Tofield Chapter 19

Wow think week seemed the most normal things have gone in a while. Gave me a chance to come back, realize what needs to happen.

Tuesday

Well we emailed and then had lunch. Went to Roni's with Sis Roughley and Bro Gillis. Had a great lesson. She really understands that her getting an answer depends on her. She understands that She needs to listen to and pray about the Book of Mormon. If it is true, then everything else we teach is true. We then went to Chipman to help Sis Stennes. We then drove to Ryley to help and have supper with Svenson's. It was pretty good. The service only took like two minutes, but hey they needed the help. :)

Wednesday

Veg Day. Went to veg. Met with Sis Yost and Gillespie. We stopped by Chuck for a minute. Went to Shirley with Sis Bates. Moki was actually there for the lesson which was good. We were sure that she was going to come to church this week. We had supper with Chuck and Mary. We then had a lesson with Roy. That was weird. Roy told us that he isn't understanding the Book of Mormon. Last I knew they were ready for baptism, except for they have only come to church once and aren't married, but living together. Apparently there is more than we thought. :P After that we went to Stennes and helped out for a little.

Thursday

Well we had District Meeting. First District Meeting as District Leader. We had it in Tofield, but it wasn't that good. We are just going to stick with Lamont. It works better for all of us. We had lunch. We then went and helped at Busy B. After that we went and Mowed Roni's Lawn. It needed it bad. We did it backwards, but I mowed and then when Elder Laulu was weed wacking I was talking to Roni. We were able to have a really good conversation about things. It is going to be hard to say goodbye to Roni. She is super solid. After that we had supper then went to Trent and Kristina's.

Friday

We did studies, lunch, and then Weekly Planning. It was the best one in a while. We then did Mormon.org time. We had supper. We then went to Ryley and met with McCauley's. That was wild. We then set up with Sis Godin for next Thursday.

Saturday

Veg Day. We went to Veg. We visited with Sis Gillespie again. She was doing much better this time. We then went to Thompsons and met with Sis Olsen. We had supper with Chuck and Mary. It felt a little awkward. It was their anniversary. It was strange, but pretty cool. It feels like home away from home there.

Sunday

We had church. No one that we thought was going to come did. We did end up having a sort of Gospel Principles. It was us, Bro Stothart, Katelyn, and the youth. We had lunch/ supper with Kastendiecks and Lue. Later that night we went to Gillis to drop off a set of scriptures for their friends. Super golden potentials.

Monday

Pday. We mostly just hung around. Got laundry done. Went to the church. Elder Laulu was playing basketball for a little, while I was playing piano. Dante came and we were playing with him for a bit. We had supper with Hillyer and stayed for FHE and played some games with them.

Well that was our week. Not much exciting really happened. We'll see what this week is like. :)
Love,
Elder Colin O'Neill

Tofield Chapters 17 and 18

 

Tofield Chapter 17 and 18

Colin O'Neill
to Family, Garrett, me, My, Regan

Well I do have to play some significant catch up with this email. I'm probably not going to remember much of the small details. The last couple of weeks have been crazy, as most of you already know. You just have to keep going on. I think its in the Joseph Smith movie, might be somewhere in the scriptures. "The Lord calls us in our weakness, so he can lift us higher." Well the latest news is that I'm staying in Tofield and I'm District Leader. :) It will be an adventure.

Tuesday
Well we came and emailed. We had lunch. I don't remember what we did that day. We went to Hillyer's for supper and us and Pres Hillyer were picked up by Bro Cahoon and Bro Hoag to go help Bro Pufong move in Veg. It was a fun night. The Branch presidency and the missionaries. It was a ton of fun.

Wednesday

Veg day

When we got to Veg we went and visited Sis Gillespie. We then talked with Soren. We were going to go to Shirley with Pres Hillyer, but she wasn't there. We tried by some others with him and ended up at Thompsons. Had a pretty good lesson there. Best in a while. We then went out to Stennes and helped them with their landscaping. We helped them build a rock wall around their garden with chunks of broken concrete. It was fun.

