Email from Elder Lofthouse 4/26/16 Whew, I made it!

  This week was crazy again. But it's ok, I'm getting used to it!
     
Tuesday evening we exchanged with Fort Saskatchewan, so I went there with Elder Collins. It's only about 20 minutes from Sherwood Park, so it wasn't too bad.

Wednesday Elder Collins and I went and picked up trash along the highway. It was fun, and nobody threw garbage at us!  Haha. After that we drove to Redwater and Andrew, a couple of hamlets in the middle of nowhere. We tried to contact a few people, but nobody was home.... Sad day!  We drove back to the Fort and then we are supper and played bingo with old folks. It was awesome. I loved it. We exchanged back and then went to bed.
     
Thursday we had district meeting in the morning. It was pretty good, but we have a massive district. 5 companionships. I guess that's what happens when you have 16 companionships in the zone!  It was good. After that we went and helped out a man with some yard work, and we helped him service his tractor. It was awesome. After that we had supper and then went to brother Kohn's place. We had a really good lesson on missionary work. That was pretty much all that day.
       
Friday was good. We went to dream catchers and did our normal thing. So it was good. After that we did our weekly planning!  It was ok. I can't really remember what happened the rest of the day. Nothing too crazy I guess.
     
Saturday was good. We had coordination in the morning, and then we went and helped with a move in the afternoon. After that we went to the Guzman's to help them get some work done so that they could come to stake conference. It was awesome. We helped them with a lot. It was fun.
     
Sunday we went to stake conference. Elder Packer of the seventy was there, and it was awesome. It was a really good meeting. After that we decided to do some tracting. We had a really good conversation with a man who tried to bash with us, but he ended up taking a Book of Mormon and said he'd read it!  It was fantastic!  We went and visited Vivian after that. It was really a good visit.

Monday was amazing. We went to the food bank in the morning, and they gave us a whole bunch of hamburgers and spam. I don't know if you know, but I love spam. It's awesome. We had lunch at Vivian's.  We had a really good lesson with her.  After lunch we went and gave a blessing to a sister in Glen Allan. It was good. Afterwards we walked and went to supper and then we visited brother Bexson. It was really good. It was a pretty awesome week.
     
The past few weeks have been the hardest of my mission so far. It's been amazing to see the results so far. I love how God made us to always progress. We're not supposed to stay the same, were supposed to learn and grow!  It's a beautiful thing, eternal progression.
 
Loves!
Elder Rusty Lofthouse

I'm pulling all the strings I have with God, I'm hoping to find a better way. I pray the only thing I need is time
-Ice Nine Kills