Oh The Weather Outside Is Frightful!

Oh The Weather Outside Is Frightful!

Shout Outs!

Thank you to Tyler, Maddie, Amanda, Chelsey, James, Sara, Mable, Marina, Lucy, Janelle, Bob, Sister Spencer, Kim, and the Summers. I loved the little notes you all sent! You guys are way too nice though haha I might get a big head one of these days ;)

Thank you also to the Summers for the package! Once again you are way too generous and I am excited to open it on Christmas :D

Well to say that it has been a crazy week out here in Kingston does not to it justice!

To start off there was a huge fire on our street! It may have been on the news, I'm not sure but we were teaching a lesson in Tim Hortons by our place when people started talking about a fire and when we looked out the sky was full of black smoke! We stood there for a while not too sure of what to do and then noticed the poor crane operator making his way across the crane to the very tip! AH! So scary! As a result of the fire they shut off our power and evacuated us for the night. Sister Laing and I stayed at Sister Lenard's for the night. She has 3 hound dogs who weigh like 80 pounds and like to sit on peoples laps.... it hurt so bad! The next day we were able to go back to our place though which was nice!

Huge fire!! So glad the crane man is ok.

Just getting my study on at the members home with the dog.

Aside from the fire we also got a legit ice storm! It is SO cool! It reminded me of the ice storm that hit Jill when she lived in Texas. (Looks like the same kind of deal too -J)

->side note: Elder Snelson is also from Texas and he remembers that ice storm too...weird! He's from Huston I believe

Anyways it is pretty much an ice rink outside so contacting was a joy! But actually it was SO much fun! We would approach people on the street and nearly face plant in front of them haha great way to "break the ice" BAHAHAHHAHAHHA! It took us an extra 30 min to get anywhere and by the end of the night our legs were killing us but it was a nice change up from the regular routine.

Queens Campus in ice form

EVERYTHING Froze!!

We had an awesome lesson with Francis this week! We had a good old DTR with him to figure out what his expectations were with meeting with us (we tend to have a few of those a month it seems like cause he's not much of a talker). We found out that he doesn't have a problem with being baptized again and is willing to get baptized but that he first wanted to check out the church. We have taught him all the commandments and he is good with all of them so it really is down to just getting him out to church which has been a struggle. He did however say that he would come to church and we were so excited! Taylor told him that she would pick him up and everything!... then they cancelled church -_- which also meant that Jess didn't get confirmed... gah!  

->side note: I don't know if I've ever mentioned this but a few months ago Francis told us that there was a church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by his home back in Ghana and that one of his friends from his childhood was a member. Once he started meeting with us he found his friend on facebook and told him he was meeting with missionaries! His friend was really excited and told him to learn all he could from us and that if he had any questions he could ask him. Cool Eh!

DTR: Determine The Relationship (I learned this from Jill while she dated Tyson... apparently they had to have a lot of those) (Ooohh pahleeease!! -J)

Now the Best for Last! 

So I like really don't care for bus contacting. Like we walk to places so that we don't have to take the bus, however one night it was really cold and we would be late for an appointment so we had to take the bus. So we get on the bus and there are 3 people on it. 2 old people in the front and a what looks like a university student in the back. Sister Laing jumps on the old people and I make my way to the back of the bus. He has his ear phones in so I sit on the edge of my seat and ask him what he thinks the meaning of Christmas is with a big smile so he notices me. He tries to look away but we make eye contact. HA gottcha! He slowly takes his ear phones out and then we start talking. In no time he starts to open up about God and his beliefs. Then he stops and laughs to himself. I ask him why he is laughing and he says this is so weird cause he has been thinking about his faith a lot recently and really wants to over come his doubts. Then he admitted that at first he thought I was crazy and was trying to ignore me, but said he was glad that he took his ear phones out cause he really needed this!

BAH! Am I dreaming! Am I seriously having a successful bus contact?!

Turns out this guy plays basketball for Queens university and is heading home for the holidays but said he would be down to meet up with us when he gets back :D = new investigator via bus contacting what what!!

p.s his name is Tyrell and Winnie has already claimed him as "her investigator" haha

Line of the Week:

Elder Dewey: "Hey sisters we just wanted to check to make sure you all emailed your families telling them that you are safe from the fire."

Me: "Yep, sure did!"

Elder Dewey: "Awesome! Yea, someone's mom contacted president Scott asking if they were alright so we just wanted to follow up with you guys to make sure you emailed."

Me: "...Yea....that was my mom."

Elder Dewey: "What? Really! How do you know?"

Me: "I've had 21 years with her."

-> I LOVE you mom!!! :D (Mom is mortified!!!! -J)

Scripture of The Week: Helaman 5: 10

"And remember also the words which Amulek spake unto Zeezrom, in the city of Ammonihah; for he said unto him that the Lord surely should come to redeem his people, but that he should not come to redeem them in their sins, but to redeem them from their sins."

A Haiku for YOU:

He is born

to heal us from sin

our Brother

Sister Hall

         Y.O.S.O

Backing up Sister Waal