I SAID whats cooler than bein cool!? Ice Cold!
Do the sister missionaries not have bikes or something? i thought most of them did its kinda weird that they would pretty much just leave the sisters chillin in arcadia without a car, bikes, and a pretty bad bus system. In our mission they pretty much let every area have a car unless they have a decent bus system. anyway glad beebee could help em and you could make them some pancakes. you shouldve just told them that you werent a short order cook and just give them the one option.
funny and a little weird from the steimles which is right on par with them.
exciting for nana and bumpa, also i'm pretty excited to see all sorts of interesting autocorrect mistakes.
i was at byu-i when they changed it so i was there for a little bit when it was like that, it was a little annoying because i felt a little less comfortable blasting my very loud rock music right by where the mission office people were working.
christopher can feel a bit better knowing that it is probably a bit colder here. this week was the coldest of the year so far and throughout the week with windchill it was -40. And would you like to know what that is in Fahrenheit? -40, yes it was very cold, luckily i have some good warm clothes and many layers to wear so it really wasnt too bad.
QUESTIONS:
Do you know your new address?
yes! it is:
147 Richard Street #4
Bracebridge, ON
P1L 1J3
1 quick joke i heard earlier. so youve probably recognized that the canadian zipcode always goes letter-number-letter like that right? thats why canadians like to claim that santa clause really lives in the canadian part of the north pole (canada and russia lay claim to the north pole) because he always tells people his zip code H0H 0H0
Does Elder Yardley know Brittanni Cole's husband Justin Yardley? Are they related? Justin's dad is Roy Yardley from Gunnison Ut.
I asked him the first day we were together, he said he did not know a justin yardley.
How did you even get up to your new area?
by driving a car, everyone who gets tranfered meets at the stake center in Brampton (just west of toronto) which also has the temple next door. thats where you meet up with your companion and drive up in to the great white north
How is your apartment?
pretty nice, it was a sister appartment for a while up until like november so it has to be nice.
where are you emailing from?
the ward building family history center.
Is there more snow where you are now?
much much much more. there was maybe like 6 inches on the ground in cobourg, there is a couple feet here, its pretty sweet.
How is the Ward?
pretty good, apparently regularly like 70 people come during the winter and during the summer it gets huge because bracebridge is apparently a big vacation place. tons of summer "cottages" people move up to during the summer. actually just down the road they have a little theme park place called Santa's Village which is only open during the summer and christmas day... for some odd reason, still havnt been able to figure out why.
ayway back to the question, it is good. lots of people who have strong testimonies and are excited to do missionary work. One of the first days i was here was the end of the ward "40 day fast" for missionary work which they did for the first time. they had a calendar of 40 days apparently and 40 different people signed up on each day to fast for a day. pretty cool. also every wednesday night they have a volleyball night that we go to that people invite friends and stuff to.
How long has your companion been in their area?
2 transfers so i think thats since mid november, this was his first area.
Have you had any meals at member's homes since you've been there?
yes, like 4 set up ones and another that we came by their home, meaning just to be really quick and introduce myself and set up an appointment for a mini lesson some other time and they just invited us in for dinner because apparently the wife had accidentally made way too much for everyone to eat.
Do you know the person that took your place in Cobourg?
interestingly enough it was actually the other missionary that was here, elder christenson.
Do you know, was your mission pres gone to a big conference over this last weekend about the "rollout" of the ipads? The Arcadia Mission pres was at that conference.
i really have no idea and havnt heard anything about it, he might have, we didnt get a president's letter from him this week oddly enough so maybe he was spending too much time working on that.
What happened in Canada for Family Day? Anything? A Parade?
no parade or anything, just a day off from stuff for families to hang out together.
Any interesting stories?
i shoveled off someone's roof this week, you read correctly i shoveled their roof. apparently it snows so much up here that if you dont do that every once and a while the ice will build up so thick on your roof that it will cave in and break your roof! when someone first said that laughed and thought they were joking... nope :D
another interesting thing, the husband of a member (now passed away) who is in this ward is mentioned in preach my gospel! i cant remember exactly what page it was. it is in the "working with members" section. it mentions a man by the last name of stoneman who used to be part of the united church i think... or it might be the catholic one i dont remember.
Any big meetings coming up...with General Authorities?
actually yes! apparently there is some general authority, i think the area 70, coming up to stake conference here in the end of march. good inspired question.
Are you a driver?? I think you are.... if yes, how do you like it?? Enjoy having a "backer"?
i was for most of this week. it was great no problems, the only thing is that the whole time i had no idea where i was going, elder yardly had to just tell me where to go. So at the end of the week we just asked the senior missionary in charge of cars if we could just switch for the transfer while i figure out where i am actually. they said yes. so back to being backer while i figure out where i am, this is a pretty big area.
what is cooler than cool?
ice cold, I said, whats cooler than bein cool!? ICE COLD
Thats about it, i'm staying warm, all good, nice and happy.
I love you!
Quinn
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