Holm Family,
How is it going? Did everyone enjoy conference?
This week was good, it's starting to warm up a little bit more now. Elder Holbrook and I were walking back from the Bank and we decided to take a shortcut, which took us over this sheet of ice. Turns out the sheet of ice was not really ice but a thin glaze over the world's deepest puddle (or the world's smallest lake) Elder Holm was not wearing his boots, thinking fashion was more important than protection, and thusly did not have much traction. What happened during this discovery is very aptly described by what Elder Holbrook and I like to call a game of "Death Twister." Right foot. SOAKED. Left Foot. SOAKED. Both hands. SOAKED. I was throwing my arms back and forth, my legs were in the arm It's a miracle in itself that I was able to catch myself with my hands, but my english scriptures just fell right into the puddle. Luckily it was very much cold, so the water didn't really stick, and my scripture case kept it all out. Scriptures are very important to Missionaries, I near about died. My hands were completely numb in about 5 seconds. It was good for a laugh. We've fallen a lot, Elder Holbrook and I. I hope Elder Holbrook magnifies his soccer talent when he gets home, because he is a killer slide tackler. No matter where he is standing in relation to me, whenever he slips on ice, he somehow manages to sweep my legs. Luckily no one has seen our little soccer matches yet.
Ottawa was fun. Eh. I'm getting really tired of spending my mission in a car. But that's okay. Wherever the Lord wants us.
Anyhow, we've been working supremely hard, and we are actually running out of town to tract. Fortunately, after having a good talk with the members, a few of them are starting to invite more people to the Gospel. We hope to have a baptism in the month of April. Elder Holbrook and I have been practicing our teaching with Object lessons, we have found a really powerful and simple way to teach about the restoration by using the game JENGA.
By the way, if you have been able to find the connecting cord for Carlie's Camera, I have a lot of pictures I would like to switch over, that I've been saving to the camera because I've been sending my SD card to Kyra with all my pictures. If you ever want pictures, she should have a lot, well I hope so anyhow.
We've experienced a lot of persecution this week, but that's okay. With the sun of spring comes large groups of people standing and talking in the streets. We've run into a lot of these. For the most part, it doesn't really bother me anymore, talking to large groups of people in french. It's just gotta be done, no use in worrying about it. Almost never are these groups friendly, or even courteous. Usually Elder Holbrook asks me afterward "what did they say?" and I usually cannot respond, because of the crude and vulgar language the group had used. But that's okay. I really get frustrated when people touch us. The other day a man got very angry and started pushing Elder Holbrook off the porch. This made me mad, because not only is Elder Holbrook an extraordinarily nice and kind person when contacting, he is also very sensitive to such things. I decided to not move from the porch, I decided to lean forward a little bit. I took a little step in front of this man and Elder Holbrook, and raised my hand to quietly discourage this man from pushing Elder Holbrook any further. Elder Holbrook didn't see any of my interactions with this guy because he was already down the stairs and out onto the street by the time he looked back. For a very intense moment, what seemed like a wrestling match of sheer will power, this man and I stared at each other, neither of us moving a muscle. I leaned into a turning step and this man started to raise his arm. Then I turned and walked away, telling this man to have a good day. Curses followed us down the driveway.
Elder Holbrook was shaken up a little bit, I told him to not worry, quoted ACTS 5:41 to him and told him to brace himself for the reward. Because it is a law, that persecution precedes and follows success in the spirit. The next door, not two seconds later, we were let in and were able to teach a little lesson.
Anyhow, that's about all that's been going on. This week will be better. Our main investigator, is committed again. He just decided that he would stop smoking and reduce his coffee intake for "no reason" really. Uh huh. He's hooked.
Have a good week!
Love,
Elder Holm
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