Transfers! Elder Call and I are both staying in Corner Brook! I'm excited to keep going here, we're starting to gain some traction. We didn't end up flying this week but there were still some good times!
Tuesday - in the morning, Elder Shenfield came over and inspected our apartment and car. We passed then we got ready and went to get some groceries. We got home, put our groceries away and then went and got haircuts. After our haircuts we were going to make orange chicken, but we didn't have cooking oil so we had to go back to the store. Lots of trips to the store today! We finally got back and had everything we needed so we made orange chicken. We used a deep fryer so I had some fun with that, I deep fried an oreo. It was good! It probably would have been a lot better if I didn't use orange chicken batter, but it was still good. There was a small problem with the wok and we found out that our carbon monoxide detector works so that's good. After we made the orange chicken we had dinner with the Shenfields and then had young men's. We split in 2 teams and tried to make the best dessert for under 10$. Ethan and I made root beer floats and the other two made pudding with gummy worms and oreos. We definitely won.
Wednesday - we got up early and drove to Grand Falls for district meeting. We had the meeting and ate lunch and then went to the airport to fly to Halifax. There was a blizzard that day so our flight got cancelled after we waited in the airport for a couple hours. We drove home and had dinner, then we went knocking for the night. It was pretty sad that our flight was cancelled but we got over it.
Thursday - most of the day we spent zooming into leadership conference. It was awesome to be a part of, even though we couldn't be there in person. That night we went knocking. Not much success but we did see a Newfoundland dog which was cool.
Friday - in the morning we went to the church and helped a member make chili for the chili cook off that night. We also had member lesson with her and talked about member missionary work. After that we did some planning and then that night we had the branch chili cook off. It was really great! Our chili got 2nd place. We lost by one vote! At the end of the chili cook off Elder Call and I, the Shenfields and President and Sister Low got screeched in - which is kind of an initiation to become and honorary Newfoundlander. First we had to kiss the cod. It was so gross they've had it for 5 years and just put it in the freezer in between events. It definitely smelled 5 years old haha. After that we drank cod liver oil and purity syrup, ate a purity cracker and bologna (the driest cracker I've ever had it was like saltine crackers times 5) we also had a Newfoundland candy and said some phrases. It was a fun experience!
Saturday - today was a really busy and good day! In the morning we had a lesson with our friend Brianna. We talked about the Word of Wisdom and it went well. After our lesson we helped the Sheppards shovel the driveway. There's a guy who plows every house on the street except for the Sheppard's, because they are members of the Church. After we shoveled, we drove an hour to Stephenville. We met with a less active member and read the Book of Mormon with him. He loves us and is really nice so he cooked us up some food. He lost most of his fingers to frostbite so it's hard for him to do things so that was really nice. My instant potatoes weren't cooked so they were still really watery, but had to finish all of them. Not my favorite meal I've had. After that we met up with a guy named Arnold. We got to know him and talked for awhile and then taught him the restoration. He is going to read the entire Book of Mormon which is great! We finished the night knocking. In between houses we talked to a girl and she was interested! We got her info and then kept going. It was snowing really hard and we were about to leave but decided to knock on one more house. No answer. But when we walked back there was another person walking down the street and she was also interested! Trying just a little harder really pays off! It was a solid day!
Sunday- church was super cool! Gander became an official group of the church which is the smallest organization. They can hold their own meetings now and don't have to zoom into us. Our branch zoomed into them this week to watch that all happen. After church we did the usual schedule of lunch with the Butts, comp study and zooming with the Whites. That night we took the sacrament to a sick member. Then we walked to a potential's house. We walked pretty much across the city it was so cold!
Monday - we did call ins in the morning and then did comp study. It was sad that it was the last time seeing the district! After lunch we had a zlc and then visited a less active member. We got talking about sports and he turned on sportscenter and I saw Alex Smith break his leg. Sad day. Then he changed the channel and we saw a bit of hockey. The meeting was more than just watching sports but those were the highlights. Later we went knocking and then had a dinner appointment with the Sheppards. That night we taught Brianna and then had FHE. For FHE we played a game called Doubles and then Phase10. It was a good night!
Another good week! Hope you all have a great week and Happy Thanksgiving!! Love you all!
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