Dear Family,
It
has been another hot and humid week here in Nova Scotia. Yesterday we
found out about transfers and I am being transferred to Woodstock, New
Brunswick. It is right by the border to Maine. I will be in the Presque
Isle Maine District. From my understanding, I will have to cross the
border for church as it will be in Houlton, Maine every week. I
also will be crossing the border for District Meetings as well as
they will be in Caribou, Maine. So I will be going back and
forth quite a bit in my new area. My new companion will be Elder
Evans. He is a younger missionary. He came out in December and has been
out for about 7 months now. I have met him a couple days. He was in my district when I was in Kentville. From the couple times I've talked to
him he seems like a very nice, humble missionary. With having to cross the border quite a bit in Woodstock, I will be
switching back and forth from the Atlantic Time Zone to the Eastern time
zone as Maine is on eastern time. So feel free to like the new area Facebook page I'll
be on. It's called "Mormon Missionaries In Houlton and Woodstock"
As
well as me being transferred,. Elder McGuire is also being transferred
to Grand Falls, Newfoundland and will be a zone leader up there. It took
us both by surprise when we saw that both of us are being transferred. I
knew I would probably be leaving but I didn't think both of us would be
going. It was bittersweet when I found about transfers. I have loved
serving in Bridgewater. The ward has been so good to me. It was been an
absolute honour serving here. I have made a lot of memories from being
stuck in a blizzard to shovelling the Church roof. A lot has been
transpired here in the last 5.5 months. I experienced some adversity
here. We had a number of
investigators drop us at one point. I have had the most success
on my mission in Bridgewater. It's also safe to say the area is a lot
different from when I found it. Bridgewater was the most beautiful area
I've served in so far. A lot of beautiful scenery here along the South
Shore in Nova Scotia. The cabin I have lived in has also been the best
apartment I've lived in.
Now I find myself in the same
position I was in when I left Kentville. Not wanting to leave a area
that I have loved and gotten attached too. They say you're supposed to make
the area you serve in your home away from home and I have made Bridgewater
my home for the past 4 transfers. Now I have to leave home again :/. But
just like when I got transferred to Bridgewater, I know I will end up
loving Woodstock as well when I leave there. It is getting harder and
harder every time I get transferred to say goodbye but I know I have
been transferred to Woodstock for a reason and I have received a witness
of that. I am looking forward to getting stared there.
I
had another very successful week this week. Last Monday Night we picked
up another new investigator. He was a potential
that hadn't been followed up on. We knocked on his door and let us right
in. He recently broke up with his girlfriend and has been having a hard
time with it. He has friends that are
members and has spoken very highly of us to him. He asked us a lot of
good questions about trials and agency. He is a very humble man. But he is open
to meeting with us and wants to be friends with us. He actually ended
up ordering us pizza when we were there.
We had District Meeting
on Wednesday.
The focus in this District Meeting was contacting and tying in whatever
they say to the Restoration. I was assigned to give the Doctrinal
Discussion for District Meeting. The topic was the Liahona and the
principles that the Liahona works by and how that ties into planning.
Overall, it was a good doctrinal discussion. I learned a lot about the
Liahona by reading 1 Nephi 16 and in the topical guide.
After
District Meeting I went on an exchange with Elder Sortomme for the next
2 days in Bridgewater. So I got to take the lead in the exchange. It
was a good exchange. We went to Lunenberg
on Wednesday
and actually ran into some members from Florida touring the area. Small
world. We went to a Thai restaurant because Johnny works there.
The food was pretty good. It's similar to Asian food. I ordered the main
dish. But it was really expensive; it cost 20 dollars for the root beer
and the dish. Elder Sortomme is a
lot like me. He is quirky and has a good sense of humour. He is also
very nice. It was a good experience for me being in charge of the area. I
did it confidently and with ease.
We got to watch the funeral for President Packer
on Friday.
I thought President Monson gave a good talk on President Packer. I also
liked what his son said about him. President Packer had a big emphasis
on the family and was a good teacher of the Plan of Salvation.
On Saturday,
we had a ward potluck with a dessert auction for the youth for their
trek afterwards. There were a lot of people there. Two of our investigators came as well. So they got to meet some of the members. It was great to
see them come out. They seemed to have really enjoyed themselves. During
the Dessert Auction, they had a lot of dessert items including cinnamon
rolls, peanut butter cupcakes, oreo cheesecake, cookies, etc. Sister
Harlow was kind enough to bid on the peanut butter cupcakes and bought
them for us. I actually bid 8 dollars (after a couple other bid some
money as well) out of my own money for a box of a dozen Tim Horton's
doughnuts and got them. So we got a lot of sugar that night and ate
some that night. Yesterday morning, I got the side affects of all that
sugar. I woke up with a upset stomach and was struggling eating all day
yesterday. I didn't much sleep that night either. Now i'm regretting
getting those doughnuts. Typical Eric to bid 8 dollars on a box of Tim
Hortons doughnuts at a dessert auction right? :P In my defence, it
was for a good cause though.
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