It's been a good week. I can't believe its December! This week we had exchanges and got to be in the city parade! We also found some people to teach!
Tuesday- we had a nice lazy morning and then went and got groceries. After that we went to the church and played a trivia game called Super Quiz with one of the members named Gillian. It's a super old game so most of the questions were about movies and things I've never heard of, but it was still fun. That night for young men's we helped the Butts cut and stack wood in their basement.
Wednesday- we drove to Grand Falls and had district council. I gave a training about finding people to teach. It went pretty well. After district council we stayed in Grand Falls and had an exchange with the Grand Falls elders. I went with Elder Groneman first and we went knocking. He's from Riverton and is pretty cool. We went to this ghetto apartment and talked to a guy for a super long time. He didn't think we knew what we were talking about cause we're just kids. Near the end of the conversation I had an experience I'll spend the rest of my mission trying to forget. I looked down and saw that his zipper was undone. I also saw that he wasn't wearing underwear. I'll leave it at that, but it was not something I ever needed to see haha. 😱
After dinner we zoomed into branch council and then to end the night we had a lesson with a guy named Darrel. We read Mosiah 18 with him. He's a really nice guy.
Thursday- I went with Elder Mcarthur. We went knocking and were going to teach a lesson but the lady cancelled on us, so we just kept knocking. Nothing super exciting happened. We went back and had lunch and then Elder Call and I drove back to Corner Brook. We had dinner and then went knocking again. It was raining but there was snow on the ground the wind was blowing so it was just a cold wet mess outside. We got to one house and they let us in! It was a young couple with a little boy. We talked for a little bit and they told us that they had each talked to missionaries in the past but it had been awhile. On Wednesday the day before, they had talked about maybe getting in contact with missionaries again. And then the next day we showed up! That's insane! We were guided to their house for a reason no doubt. After we met them we went and had a lesson with Brianna.
Friday- we had weekly planning in the morning and then had lunch and correlation with the Shenfields, after that we went to Stephenville. First we stopped by Matthew. He wants to have us for Christmas dinner so he can make us scrunchins. They are a Newfoundland thing where you cook a ham or something and then take the fat and the skin and bake it till its crispy and eat that. He also told us his plan to by an RV and then live in the church parking lot so he can come to church. He's got some... interesting takes on things. He told us that God controls his TV and that God likes Bart Simpson so the Simpsons is on a lot.
Later we went knocking in Stephenville it was horrible. Stephenville is such a wack place. Just being there gives you a weird vibe. Whenever we go there its always a funny time though. There are lots of interesting people to meet.
Saturday- most of the day we spent at the parade. We had a float and we dressed up as shepherds and walked along side it handing out Light the World calendars. Lots of walking! There were tons of people there and we handed out everything we had so it was a success!
Sunday- it was a usual Sunday. We went to church, taught gospel doctrine and priesthood and then had lunch with the Butts. We zoomed the Whites and then had dinner. That night we had a lesson with the couple we met. Harold and Stephanie. They are awesome! We were there for a long time answering their questions. Harold had some deep questions like "what is the universe expanding into?" It was a fun night!
Monday- we had call ins in the morning and then did some street contacting. Met some interesting people. One guy told us that he was God so I thought it would be good to ask some of Harold's questions. When I asked he said "I'm not God, I'm a Newfoundlander." He said he's not Canadian cause he was born before Canada joined Newfoundland, haha. Later we knocked and Elder Call got a parking ticket. Talked to some more interesting people. Its pretty amazing the things some people tell you when you just show up on their door! Then we did comp study and had dinner. After dinner we had a lesson with Brianna about the law of chastity which is always a joy. 😬 Then we had FHE and played mad gab.
This week was full of interesting people! I guess the cold brings out the weird in people! Hope you all have a great week!
Love,
Elder Tait
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