I say that you should capture and slowly train the skunk to be a real pet. that would be pretty cool. i guess beebee is using that church slightly differently than i did. all of my friends all the time would ask me when we were going to "mormon church" again to play dodgeball.
every week i keep trying to remember to bring a ward program here emailing, so i can actually remember what songs we sang but i never remember, maybe next week. there was one song this week that used the word "glebe" in the 3rd verse. it made me laugh to learn that glebe is really a word. i asked a member in front of us after the meeting and she told me it was like a meadow... i responded that i will try to use the word glebe at least 3 times this week.
i think i might have seen that quote or something very similar to it in the past, very true, very cool.
tell sister therman that i agree with any sort of reference to napoleon dynamite or taylor swift any time in church. i quote nacho libre all the time while doing missionary work, "why have you not been baptized!?"
Good missionary work mom! its the small little decisions each day that affect the end.
very exciting about taylor! thats pretty crazy, cant wait to hear sam's
no canadian martin luther king day, i found out this week that here there is at least 1 day every month in which people get work off, even if they have to make up a holiday (civic holiday, family day, etc) it is pretty sweet. january's was already new years day.
Oh, Grandma sent you some actual green money in a letter for christmas, I think, did you get something like that?
yes i did! i got it this week, tell grandma i really appreciate it thank you.
I also sent you a package last week. I am sure you have not received it yet, just keep a look out!
awesome! did you tell me a while ago that you sent up my debit card? i cant remember, if so i have not gotten that yet. also next monday i am going to try to send down to you my sd card so you can see all the new pictures and videos.
Did you get our Christmas card with family picture?
got that this week too, i liked the note saying better late than never.
How were your dinner appts last week?
on sunday a member found a recipe for cafe rio pulled pork and made it for us! it was very delicious, didnt taste exactly like it but it was still very good.
How is your new family progressing?
we taught them once last week, didnt come to church :( but when we taught them the plan of salvation the wife got all excited and said she cant wait to be able to get a perfect body, then the husband said "does that mean i will be able to walk down the beach with my shirt off again?" very funny. we are meeting them tonight and the member that is coming with us will invite them over for dinner on friday.
How is your (sometimes) rash under your eyes? Have you had it much?
really not too much recently, right now its actually pretty bad on the corners of my mouth for some reason though, very annoying. i try and put aquaphor on it as much as possible.
Does the air feel dry there? Do you get a bloody nose? (that is what happens when the air is so dry). Does your face feel dry?
the air is exceedingly moist, we get tons of moisture from lake ontario and it makes it very humid. so no dry stuff outside of the corners of my mouth. i actually have never gotten a bloody nose from dry air before.
How are you lips doing for being chapped? Any issues?
nope, all is good outside of previously mentioned twice problem.
Does your nose run in the cold? mine does....
like crazy, it is annoying but unavoidable, just wipe it on your sleeve a lot, that normally does the trick.
Does someone in the office just chose who in the companionship will be the driver? (And that is not you for this companionship, right?)
i guess, i really dont know, they just tell us on the day of transfers.
What are you doing for P-day today?
making moccasins! hopefully at least. we were at a first nation member's house and she had some extra hide so she showed us moccasin patterns and she told us she would show us how to do it today. sadly she only had enough hide for 1 pair of moccasins so i am going to see if there is hopefully some cheaper hide i can buy in the first nation store there. very exciting.
Did you wear your retainer last night? How often do you wear it?
i did! i'd say that i probably wear it about half the time, but i have been trying to improve that.
Any good stories from your week?
really nothing beside going to a meeting with ELDER OAKS! also one of the 70 named elder catcher.
yes the apostle came to the mission on saturday, i kinda forgot to mention that last week... whoops. so it was set up that all the missionaries within 3 hours of the brampton stake center could come and the other 1/4 of the mission could listen over some phone thing they set up, this was going to be from about 10-12. after that he was having a meeting with all the recent converts and returning active members at about 3. then after that he was going to meet with the leadership from all the wards, then leave at 7:30 to somewhere else, very busy day. the only problem was that his plane got delayed and he didnt make it until 1. we found out the night before that it was going to be delayed, so president clayton told us to come about the same time as we would have and he would do training for a time. all of it ended up well. elder Oaks meeting with us was cut short about a half hour and so he invited all of us to stay for the meeting with new members also! He talked about a lot of things. the cool thing that stuck out most to me was when he talked to us about spiritual gifts. different people have different spiritual gifts, (some gift to know, some gift to believe). We can find out our spiritual gifts and use them to the best of our abilities, and along the way we can discover new gifts. also, apparently he didnt get to serve a mission because he was in military but years later his brother served and his family went up to visit him on his mission and he went out with his brother knocking doors for a day, very funny. also during the recent convert meeting he called the book "Songs of Solomon" biblical trash.
anything exciting or different coming up this week?
outside of missionary work, nope nothing out of the ordinary. i just recognized that i didnt put that sentance together very well. nothing exciting outside of regular missionary work, not doing anything different this week. there, fixed it.
i guess i would have been better to ask this last week haha
Ok, that is the end for me. It is very late. Zak has texted to make sure I was going to write to you. You are being well watched out for! We are grateful you are out serving people and sharing the gospel! It is the greatest gift you have to give.
So far you have a perfect record with me, no forgotten letters!
I love you all!
QUinn
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