Hello everyone!
Man that is an awesome picture of jordan. I
think it made all of the other Elders a little uncomfortable. Tell Jordan that
that picture makes her the cutest girl I've seen on my mission. Tell Ronnie
that they play him on the line because he can do both, but not everyone can
play on the line. Also a good football team is built on its line, not its
ball-carrier because no runner is better than his blockers. Two princes are
better than one king right? I'm joking of course. I just hope Tanner doesn't
have to turn down too many proposals to go on his mission.
I sent two letters, one to Ronnie last week and
one to the Whole family more recently. I hope the stamps are working. Also
transfers are in two weeks so if you want to send me food now is the time
;)
I forgot to tell the story last week about the
lady who freaked out at us. We knocked on her appartment door and started
talking to her. She wasn't interested and so we asked if there was something we
could do to help her. She replied calmly that no one in the world needed more
help than her. She then just went Berserk. She started pushing us down the
stairs swearing at us and screaming at us (in French of course) and telling us
to get out. We wanted to knock the other door in the appartment but she was
screaming at us that they didn't want to hear from us. Then she slapped us both
across the face. We decided to leave at that point. As we left the building she
was kicking us and still screaming and swearing. She stood on the porch for a
minute screaming at us not to talk to the people on the street either. We have
no idea what got her so upset. Her whole demeanor just changed in the blink of
an eye and she lost control. It was sad and also kind of funny how angry she
was.
Yes it is the season for buying coats and
gloves and such. It is just chilly right now but it shouldn't be long before it
starts reaching 30 and 40 degrees below zero (Celsius). Coats cost a lot here
because they are an absolute necessity. You will freeze to death without them.
Or I guess just not go outside. Of your bed.
As far as missionary things go, not too much
news. Still working and teaching and knocking. I hate how certain it is that
anyone we start teaching will be found and hit with anti-mormon material and
directed to sites about FLDS communities in British Columbia (the Canadian news
paints these communities as Mormons). We can easily respond to these concerns,
but the problem is when the people get scared and won't talk to us. It is pretty
frustrating.
Still I'm finding that the only way to be happy
out here is to work. Sadness, homesickness, distraction, they all are results
of idleness. It is hard for me to change my attitude regarding this, but Elder
Murphy is a big help because he will tolerate to slothfullness. I hope to have
nailed down this working hard thing by the time I come home.
Also someone called the police on us last
night. We knocked on there door at about 8:15 and they said to go away or they
would call the police. We tried to talk to them for a minute after, but
obviously got nowhere. About 5 minutes later we were a few doors down talking
to a Catholic woman who is convinced that the Virgin Mary will come back to the
earth and give birth to Christ once again (she was 100% focused on Mary rather
than Christ) when two police officers showed up and told her to close the door.
They talked to us for a few minutes about what happened (the lady accused us of
impersonating the police) and told us that we 100% have the right to do door to
door (yes!!! Eat that every concierge of an appartment building ever!) but just
be carefull not to scare people at night. They also checked our ID. it was a
good story, but we lost like 10 minutes of knocking time because of it. Oh
well.
That is all I have time for today. I love you
guys. Don't stop living, learning, and loving the gospel.
Oh yeah I gave a talk yesterday in French. I
used one of the quotes from my binder of quotes. It was about dilligence in
member missionary work. It wasn't very long (5 minutes) but it went pretty
well.
Bye.
Elder Hardy
Me and Elder Murphy in our Shchnazzy new
jackets. We haven't bought full coats yet, but that is next.
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