So this week was a good one. Let me tell you why.
So first of all I had my final Zone Conference. If that's not enough this week is my final fast sunday
in the mission. It's getting close to go time. But, we had a great Zone
Conference. I'm glad I was able to have it in the promised land of
Saskatoon. It was nice. I gave my final zone conference testimony. I
didn't cry. The crisis was averted. Also we had another Zone Conference
where we took videos of ourselves doing contacts and it was a good time.
Sadly we didn't have a missionary looking like he was twerking at the
beginning of the video this time. Probably a good thing ;) But,
afterwards I went to "Go for Sushi" It was a good time. It was all you
can eat sushi and I ate and ate. I tried some new things like octopus
tentacle. It was kindof spikey so that wasn't too fun. But, after that
experience I've decided if I'm going to be doing another thing like that
I'm going to bring someone experienced and do a better job of planning
what to eat. It was a mess and we were getting close to the end and
everybody was getting stuffed and we still had food on the table. I did
it though. I stuffed another sushi roll down my throat and I didn't die.
10 out of 10 would do again.
Another great
thing that happened this week was we got to help someone move. It was a
quick move. Not much to pack up and unpack. And we made some new
friendships with the niece of a member here. Also to top things off this
member was sooooo excited to hear that we, as missionaries, could come
back any time. Which we did the next day and got some nice refreshing
water in the heat of the day. It was a good experience.
So.
Now for the picnic. So our loving relief society president decided that
in order to form a more perfect union we would have a picnic. She had
it planned to the t and it was all going to go perfectly fine. Sadly a
few of the key people she invited didn't show up but, that was probably
for the better. As Elder Santos and I were walking up to the bench in
the park with brownies in hand this poor intoxicated man came up to us
and begged us to let him use our phone. His dad had died and the funeral
was the day before and it seemed like he had got left in Prince Albert
where everyone else went back to La ronge. So he was begging us to let
him use our phone. He actually got down on his knees and grovelled. So
we figuring that this situation could turn for the worse resisted for a
time. But, we ended up allowing him to try and call someone. Which
didn't work... But, it didn't seem to be getting in his head that it
wasn't working and he kept persisting that we call again and again.
After a time I figured, since my companion is a phillipino, that I
better end this and go to the picnic. So we did. Soon other people
showed up and we started picnicking. After a time however he came over
to all of us and asked to use a phone. And for the next 30-45 minutes we
tried every number he could think of and none of them worked. We fed
him and the whole nine yards but, he did not understand that it wouldn't
work. So again I decided that I would "end the conflict". Bad idea. I
said no to him a few times. Which I later found out the word "no" is
like a catalyst in situations like this. So to make things short a few
seconds later an arm was swept across the table destroying a crock pot
and scattering everything else. Angry words were said by both parties. I
sat in shock and was speechless. And again to make things short the
RCMP were called so nothing else like this happened. We had super nice
RCMP officers come. They were bantering with eachother, making sure that
we were all ok, and helping clean up the mess. It was a good
counterbalance. I was still in shock but, overall things seemed to be
doing better. I'll just say that when I told president that I hadn't
served in a city yet, I think I got what I asked for.
So
on that bombshell. Things are still going well in P.A. It looks like
there'll be a few baptisms in the next weeks. Life is good. I'm waking
up at 6:00
in the morning now to see if that shakes up my schedule enough. Overall
things seem to be leading up to me going home. I gave my last official
talk in church. It wasn't 40 minutes. The members were happy about that.
Anywho I hope you have a great week. Love youz
Elder C Mikesell: So my brother challenged my "heat of the day". For the record it's not Georgia surface of the sun with an ocean evaporating around you heat
but, it was as I checked, about 90 degrees with a similar humidity. So
for a desert UT boy like me who has dealt with unbelievable cold it's a bit hot for me
Elder S Mikesell: You're right.
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