Pickled herring, shoveling snow, road trip and running on empty...

Hi everyone! It's been a good week! After a few months here we were fed fish for the first time! It was a fun to have a Newfoundland meal! Here's how the week went...

Tuesday- we got some good rest and then went to the store and also got haircuts. Pretty chill day. That night for young men's we did some science experiments with bubbles.

Wednesday- today was full of knocking but nothing exciting happened. We had dinner with the young Butt family and had a good visit with them. We finished the night with some more knocking and teaching Harold and Stephanie. 

Thursday- Road trip! We got up early and drove 4 hours to Gander for district council, had lunch with them and drove back. When we got back we had dinner at the Sansome's house. They fed us a traditional Newfoundland meal cod fish and brews. Which is cod fish, potatoes, and this stuff called hard bread. The cod still had the skin on one side so that was interesting! It was fun to have a traditional meal but I didnt have seconds Haha. We also tried a jar of pickled herring. After that we drove back to town and had a member lesson with Gillian to end the day. 

Friday- we did weekly planning in the morning and then knocked until we had a lesson with Hayley. Then we had dinner and tried to call some people and set appointments up. One guy we thought was super interested apparently blocked our number. That was a bummer 😂 then we did some more knocking and then had a lesson with Harold and Stephanie. 

Saturday- we helped people shovel snow all morning. It's always nice when people actually let us serve them! Then we had a member lesson with Brother Small and did some knocking. While we were knocking we talked to a guy in his garage. He has a Porsche. It's 1 out of 2 in Corner Brook. After that we did more shoveling and then had dinner with the Sheppards and a member lesson with them. We finished the night knocking.

Sunday- it was a good day pretty normal. Church, lunch with the Butts, knocking, zoom with the Whites and then dinner. That night we knocked and found one lady that we asked if we could help her shovel and she said no. She wasn't interested in hearing our message either so then we asked again if we could shovel for her. She said she thought we were joking but this time she let us help. It is so great when people let us help them! It's crazy how many people dont let us serve them. After shoveling we taught Harold and Stephanie.

Monday- we had call ins and then the soup kitchen like usual. Then we taught Cynthia and did some knocking. At dinner time the Gander elders got to our apartment and we ate and started our exchange. Elder Groneman and I knocked for the rest of the night. Nobody that we talked to was interested but we had a good time. That night the other elders pranked me. Long story short they planned for a couple weeks and they scared me during the night. They got me good Haha. I'll have to think of a way to get them back. It was a good laugh tho.

Tuesday- we got up in the morning and drove to Stephenville. Elder Mcarthur and I did some knocking and then had lunch and comp study. After that we went and helped Matthew fix his tablet so he can zoom in to church. Luckily Elder Mcarthur is really smart so he was able to download some things and get the tablet running smoothly. Then we drove back to Corner Brook. I didnt look at the gas gauge until we were a little way out of Stephenville. We were low and the car said we had 60 kilometers to empty. But we were 70 kilometers from the nearest gas station which is in Corner Brook. Somehow after praying and putting the car in neutral anytime we went downhill we made it to the gas station. It was a close one the tank was empty. After we got back and had dinner the zone leaders left and we went to young men's. We played a card game for the activity it was a good night.

It was another solid week! Hope you all are doing well! Talk to you later! Love you! 

Elder Tait

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Icicles, Blizzards & Knocking oh my!!!

Hi everyone! It was a good week and we worked hard. We did lots of knocking and met some interesting and some really nice people. Winter is here!

Wednesday- p day! We went around to the different stores and did some shopping and got some more cold weather gear. That night we had a lesson with Harold and Stephanie. We taught about fasting and about fast Sunday we got off topic a few times but it was still good. After that we had to go home for the last bit of the night because there was a blizzard.

Thursday- we got back to work today and knocked for most of the day. We also went to the senior home for bean bag toss again and Walt took another W. He is in midseason form right now it's an absolute privilege to watch such greatness! He may be the best bean bag tosser to ever walk the halls of Mountain View Retirement Center! That night we did some knocking in a trailer park. It was so cold that one of the doors we knocked on was frozen shut. The lady was pulling as hard as she could for like 15 seconds before it opened!

Friday- we had weekly planning and it took awhile. Later we went knocking and then tried to go to KFC for dinner, but apparently the entire city had the same coupon we did, because that place was packed! We went with subway instead. That night we had a lesson with Harold and Stephanie. It was super good! Harold told us about his experience praying about the Book of Mormon and the spirit was really strong!

Saturday- it was a full day of knocking! We were supposed to have a lesson, but it fell through so we had nothing today but knocking. One house we went to had one of the biggest icicles I've ever seen. I do't know how it hasn't taken the rain gutter off yet.

Sunday- it was a good day! Stephanie got up and bore her testimony during sacrament meeting it was awesome! After church we tried to go to a lesson but it fell through so we got to do more finding. After that we had a lesson with the members in Labrador over zoom and then had dinner with the Butts. That night we got let in by a husband and wife. The guy's dad used to be the chief of Newfoundland, so he told showed us a picture of him and we talked some more. He is a funny guy! We were talking about prophets and he started saying something. His wife quickly shut him down and was like "shut up Bernard that is prostitute not prophet" Haha we made sure he knew the difference by the time we left. They wrote down their address for us to send a postcard when I get home. They are some funny people!

Monday- we had call ins and then went and served at the Open Door Soup Kitchen. We shoveled a lot of snow because it was snowing and blowing hard. Later we had a member lesson and then dinner with the Sheppards. We then were shoveling for a member and felt like we should shovel her next door neighbor too. She poked her head out while we were shoveling and thanked us. She was really grateful and it was her birthday! After that we had FHE and played a game called codenames.

I'm glad I made it through this week without freezing! I'm hoping we'll get a lot more snow soon. Everyone we talk to has really hyped it up so my expectations are high! Congrats to Lindsey and Adam for getting engaged! Hope you all have a great week love you!

Elder Tait