Week 1 was super good! It has been a huge adjustment from Thompson but I feel like I am adjusting well. I am really excited for the work that is happening here with us and the other missionaries. It is interesting how close we are with two other elders that live close by because in Thompson we don't really have that with other missionaries.
On Tuesday we were knocking some doors and no one was home! We just kept knocking and right as we were about to leave we saw a family walk into a house that we had previously knocked. Elder Kiriaka said that we should go there aother day because they "looked Promising". I told him that since we are in the area we may as well just go right then. We did and we taught a lesson and committed them to strengthen their faith in Jesus Christ by being baptized. It is a very interesting situation that i am in because i am to be training Elder Kiriaka but he is the one who knows the area so when he doesn't know what we should do I can help him but I can't really tell him where we should go. It is a challenge but we are working through it well as i become more aquainted with the area and he becomes more comfortable with the mission itself.
As a mission we are really focusing on Hastening the work of the Lord and Elder Kiriaka and i are really taking that to heart and working as hard as we possible can. This week we were also able to commit an 11 year old young man named Anthony to be baptised as well. He is being baptized on February 6th. He also came to church and he loves primary. his grandma is a member and she said he can get baptized if he prays every day and reads the Book Of Mormon picture book. She is so great! We have been doping a ton of walking which definitely slows down the work a bit compared to Thompson where we had a car all the time. I was able to get a bus pass but even then we have to wait for the bus. I have spent a couple hours total waiting outside at a bus stop for a bus this week. (thanks for the coat Mom). It isn't even bad though because if you are waiting at the bus stop with someone and not talking it is just awkward so we have been able to find people who are genuinely interested and taught them lessons at the bus stop. It is the best. Cars are for the weak. On Saturday we were instructedthat we were not to proselyte or go outside because it was -42. We were only allowed to go anywhere if we had a set lesson. We had one at 11:00am. We took the bus, walked 8 blocks to their house, knocked, they didn't answer and I just wanted to cry haha. We didn't want to walk all the way to the bus stop right there so we went to the hospital that was really close by and stopped by a member who is ill. She was sleeping but at least we got "warm". then we walked 8 blocks to the bus stop again and waited 20 minutes for the bus. We decided that the rule about not going out in -40 is inspired because that was possibly the coldest I have ever been. It was so worth it though because later that day is when we met with nthony and he commited to baptism. When we couldn't go out for the rest of that day we played a card game with some other Elders for a bit and also did some studying, cleaning, and stuff like that. i thought that a day like that would be a nice break but it's not. It is painfully boring and we just wanted to do missionary work. Pray for -39 so it is warm enough that we are allowed outside but cold enough that people feel bad and let us in!
Love you all!
Elder stewart
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| Looks a little chilly! |
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| Elder Kiriaka and Elder Stewart |
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