Referals in December
Its hard to say that it feels like Christmas. Today it's 12
degrees and the snow is nowhere to be seen. Tuesday night we went to Aldergrove
to contact a referal from Sister Lougheed. His name is Raj and he's lives in
the same multi-suite home as she does. Sister Lougheed told us that he is very
interested in learning about the church. We didn't teach him much since we
caught him right as he was about to leave for his night shift, but he seems
like a really friendly guy. He told us that he moved from India about 6 months
ago. His English is pretty good. We told Sister Lougheed about the visit
and she told us that he came with her to the "Why I believe" fireside
and that he really admires and respects the way we present ourselves. Those
suits and ties sure are good for something!
The week started off pretty slow. We taught the Bernards on
Tuesday and they basically dropped themselves. :( They just don't believe
there's enough evidence to suggest that the book is true. Brother Kozak was
there and the 3 of us bore testimony that it was true before leaving. There was
no hard feelings between us. They're still an awesome family and we were really
glad they let us teach them for a while.
Wednesday we taught Devin at Briana's place. We read a
chapter in the Book of Mormon since he's been having trouble understanding what
he's reading. A couple days later he went back to Kelowna.
Friday I finally went on my first exchange in Mission, a
town a few kilometers north-east of Abbotsford. I was placed with Elder
Petillot (pronounced Ped-a-low) and we spent a good part of the day tracting on
a chilly day. I also got to drive again! We ate dinner that night with a
part-member family from Mongolia. They're a fairly young couple, and the
husband is the member and his name is Okna, and the wife who is interested in
being baptized is Ogma. We taught her the first lesson and set a date with her
for Jan 3. The spirit was so strong in that lesson as Elder Petillot exercised
his great teaching ability. It seemed to be a little harder for me to try and
simplify since Ogma doesn't speak English that well. Her husband did some
translating for her so things were just fine in the end.
Meanwhile in Clearbrook, Elder Lamb and Elder Butler
received word that Brother Newman's new roommate, Bill wanted to hear about the
gospel! I wasn't at the lesson but it sounded like it went pretty good. They
also took Brother Newman out to teach Chris! We didn't have much luck with our
investigator attendance for sacrament meeting. Only Kurtis came and he's
decided that he wants to take a break form being taught.
Sunday we saw most of the Christmas devotional after church.
We went to the Hara's for dinner towards the end and missed the last speaker.
As Christmas gets closer, the miracles are starting to arrive. It will take
some time before the people we're teaching are baptized but I know that God
works in his own time and no matter what happens, all will be well as long as
we keep working hard. Hope you're all staying warm up in the Chuck and have had
a great week!
Elder Maclean Samis
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