Thursday

Well that morning was crazy. We got up and ran to Sherwood Park, so I could call home. We knew we were going to be late for District Meeting, but it ended up being in Sherwood Park anyways. So we weren't too late. We had lunch at Panda Express. We then helped Fort Skat with some service. We had supper with Chutes and then visited with Fishers.

Friday

We got up and drove to Veg to help Chuck help some people move. Well that was most of the morning. They are really nice people. It was interesting, because they are French Canadian from Quebec, so communication was low. We got everything covered. We had to pick up some things from Walmart. Right after we got out is when President Manion called. We drove to the Catholic school. They quietest part of town that I know of. Took some time and then tried formers. We had supper with Chuck and Mary.

Saturday

We didn't really do a whole lot. We had weekly planning. We had supper at Gillis' and then helped them in their garden. Got to talk with Sis Crump for a while too.

Sunday

Church was incredible. I love the people in this branch. They really care. We had studies and then went to Kastendiecks for supper.

Monday

Played basketball in the morning. Had lunch at Kastendiecks and then went to look around the Acreage. We came back and had supper with Fishers. Then went and met with Carol.

Tuesday

We emailed then had lunch. We met with Ronnie. She is so great. It was a really good lesson. She is just willing to learn so much. We also were able to download the gospel library app for her to listen to the scriptures. That was rough. It's a learning experience for all of us. We went home and made some phone calls then had supper. We went out to Trent and Khristina's that night.

Wednesday

Veg day. Met with Sis Yost. We then went and met with Meggie then Shirley with Pres Hillyer. Both of those lessons went really well. We'll see if they will keep their commitments. We had supper and stopped by some people. We then drove to Sherwood Park to call home again. We should have just stayed the night, but we drove home instead.

Thursday

Today was full of meetings. We got up and went to the mission home so I could go to the Future Leadership Training Meeting. That was interesting. Get to see some old friends. :) We then drove to Sherwood Park Chapel for Zone Lunch. We then had ZTM. After that we went on exchanges and drove back to the mission home so I could Skype. That was a lot of fun. It helped me out a lot more that I thought it would. We then drove to Fort Skat and had supper. We then met with Alex.

Friday

Well Really didn't do a whole lot. We stopped by some people. We had lunch and stopped by some more people. We then drove out to Chipman later to exchange back. We then went home to have supper. We were just having some food and Jannell called us. She is a member in Rutherford. She and her sister were going to come out. So we went to Tilly's with them. It was a fun night.

Saturday

Well we helped out with the Hoag roofing project. Hoag's were re-shingling their roof. It was lot of hard work and fun. I have worked on two roofs on my mission. Two more than I even wanted to do. :) We worked on it all day. We came home, stopped by Sis Roughley's to pick some stuff up and then went home. Didn't do much that night.

Sunday

Well we had Branch Council. We then had Church. We usually are at the door of the chapel handing out programs. Well I'm looking outside watching people come in. I see this couple and I just look and think I should know them, but their not in the branch. Two seconds later I see President and Sister Manion. The brought Elder and Sister Hunt with them to the branch since they are the couple going to serve in Yellowknife. They haven't ever been in a branch and wanted to know what it is like. It was quite a shock to see them all there. They did leave after sacrament though. We didn't have anyone at church like we thought we were going to. We came home after and had lunch and then studies. We went to Sis Beck's for supper with the Chutes and Sis Roughley. We tried by some people and that was the night.

Monday

Well it was pretty laid back. We were going to go into Sherwood Park, but didn't. Fort Skat decided not to go, so neither did we. We just hung around for a while. We played basketball later with some of the kids. We then had supper and finished planning what we hadn't.

Well that has been my life the past couple of weeks. I'm ready to get back to normal missionary life....If that exists. :)

Love, 

Elder O'Neill

Tofield Chapter 16

I really can't say much else other than what we did this week.

Tuesday

After email and lunch we went out to Stennes and helped them out for a bit. Well it was more like the rest of the night. We got there and they weren't there, but I called them and they told us what to do. We ended up having supper with them and had a good time.

