Sup Fam,
So the sun came out for the first time today in forever. I've never been so happy to see the sun! Too bad it'll set in about 5 hours. Ah well, wouldn't want to get a sunburn. There are a couple things I forgot to tell you about Val D'or. They don't shovel the sidewalks here, because people just use snowmobiles to get everywhere. Really. I've seen like five people just driving their snowmobiles down the streets and on the sidewalks to get everywhere. It's crazy.
I don't know much more to say, we just talked on the phone like two days ago...
Someone just walked into our office/church and told us a story about how his son just got ambulanced to a hospital in another town and he can't make it there because he just lost his job at the mine and his settlement hasn't cleared the bank yet and he doesn't have any gas in his car. The town is called Rouyn Noranda, that his son is in. Turns out he used to be an investigator and he knows that we are "nicest people he's ever met" and his girlfriend used to teach the gospel principles class, but that didn't sit well with him because he knew she wasn't practicing what she preached. But he used to go to church and he knows the mormons. He said he wants to come back-but people will say anything for money. He was asking for 50 dollars. E. Johnson whipped out 45 and just handed it to him. Sigh. The guy was actually upset that we didn't have the last five. He tried to sell us his radio, but we told him that's all we had, because in reality, we're missionaries, and it's the end of the month. He didn't buy that we were out of money, in an angry mutter he said "I'll be here for church" and stormed out.
Great. Kind of fouled up our morning there. Hopefully he realizes how much it is to give up 45 dollars, and he'll be a little happier when he gets to church. On the bright side, we have a new investigator now, heheh....sigh. It's all about the numbers anyways, right?
Our new investigator called yesterday and wants us to give her a priesthood blessing today, that's some landmark progress for this lady, she's known the church forever, literally, forever (she's the 95 yr. old) So that will be good, it kind of tears our P day to shreds, but that's alright, there's nothing to do in Val D'or anyways.
We went tracting last night around 7 o clock, it was -12 Celsius, with heavy winds, and heavy wind chill. I had forgotten my beanie, and by the time I had thought to use my hood, my hood was stiff from the cold and I wasn't about to wrap that frozen hood around my head. By the end of our tracting, I literally could not feel my forehead. It must have been a funny sight to see, as we got into the car I was furiously pumping my eyebrows up and down, trying to get feeling back into my face.
I can't believe that Carlie is Pregnant! That's insane. Still isn't registering.
So we got our callings yesterday in the branch. We're the Young Men's Presidents, and the Branch Presidency whenever the branch presidency isn't there. Which is about every other week. It was surprising, we had about 12 members show up for church. Soon we'll have it doubled, no worries. Actually, we make a trip out to Rouyn Noranda each week, to work there, because a lot of members come from there. So our goal is to set up a new branch in Rouyn. That's what we're looking at, our goal for the next six months there. It can definitely be done.
Welp, that's about all that's going on. It was good to talk to everyone, Everyone sounds about the same, that's good.
Love,
E. Holm
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