I am still loving chinooks. It will snow a few inches and be cold for a
few days and then BOOM chinook and it is warm and the snow is pretty much
gone. I have heard that is how most of the winter is like, so it should
be nice to have the winter broken up into smaller segments than it being cold
from October to May. :)
This week we stopped by a part member family. We watched a Mormon Message and invited the husband to take the lessons. The wife mentioned that her husband has taken the lessons several times, so maybe going a different route would be better. For example we do more of a scripture study/discussion together. Sister Garner and I were a little loss for words, but thankfully they invited their home teacher over. Brother Stafford has some difficulty with priesthood authority and not having physical evidence about the Book of Mormon. Brother Low (the home teacher) told Brother Stafford that when we start something new it usually is challenge, maybe awkward and we do not understand everything at once - understanding comes over time. Brother Stafford admitted to us that he's never had real intent when he has investigated into the church before. We gave him the three chapters on the Doctrine of Christ to read and then we would follow up with our next appointment with him. I pray that as he reads he will feel the spirit and he will be enlightened and some of his questions will be answered. He does work on the oil rigs so scheduling appointments will be difficult, but nothing is impossible with God.
We had Zone Conference this week, which was great. Lethbridge is it's own zone and 90% of the missionaries decided to do a musical number. I think there were only two companionships that did not sing with us. Hehe, so it was almost all of the missionaries singing for President and Sister Nicholas and the assistance. We sang "O Holy Night" which I love. We had to go over to the South side for practices, which took about a half an hour traveling time, but it was worth it. Yeah for zone unity! It was a really good Zone Conference. We talked a lot about leaving commitments, which is something that I have been feeling I need to be better with. I told Sister Garner I felt slightly rebuked, but it a good way. A good reminder of what I should be doing, now the challenge will be to apply it. We had so many good things brought up during the conference that I felt a little overwhelmed with what I need to improve. Thankfully Sister Garner reminded me that we have companions for a reason. We will help each other out and all we can do is focus on one thing at a time.
There wasn't really anything spectacular for Thanksgiving. We did not have a Thanksgiving dinner with the family that fed us, which is totally fine. We will be having a turkey dinner at the ward Christmas party we are going to on Saturday. Thankfully I didn't get too homesick we had a few appointments, so that kept us busy.
Something that was super neat is we went to a baptism on that the Sisters were having with an investigator that Sister Garner started teaching a year ago! I just love baptisms and the spirit they bring. It was really cool to see her now active husband baptize her. :) Ah! Good times!!
We were not able to teach Jen this week because of Parent Teacher Conference, but she did come to church on Sunday! It was the Primary Program and I think she loved it. She had to leave after Sacrament Meeting, but hey, she at least came and she wants to meet with us this week. I really hope that she will set a date for her baptism....we know that she will be gone for half of December, which will be a little trippy, but we will do what we can.
We have been asking members to invite their friends to the Ward Christmas Party and the First Presidency Christmas Devotional (which I am uber excited for!!!!!!!!!!!) so hopefully we will be able to pick up a new investigator this week because of it! :)
Oh really cool story about Andrea. She told us that her mom, who lives back in Ontario, ordered a Book of Mormon!!!!! And Andrea has twelve family names to take to the temple!! Ah, this is what missionary work is all about!!!!!! It totally made my day!
We had a lesson with a man on Saturday that we tracted into....come to find out he had been meeting with the Elders over the summer, so we passed him on. He said that he's open to learning about different religions, but whenever we taught him a principle he told us that it didn't make sense and that we were wrong. Once again, he told us that the Book of Mormon could not be true because there is no physical evidences of it. We just left him with 3 Nephi 11 to read. Yeah, good times. Maybe the Elders will be able to help him understand priesthood authority....or something...the man has concerns with almost every point we talk about in the first lesson. :) Oh well, all we can do is invite.
Ugh, I cannot believe that it is almost December! Where have the last three months gone?!? It just boggles my mind.