Wednesday

Veg day. We did language and then lunch. We visited with sis Gillespie. She might be going to the temple soon. :) We went and talked with Soren for a bit. Meggie wasn't home. We went to Shirley. That lesson could have been better. We then had supper and went to Thompson's.

Thursday

We had district meeting. We had lunch at Kelly's. We won't be able to go there much longer. They are done in about 3 weeks. It's sad. We then went on exchanges. I was in Fort Skat. The start was interesting. We left from Lamont and got to Fort Skat. We went to get out and do service/ play games with seniors. Well when we got out of the car I felt a phone in my pocket. Well Elder Mugerian had their phone. I had the tofield phone. Well I was going through about every possible solution to get the phone back. Well we hadn't been there for very long and they come walking through the door. That was resolved quickly. We played some games with them. After we tried some potentials. We had supper with the other elders. We then went to the Farmers' market to try and talk with people. We didn't have much time though. We had a lesson with Moses. He is a super guy and is so ready for the gospel. We then had a lesson with Alex.

Friday

Well we had our interview. We had lunch and then exchanged back. We came home and did some weekly planning. We went and helped take down at the Farmer's market in Tofield. We then had supper with Svenson's. We then came home and finished some planning

Saturday

We had language lunch then went to Veg. We visited with Sis Yost for a bit. We stopped by formers and potentials. We had supper. pretty much all of our plans fell through. We went out to Stennes' again that night to visit them.

Sunday

We had branch council. We then had church. We tried by some potentials. We then had supper at Hoag's. That was a great time out there. I really had fun. They are such great and understanding people. We then went and talked with Murray. We apparently are never going back. Elder Laulu doesn't like him.

Monday

Well we had pday. We did what we could around here and then we went in to Sherwood park and met up with some other missionaries and played around. As we were coming back we stopped at Cahoon's for supper and then went and helped Tiedemann's move in. We then went and met with President Manion. After that we went to Hillyer's to talk with them.

It has been a never ending roller coaster lately. I'm so grateful for my friends and family. Even though I'm up here in Canada, I can still feel their love and support everyday. Thank you for all of the prayers and love.

Love, Elder O'Neill

Tofield Chapter 15

WOW. I can't even describe the emotional rollercoaster that I've been on this past week. At least through the ups and downs I was able to really learn some valuable things about myself.

Tuesday

We emailed then had lunch. We went and mowed the lawn at the Fishers trailer, until the mower died. We did a lot, before it did. We had super at Pillings and played around with some goats.

Wednesday

That was a crazy day. We met with so many people. Veg Day. We went to Veg after lunch and met with Sis Yost, Meggie, Shirley w/ Bro Gillis, had supper and met with Thompson's then Roy and Crystal. It was a packed day.

Thursday

We had District Meeting. We were going to have lunch at Kelly's, but Kelly wasn't feeling good so they were closed. We traveled back and had lunch. We did Mormon.org time stopped by some people. We had supper and then went to Trent and Khristina's.

Friday

That morning we went and were helping the Pilling's put wood on their barn so they can put tin siding on. It was at Pilling's when I got the call from President Manion. I am so grateful for them. Right after the phone call, we were talking things over and Bro Pilling decided that we should go inside for a bit to take a break. I'm so grateful for the members out here. They care about us and what is going on. We helped them for a while and then came home. We had supper at Gillis' and then had Weekly planning.

Saturday

We went to Chipman and met with Bro Kronebusch. We then helped sell hot dogs and chili at the Veg street Market for the Vegreville Transportation Services Society. It was cool and we were able to met a lot of people and see some that we knew. We then had supper at Chuck and Mary's.

Sunday

We had church then coordination. We went to the Cahoon's for supper. We went and talked with Daniel. There was the worldwide indexing challenge starting Sunday night and the youth were getting together at the Church to do it together. We had just stopped in at the church to go to the bathroom and we ended up staying and I was helping some of them with their batches. It was fun.

