There's a Critic in Every Crowd

Hey everyone, what's up?

So this week has been an uneventful one. Monday was our P-day, so we just did laundry, cleaning and some sports. Nothing too exciting, except the new Wal-Mart Supercenter that opened here! We were pretty stoked about it! Pretty sad that the opening was the highlight of our day, huh? It had a lot of great sales though. We're going back today!
Tuesday we went around talking to many people, and our dinner appointment forgot we were coming that day, so we stopped at Harvey's for dinner. I've never had it before, but it was pretty good. Then while sitting down, a guy came up and said 'Now it's my turn.' Then started preaching some anti to us and such. It was pretty entertaining. He actually carries around with him a lot of anti literature. After him, we had PEC, which went well.
Wednesday, I did the paperwork for Beverley's baptism and confirmation (thrilling, I know) and went to do some more contacting. We ran into another anti who started preaching to us and after him, we found this 16 year old that started hissing at us! That was pretty funny. I had to control myself because I almost burst out laughing in front of her. You'll meet all kinds in Hamilton. We actually got yelled at 6 times within one block while walking down the street. People here really love us. Anyway, after the contacting, we went to go visit a sister in the hospital to talk with her and give her a blessing. Her friend that lives in Australia was there too. That's a long way from home. After the hospital, we visited Bro. Bateman for the night to coordinate and such.
Thursday was a day of planning and walking around. We didn't get to teach a lesson all day, though we met so many people. That was a disappointing day and nothing funny happened. Dang.
Friday we had district meeting which was pretty good. After that, we had lunch and went to go visit a less-active we found named Moses (I can't remember if I've mentioned him before). We taught him the Plan of Salvation. After teaching him, we went around and contacted more people, but no one really wanted to listen... again.
Saturday, we finally got to teach Milan after many dropped appointments and the lesson went well. It's been hard teaching him since he mainly speaks Czech, but things have been improving and he's understanding more and more. He really likes what we are teaching and wants to come to church again because he says he feels closer to God while there. He's doing really well. After Milan, we went to a members home for dinner, which was really good and got to teach them a lesson on Christ's Atonement. The ward here is great.
On Sunday, Milan came to church which he really enjoyed. Bro. Bateman was able to get a copy of the Gospel Principles lesson in Czech, which helped Milan understand a lot more. He also really enjoyed Elders quorum, which I missed most of because Bro. Bateman and I were running around trying to figure a bunch of things out. It was pretty hectic. Somehow, we ended up with a key to the Bishop's office as well, so we were trying to figure that one out. After that, a potential investigator we had, canceled on us. So we headed home to have lunch, which was a pretty long walk. Then we did some contacting and a lot of tracking. Finally, we went to a member's home (The Wee's) for dinner. They are from the Philippines and Sis. Wee almost made Balut to scare us. Balut is a fertilized duck or chicken egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell. She said next time we come over, she will make it. Joy. That will be an interesting experience. Oh! We also learned from some Muslim that the word/name 'Mormon' means 'One who doesn't sin' in Arabic. Cool, huh?
Well, that was my week. I hope your week was a lot more eventful than mine. It's getting cold out there too! Fun stuff, huh? Well anyways, that's all for now. I hope you guys have a great week!

Elder Stubbs