April 20, 2015
Hi Family,
Hi Family,
It's transfer week! Yesterday we got
an email with all the areas and the companionship's for the new
transfers. It's like getting a mission call every six weeks. Are we
staying here? Who is my companion? Am I changing areas? Fortunately I
get to stay in the metro area longer because I am staying in Cole
Harbour with Elder McGuire. He is stuck with me for another transfer.
Elder Wilson who has lived in the apartment with us, companions with
Elder Blum, is being moved to Cornerbrook up in New Foundland. Elder
Blum's new companion is Elder Tauffer, who came out in the same group as
I did.
The fact that there are I think four
cousins getting ready to go on missions around the same time is
awesome. It would be so cool if one of them went to Halifax, but out of
402 missions there is a slight chance.
Most of our investigator
appointments cancelled this week, which was a bummer. We haven't had the
chance to meet with Steven yet but will be this week. Also Alex was
working on a project at school at the time we usually meet. And we were
going to meet with Greg, who we just met, but we think he wasn't sober
enough to remember that we had an appointment. On Thursday we helped the
sisters move their apartment from the fourth floor down to the first
floor. The building does not have an elevator. Picture this, moving
tables, chairs, desks, couches, and beds down four flights of stairs.
Everyone was so exhausted after, yet the day wasn't over. We should be
moving our apartment in the next couple of weeks from the ninth floor to
the first floor, and luckily we have an elevator. The elders and
sisters live in different apartment buildings.
It is starting to warm up and
there are a lot more people walking and running outside now, it is
easier to talk to people. One place that I enjoy talking to people is on
the board walk in Eastern Passage. It is right on the ocean and lots of
people are there. We also get to enjoy the ocean, it`s awesome. Yeah so
Friday evening was Dave Lake's baptism, which was huge because this
mission doesn't see too many baptisms. Our whole district had a part in
his journey to baptism at one point or another. I guess I could count
him as my first but he was the other elders investigator, I was just
there to help teach a lesson once. There were eleven missionaries at his
baptism, and we all sang Amazing Grace for it. Dave picked the song. As
a missionary if you have the slightest musical ability with singing or
an instrument you will be involved a lot.
Today we will be going to the
mission office for a surprise party for President Leavitt's birthday. It
will be different when they leave in a couple of months and then we get
President Pratt. That's another big reason I like the areas near the
mission home and office, because you get to be involved in fun and
important things. I get to go to some meetings that others don't and do
things like throw a party. Anyways, much love.
Love, Elder Ray
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| Not Transferred yet. |
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| Dave's Baptism and all the missionaries involved. |
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| We got our pictures and info up in the church building, so everyone can know that we exist. |
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| This is how we weekly plan, so focused. |