Monday

Well we actually got up a bit early and Daniel took us to the new gym in town. It was good, but I'm still not big into working out. My abs are sore from it. We went home and relaxed/ did laundry. I was able to work on one of my songs and I have been able to write out the note, rhythm and chords for the first two lines of the song. It was pretty incredible to me. That afternoon we played basketball. We had supper at Sis Roughley's with the younger Tiedemann's. It was good. We were there for FHE and Sis Tiedemann showed us a cool way to teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It was so cool. It was an object/ story line lesson. She let me borrow it and I made my own version of most of it last night. (thanks mom for the art skills)

Well that was my week. Like I said a lot of ups and downs and really learning about myself.

I want anyone who reads this to know that I know that we have a Heavenly Father. He is watching out for us. He is always there to listen to our prayers and will give us the strength and comfort to get through the hard things in our lives. I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and through the Atonement we can overcome the pains and trial and sicknesses and any other distress in our lives. I know that the Holy Ghost is the messenger from the Father and is able to feel safe and protected if we let him into our lives. We can make it through anything in our lives if we stay close to the Godhead. I say this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Elder Colin O'Neill

P.S. from Mom--Things he shared with me that let me know he is a very strong young man. and strong in his faith of the Savior Jesus Christ. No matter what I know he will finish his mission honorably until next summer.

From Elder O'Neill-- I just wanted to make sure that you were ok? Friday night was hard, but I learned things that I hadn't know before. Things that I hadn't realized about myself. Don't worry about me. I made the decision when I first came out that I would stick through it to the end. NO MATTER what happened. I couldn't have expected what has happened, but with the Lord's help we are able to go through anything. That night I was writing a letter about the situation to Regan. I was getting my feelings out. As I was writing different scriptures were going through my mind that I didn't realize that I knew. Those scriptures are very familiar ones, but I was able to understand them much more clearly. Especially Helaman 5:12. "Now my sons remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation where on if men build they cannot fall." That scripture hit me hard. I was upset and shocked and worried, but I was still able to have a smile on my face through the day. It truly is through Christ that all things are possible. We don't have to feel alone or saddened when we are close to him.

From Elder O'Neill-- I feel like at times that I have been put through harder experiences than some people that I know. I sometimes wonder why and then I know it's because I can handle it. We can handle it. Mom it's because of you and Dad. You both taught the three of us how to deal with life. Thank you

Tofield Chapter 14

Holy Cow, this week was just crazy. I'm almost a wreck from it. It had a lot of ups and downs. It was quite an adventure.

Tuesday

Well we emailed and then had lunch. We went and helped out at Busy B and then went to Ryley. We tried by our only potential and found out she isn't much of a potential. We then tracted that street. We then were driving to find another street to tract. We turned the corner and I couldn't tell if we had tracted that street yet then I saw that it was the Svensons's street and that we had. We decided to stop by the Svensons and talk with them for a bit. It was good. It was hot outside and I think we all could have used the break. We then went and had Supper with Gillis'. We then went and visited with Daniel for the rest of the night.

Wednesday

Wow that was a crazy day. We did the new usual, then left for Sherwood park for ZTM. It was fun. To start off with before the actual meeting we had a zone lunch and played Mafia. It was really interesting. We then had ZTM. It was good. We then right after when on exchanges. I was going to be with Elder Reynolds in my area. Well during ZTM I got a text from Sis Stennes needing some help. So we took off and went out there. to help them. We were helping them take some windows off of the trailer and it started raining. It was big rain drops. It was too hard to continue so we jumped in the truck. A few moments later it started to hail. It was crazy. First 4 people in a 3 person truck. I was on Elder Reynolds lap and then it was hailing. What and adventure. We then had pizza with them. We then went into Veg and visited with Chuck and Mary.

