-40

January 28, 2019

So, this week was kinda all over the place, and I honestly can't remember a whole lot of what happened each day so this could be kinda all over the place. 

Monday was spent for the most part doing service for the prior center takin apart their kitchen in the back so that they can put a new stainless steel one in. 

If they'd have left it up to the two Nelson boys we woulda been in and outta there in 2 maybe 3 hrs, but rather it took us from 10-3 before we actually got kinda done. 

The old guys we were working with were very cautious and carful to not do anything to fast. Guess the Nelson dads did too good a job at making us work fast and efficient when it comes to that kinda stuff. But it was fun, was nice to do some physical work even if it took up most our pday. 

Tuesday, we had DC (district council) and that went okay. Kinda quiet now that elder Tarwater is gone. Was basically a district council with just me and E. Araujo cause we did all the talking pretty much, but it was good anyway.

After DC we went and helped out rbo Judge sand his floor upstairs in his place for just about the rest of the day after we did comp and a lesson with bro Isfled. 

Got a little dusty sandin that floor, couldn't move hardly without dust coming good off us somewhere and making a mess. About had a wreck with E. K Nelson when we put him on the big floor sander haha about took him for a spin into the wall, lucky he's smart and let go of the throttle! It was pretty fun.

Wednesday was a mess with the wind we were having, we couldn't even see across the road hardly with all the snow going around. 

We did have the soup kitchen in the morning so that was nice cause it kept us outta the weather for a good bit. Was kinda a mess this week there though. We made 50 plates but that wasn't enough for some reason, in the end we had made 70 plates and we ran out of soup... Not much of a soup kitchen if you don't got soup now is it! We made it alright though.

Thursday, we got up and drove into Winnipeg for exchanges with the zls for the day. 

Started the exchanges with the DL leadership call seeing how all the districts were doing. After that me and elder Sera went and did some street contacting at polo park mall. Just about froze to death doing that! - 38 with the wind... Needless to say people didn't want to talk with us to much in that kinda cold. Had one old guy in a bus stop tell us this wasn't a church, and we should come back Sunday! We thought that was kinda weird, we weren't even talking to him. 

Had a crazy dinner appointment with some members and us, the zls, and Y.S.A. elders and sisters. So that would be me, Keston, Kaysen (e shaw), Fowler, Sera, Tumalock, sis Irwin, and Burrell. It was a gong show especially since it was a build your own soup kinda deal with these weird pots full of broth set all along the table and we were to just put what we wanted and then eat it once it was cooked. It was kinda crazy.

After dinner me and elder Sera went out and did some tracting in a little Mb housing area which was pretty successful. One yard we went up to had some signs of a big dog but we saw no dog, so we went in and knocked on the door a couple times but didn't get an answer, so we walked back to the gate. As soon as we got to the gate this little girl opened the door so we went back to see if we could talk to her parents. That's when we heard their dog in the back barking and lucky for us this dog ran out the door past the girl and right for us! Sera he about lost his mind as the dog came for his hand and bit his glove a few times, me I just stood there and watched him get eaten haha the dog was just jumping at us and barking more than anything. Sera he eventually got himself over the fence into the next yard and me I was still standing there waiting for the lady to come to the door. Finally, she came and called her dog off that was still trying to kill sera even after he jumped the fence! I talked to her and all that, and if I remember right she said to come back!

Sera after we got done with that door started to worship me pretty much cause I stood there "like a boss" as he put it, and didn't take anything from the dog.

But that was basically our exchange in Winnipeg! It was pretty fun I thought.

Friday, we got up and did our morning stuff in Winnipeg and by 10 we were on the road back to portage to do weekly planning!! Only got 3 of those left thank goodness!

Did some comp study, some stop bys and dinner with the Borczuchs, and that was our day pretty well. 

Saturday that was alright, we drove up to St Laurent which is an hr and a bit away from portage to see a few la members out that way. Sadly, when we got there we found out that the town was mostly a summer spot so 90% of the town was gone for the winter, so that means our guys we went to see weren't out there.

By the time we got done with that drive it was about 5 so we went to Eric's for dinner. He had a date that night at 7 but when he went to start his car it didn't turn over... So, we being the best missionaries in the world we ran to Canadian Tire with his card and went to get some jumper cables to boost him, but as we got close to Canadian tire we realized it's 7pm its not going to be open! So, we ran to bro judges to see if he had any. About the time we knocked on his door a second time Eric calls and said hey I got it started! So, we basically Nicky 9 doored bro judge cause we saw him come to the door shortly after we drove off...

Finished the night with some - 40 so we didn't do much.

Sunday was a mess with the weather we had. Got a little bit of a storm blowing in during church, so after church we spent most the day with bro and sis judge at their place doing family history with a lady from Winnipeg that was training them on how to do their new calling. Gotta love - 40 days!

Well that was basically our week!

Love ya all talk to ya next week!