Glad Thanksgiving was still fun even though there was no turkey bowl (laaame) but at least something was set up, so that is good. also glad you figured out where i live, apparently right by the neighboring city Port Hope which is part of our area, there is a weird shop thing and here is a massive Optimus Prime there!!! its like bigger than the house, going to take pictures later today.
I always like a fast hymn much better than a slow one as well.
glad youre reading the scriptures a ton as well, really awesome. i forgot if i already said this or not but one of the key things as to whether someone we are teaching is really going to get baptized and progress or not is whether they are actually reading the book of mormon consistently or not. As people read it they become more converted to the gospel, sometimes without even recognizing it. and from visiting other people that have decided to leave the church, its only after they stop reading the book of mormon that they actually fall away. i have seen several people that still read tons of religious text (Bible, Koran, JW bible, etc) and they can still fall, but as they start reading the Book of Mormon they have a real anchor to hold them to where they need to be.
anyway, questions:
Talk about the Toronto temple: will you be able to go? have you heard of any talk of that? How far is it for you to go, as in miles and time to get there?
not really sure exactly what this is a reference to. We as missionaries can only go to the temple the week before general conference (which i did go when i was in toronto) and also, this is a new thing with president clayton, we can go to watch (not take part in) if a recent convert or a returning less active member goes to the temple to do baptisms for the dead. but yes I believe I am still close enough to go if any of those happened when I am here. its like 2 and a half hours away. i do not know how far in miles because canada goes by kilometers, also i dont know in kilometers either though, i just know how long it takes.
Now that you are in a car, you should get your GPS maps working! I am sure anyone would be happy to help you do it.
working on it!
Do you know that date of your Mission Christmas Conference? I should know it, but I don't. I am sure I am supposed to have a package sent to you by then.
so the mission conference is actually next week on like friday I think, really not sure how that is going to work or anything though, if the package does not make it there on time, it is no big deal, i really dont care.
Do you know how that will work for you; the conference? Will the whole mission get together, or maybe only 1/2 at a time?
I think it is about a third of the mission at a time.
So for P-days, it will just by you and Elder DeWall? So no sports really?
pretty much, its kinda sad but not that big of a deal, plenty of cool stuff and cool members here.
For this new area, what will your dinner calendar look like? How often do you think you will be able to be fed by the ward members? Have you had any dinner appts this week? What kind of food did you eat?
tons and tons, we only have a couple nights a week we need to feed ourselves, its very nice. we actually forgot to take the calendar to church with us on sunday and we still have 3 nights this week already filled in, very nice. It is mostly white people canadians here so pretty normal food here so far. we had turkey a couple times this week because people knew it is our thanksgiving. Tonight we are having dinner at a home where the father is from barbados, but his wife is white so probably still white people food, lame. still good though.
Does your ward have an organ for Sacrament meeting or just a piano; I'm curious. Do you remember what you sang for church? Our closing song was Count Your Many Blessings. Always a good one.
we have an organ, normally the organ overpowers the people though which is kinda funny, not too many singers who are willing to sing with power in our little congregation, we need sister hatch there to make it all much louder.
How has the "finding the lost sheep" been going this week?
got a few people we were asked to go by and visit, set some appointments with the, hopefully get some people back to church. We also had an investigator named Bonnie come to church, which went very well for her. one of the talks was all about trials and how they help us in the end and she said it spoke straight to her, and also during gospel doctrine it was on temples and it went around to family history and doing work for the dead and bringing families together forever, and bonnie was in to it and asking questions. She did not grow up in a good household and was a little worried about the forever families and she asked the teacher and the teacher gave a great testimony for her which helped a ton.
Do you ever get to drive?
nope, actually today i am going on exchanges and i am going to their area, and the comp i am going with doesnt have all his canada license stuff so i will be driving tonight and tomorrow!
How do you like being the "backup elder"?
a little cold sometimes.
Do you listen to music in the car, if yes, who do you listen to?
yes, you can ask zak about it maybe he knows but there is 1 missionary album that this guy made called "The work" that everyone in the mission listens to. its by the Nashville tribute band.
Do you drink chocolate milk at home in your apartment? Do you have Nesquick or something else, does it taste the same?
nope, i have thought about it, maybe some time but milk is just so dang expensive here. my new comp likes drinking that homogenous milk stuff though so now that i have my own milk bags (have i ever told you that? milk comes in bags here) i might have to get me some nesquick.
Tell any other stories that come to mind! We'd love to hear them!
So this weekend the ward is having a huge christmas thing which they have been having us help with. So i think the way they do it is they have lots of different choirs and different musical number stuff and some quick spiritual thoughts in the chapel, then they open up the accordian doors and there are a whole ton of different nativity things that people make (ice, lego, one the size of a dime, etc) everything decorated like jerusalem, really cool. tons of nonmembers and people come every year, its famous around the town, its pretty sweet.
also i made a mini CN Tower out of wood, which i would send you the picture of except that I accidently left my backpack with the camera in it at a members house (they live in the middle of nowhere) on saturday night, so we are getting it later today. maybe next week.
I love you all!
Quinn
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