"So we busted out the bikes this week a couple of times so that we would be able to save some kilometers... and also to enjoy the good weather. However it was quite lame when we were coming back from a member's house and I hit something in the road that gave me a flat tire! So we had to walk all the way back home - probably 5-6 kilometers.
"So we've been asked as missionaries to give thank you cards to the members who feed us or do nice things for us, etc. Elder Cowling and I went over to Sister Rutledge's to take pictures for that and it was fun because we ended up with the idea to use some food coloring and then put it on the snow having it say "Thank You" and then we stood next to it and took some pictures. It was a lot of fun and just in time too since the snow has really melted these past few days! It has been really sunny and nice, but today it's raining. The rain is fun though! Free car wash, yeah?" (The perks from a missionary's perspective ;))
"A lot of the times when we go door to door, we'll talk to people and then ask them for referrals. Usually we'll say "hey, by chance do you know anybody in the area who might be interested in our message?" Ha and sometimes they tell us to go see their neighbor, sometimes they say that we just have to knock on their doors and find out, and other times they just say they don't know. So the other day we asked that same question and I expected just a normal response, ha but he said (in french) "I don't know, maybe you should ask Jesus and he'll tell you." Ha I'm not sure he understood that sometimes Christ works through people... like himself... to help other people, like us! Either way it was funny.
"Ha another funny thing that happened this week is when we were still sharing a car with the valleyfield elders . So we went to pick them up from their knocking session and they only had a few more houses left - so E Cowling and I decided to just help them out and finish the street. As we finished it and were walking back to the car and we saw this car come around the corner... slow down... and drive slowly - eventually working its way past us. As they drove past us we saw two older guys in shirts and ties. The four of us were joking around later and were saying "Hey did you all see how we totally stole the Jehovah's Witnesses' turf today? That's right! I'm sure they were thinking 'those dang mormons are multiplying! Now there are 4! not just 2!"
"Another cool experience came when we just stopped by a potential investigators' house. About 2 weeks ago we were out tracting and we saw these two ladies trying to move luggage into the car and so we just decided to help out. At first they resisted but then they agreed and we were able to eventually set up a return appointment with the one that lived there. Well when we went back at the designated time, she wasn't there. So we left a note with our number on it. Well fast forward, so the other day we went by her house again and this time she was there! It was cool because she said that she still has the book of mormon in her car and that she has our note on her counter meaning to call us, but just keeps forgetting. Ha another thing she said was that we were like her angels the night that we helped her move her mom's bags out to the car. Her name is Yandi and she is pregnant and so she couldn't really do any lifting, and her mom was really old and so it was hard for her to carry the things - so then came two 20 year old guys just offering to help. It was really special for her - and then for us when she told us!
"Another cool story this week was with manny - the cop who said he was going to come to church. Well he ended up not coming to church, but we did visit him after church and had a long chat with him. He told us that he had surgery on his neck on tuesday and was just still in a lot of pain and so that is one reason he didn't come. But then we were able to just hear his story - what his expectations were of us - and then we were able to give our expectations. It was neat because he said that he doesn't often let strangers in his house, let alone his office in his house, and yet he let us in both. He was saying "Seriously, you guys have an aura about you, God is with you!" It was way cool. And it was cool because we mentioned a little bit about the word of wisdom and then he was like "well I'll start looking for alternatives" and then at one point he asked "Do we believe in angels in the church of jesus christ of latter day saints?" It was just neat to see him including himself in that question. We invited him to conference this coming week and he said he's coming."
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