So Tuesday we went to the temple. It was awesome, I love the temple. After that we helped somebody move in. It was pretty fun. Tuesday evening we exchanged with the mandarin Elders. Elder Ethington came with me to Clarkdale.Wednesday was a crazy day. Elder Ethington and I helped Elder Powell and Elder Campbell clean their apartment, and then they moved in with us. Well, it was a couple days before, but it's still weird. Haha. After that we went and mowed a less active members lawn for them. It wasn't too bad, and brought back the memories of mowing the lawn back home...... :) We had a lesson with Sister Reid after that. We brought Jared, one of the priests with us. We had a killer lesson on the Plan of Salvation. Elder Ethington then went and helped out George. We helped him haul some leaves to the enviro centre, and then we helped him load up a trailer for a garage sale. I love George. He's great. We went to Boston pizza for supper. We had wings, for wing Wednesday of course. We then had a lesson with Sister Sadoway. We brought Joel with us, another priest. It was a good lesson on keeping the sabbath day holy. After the lesson we exchanged back.
Thursday we had district meeting in the morning. It was really good. District meetings are usually pretty good. We had lunch with Vivian afterwards. She's such a good cook. After lunch we stopped by a bunch of people, but didn't have any luck. We had supper with the Gibbs, and then we went on splits with members of the Ward council to go and visit people. It was actually a ton of fun. Its the first time I've gone on splits with someone on my mission. Super cool!
Friday was probably the best day of the week. It was Canada Day!! We were busy from 10 am to almost 10 pm. We were at the Strathcona county festival for all of the day. We got to talk to a ton of people, and we had a ton of fun while doing it. I loved it. We helped out by taking tickets at one of the events, and then we helped at the remote control monster truck station, and at random places wherever we could. It was incredible!Saturday was super cool. We did our weekly planning in the morning, and then Elder Powell and I decided to get a family feast from Panda Express. It was not as happy as we had hoped, but it was good. After lunch, Elder Kamea and I went garage sale contacting. We met some cool people, and Elder Kamea got a super cool wallet at one of the garage sales. We had a lesson with Aaron after that. He's known missionaries for about a year, but nobody had actually taught him and told him what we do! So we're going to start teaching him the lessons! It's gonna be awesome. We finished our weekly planning, and then we went and did some administrative stuff at the church. Nothing exciting..... :/
Sunday was really good. We went and invited a whole bunch of people to go to church. Sadly, no one came. But we did get to meet President and Sister Pattison! They're super cool. Church was really good. The Tagalog Elders had an investigator in our Ward, so that was fun. After church we went and had supper. We went and visited Brother Bexson. That man can talk forever. We were there for 2 hours, and it was really hard to get out. So crazy. We visited Vivian, and it was awesome. It was a good day!
Monday was interesting. We had the "meet the Mission President" meeting. It was pretty cool. President and Sister Pattison are awesome. We had lunch at Burrito Libre. It was pretty good, but not cafe rio good. Anyway, after lunch the brake switch on our car failed. We wrangled the car into gear, drove it to the Subaru dealership, and got it fixed. It was a hassle. After that we had a good ole American style BBQ for supper. The Simpsons were even nice enough to honor the family tradition and got me some KFC! Haha. It was fantastic. After supper we stopped by the Cunninghams place. Turns out, they're moving at the beginning of August! Sad, eh? It was still a good day.
This week I ponderized this scripture: Ether 12: 4 Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God.
The gift of hope is so amazing. With hope, life becomes much more enjoyable. Without hope, there is no reason to keep fighting! Hope and Faith are interconnected in so many ways, that you can't truly have one without the other. All of the hope that we can have comes from the atonement. Jesus Christ is the reason for all of our hope. Always remember that. Jesus Christ is the reason that we are hopeful. Here's a little poem that I found
"Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey towards it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.’ … Hope sweetens the memory of experiences well loved. It tempers our troubles to our growth and our strength. It befriends us in dark hours, excites us in bright ones. It lends promise to the future and purpose to the past. It turns discouragement to determination.”- Samuel Smiles
Have a great week!
Elder Rusty Lofthouse
Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly. Sometimes to really live you've gotta try.
-Sleeping With Sirens
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