Greetings loved ones,
Name the song. Do it. ANYWAY. Surrey is not Osoyoos. Not
even close. I feel like I'm in Compton or something. Kidding. It's not as bad,
just different from what I'm used to.
My new companion is Sister Christensen (hah…shout out to
Hermana Shelby Christensen). She's from
Colorado/Vegas. She's been serving here
for the past 2 transfers and was on the island before that. We actually went back to Victoria this weekend
to see one of her investigators get baptized. She and I get along well…which makes a huge
difference out here in the mission field. I couldn't be more grateful to have a comp who
likes to laugh as much as I do!
Surrey is crazy. I've talked to so many different people. We
went to Surrey Central to street contact (it's this giant train station/mall
that is fair game for all the missionaries in the area) and I was so
overwhelmed. In Osoyoos there are like
maybe 10 people on the street on a GOOD day. Nope. Here
in Surrey there are hundreds. I was dumb
enough to walk up to people at a cross walk and shout "Does anybody want
this card.... anybody? No…no takers?" Everyone just stared at me. As you see…I tend to cause a lot of
unnecessary scenes. Whaterrr…
A few experiences that I remember are 1) we tried to talk to
this Asian family and the mom said no and waved her hand at us…so then her twin
5-year-old boys caught on and waved their hands and said “no no no no no no” to
us for a solid 20 minutes. People were staring. 2) As we were trying to get back to the car a
creepy guy on a bike rode past us and said “I'm not lookin’ at you okay?
Geesh…I'm too old for you.” So we were like…“uhh okay”. And then he talked to
us and began to recite all these philosophical sayings. I think he had issues
or something. Anyway, there was more creepiness but it's not appropriate for
this clearly uplifting email. 3) THE
WORST THING. We were headed towards a bus stop to talk to the people there and
this one lady like flipped her lid. No lie. We said “Hi we're missionaries…” and she
started screaming profane things and making a cross with her fingers telling us
to go away. We just walked away and started talking to someone else and she
starts yelling and making comments like “at least I'm human” and “everyone stay
away! Those are Mormons.” Blah, blah,
blah. I don't know what came over me but I looked at the person we were talking
to and said, “Will you excuse me a moment please?” I marched over to that lady
and said “Why are you doing this? We didn't do anything to you. We are just
trying to share a message. We are people
too. Stop being so rude.” She kept
trying to cut me off but I just wouldn't have it. I'm too stubborn and impulsive (I'll work on
it, I swear). So we start getting mad at
each other and Sister Christensen pulls me away and we start walking somewhere
else. I don't even know why I started
crying but I did. I think I was just
freaked out that someone had the audacity to yell at me in public.
I was sheltered in Osoyoos.
People throw rocks at things that shine right? After I got a hold of myself and was able to
truly understand Elder Holland's talk on the cost of discipleship. Sadly, people are not rejecting us…they are
rejecting Christ. That hit me hard. I can't even begin to imagine what He went
through. If I wimped out at just that stupid
lady yelling at me…I don't think I could handle doing this for 33 years. I'm so grateful for my Savior.
Highlights of the week (other than the obviously wonderful
ones above)
- Saw 3 whales on the ferry to Victoria
- Attended a baptism for 6 people
- Sleeping with the window open and hearing the rain come
down (name the song)
- Stayed with Sister Larsen in Maple Ridge for transfer
meeting. What a blessing!
- Finding a new investigator while using the fitting from at
Target today #classic
Thanks for all your love and support! Hopefully I don't get shot this week...
xoxo,
Sister Annie Holm
Last night in Osoyoos. |
Saying bye to my beloved Bro. Whitesell |
Me and Sis Christensen |
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