Had another great week here in Nova Scotia! Hope yours was great too!
Wednesday we had district meeting in Greenwood, and we spent most of the day knocking and following up with our list of potential investigators
Thursday we had leadership conference and it went all day long. They had a bunch of pods we rotated to where we received training. I learned a lot. The main take away I had was that we all are agents who act not objects who are acted upon. Although we sometimes make ourselves into objects and blame our actions and attitude on our surroundings, we have the power to be agents ourselves--beings who act and work to change situations and make improvements. Too often we blame our poor choices or lack of effort on our surroundings. This is foolish. We have to power to change things if we act and are living according to God's will.
Friday we finished up the rest of leadership conference. At the end of the conference I was asked to give a 30 minute schpeel on having faith to find. I had a bunch of notes for it and felt like I should scrap them so I was pretty nervous, but I followed the spirit and it seemed to go alright. After that, President and Sister Pratt did a Q&A session, and it was awesome. They just answered any questions we had and were very insightful.
Saturday there was a parade in downtown Kentville, and we signed up to have a family history booth set up around the parade. We started at 8 am and it went until 5 pm. It was long, but we got about 30 people who said we could deliver a family pedigree chart to them! So we'll make those and try to deliver them soon. Hopefully, we can eventually teach some of those people. Everybody in Kentville was drunk to the moon and back Saturday evening because of the annual Apple Blossom Festival. So we talked to a lot of drunk people. They were all nice though!!
Sunday was frustrating because our investigator Judy slept in and missed church!! So that was a let down. This is the second time she's done that so we're gonna try and crack down on that!! Other than that, we spent our Sabbath knocking!!
Monday we had a bunch of meetings over Skype. That took up the bulk of our morning and afternoon. We did have dinner with the Drennan family, and that was awesome (as usual)! We had a couple of lessons fall through in the evening, but it's all good.
It was a packed week!! Next week is transfers, and I'll probably be bounced out of Kentville. We'll see where I'm heading. Elder Olsen and I are praying for a reunion :).
Love you all!!!
Pics
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| Me and my homies |
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| a sweet picture my companion took while we were walking across this bridge in Kentville |
