Weekly Email-Week 10

HEY THERE EVERY ONE! ITS AWESOME TO HEAR ALL THATS GOING ON BACK HOME. ITS NO JOKE, OKOTOKS IS REALLY A COW TOWN IN PARTS, AND YES YOU CAN SEE SOME PEOPLE ON A HORSE FROM TIME TO TIME...LOL... ITS SO BEAUTIFUL OUT HERE TOO. SO MY NEW COMPANION IS ELDER AUSTIN WILSON, AND HE IS FROM SALT LAKE. HE HAS BEEN OUT A LITTLE OVER 9 MONTHS. WE GET ALONG SO GOOD, ITS LIKE HAVING A GOOD FRIEND AS A COMPANION. :) BUT LIKE YOU HAVE ALL HEARD BY NOW, WE DID HAVE A BAPTISM THIS PAST SATURDAY!!! IT WAS AMAZING! THIS AREA IS ALREADY SO MUCH BETTER THEN THE LAST. NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE A BAPTISM, BUT WE HAVE OTHER INVESTIGATORS AND LESS ACTIVE MEMBERS WE ARE WORKING WITH. OH, THE GIRL WE BAPTIZED IS ASHLEY , IM SENDING SOME PICTURES THIS WEEK, BUT SHE IS 18 AND SHE LIVES WITH THE HARLOWS, THEY ARE A FAMILY IN ONE OF THE 2 WARDS WE COVER. SHE WAS RAISED IN A NAZI CHRISTIAN FAMILY BEFORE, THAT SHE RAN AWAY FROM. SO, SHE HAS A SAD PAST LIFE, BUT ITS ALL GOOD NOW THAT WE DUNKED HER...LOL.. BUT SHE HAD ONE OF HER FRIENDS FROM CHURCH BAPTIZE HER, AND I SPOKE DURING THE WAITING PERIOD WHILE SHE WAS CHANGING. IT WAS A BIT SHAKY, BUT ILL GET BETTER AT IT..:) BUT WE ARE STILL TEACHING HER, WE WILL BE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, CUZ EVERYTHING IS STILL PRETTY NEW FOR HER. BUT OTHER THEN THAT, WE HAVE A PRETTY FULL DAY EVERYDAY. WE MOSTLY GET OUT TRACTING OR PROSELYTING DURING THE DAY, THEN HAVING LESSONS EVERY NIGHT. I AM SO HAPPY MY PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED, I WENT FROM HAVING ALMOST ZERO WORK AT ALL TO ALWAYS BUSY! :) I LOVE IT, I'M TOTALLY GETTING LOST IN THE WORK. SO LIKE YOU ALL HEARD, WE HAD SNOW LAST WEEK, THAT'S TOTALLY CRAZY! I'M GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF COLD DAYS ON MY MISSION...LOL. SO WHITNEY GOT HER PERMIT?!?!?! OH NO! LOL. WATCH OUT ELK GROVE!!! HOLY COW THAT MAKES ME FEEL OLD... OH AND MOM, DONT BE SURPRISED IF YOU GET SOME MORE CALLS FROM MEMBERS HERE, I GUESS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OKOTOKS LIKE TO DO THAT. I WAS SO JEALOUS OF HER THOUGH. :) SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DAD, YOU SEND SNAIL MAIL TO THE MISSION OFFICE AT, (7044 FARRELL RD. SE. CALGARY AB, T2H OT2) THAT WAY CUZ OUR AREAS CAN BE SO SPREAD OUT THAT IF IT ALL GOES TO THE OFFICE IT ALWAYS GETS TO THE RIGHT MISSIONARY, AND IT DOESNT GET SENT TO A WRONG PLACE IF YOU GET TRANSFERED. OH AND IF YOU GUYS CAN GET YOUR HAND ON AIR MAIL ENVELOPES OR STICKERS, IT GETS HERE IN LIKE A WEEK. NOT LIKE THE 3 WEEKS IT WOULD NORMAL TAKE CUZ CANADIAN MAIL IS A JOKE...LOL WELL I HOPE IT MAKE YOU ALL HAPPY TO KNOW IM REALLY LEARNING AS MUCH AS IM TEACHING! I FEEL SO HAPPY WHEN I STUDY AND PRAY! I HOPE YOU ALL ARE DOING THE SAME! I FEEL THE SPIRIT SO STRONG WHEN IT TESTIFIES TO ME OF THE TRUTH I AM LEARNING! I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH AND YOU ARE ALWAYS IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS! I COULD NEVER HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER FAMILY! THE LOVE AND SUPPORT YOU ALL SHOW ME MAKES ME REMEMBER WHY I AM OUT HERE DOING THE LORDS WORK! I WANT YOU TESTIFY TO YOU ALL THE POWER OF TESTIMONIES. WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON BERING THEM OUT HERE, AND I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU ALL TO THIS WEEK TO BARE YOUR TESTIMONY OF A TRUTH YOU KNOW TO SOME ONE. IT DOESNT HAVE TO BE A FORMAL...I WANT TO BARE YOU MY TESTIMONY.... WAY, MAYBE JUST TELL SOMEONE DURING AS CONVERSATION OF THE TRUTH YOU KNOW. PLEASE TRY GUYS. :) I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW I'M WORKING VERY HARD AND I AM GIVING THE LORD HIS TIME FROM ME! I CANT WAIT TO TALK TO YOU ALL AGAIN NEXT WEEK! I LOVE YOU ALL! LOVE ELDER OGEN P.S. KEEP THE MAIL COMIN' :)