So it is now the final week of transfer 3! Dang, that was quick, huh? I find out next Sunday night if I getting transferred or not. Funstuff, huh? I'm getting into my 4th transfer, and that means I'll be a quarter way into my mission! Time certainly does fly, doesn't it?
So Tuesday nothing much happened after emails. We just did some shopping and relaxed. Then we had a few meetings we had to go to. A lot of people are feeling guilty now since no one fed us on Thanksgiving. Everyone assumed that some else had us for dinner that night. Here we see the effects of assuming!
Wednesday we had a district meeting in the morning, followed by lunch, then just a day of walking around, trying to find the elect. We found a dude named Mark who was quite interested in what we had to say. So we scheduled an appointment with him on Saturday (Which Elder Leishman and Elder Lee, along with Bishop, went to). He was pretty excited about church from what I hear and we arranged a ride for him, but then he never showed. Ouch.
Thursday was weekly planning and then we went out to try and find the elect. We didn't find any. We did however find a less-active who invited us in and talked to us, but he was always able to steer the conversation away from religion. He's a pretty interesting guy though and we had fun talking to him. But in the end, he told us he's agnostic and that he'll never go back to church again. Dang. After we left him and had dinner, we had a botched appointment, so it was just more tracting for the night. Joy.
Friday involved a lot more walking than we usually do, so I was pretty tired at the end of the day. Unfortunately, we didn't find anyone who wanted to listen and one of our investigators canceled our appointment with him that night, again. We are precariously close to dropping the guy. Anyways, after that, we headed downtown because of travels and I got to spend the night and Saturday with Elder Giles.
Saturday we did a lot of walking around, try to find the Chinese elect. It was fun, and we talked to a lot of Chinese people that day. Usually they don't talk to as many, or else the people the Chinese Elders find are Japanese or some other Asian race, so today was a good day. We also saw one of the old investigators who was so close to baptism. She got permission from her parents back in China and was fully prepared, but then she backed out, that apostate. Oh well, her loss. We actually saw quite a few people today that Elder Lee and Giles know, so that was cool. Then we had a spaghetti dinner at the downtown chapel, with a dessert auction. It was pretty fun, and some people gave the missionaries some of the desserts they got. One dessert Elder Plunkett tried bidding on, but the Bishop's wife kept bidding higher and higher, same with some other lady, until the cake's final bid was 30 dollars! (give or take a few). Dang! The Bishop's wife won it, the gave it to the missionaries. How nice, huh? They don't want the missionaries spending money, so they'll spend it for them. The dessert's were great, and I had a fun time downtown, but then Elder Giles and I headed back up to the mountain (escarpment) to switch back. Apparently, on the mountain, almost all but one of our appointments canceled. Dang! Again!
Sunday was church, like usual. After church we went to the Davies for lunch and Bro. Davies fed us some Laotian dish that he learned on his mission that was really good. It involved sweet rice. Sweet rice is really good. I love going over to the Davies' house. Then after that, we got a ride up to Concession Street for an appointment, which the kid canceled when we got there. So we did a lot of walking and talking, and eventually found this guy named Dwayne, whole invited us in his house and listened to what we had to say. We had a good conversation about what we believed, and he took a Book of Mormon and promised to read it. He seems really interested. After him, we went to the Pulsiphers and had a good night with them, then went home to prep for today!
So all-in-all, it was a fun but tiring week. It sucks not having a car in this area, seeing as it such a huge area, but we make out okay. This could be my last week on the mountain. I've been here sixteen and a half weeks. Dang, time goes fast. I hope everyone is doing well wherever they are. Halloween is coming up soon! I really wanted to dress-up as a missionary zombie this year, but apparently we have to be in our apartment by 6 on Halloween. Oh well, rules are rules. Anyways, that's all for this week. I hope everyone enjoys their week, and have a great day!
Elder Stubbs
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