So this week has been another interesting one. We are currently continuing
to brainstorm creative finding ideas. Which is actually pretty difficult when
all I've been encouraged to do in the past is tract. It's just different. It
seems to be working pretty well, however. Before Elder French left, I had the
idea about volunteering at the Salvation Army, so last week Elder Christensen
and I went to see what we could do. I had my qualms about volunteering there
because, well, they are a church. But I've knocked on the pastor's door about 3
times, and he seemed like a really friendly guy. And we also went with the
branch to do the food drive in October. The branch knows several of the people,
and they're basically the only consistent volunteers for the drive. So I talked
myself into it. And it actually went really well. When I walked in, he
recognized me, and they were actually just wondering how they were going to do
one of their projects before we walked in. We volunteered, and he's going to
give us a call when they're ready. And the branch is willing to help out, too.
So it should work out pretty well.
Let's see, we also were able to get back in contact with some of our
investigators. We have about 3 families that we are now currently working with.
It's so much fun to be working with families. Weyburn is definitely the most
I've ever worked with families. However, this Sunday there was some freezing
rain which prevented some of our investigators from coming, and others had high
fevers. Yeah....sort of one of those weeks. But we just have to keep doing
everything that we can.
We've set up some appointments with new investigators, so there should be
some progress going on with finding. Something that we have the branch's support
with is holding a Book of Mormon Study class. We feel it will really help our
investigators understand the Book of Mormon and strengthen their testimonies of
it. And it's an opportunity to get to know members, and even a chance for
members to invite nonmember friends. Some other things that we are contemplating
starting are a ping pong night and a missionary prep class. We have a ping pong
table at the church, and several of the members enjoy playing. It's something
fun that members can invite friends to. And with the class, I think it would
help out the branch because they are unable to have young men's and young
women's activities regularly, so we could help give them an activity they could
do regularly. We need to discuss these ideas with the branch, but we'll see what
we can do.
Another creative idea we tried was volunteering at the animal shelter.
Ha ha, I'm convinced we could have sold tickets to watch us in there. We were
asked to brush these cats. Ha ha, so I grabbed one out of its cage and so did
Elder Christensen. His cat was hiding under the row of cages for about 30
minutes, and mine was going to town trying to bite my neck. Ha ha, I'm sure we
just looked absurd because I wasn't sure if we were going to volunteer right
then, so we didn't bring service clothes. Oh man, I'm sure they just thought of
what would look the most ridiculous for 2 guys in shirts and ties to do. They
found it! I haven't quite decided if we will go back there. Probably, but we'll
just come more prepared.
Well, for an update with Hedley and Brandy, their trip to Loyd Minister
sort of set them back a little. Hedley is now preparing for baptism on February
23rd. But he continues to be committed and to make great progress. They are
still as funny as ever. They've started right off with teasing Elder
Christensen. They've welcomed him right in. It's pretty funny. Hopefully, we'll
be able to help them in any way we can to be prepared to be baptized.
Let's see, I don't really have much else, other than that it's pretty fun
to be driving again. The Cruze is sort of a weird car. I'm not going to argue
with it, though. It's much more manly than the Cobalt. It's pretty interesting
driving in a Canada winter, but so far so safe! Thanks for all the emails. I
love you all!
Love,
Elder C. Lyons
1-Sunrise in Weyburn
2-Comp chippin away at freezing rain
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