Hello everyone... How's it goin eh?
haha... yes i am still Canadian. I attempted a y'all the other day, and it just didn't feel right... I still have a long way to go until i'm officially a southern belle by association... the problem is, most of the members here moved here from UTAH!!! so i'm more likely to come back speaking like Clarke did when he came home... thats not cool!!!!!
Anyways.. I still haven't gotten the blanket, but i HAVE acquired a loaner blanket. and i'm not sorry at all that i've been missing -46 degree weather. haha... suckers...
So guess what... I've officially survived my very first TORNADO WARNING!!!!! WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! haha!!!! It was yesterday and it was CRAZY!!!! The wind was NUTS!!!!!!!!! We went out tracting for half an hour, but when we saw random objects flying through the air, and garbage cans rolling around in the middle of the streets, and flag poles falling over, and trees starting to crack, we went home... haha... also... wind+skirt=not friends.
We went over to our downstairs neighbor actually. They're this adorable old couple that aren't members, but they've been friends with the Sister Missionaries since they starting living at our place a few years ago. So we decided that since we were going to use the Special Witnesses of Christ video for a couple of lessons, that we should bring it with us to their home so we could watch it and pick out the parts we were gonna use. So. Missionary opportunity AND lesson preparation. haha. It was cool. They watched the whole thing with us and loved it. haha. I love that couple. They're so awesome.
Basically all of our progressing investigators have stopped progressing because they're not recieving answers to prayers, and are questioning the need of a testimony about Joseph Smith, and baptism, because everyone here has already been baptized into one church or another so they dont see the need for it. Our solution as missionaries is to basically bombard them with testimonies of ourselves, of members, and of the Apostles so that they can see how powerful and necessary having a testimony is. So i'm excited. its gonna be awesome. I have a testimony of testimonies. So if you have one, share it. Because it ALWAYS effects someone. Think of Abinidi!!!!!!
The work is progressing most definitely though. Despite tornado warnings and whatnot. haha. oh yeah.. so after we finished watching the video with our downstairs neighbour, we called the mission president's wife to see what to do, so she told us to take refuge at a members home. and thats what we did.
Our Zone leaders told us last night that when they were tracting in this crazy wind storm, that they tried to talk to this lady on her driveway, but she totally blew them off, so they gave her a pass along card and started walking away, then they heard a crack and boom, looked back, and a tree had fallen on this lady's house.... so i was like... THAT'S TERRIBLE!!!!!! but the Elders were like... THAT'S WHAT SHE GETS FOR REJECTING THE GOSPEL!!!!! whatever works eh?... haha...
oh yeah!!! also... i got to go to Memphis on Friday. haha. All the new missionaries got to go to this training meeting there, and it was good. we all squished in a van, and drove the 2 and a half hours together. haha.. All of us seem to be doing really well in our areas and it was good to see them all again. The meeting in Memphis was at the Church beside the Temple!!! We didn't get to go to a session, but the Memphis Temple is LITERALLY THE EXACT SAME AS EDMONTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was SOOOOOOOOOOOO cool to be there! I almost kinda felt like it was home.. except for the Memphis Tennessee Temple sign... haha...
Yeah... Eventful week. I'm still doing great. I'm excited to have my own blanket soon.. oh and mom... i haven't ridden my bike at all... My companion cant ride one... however. we have had a car pretty much since we got here, so it really hasn't been an issue. I'm totally working out every morning too. today i did lunges... but i think i did to many... haha... i kinda hurt... but i refuse to come back as big as Clarke did!!! oh.. by the way... congrats on the Harry Ainley assignment.... and i agree with Ian... i totally laugh too whenever i hear that school's name... hehe... But i know you'll do well Clarke. :) And remember... no babies till i come home!!!
So. The Church continues to be true. Thanks for the support and love. I miss you, but i'm keeping busy. :)
-Sister Dyer
