, but still great to bring a member.

Thursday

District Meeting. Elder Walker baked some bread. We then went home and grabbed a little bit of food and then went out to the Kidds. Helped them with wood and changing spark plugs and had supper and talked about getting Bro Kidd to church. 

Friday

We did weekly planning. We had lessons set up with Mark, Georgina, and Marius and Carina. We texted Sis Landrum the night before to confirm that they could still come and she told us that Marius and Carina were going to be in Edmonton and had to cancel. We texted Mark to see if he was still good and he was going to be busy with the doctors and couldn't keep the appointment. We got to Georgina and were waiting for Sis Fitzner and Montoya. Sis Fitzner showed up and was just going to go inside. Georgina forgot we were coming and was still in her pajama's and wanted to reschedule. Another day of tracting. :P We had supper with Diggle's and then tried potentials.

Saturday

After lunch we went and grabbed some shovels from the church. We got dumped on the night before. We shoveled the church sidewalks and then went and shovelled some LA's, Investigators and Potentials driveways. Some we knew were gone and we wanted to shovel it so they didn't have to worry about it when they got back. :) So 5 or so hours later of shoveling snow, we took supper. We then tried by some people. 

Sunday

We had Ward Council. We then had church. Mike (Bro Beck's co-worker) and his wife Krista came to church. They are pretty much new investigators. :) It was awesome. We then had coordination. We had a small lunch, tried by a few people and then went to supper at Aulenbach's with the Lamb's. Elder Neilson and I went on a quick exchange since the other elders had a lesson with some one in our area. We ran back to the apartment since I forgot a toque and then tried by some people. We exchanged back and tried some LA's. 

It was a really slow week and I hope that this week will go better. I know it will. It's going to be hard to get worse. :D

Love, Elder O'Neill

Fort Mac Chapter 19

Well this week was interesting for sure. Lots of changes and surprises. Well I'll start with we got a new car. I don't know really why they switched our newer Chevy Equinox out, but we now have a brand new Chevy Colorado. Yep I'm driving a truck. :)

Monday

Well it was transfers. Everything with us stayed the same. Elder Kriesel was transferred. We did the normal p-day stuff. We ran to our apartment with Bro Fitzner so he could do an apartment inspection. We then went back and had supper. We then went and saw the LA Olsen's. 

Tuesday

We were doing studies and we got a call from Bro Beck if we could help chip some ice. We went and helped clear off Lokhorst's driveway, where his mother lives. He then took us out for lunch. Bangers and Mash. :) It was super good. We then went and did FB. We then went and tracted into Michael, a friend of Bro Beck's. He was cool and said we could come back. We then tracted a bit. We then stopped by Davis' and got in and talked with them for a bit. :) We then had to run to supper with Rivers. We then went to Jackson's. Pretty good day. 

Wednesday

We did studies, lunch, and mormon.org time. We then went to go meet with one of the pastors at the Family Christian Centre, but when we went the doors were all locked. Lights are on but nobody's home. :) We then tracted and tried potentials. We stopped at Fitzner's to warm back up for a bit. We then had supper with Montoya's. We then went and visited with the Roy's and did the 21 day challenge with them. 

Thursday

We had District Meeting and lunch. We then tried by some people. Bro Fitzner asked if we could come fill out some new and returning member forms and hellp paint. well we weren't dressed to paint so we changed and then came back and filled out the papers and had to leave. :P We then went out to the Kidd's. We had supper with them. We then went and met with Diana. She is doing soo well. She committed to pray to know if what we are teaching her is true. She was telling us that she needs to pray about one thing, but now we are asking her to pray about something and which one is most important. We told her, pray for both. There is not a limit to the prayers or questions to be prayed about. :) It was awesome. 

Friday

We did Weekly Planning. We then did Facebook. We then had a lesson with Mark with Bro Schmidt. It was a good lesson. Mark is doing really well. We then just tracted. We had supper with Christine and then tried by some other people. 

Saturday

We did studies and lunch. We went to the church and created a list of short verses that we can give to people to read from the Book of Mormon. We then just tracted....all day. Tract for a bit, get in the car, warm up, go back out. :P It's crazy how many people are just simply not here. We had supper at the Pickett's. We then went and visited with Bro Olsen about the challenge and then the Stewarts.

Sunday

We had church. It was really good. Elder's Quorum has been interesting the last couple of weeks. gets way off topic. We then tried by people. We had supper at Mackay's and then went to visit Beaulne's and then Schmidt/Grants. It was a pretty good day. We got home and had sort of planned, when the other elders called. The northern lights were out so we went out to see them. It was sweet. :)

Well that was my week. Not much happened. Where did the people go? Oh well, that's life. :)

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Elder Colin O'Neill