Feb. 17, 2015

 This was a very good good week! Our district got to clean the Calgary Canada Temple on Saturday! It was so amazing! We had to get there earlier so we did not have time to do our studies. When we got there they scanned our recommends and they give us white scrubs, and because we did not do our personal study they gave us 30 minutes to study in the Celestial Room! That was the coolest thing ever! After that we started to clean. I went into all of the mechanical rooms with some other elders and we dusted, swept, and mopped the floor. And we helped move some chairs so they could vacuum. They took us into every room, even back to the Celestial Room. There we were able to ask any questions and talk about deep doctrine. They took us up to the roof of the temple too! That was so cool, and I was able to pick up some pieces of granite that were laying at the top along with the rocks. So I will send home some of that. :) Also I sent home some hats too!:)  

Transfers are next week so I will be emailing again on Tuesday. And I know that I am getting transferred because they called us, and told us to start cleaning out our basement now (we are living with members) because they are going to close down my area! And so some other missionaries in Airdrie will cover it. (1st ward will also have to cover my area, which is 2nd ward) the reason for this is because we have been so disobedient, and we are not doing missionary work so they are closing the area down. Haha just kidding :) the reason is because there are so many missionaries going home and not very many coming out this transfer. Next transfer I heard that they are closing down 4 more areas. They will reopen when more missionaries come out. So that is one of the biggest things that we will be doing is power clean our pad. I’m kinda sad that I’m getting transferred because I like this area and Costa Vida.

This week we visited this family. The dad is a member but he has been less active for like 18-24 years and the wife is Catholic and so are the kids. When we visited them she was saying "whenever the sister missionaries came over (my area use to be covered by sister missionaries before it got purged) they would always invite us to church, but I always said no because I just don't feel comfortable." SO we were saying HOW CAN WE MAKE YOU FEEL CONFORMABLE? She thinks about it for a while and talks to her daughter because she was getting ready to leave for a friend’s house. And then she tell us “sure I'll go. We will give it a try.” So that Sunday, sure enough, they came to church. The kids loved it and the whole family liked it. One thing that the wife said about the Catholic church that she did not like was that there was no communication. You just go and leave. But when they came to our church there was a LOT of people introducing themselves and there was a lot of fellowship that was really good!:) 

About 3 weeks ago we handed out service flyers to all different kinds of business and we got a call from this lady and she wants help moving, so we have been helping her move boxes and other stuff to storage. That was what I did on my birthday, all day long was helping her move. I wanted to go to Costa Vida but we did not get the time. But it was worth it helping her. She said that once as everything is done with the move then she would like us to teach her. She said that she would listen. So before it was a lottery what area was she going to move to and who was going to teach her. But now that does not matter because I’m leaving. 

Something super crazy happened last week. We had zone conference and then we went out to eat at the Airdrie Wok. It’s a Chinese Buffet and its super good. When we went in they were kinda busy so we waited for a table to clear, so during that time we sat at a smaller table and I sat at this other table with is guy. He said that I could sit there. Turns out he’s a member and he said "Zone Conference?" and I said yep. He introduced himself and he’s in one of the wards. 

They got a table ready so we all go sit there and I say good-bye to him. Then he gets up to leave and pay for his meal. Later the waitress said that the gentleman that over there paid for you. Not only did he pay for his meal he paid for all of our meals too! A Lunch buffet is $11.00 and there were 5 of us missionaries so that bill was about $66.00! So that was nice. 

That’s what happened last week. Hope you guys have a good week! Love you all.