January 21, 2014 is a day I will never forget for the rest
of my life. The day I left for the MTC. Much has changed in that time and here
I am, just past my year mark in a seemingly rough time for my companion and I.
Poor Elder Johnson had to see the doctor and was diagnosed with bronchitis on
Wednesday and has been sick for a while. He just finished his anti-biotics and
he's been doing a lot better.
Our teaching pool continues to sit empty with Garry in a
reflection process. In my previous letter I forgot to mention him. His
girlfriend had a heart attack at the beginning of last week and has returned
from the hospital since then but has still been not feeling well. Garry has
been under a lot of stress as a result and he ended up missing church this week
and the last.
Thus, we did a lot of finding this week. On Tuesday while I
was on an exchange out in Mission, Elder Johnson and Elder Mahabeer found a
lady named Teressa who seems keen to learn. We'll be seeing her on Tuesday. The
exchange for Elder Orr and I was a good one. I met one of their investigators
with a baptismal date. His name is Shane and it appears that once he's quit
smoking, he'll get baptized for sure! We also moved a family out with the
Mission East Elders which was good fun.
We haven't been able to talk to Sara since our last visit.
She doesn't have a phone and we're not allowed to meet in the place she's
staying in at the moment. Chris has been busy and told us over the phone that
he doesn't want to pull her away from the things she's been having to deal with
so we have no choice but to just pray that there'll be a way to get to her
somehow... Wednesday the 22nd was the official day of our year mark so we went
to Dairy Queen to celebrate, other then that it was a fairly normal day.
Thursday we had a special zone training in the church's high
council room where we heard from Sister Burt and the assistants while President
Burt interviewed each of us. After Sister Burt did a role play with one of the
Chilliwack sisters, she turned to me and ask the question "Elder Samis,
at the start of your mission, how did you feel knowing that you had to talk to
complete strangers all the time?" I replied, "I thought,
how on earth am I going to do this?" It made me further reflect on how
far I've been able to come. Only through God has such a thing been possible.
Sister Burt went on to explain that just because you're a missionary doesn't mean
that you don't have to be yourself. We were encouraged to show enthusiasm and
energy when we talk to someone.
Sunday night we went to dinner at the Hara's place. Then we
saw Brother Gauthier and a less active friend of his named Gerald who has been
living in his place for a couple months. He told us that he's ready to come
back to church and to come out teaching with us! He's originally from Ontario
and he said that he would go teaching with the elders there all the time.
So far 2015 hasn't been very kind to us. I don't know why
things have happened the way they have been lately but I know that there's
someone else who does. They say that January is a difficult time of the
year for a lot of people. That may be true but things are the way
they are. Hang on everybody, the month is almost gone!
Elder Maclean Samis
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