This week was a slow week! I have realized that is usually what happens when you have a super great one, then things get slower. But things will pick up again this week! It was SUPER cold this week. -38 most days which was painful.. literally. Almost all of our lessons fell through so we did a lot of finding. We were out tracting one day and we decided it might be easier to bear the cold if we imagined ourselves in Hawaii.. Our feet were burning from the burning sand, not the cold. Our faces were red from getting sunburnt, not wind burn. My companion slipped and fell from slipping on some water on the boat deck, not the ice. There was water on our faces from the ocean, not the tears. Haha surprisingly it actually helped!! I am exaggerating though, it wasn't actually that bad. We just couldn't stay outside for longer than a half hour. We'd have to warm up for 10 min, then go back out again.
We were able to meet with a lady who has been an investigator for years now. She is practically a member and would have gotten baptized a long time ago but her husband will not give permission. We found out this week that he was actually set to get baptized as well but then found out about the church's history in polygamy and got super angry. He has been ever since. It is very sad. Hopefully some day he will come around and the whole family can get baptized. Right now only the two daughters were able to.
We have been training a lot on working with members this month and it can be hard!! I know that the best way to do missionary work is to involve members but it can be very trying at times working with schedules and such. I have been praying a lot for help to have the patience and persistence to work with members and I think the answer has come because most of the people we have found over the past few weeks have been men. So we will have to bring members to our lessons! It's funny how he works! Moral of the story, help the missionaries out! Missionary work is so much more successful when the missionaries work with the members! And missionary work is important for all members of the church, not just the missionaries!!
This week I was reading the talk from the past general conference called "Turn to the Lord" by Bishop W. Christopher Waddell. I loved this quote.. "In this mortal experience we cannot control all that happens to us, but we have absolute control over how we respond to the changes in our lives... Whatever change in life's circumstance may come our way, and whatever unexpected path we may have to travel, how we respond is a choice. Turning to the Savior and grasping His outstretched arm is always our best option." Love you all, have an awesome week! Also I almost forgot.. We got transfer calls today and I will be staying in Regina with Sister Gatten for another 6 weeks at least. I am SOO happy!! We are going to see miracles in this area together! Love yous!!
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