Hi everyone! It was a good week this week, but it was a little bit boring. We did a lot of knocking but not very many people answered.
I've seen more rain this week than I ever have in my life!
Tuesday- we napped in the morning and then went and did some grocery shopping. After that we drove to Cox's Cove for the funeral of a less active member's brother. The funeral was a little different than I was expecting! There was a folk band that played all the hymns. After the funeral we got to meet Dennis the less active guy which was great! He really appreciated us coming! After that we drove back to Corner Brook and emailed. We made spaghetti for dinner. I was in charge of the sauce and did my job by buying a bottle of tomato sauce. Elder Call made the noodles. I guess he didn't put enough water in, so some of the noodles ended up burning. I'm not really sure how. Eventually we got some good noodles and had dinner.
For young men's we played kahoot. I got smoked when we did Harry Potter book trivia but got my revenge on NBA trivia!
Wednesday- another district meeting in Grand Falls, so we spent lots of time driving. We had a good meeting. My district is Elder Call (District Leader), the Sister Training Leaders and the Zone Leaders, so I learn lots in district meetings! When we got back from Grand Falls we ate dinner and then went and met with our friend Hayley. It's hard to have lessons with her because her daughter takes a lot of attention but it was still a good meeting. She is going to do the challenge from the women's session of general conference and read the Book of Mormon by the end of the year!
Thursday- in the morning we did a little bit of planning for young men's and then went knocking for awhile. I talked to one guy who is a big Raptors fan. There aren't many basketball fans up here so it's really fun to talk to them when I get the chance. We kept knocking and got to one house where a kid answered the door. We asked if the parents were there and he said he would go get his dad. The dad came down the hall and as he was walking said "how's it going?" I was thinking "This is the young family the branch needs! This is going to be great!" Before we could even answer he got to the door yelled "not interested!" And slammed the door. it was sad, but the first time I legit had the door slammed in my face so that was cool I guess haha! Elder Call was struggling with a little bit of sickness so we had to stay around a bathroom the rest of the day. We had a really good dinner with the Sheppards and later that night had a lesson with one of the members.
Friday - we did weekly planning and then went to the Shenfield's house and had lunch and then a long meeting. That night we set up so the women in the branch could watch the women's session from general conference and then we went knocking with no success. After dinner we saw the sun for the first time in like 9 or 10 days! it's been raining nonstop, so it was awesome to see the sun peek out!
Saturday - we did lots of knocking. We talked to a couple people and one guy said we could come back. Later that day we were supposed to have a lesson over zoom with a less active guy named Matthew. He never got on tho so it didn't end up happening. In the evening we went over and visited with President Sansome. He is the best! He gave me a Corner Brook pin and a jar of pork! Last time I went with Elder Hatch he gave me a bottle of beef.
Sunday- not really anything exciting happened today. We went to church and taught gospel doctrine class about Isaiah chapters 50-53. I probably knew the least about it in the class and was one of the teachers so it was probably not the best. After church we had lunch with the Butts. We had "tacos" they didn't have salsa and there was no taco seasoning on the meat. Instead they use ketchup, the tacos are pretty much a loose meat hamburger on a tortilla. They were different but still good! Later we Skyped with the members in Labrador City.
Monday- we went knocking and it finally stopped raining! But the only reason it stopped raining was because it was so cold. There were still flurries coming down and cold wind. We went back over to the guys house that said we could come back. He talked to us for a pretty long time and told us his whole life story. He's a nice guy but he might just be wanting people to talk to because he lives alone. Him and lots of other people here do the Nova Scotia suck - when they say "yeah" instead of actually saying it they suck air in. In the evening we had a lesson with a member at the church and then had FHE at the church. Nobody came except for us 3 but we still had fun playing headbanz!
This week wasn't the most exciting week but there were still some good times! One thing I've learned is to be thankful anytime the sun is shining, don't take that for granted! Have a great week! Love you all!
Elder Tait
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