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with transfers, but be patient! That will come later in the email!
P day was pretty great. We got to play basketball for about 3 hours.
It was great. After supper Elder Hlavaty and I drove to Panoka for
Elder Hlavaty to give a couple of baptismal interviews. So that was
cool. I took up the rest of the night, but there are two people
getting baptized in the Lacombe ward on Saturday. So that's awesome.
It was a fantastic day today.
Wednesday we went to the doctor to get Elder Hlavaty's ankle checked
out. He rolled it pretty bad last Saturday and Sister Manion told him
to go get it looked at. Turns out that it's not broken, just a really
bad sprain. So that's good (it's all relative ok?). After that whole
thing went down, we went and had a lesson with J. She committed to
baptism on August 28! Woot! I'm super excited to see her progress and
come to Christ. Later that night we sat down and read the Book of
Mormon with the Rs. We found out that they're moving, so that was a
bummer. But we were able to help them learn to 'liken the scriptures
unto themselves'. It was a pretty good day.
Thursday we drove out to Joffre again. We helped somebody move in,
and we might have a new investigator out there. Only time will tell.
After the move we went and had ZTM. It was good. We talked about how
to recognize and follow the spirit, and how to work through members.
It was pretty awesome. Elder Phillips, one of the Spanish Elders, is
going home next week, and for his last ZTM he wore a tie-die shirt. He
colored one of his white shirts and wore it. It was hilarious. After
ZTM we went and helped with another move. Lots of service today. I
love it. After we helped we had supper and then we went to basketball.
We are consistently getting a couple investigators there. It's
awesome. We are going to start inviting members and telling them to
bring a friend to play. I really think that if we let the members take
charge then it will get it rolling into something huge. Really good
day today.
Friday morning was an interesting morning. President called us and we
were freaking out. He usually doesn't call on Fridays before transfers
unless somebody is going leadership. We were like what the heck is
happening? President Manion asked to talk to me. He told me that he
is sending me somewhere. Can you guess? That's right. YELLOWKNIFE!!
I was in shock. So I am going to Yellowknife. I can't wait. I leave
Tuesday morning and fly up. Yellowknife is farther north to Edmonton
than Edmonton is to SLC. How sick is that? So the rest of that day
was trying to get ready to fly up. I can't wait to get there!
However, I am going to miss Red Deer. We were able to have a good
lesson with the Rs. They're sad that I'm leaving, but it's even
sadder that they are leaving. Oh well. I know that the Lord has
something for me to do up north. It was a very exciting day Friday.
Saturday was an awesome day. D got baptized. He's one of the
R family. It was awesome. And J came to the baptism! That was
awesome. I think she quite enjoyed it. After the baptism we had a
coordination meeting with Bishop. It was a very good meeting and we
got a lot of concerns addressed. Bishop wants to change the attitude
of the ward in a major way. It's going to be interesting to see how
the ward members take it. I hope that the work will skyrocket in this
ward. We went and had supper with the Rs. It was really good
spaghetti. After supper we had a pick up basketball game. It will be
the last one I play in. But it's ok. I've loved it here in Red Deer.
Sunday was a really good day as well. We went to church and I had
the privilege of confirming Donovan. It was a great experience. Church
was great, and guess what? J came! It was awesome. She went to the
baptism and then she went to church. I think she really enjoyed it.
After church I got to say goodbye to some members. It finally hit me.
I am leaving Red Deer in 2 days. I love this town. I've loved getting
to know the members and investigators and random people on the
streets. I'm going to miss this town, but I know that I will have a
great time in Yellowknife. We had supper with the Js. We had
steak. It was super good. It made me sad that this is the last time
I'll see them, but it was a fun supper. Then we went street contacting
for a couple of hours. Walking around Red Deer talking to people was a
good way to spend my last Sunday there.
Monday was my last day in Red Deer. Tomorrow I leave. It didn't
really hit me that I was leaving until the afternoon. We had a lesson
with Jodie at 1 and it was a really good lesson. She is still
frustrated and really wants to get an answer soon. I wish I was able
to help her more. After that we went and said goodbye to the Reid
family. It was fun, but again I wish that I could've done more to help
them along in the gospel. Then we had supper with the Ms. It was
nice to see them one last time before going. After that we went and
said goodbye to the Ms. They're a great family. The last person I
said goodbye to was R. He is the coolest guy in the world. I'm
going to miss him a ton, but I know that the lord has work for me to
do up north.
This week I learned that we don't have time to procrastinate. We
have to seize the opportunities we have right now. There is no better
time then now to do something to change somebody's life. We have the
responsibility to take this message to everybody who is within the
sound of our voices. We don't have time to settle in slowly. If
everybody who relieves this email will go and share the gospel with
one person this week, doesn't matter who or how, than 60 people will
have heard something that might spark an interest. You won't know what
will happen until you try. So put on your big boy shoes and go change
the world. I know that it is the most fulfilling work there is out
there to do. It is the Lord's work. It will bring you more joy and
happiness than you could ever imagine. Sometimes you have to take a
chance and put yourself in uncomfortable situations. However there is
no growth in the comfort zone and no comfort in the growth zone. So
get comfortable with being uncomfortable. I promise it will change
your life and the lives of those you talk to. I love you all and hope
you have a great week!
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