Thursday

Veg Day. We stopped by some people in Veg, more to invite them to the branch BBQ. We were supposed to exchange back at 1 from what we were told. So we took lunch and then drove to Chipman to exchange back. Along the way I showed Elder Reynolds the local landmarks. We got there and waited for a bit and they still weren't there. We called and then texted back and said we were exchanging at 4. We had to hurry and run to Tofield for an appointment. We picked up Bro Gillis and went to meet with Ronnie. She is the blind lady that I think I mention a few weeks ago. We finally met with her. She is really awesome. She is really eager to learn more. What we taught her made since to her. We helped to answer a lot of her questions. She had a lot that were relatively easy to answer, but were concerns for her. It was a super lesson. We then took off and went to exchange back. We went to the Hillyer's for supper. They were great. They had a Birthday cake for me. Pres Hillyer said he got a text from Ann Marie about my birthday. :) It was great. We then went and met with the Roe's. They are a crazy hyper family. We then went to Trent and Khristina's. When we got there they were trying to catch one of the horses. It was interesting to watch. We then visited with them for a bit before we had to come home.

Friday

So I love looking at my planner for this day. I colored the edges orange, so it stands out. Well we were around the apartment most of the morning. We decided we need to clean up a bit, before Bro Fisher came to check out apartment, which he still hasn't come. :) We then had lunch and weekly planned. We did Mormon.org. and then tried by some people. We talked with Sis Comaniuk for a bit and then tracted. We had supper with the Kastendiecks and that was crazy. We had Lasagna. They also had sparkling cider. Well so we were eating. Bro Kastendieck went to start cutting the second pan of Lasagna and saved Sam Cahoon's glass from tipping over, but in the process knocked mine onto my plate and all over the table and my lap. Sis Kastendieck was freaking out a little bit. I was just laughing. It was still really good. We then went and played basketball with the Kastendieck and some of their friends.

Saturday

Veg Day.

Well it started with the Branch BBQ. It was pretty good. Dante (Kastendiecks' friend) was the only non-member for a while. Well towards the end Shirley and Moki came. Well it was also right at the point that everyone was packing up to go to the pool to go swimming. It was a pretty big bummer. We were upset. It was a chance for people to met our investigators and they didn't really stay to talk with them. We then went and talked with Soren for quite a while actually. We then went and were going to stop by Anthony, then Chuck called. We went over there and they ended up taking us to dinner again. It wasn't the best Chinese food I've ever had. Still they are great. :)

Sunday

We had Branch Council and we were able to take a fair bit of time talking about the people that need the most help that we are working with. We then had church. We went home and had lunch and studies. We then went to the Fisher's for supper. Well it was also the whole Woodruff Family. I mean from a family of 8 kids, 5 of the kids were there with their kids. Crazy. It was still fun. We then tried some potential. We then went to Carol's and talked with her for a while.

Monday

Well Pday was pretty boring. We didn't do much until the afternoon. We went shopping and did laundry. We then went to the Church. I was playing piano for a bit, while Elder Laulu was playing basketball and rugby by himself. We then got a text from Sis Kastendieck inviting us over for a water fight with the Hillyer girls. It was a lot of fun. They had a little inflatable pool. We did not get in the pool, but got wet enough if we would have. :) It was a ton of fun. We had supper by ourselves. Afterwards we were trying to figure out what to do. I texted a bunch of potentials and formers and LA and other random people in the phone. The rest of the night and continuing on we get quite a spectrum of responses. Some are pretty funny. We had one LA that was confused at how we had his number. He texted us no thanks, then called us and asked how we got his number. We told him it was just on the branch directory. "I've never even gone to the Church in Tofield." Oh the joys of people. We also had someone text back and say that we could come by this weekend, and I have absolutely no idea who she is or where she lives. Oh the joys of mission life. :)

Well that was my week. It was crazy. I have learned to just live on day at a time. Things are only going to be as good as you make them. It's crazy, but I am learning that is just how my life is going to be. :)

Love you,
Elder O'Neill
(I think he was typing fast, so there are a few mistakes. But I hope you enjoy it anyway! I sure did!)
MOM

Tofield Chapter 13

Oh man so many changes in just one week. I think my head is on straight. It's been crazy.

Well I don't remember if I told you, but I got a new companion. His name is Elder Laulu. He is from Samoa. It's been interesting. We haven't even been together a week.

