A Thank You Note From Carson's Mom

Thank you to everyone who has followed Carson on his blog, wrote/emailed him, thought about him and prayed for him.  He will be coming home on Wednesday, May 16th.  He has served an honourable mission and will be returning older, wiser and more mature......OK, we are not too sure about the maturity part!  We are grateful for his example of strength and determination, despite some challenges that were faced in the mission field.  We hope he will use all that he has learned, to accomplish great things and continue to further the work of the Lord throughout his life.

For those of you who can come, Carson will be talking in Medicine Hat 2nd Ward Sacrament meeting on Sunday, May 20th at 11:00 am and he would love for you to be there.

Again, thank you to everyone for your support of Carson.

Forever grateful,

Kathleen Stubbs

PS  All late entries for this blog were due to the inefficiency of the Blogger's hired help, which would be me.  Thank you for being so patient with my tardiness! :)

My Last Entry As A Missionary

  Hey people, how's it going?

 

    So this will be my last email as a missionary. I know, crazy, huh? What can you do?

 

    This past week hasn't been all that exciting, but it's been quite busy with it being our last week and all. We've visited a bunch of people, and helped out a lot. We've mowed lawns, dug in gardens, trimmed some trees, etc. So all in all, it was a good week.

 

    I'll try to think of some highlights. 

Well, Sisters are now coming into Napanee. Some people here are thrilled, others are not. I say let's see what happens.  But I'm not going to be around, so good luck to them. We also got to call home yesterday because it was Mother's Day. Hopefully you all wished the mothers in your life a happy one.

 

    Monday was P-Day, like usual, so nothing happened there. Tuesday we saw Murv and had PEC. George also took us out to dinner at Shoeless Joes. Wings were half off, so Tripp and I each got 2 pounds of them. Then we played cards, like usual.

 

    Wednesday we had district meeting. It was a little sad because we're going, but we had fun. It was a good way to end the transfer. Then we headed back to Napanee because some people needed us to mow their lawn. We got that accomplished, then went and helped a member resoil his garden.

 

    Thursday, I can't really remember too much. All I remember is visitng people and saying goodbye to them.

 

    Friday we saw Marie. Then we went on travels to Trenton for the day. It went really well. I went with our district leader Elder Pineira. It was a good couple of hours before we headed back. Then we read George the newspaper like usual.

 

    Saturday... I can't really remember much. We went to Barry's and helped him trim a tree. It was fun, but he was a little worried the whole time that I might fall off the roof. Carson never falls. After that, he fed us pizza, and then we went to the church and played Ping-Pong. He won, like usual. It was fun though.

 

    Sunday, Murv came out to church. It was good to see him. They had cake after church for us since we are leaving. It was good. We also went to visit a few more people. We then ended the night by going to a member's home so Tripp could Skype his family, and I called mine. It was a good way to end the transfer.

Thanks to all who have kept up with my blog and have followed me on my mission.

 

    Anyways, that's all for me! See you on the other side!

 

Elder Stubbs

 

Final Week Of My Mission

Hey people,

 

So here I am, in the final week of my mission. It's funny, but at the beginning of your mission, you feel like this time would never come, and now, here it is. Crazy, huh?

 

So besides that, not too much has been going on here. I'll put down the most interesting happenings this week.

 

Really, there's not too much that went on this week. We had district meeting like usual, then we went out to eat at the sushi bar. It was pretty good, except they charged me $30 for Tripp and I. Each person costs about $11, then they added an extra tip because there were 7 of us. I thought gratuity tips were suppose to come into effect at 8! And then 13% HST. I tell you, I will be so glad for my 5% GST when I get home. Taxes are ridiculous over here! Also, PEC was cancelled because a girl here, aged 23, was marring a guy in his late 40's, early 50's. WE weren't invited, so we played Ping-Pong with Barry at the church.

 

Wednesday, nothing exciting happened. Just the usual. Thursday... I can't really remember Thursday. Friday we visited Marie like usual. We also read George the paper and such.

 

Saturday was by far the best day of the week. May 5th! You know why? Free Comic Book Day! One of the greatest holidays ever! Needless to say, Tripp and I went to town. Oh, and it was also my brother's birthday.  He is serving a mission in Jamaica.  Later, we got to shoot a bow and arrow for a bit, then the guy who owned that brought out his shot-gun. I really wanted to shoot it, but I resisted because we're not allowed. That put a damper on things.

 

Sunday, the usual came out to church,  except Cortwright, the man who's been feeding missionaries for years, came, and was the first to get up in fast and testimony meeting. Two non-members got up that day actually. It was pretty good. Also, before church, Tripp and I went with Cortwright to his church because Tripp wanted to experience an Anglican church service. It was quite different. No music at all.

 

Besides that, nothing really to tell. I'll be home in a week and a half, and it's kind of weird to think about, so I'll leave it at that. Have a great week!

 

Stubbs

 

Hammers Are For Nails, Not Thumbs

Hey people, how's it going?

 

So like usual, nothing too much has gone on this week. I'll try to list off all of the important or fun things.

 

Well, first and formost, Tripp and I were helping George repair his bench swing. We did it, but not before I managed to nail my thumb with a hammer. It was not very pleasant. Just a forewarning for anyone who thought it looks fun. At least we fixed it. The bench I mean. There's no hope for my thumb.

 

Well, what else has happened? Trippy and I gave talks yesterday in church. I think they went well, except Tripp took 25 minutes for his talk, so I took about 5 to 10 minutes. I can't remember how long I took. Also, no investigators at church, but half of the people there today were visitors and less-active people. Also, that means about half of our normal congregation was missing. Oh well.

 

We've also helped cater two events this week. One for the local volunteers, and one for some dart club. The food was good.

 

Other than that, not too much has been going on here. The weather hasn't been that great, and all of our potentials fell flat, so we don't have too much going for us right now.

 

Well, that's the highlights of my week. Hopefully your week went better!

 

Stubbs

Three More Weeks

Hey people, how's it going?

So three more weeks. Dang, time goes by slowly, but quickly.

So this past week has been uneventful. We saw all of the usual people, and did the usual things. PEC, less-actives, active members, non-members, etc.

What did we do that's noteworthy? Well, on Saturday we had travels with the Trenton Elders. They just got a third missionary, so I went with Elder Gwilliam from Edmonton and Elder Leasuasu from Hawaii. It was a pretty good day, except for the rain and coldness. Then Gus, the Roman Catholic man who lives in Trenton, met us all here in Napanee and took us to Shoeless Joe's for dinner. It was really good. Gus is the coolest guy ever. He's been feeding missionaries at least once a week for two years now, and he also buys them groceries and such. I wish we had our own Gus. I asked if he'd be my uncle, or move to Napanee in the time I have left. I think I made some very convincing arguments. We'll see what happens.

I forgot. On Friday we had interviews with President Scott. My temple recommend got renewed, so I think I'm good. I also tried to convince the Zone Lords to let us go see 'The Avengers' opening night. One didn't go for it, and the other seemed to take my side. I like the latter one.

Sunday, a senior couple that used to serve here visited. Their names are the Wintertons, so there were a lot of people at church, and even more at the free lunch afterwards. Other than that, there's not too much to talk about. I keep on ruining Barry's life by reminding him how his New York Rangers are doing.

What else is there to report... honestly, I can't think of anything. Nothing newsworthy or earth shattering at least, so I let you go there!

Stubbs