The
weather here was cooler than last week but we didn't get any snow this
week so that was a plus. One week from now it will be
November and it will continue to get darker earlier and earlier. This
takes me back to the good old days in Kentville last winter when we would go knocking at 6 o'clock at night and it would be really dark out already. As far as tracking at night during the winter goes, we generally knock till 8 o'clock at night. But if the houses are dark and now one's answering then we
don't knock. But if the lights in the house are on late at night then we
can go ahead and keep knocking.
This Saturday is Halloween. For Halloween we have been instructed to be in our apartments by 5 o'clock and stay in for the night. Instead of doing weekly planning on Friday
when we usually do, we will be doing weekly planning on Saturday night
instead. This makes a lot
more sense to me. Rather than missionaries using that night to relax and
watch movies.
This week we
met with one of our investigators; I was on an exchange with Elder Stratton.
Brother Seaboyer also came to that lesson. The lesson went great! The
spirit was so strong during that lesson. We taught her about the
Restoration and recited the first vision to her. Brother Seaboyer bore
his testimony of converting from the Anglican Church to our Church. Then
we asked her that when she finds out if it is true if she'll get
baptized and she said yes. We met with our top investigator as well. Brother
Robertson came to that lesson. We read Moroni 10 with him and then we
invited him to be baptized. He said he wants a more solid confirmation
before he commits himself to that. We
had a good discussion about Moroni 10 and the Book of Mormon. He has a
bad back and he has a hard time sitting for a long period of time.
Yesterday he came to sacrament but left early because his back was in
pain.
This week we went on exchanges with the
Caribou Elders. I was with Elder Stratton in Woodstock. This was the 3rd
time I worked with Elder Stratton for a day. He has a high work ethic and is very
missionary minded. On the exchange we saw some less active members. We
had 2 cool experiences when we were together. The first one was while we
were street contacting and we ran into someone we talked to a week
before at the Hot Chocolate Stand. So we stopped him and ended up
teaching him the First Vision and the Book of Mormon to him and then we set
up a return appointment for Saturday. He was very easy to talk too and
very receptive. We basically had a lesson with him on the street. The
other cool experience was when we were going to see a less active member
in Hartland. When we walked in her grandson was there. He is 23 years
old. He's not very active in his own Church (Baptist). He has met with
missionaries before but he moved away when they started teaching him.
Anyway he is very interested in our Church. Originally we were going to
teach a lesson to the less active member but we ended up teaching the
Restoration to him and he said he would ask his dad if he could meet
with us. We were both really excited about that afterwards.
The branch had a Harvest Supper
on Friday night and it was a great turnout! There were tons of people
that showed up. It was the most people I've seen at the Church since
I've been here. They were mostly less active/non-members too. We had a
good fellowship with them and with the members that were there. All and all it was a great event put on by the
branch.
Yesterday we had the opportunity
and blessing to administer the sacrament to two less active members.
Because of old age/health problems they cannot come to Church. So we
were assigned to take each of them the sacrament. This was a humbling
experience for me. I have had the opportunity to take the sacrament to a
less active member many times on my mission. It made me think of Christ
when he administered the sacrament to his disciples.
Have a good week!
Love,
Elder O'Brien (the older)
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