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Being cute reindeer! |
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Cheese on sale. $9 doesn't seem like much of a deal. Oh Canada. |
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Cold! (12.2deg Fahrenheit) |
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Just doing our thangggg. |
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Holla holla dolla bill yo! |
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Literally so many layers. |
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Sis Larsen and a mean dog. |
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P-Day shenanigans. |
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Sister Pitcher, one of our members. |
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Sunday dinner at [branch] president Fields home. |
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Tracting in the middle of nowhere...but it's so beautiful here. |
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First A&W drive-thru visit in Canada |
Well, our motto has been working! We (Sister Larsen, the Lord, and myself) have
found 10 new investigators since my last email!
We are seeing miracles here in Oliver!
We actually found one investigator in Osoyoos, check Sister Larsen's
blog to learn more;
sunshinesmilesandserendipity.blogspot.com. If I ever forget to tell you about something,
it will be on there! We have had an
interesting week. The good news: 10 new
investigators, Christmas caroling, and official member missionaries recently
called in our branch! The bad news: -11
degrees (Celsius), PLUS wind chill, dropped by one of our most promising
investigators, and some weird tracting moments.
Like I said, we have a ton of new investigators that we are really
excited to teach! They are all friendly
and more than willing to hear our important message! We also went Christmas caroling with our
branch at a care center in Osoyoos! Sister
Larsen and I got all dressed up! Even
though our branch is small, it was nice to see everyone come and support this
little activity! After we went back to
the building and had some wassal (vodka free of course!).
The bad news... well
it's flipping cold here. From what I've
heard it's pretty cold in the states, but I think it's worse here. Probably because we have to go out in it. It gets so windy here and it literally burns
our faces. It's hard to motivate
ourselves to get out of the car, but it's why we're here. It's what we 'signed up for' and it's what
the Lord expects of us. Tracting in this
frozen tundra is always.. interesting. People will see us coming and wave with big
arms, like "don't come over here!! GO
AWAY" through their windows.. .so
we just wave back and turn around. Super
weird. We also went to go see an
investigator and she wasn't home, but there was this dog by her door that
wouldn't stop barking. We knew it wasn't
her dog, so Sister Larsen tried to bend down to see what the phone number was
and it tried to bite her... sooo we just
left haha. We still prayed for it though. Another weird thing that happened was while
we were tracting in the middle of nowhere..
literally (look at the pictures!) and some man didn't want us there, so
as we were turning around to get off the porch, he aggressively tapped (pushed)
me and yelled "get out of here!!" It was so bizarre. I was shocked. I understand that not everyone is ready to
hear our message, but most people just decline politely…this guy was crazy. Oh well.
Heavenly Father loves him too right?
Sister Larsen and I have been reading like mad!
We are already in Alma chapter 12.
We've also been thinking a lot about the
atonement.
Mosiah 14 is an amazing
chapter.
Verse 5 makes me cry.
Also, read Alma 5.
38 is amazing too.
I want to invite anyone that reads my blog to
read these chapters and really think about the atonement and what is means
during this time of year.
Please write
me back with your impressions and feelings
annelisa.holm@myldsmail.net.
We truly are his little flock (DC 6:34).
He is the good Shepard who is always calling
us back to him (Alma 5:38).
Go listen to
[ the hymn ]
"I Stand All
Amazed" and think about your feelings for the Savior and His sacrifice.
It will make celebrating this Christmas so
much more meaningful.
Thank you for all
the support.
Missions are hard, I’m not
gonna lie.
It's a challenge to be out
here, but also a privilege.
I love the
people in my area and my ever-so-patient companion.
Hope this week is awesome.
xoxo A
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