Tuesday

Well It was Canada Day. It was a non-pros day so we had to figure out what to do to fill our time. We went to the Pancake breakfast. It was in the middle of 50 St. They had to clean it up to get ready for the Parade. It was pretty boring for the first little bit. We didn't really find anyone to talk to. Before the Parade we walked all the way down the street and back up the other side, before we found anyone. We did finally find Fishers and Comaniuks. Pillings were across the street. We then went to the BBQ at The House. We were able to talk to a lot of people that we knew there. After that we took a little break at the appt. We then went and checked out the fairgrounds. There wasn't much there. Watched some barrel racing for a bit. We then drove around and said goodbyes. We had supper at the Fisher's. It was a fun night. The last thing we were going to do, was I told Elder Garver we would go to this little Ice Cream place and I would buy. Well we told Fishers that is where we were going so the girls wanted to come so they were right behind us. We knew that Bro Fisher was going to do it, but we tried to not let him. Well he did end up paying for us instead. Apparently they don't take Visa which is what my card is and I couldn't pull out the cash I had fast enough. It was pretty funny. We then dropped by the House, because we promised some people that we would go to the movie. I don't know why. We got there for the last 5 min. We were able to talk to some people there and talk with Sherilyn and Daniel and some other people we know from there. It was a crazy day.

Wednesday

Well we got up and got everything ready for transfers. Transfer meeting wasn't until noon and it was only like a 45 min drive. Ya we found out in the time it takes to drive to Veg from Tofield, we can go from Tofield and drive to the west side of Edmonton. We ended up leaving early and visiting some one from Elder Garver's old area. We then went to Transfer meeting. I couldn't believe it. Elder Marsh went home. He was done. It didn't seem that long ago that I was with him. Time sure flies by.  Also Elder Shreeve went home. I have known these missionaries my whole mission and now they are gone. Crazy! Well after that our new district (Fort skat 1 and 2, and us) plus Vermillion went out to Panada Express in Sherwood Park for lunch. We came back and I let Elder Laulu unpack a little. I had some phone calls I needed to make. We then went and I introduced him to Sis Roughley. We talked with her for a bit and then went to Fishers for supper. Yes two nights in a row. They did that on purpose.

Thursday

We had District Meeting at the baseball field again, then went to Kelly's. I guess it takes some time to get to know new people. We then drove to Veg. We helped out at the cultural center for the pysanka festival. We then went and weeded this lady's community garden plot. We then went and visited with Katelyn. We were going to go pick up dinner from Sis Skeem, but surprised us and invited a friend over so we could eat there. After that we went and visited with Sis Yost. then drove home.

Friday

Well I didn't know before, but we do language study now. Elder Laulu is learning English so we have an extra hour of studies. We then had lunch and then did Weekly planning. We tried by some potentials. We didn't really know what to do, so we went to Ryley. I wasn't even really thinking of leaving tofield until supper. We were being lead by the Spirit. We stopped by the McCauley's. We then went to try by Sis Godin. Well we knocked on the door and she came and let us in. I don't know if she ever lets people in. She told us that she had a feeling that we might be coming by today. It was then that I guess we were doing things right. We had supper at Cahoon's. We then went and played volleyball at the church. The Fishers and Woodruffs play on some Friday nights and they invited their friend to come play. It was fun. Elder Laulu is a powerful striker.

Saturday

Veg. We went after lunch. We vistied with sis Gillespie. Then went and talked with Soren. We talked with Chuck, but not for too long. We had supper at Subway and shopped. We then went and talked with Shirley. We then drove out to Stennes' and talked with Bro Stennes for a bit before coming home.

Sunday

Well I thought it was branch council, but it wasn't so we were one of the first people at the church. We had church and then lunch. We tried by some people for the rest of the night. No one was really home. We did ended up talking with Jesse since Murray wasn't home for a bit. We drove home and talked with Sherilyn for a little while, before we went in.

Monday

Well it was p-day. We relaxed for a little bit then shopped. We went and helped Woodruff's move for a while then went to the Tiedemann's for the night with the Gillis'. Played around and had fun. not really much.

