Hello
This
week was so different. There was a lot of things that happened that I
hope I will be able to tell you. I wasn't able to email yesterday
because it was a Civic Holiday. I'm still trying to understand it, but
the First Monday of each month is a holiday.
Monday
Today
was transfers and I told you already that we are staying here. We went
up to Red Deer to play basketball and to talk with the leaving
missionaries. Pretty much every companionship is going to the transfer
meeting except us, Stettler, and Three Hills (3/4 training areas). A lot
more of the other areas will be training. Red Deer 1 was training, but
Elder Groskreutz (I know it's a weird name) is becoming a ZL. Can't wait
to meet the rest of the missionaries coming down. Oh and Elder Shettel
(I went to HS with him) is going to be in the zone.
Tuesday
Well
we did a lot of walking today. We were going to help out again at the
Food Bank at 1. Well by the time we are done with studies and lunch each
day it is 12. So we decided instead of trying to visit someone, we
would walk to the Food Bank. Well it is all the way across town. We were
able to talk to a lot of people and have some more potentials that we
could visit. We went and helped at the Food Bank and then had to walk
back to get the car. Ugh. Oh also about the car. I'm the driver now. We
switched and I get to drive around. I started a few weeks ago to try to
remember where we were going, but now I really have to try to remember.
I'm doing pretty good so far.
Wednesday
Well
today was kind of a bust. We had a lot of hope for getting some new
investigators, but those fell through. We met a guy yesterday walking
how was really pretty interested so we went back and were hoping to
teach him the first lesson. It ended up being a glorified Quality Gospel
Conversation (QGC). We still have a lot of hope that he will become an
investigator. We then went out to Springbrook and were hoping to finally
have our first lesson with Jamela. It was going to be a first lesson
for her and recent convert lessons for her brother and cousin, Nathan
and Indya. We got there and found out that Jamela wasn't going to be
able to come. So it just became a RC lesson. We did have our weekly
meeting with Bro. Day and Bishop Mower. They were coming up with their
own ideas on how to help the work progress. It was really cool to see
their enthusiasm.
Thursday
Well today we were able to have mormon.org
time again. I love being able to find Census records. Mom it's pretty
easy. just look to the side of the personal info and press search
records. I was looking at Thomas O'Neill (Hugh's Son) and was able to
find his wife and some of his kids. It is a little messy since it wants
to merge it with duplicates that have much less information. (Might need
some help with him). Later we had a lot of open time. Well that is one
thing that drives me crazy that Elder Marsh does, but I know deep down
it is helping me, but oh man does it bother me. Whenever we have open
time he asks me what to do. There are times I honestly have no clue what
to do. To me I'm frustrated trying to come up with what to do and he is
sitting there like he doesn't have a clue or a thought in his mind. I
know he has ideas, but won't share them, because he wants me to figure
it out. AHHH. It really just gets to me. I end up just picking a name of
a list. We drive there and end up having a cool experience. Why does it
take so much frustration. That is something I'm still learning is how
the Spirit works through me.
Friday
Well
we had weekly planning and then went to Bowden later that night. We
don't really spend much time in Bowden because we really don't have any
investigators down there. We didn't have much else to do so we went down
to talk to formers and potentials. We had a great conversation with a
LA. He wasn't really interested in talking to us at first, but Elder
Marsh just kept talking to him. He was pretty big into motorcyles and
told us to go to the side of the house and he would show us his bike. It
was a remodeled '78 anniversary Harley Davidson. He had put some custom
parts and fixed it up really well. We just kept talking to him and now
he is going to call us sometime to help him pour some cement to make a
back porch. It was really cool.
Saturday.
Well today was really cool about
how everything fell into place. I love when that happens, but am still
learning to not rely on it. The coolest part was the conversation we
were able to have with Kyle. He is the Bro. Young's Grandson. We have
talked to him before. He likes to learn about religion, but isn't a
member of any particular one. We ended up setting up a time to come and
teach him (later today). It was a bit of a rough day, because Elder
Marsh wasn't feeling too good.
Sunday
Well today was the turning point.
After going to church I was feeling so much more hopeful about our
situation. We were able to have some great member lessons and really get
things moving.
Monday
Today
was fun, tiring, and eventful. Being P-day it should have been a little
bit relaxing, but really didn't seem like it. We got up went to the
store (much needed) and ran some errands. We had plenty of time since
the Library was closed. We went back to the apt. and deep cleaned the
Kitchen. It is a tiny little area of the apt, but man it was a lot of
work. We spent about two hours working on it before we went to the zoo
with Bro Burns. It was fun. They have a Bear show where they take you to
some of the different bears they have. These bears of some of the
Hollywood bears and have been trained to do some tricks. It was cool.
For being Canada they do have a lot of different animals. It is all
outside so really it's just some of the bigger animals. It was still
cool to go with Bro Burns. We then came back and continued to clean the
Kitchen 2 more hours later we were finally done. 4 hours of cleaning in a
space (what to compare it to) smaller than the condo's kitchen.
Wow I can't believe I was able to tell everything in the time that I had.
I love being able to read what is going on at home.
Love you all,
Elder O'Neill
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