This week was definitely a slow one here in the new area, it was whitewashed just a few transfers ago so we are definitely in the beginning stages of missionary work and getting members to lessons is almost unheard of. However one of the counselors in the bishopric gave a pretty great talk calling everyone to repentance and just telling them to invite us to come to their house for dinner and give us referrals. He kept saying "it is not the missionaries job to find investigators, they will do it but their job is to teach our investigators" I liked that. We did find a lot this week though.
We found someone on Wednesday I believe and his name is Dakota, He is a YSA guy who is very well versed in the bible from 100% his own study and it is amazing how accurate his beliefs are. People often say that the bible is so flawed and all and they have a point but the bible is true and if people study the bible they will come to know what the truth really is. It is so sad when we meet people who just say that they believe in the bible so they cannot accept us or the Book of Mormon when in reality most of them have never even read the bible. Satan is good at what he does. We meet SOOO many people who are blinded by the craftiness of men. sometimes they just believe their pastor or minister in stead of actually reading and asking God. I have learned that often times Satan keeps people from the truth not by making them criminals or terrible people but by making them so set in their ways which are good but that keep them from the better and best. Anyways that was a rant but Dakota knows his stuff from the bible and we taught the restoration and he ate it up. Elder Wright taught him again on exchanges on Saturday and apparently it went great. trick is he is moving to medicine hat on dec 4th so for us to baptize him it will take a miracle. We will see though.
One of the crazy events of the week was that we exchanged with one of our didtrict leaders this week in Selkirk. I was in Selkirk with our DL Elder Bassett and Elder Wright and Whetman stayed here. In Selkirk we actually went to see a PM/RC family in fisher Branch. It was good but kind of took all day. When I returned home that night i had a few weird looking bug bites. Long Story short we now have bed bugs and we spent $30 on laundry this morning to wash everything. We also have to get our apartment and our neighbors apartments fumigated. Somehow Elder Wright either is not getting bit or does not show bites but i have 150 bites all over my whole body. I look like i have chicken pox. lucky for me though i only have a few on my face! It is a crying shame but such is life hahah.
Love you all!
Elder Stewart
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