Well that was my week. It's weird being in charge of the area. I forgot what it feels like. Just have to be patient with everything.

Love ya,

--

Elder Colin O'Neill

Ps forgot my camera cord. I'll send pics next week.

Tofield Chapter 12

Well I was going to write that this week is transfers, but as of 10:30 we hadn't gotten a call yet. It's now 10:35 and we just got off the phone. Like we guessed Elder Garver is leaving and I'm staying. I'm getting Elder Laulu. He is Samoan. That will be different. :)

Oh and to keep you on your toes, I'm emailing on Monday since Tuesday is Canada day and we are in Veg for goodbyes. Maybe life will settle down.

Well to tell you about my week.

Tuesday

Well we emailed, then had lunch. We were going to practice the song for Sacrament,but Sis Hillyer had to cancel it. Oh well. We ended up doing some tracting. We were tracting we just knocked on this door and no one answered. We were coming down the stairs and this lady called from the door. We went back up to the door to talk to her. Well she turned out to be really cool. She is blind. She told us that she is looking for something more in her life. We promised her that she could find it in the Gospel. We are going back on the 10th. She is so prepared. Well we were tracting across the street after that and we met this lady who answered the door and said I'm busy and walked away. Well we finished that street and had just driven off when Pres Hillyer called us. (He was working next door to her.) He called us if we could come back and help her mow the lawn. We ran to change into service clothes and then mowed her lawn. First time using an electric mower. I'm grateful for gas mowers. That cord got stuck on every bush and was always in the way. Oh Canada. She needed help washing her windows, but we had to go so we left Pres Hillyer there. We ran back to change and met Bro McDaniel for a lesson with Brian. It went pretty well. We were able to start seeing a change already. He was a lot more open then the first time we talked with him. We then followed Bro McDaniel back to his house and had supper with them. After that we tried some people out on the range roads. We then went to Cahoon's for a haircut. 

Wednesday

Well we drove to Veg. We tried to stop by some people in the morning, but no one was home. We ended up helping at the Library for a little while. We had lunch and went shopping. We then went and visited with Soren. He was telling us stories for like an hour and half. It was pretty crazy. We then went and met with Anthony. We had a pretty good lesson with him. We read 1 Nephi 1 with him and helped to relate it to him and understand it. We then talked with Chuck for a little then drove back to Tofield. Daniel took us to Montana's for dinner since Elder Garver was probably leaving. It was super good. I couldn't finish it so I had leftovers. 

Thursday

We did some Weekly Planning then helped out at Busy B. We went to Ryley and tried by some people there. We had supper with Chutes, then that night we went out to Trent and Khristina's. 

Friday

Well we had District Meeting that morning. They had a lesson the night before so we switched Thursday and Friday. We had Lunch @ Kelly's. We then went on exchanges. I went with Elder Babb to Fort Skat. We went and helped Bro Agar build his deck. We did that until supper. We picked up pizza's from one of the older women of the ward. We then went back and ate. We really didn't do too much the rest of the night. 

Saturday

Well we got up and helped Bro Agar with the deck some more. We did it until we were supposed to exchange back. We exchanged back and drove to Pillings for a goodbye. We then drove to Tofield. We tried by Brian, but he was busy. We went to mormon.org time and did about 15 minutes until the library closed. We then went and had supper. Then tried by some people and finished tracting the last like 10 houses. Tofield has been tracted out. We then went to Murry's. He took us out to their land out of the town. It was nice. It was raining and we were soaking wet. 

Sunday

Well we had church. Sister Kastendieck came home from her mission. I've found like 3 connections to her. This world is small. After church we went home to change a little and then went out the Kastendieck's acreage for supper. We were there for a while. We came back and tried by some people, but nothing. 

Well that was my week. Transfers meeting will be fun. There will be a lot of missionaries there and a lot that I know. Elder Marsh and some others that I know will be going home this week. I guess mission life does end eventually. I don't want it to. 

Love you,

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Elder Colin O'Neill