This Week can only be described in two
words... Gong Show...yep that pretty much sums it up of how today went.
So, Tuesday and Wednesday I was with the YSA Zone Leaders
because I had to wait until Thursday to go pick up my new companion
in Richmond. So those two days were pretty interesting and a lot of driving
because we had to go pick people up from the ferries a couple of times then
finally on Wednesday night I ferried to Richmond by myself again but
this time when I got off the Ferry no one was there to pick me up so it was
pretty interesting when I got there but luckily a few minutes later one of the
senior couples that works in the office showed up to pick me up thankfully and
so that night I stayed with like 3 other Elders that were training too.
On Thursday I finally got to
figure out who my new companion would be. Just because I am really lucky I was
the last name to be called to say who my new companion would be so I guess that
Heavenly Father is trying to teach me patience but my new companion is Elder
Cowley and he is from Orem, Utah. Members think it's really funny when a
missionary comes from Utah and always call it the Factory so Elder Cowley has
gotten quite a bit of that. Another amazing thing that happened at Transfer Meeting
was that we finally got a Car!! So no more buses, well not all the time because
we still have bus passes but a car will make it a lot more convenient to get to
places and we do not always have to rely on the not so reliable BC Transit.
After Transfer Meeting it was just really crazy because we had to take 3 boxes
of supplies and mail and a vacuum and Elder Cowleys bags with us to Victoria in
the car so after some really intense tetris we got everything to fit in our
little Cruze but then we had to figure out how to get to the Ferries in rush
hour traffic with was pretty interesting; took for ever and we got to the
ferries 20 minutes before it left and got on so we were pretty lucky so we did
not get back to Victoria till 6:45.
So, needless to say we did not do
too much teaching this week.We were able to see our investigator Mike who
has been taught by missionaries for about six months now and the only thing
that is holding him back is that he is living with his girlfriend and can't find
a place to move to. Elder Ringheim had been praying for a place to open up
that he could move to and found out that it would be a miracle if he found
another place in lower Victoria so that is what we prayed for for a long time
and then...We had a miracle happen on Friday, we found out that one of our
members is moving to Vancouver and wants to sublet her apartment out to someone
from the church so we have been getting the info and told Mike about it
and found out its only 10 minutes from where he lives now and the price is the
same as what he pays for his current place and it's bigger! So it sounds really
promising and like it could really happen!!! It was a huge testimony builder
that Heavenly Father does answer prayers and that he does not do it in our time
table but he does it when it needs to happen. We are really excited to get this
moving forward and we have a really good member couple helping us out with it
who really want to help Mike get baptized too!
This week has been
really good and it shows me just like every other week why I am serving a mission
and why I want to continue to serve and serve even after I leave BC. This work is
so true and it is real and Heavenly Father really does lead it and it will
succeed as we do what he asks! It helps us just as much as it helps those that
we are working with!
Love Elder Slack
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| Will and his new companion Elder Cowley |
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| New missionaries and their trainers luncheon |
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