November 7, 2011

Family Holm Evening,

The zone activity was great, we went to the Museum of Nature--and we saw the skeleton of a blue whale! That was cool, it was HUGE. and of course there was some other interesting things, but I was mostly in it for the blue whale. Zone conference was the next day, very powerful, we talked about teaching to peoples' needs and how basically we don't need to follow any format in our lessons--just plan well and then let the spirit guide you. This is a very difficult technique to master, and it takes lots of practice. We've been speaking with the stake president here and he wants to get really involved in the missionary work. We're excited. Ottawa really wants a temple, but until their numbers and temple attendance goes up, they have to keep heading over to montreal.

Our area is doing really well, We are leading the rest of the zone and we had 6 investigators at church--it was great to see them all there. I believe that that's one of my favorite aspects of being of missionary is seeing investigators come to church. For people who haven't yet had the truth in their life it is a great opportunity to see them feel the spirit. I look at them being overwhelmed by the spirit and I wonder "Man, why haven't I ever felt a super blast of the spirit like that at church?" And then I remember that I've been blessed by feeling that ALL my life and I move on.

We've had a couple people just come up to ask us if they can be baptized. We're really excited for this area, we Finally got the ward warmed up to us and the idea of missionary work has wriggled it's way into their hearts. It'll be really hard to leave soon. One of my favorite families here is a young family from mexico who are expecting their first child soon. The brother is a mexican teddy bear who loves to help the missionaries and invited a family over to his house to meet with us. Now that is a member that cares. He only speaks spanish, so communication is rough, but our spanish is enough that we can talk to him. His wife is tri-lingual as well, that helps.

Well, that's all family, hope everyone has a great week!

Peace be the journey,

Elder Holm (1)