Well, we shall see what this fantastic week has in store! I believe we have mission tour this week, so it should be spectacular. And the Christmas Devotional is on Sunday. What more could I ask for? :)
Love you all so much!!!!!
-Sister Douglass
This week we stopped by a part member family. We watched a Mormon Message and invited the husband to take the lessons. The wife mentioned that her husband has taken the lessons several times, so maybe going a different route would be better. For example we do more of a scripture study/discussion together. Sister Garner and I were a little loss for words, but thankfully they invited their home teacher over. Brother Stafford has some difficulty with priesthood authority and not having physical evidence about the Book of Mormon. Brother Low (the home teacher) told Brother Stafford that when we start something new it usually is challenge, maybe awkward and we do not understand everything at once - understanding comes over time. Brother Stafford admitted to us that he's never had real intent when he has investigated into the church before. We gave him the three chapters on the Doctrine of Christ to read and then we would follow up with our next appointment with him. I pray that as he reads he will feel the spirit and he will be enlightened and some of his questions will be answered. He does work on the oil rigs so scheduling appointments will be difficult, but nothing is impossible with God.
We had Zone Conference this week, which was great. Lethbridge is it's own zone and 90% of the missionaries decided to do a musical number. I think there were only two companionships that did not sing with us. Hehe, so it was almost all of the missionaries singing for President and Sister Nicholas and the assistance. We sang "O Holy Night" which I love. We had to go over to the South side for practices, which took about a half an hour traveling time, but it was worth it. Yeah for zone unity! It was a really good Zone Conference. We talked a lot about leaving commitments, which is something that I have been feeling I need to be better with. I told Sister Garner I felt slightly rebuked, but it a good way. A good reminder of what I should be doing, now the challenge will be to apply it. We had so many good things brought up during the conference that I felt a little overwhelmed with what I need to improve. Thankfully Sister Garner reminded me that we have companions for a reason. We will help each other out and all we can do is focus on one thing at a time.
There wasn't really anything spectacular for Thanksgiving. We did not have a Thanksgiving dinner with the family that fed us, which is totally fine. We will be having a turkey dinner at the ward Christmas party we are going to on Saturday. Thankfully I didn't get too homesick we had a few appointments, so that kept us busy.
Something that was super neat is we went to a baptism on that the Sisters were having with an investigator that Sister Garner started teaching a year ago! I just love baptisms and the spirit they bring. It was really cool to see her now active husband baptize her. :) Ah! Good times!!
We were not able to teach Jen this week because of Parent Teacher Conference, but she did come to church on Sunday! It was the Primary Program and I think she loved it. She had to leave after Sacrament Meeting, but hey, she at least came and she wants to meet with us this week. I really hope that she will set a date for her baptism....we know that she will be gone for half of December, which will be a little trippy, but we will do what we can.
We have been asking members to invite their friends to the Ward Christmas Party and the First Presidency Christmas Devotional (which I am uber excited for!!!!!!!!!!!) so hopefully we will be able to pick up a new investigator this week because of it! :)
Oh really cool story about Andrea. She told us that her mom, who lives back in Ontario, ordered a Book of Mormon!!!!! And Andrea has twelve family names to take to the temple!! Ah, this is what missionary work is all about!!!!!! It totally made my day!
We had a lesson with a man on Saturday that we tracted into....come to find out he had been meeting with the Elders over the summer, so we passed him on. He said that he's open to learning about different religions, but whenever we taught him a principle he told us that it didn't make sense and that we were wrong. Once again, he told us that the Book of Mormon could not be true because there is no physical evidences of it. We just left him with 3 Nephi 11 to read. Yeah, good times. Maybe the Elders will be able to help him understand priesthood authority....or something...the man has concerns with almost every point we talk about in the first lesson. :) Oh well, all we can do is invite.
Ugh, I cannot believe that it is almost December! Where have the last three months gone?!? It just boggles my mind.
Well, we shall see what this fantastic week has in store! I believe we have mission tour this week, so it should be spectacular. And the Christmas Devotional is on Sunday. What more could I ask for? :)
Love you all so much!!!!!
-Sister Douglass
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