Day 69

So if you have some free time, whether its P-day or not, what do you enjoy doing?

Sometimes it's fun to play uno, or chess. an investigator carved that chess set on facebook for me, we trade ties sometimes which is also fun. other than that I enjoy reading church literature or my patriarchal blessing, it has been great for me. 

Are you guys pretty good about keeping your apartment clean? (it would be nice to have some pictures : )

we are really good about keeping are apartment clean, unless the other elders from the district are over. Also in that picture with president thomas the other Elders there are just the other Elders in my district.

One reason I'm so bad about pictures is I need to charge my camera, and my camera is kinda acting up.. I guess it's just old.

Do you have any senior couples serving up there, besides the Menloves?

Yeah a few, the only other ones I know of are from some other part of canada.. I don't even know what part. 

What Canadian holidays do you know of?  Labor Day?

Canadians have a long weekend at least once a month, so having P-day is kinda lame sometimes because everything is closed. 

Would you wish to speak French on your mission?

Nope, I don't know where I would use that in life except out here. 

Are there French speaking Canadians where you are?

Not really, everyone speaks English here. 

What is the best meal you have cooked?

I made some Gyros, but they were just ok. I didn't have the recipe right. 

What is your favorite kind of missionary work to do?

I love it when someone is honestly looking for the truth.. and we can give it to them, the spirit abounds in those conversations. 

Your companions? 

I would assume the same..  

Have you had any scary situations?

No, Everyone is nice here. no complaints.

This week was mostly service based, we didn't find any new investigators, we always try to visit potential investigators and it seems like they're not often home. we go to an old folks home and visit them and play games, we serve at a bookstore, we mow lawns, all sorts of things like that. this week we are headed out to help a man named Brian. Just imagine a biker dude, with a long scraggly beard, thinning long hair, and a little ponytail, the most piercing blue eyes and about three teeth on the bottom. Except Brian has no legs. He's Diabetic and he has to go in for Dialysis two or three times a week. They had to cut them off mid thigh because they were poisoning him. He has the most positive attitude that I can imagine, he's always very chipper he's a convert but he can't always make it to church, always loves to see us and he and his wife are working on going to the temple. We are planning to drive out there this week, all four of us and just go nuts doing stuff that he needs around the house. I'm really excited for that. We usually go visit him in the hospital and he always wants to have a little prayer with us before we leave. This is a man who has less than most, but few people have as good an attitude on life as he does. I think we can all learn a little something from him.

I love you, and I'm glad that I have such a loving and supportive family back home to love me. I miss you, but I'm glad that I am out here. Do great things.