HOLY GUACOMOLE!!! What a week!
Man, there have been so many awesome miracles this past week
and I can’t believe that I was here for all of them! Christmas was a blast! I
got to Skype with all of you which was just flat out AMAZING! We weren't even
allowed to Skype until a couple days beforehand when President Burt thought it
would be a good idea! Such a blessing,
that we have to are able to speak to each other face to face from hundreds
of miles away!
Anyway, besides that being the best part of this past week,
we have had so much fun! Christmas day consisted of waking and opening all of
our little presents which was SO cool! I love my pocket watch! After that, we went to the Housholder’s and
were able to have a magnificent breakfast with them! They have the most
delicious scones ever! So yummo! We then went to the Snyder’s home and had
lunch with them which was quite delicious. Then we had dinner with the Zikr’s
which was so much fun! Such an awesome Christmas!
Besides that, we have had very few lessons with people which
has been quite a bummer. We did get some cool Christmas presents though! The
Householder’s gave us these sweet Superman and Batman jackets! The Snyder’s
gave us some treats. And the Zirks gave us some cool ties as well as a $10 gift
card to dollarama (the Canadian dollar tree). We also got to meet with this
wonderful couple named Roy and Gail. Super awesome! They own a spice business
and their business was booming these past couple of months. In a nutshell, they
haven't been able to come to church because of it, she misses coming, and they
love the missionaries! So cool! They gave us these sweet Italian ties and
matching socks! And we had the most delicious dinner ever! They fed us pork
crowned roast with homemade pasta noodles and the most delicious cooked
broccoli that I have ever had, AND I DONT EVEN LIKE BROCCOLI!
We did get to meet with Marilyn this past week which was
really cool. She is progressing in her reading, very slowly though. Sadly she
doesn't come to church which isn't good. She is still really nice though.
Our Christmas miracle came a little late in the month I
guess you could say, but nonetheless, it was truly a Christmas miracle. We were
knocking on this one street, and the second door we knock on, he lets us in. We
start talking, and he ends up on telling us some of his life story, and how he
had gotten into drugs when he was younger, how he has recovered from being an
alcoholic, and is searching for that religious structure in his life. Never in
his life did he let any religious person come into his home, but he said that
he could feel it was just right, right when he had opened the door and seeing
us standing there. So Elder Zieler and I hop right on with that. We end up on
teaching him more than half of the restoration, gave him a book of Mormon, and
committed him to baptism on January 24th! He also said that he would want to
come to church as well! WHAT A MIRACLE!
It wasn't until more than 45 minutes of being there did we figure out his name
which is Donald! What a miracle though! He has truly been prepared, and I can
just feel the spirit as strongly as I am writing about it now. He has truly
been humbled and seems very willing to learn more.
I think that that was truly the greatest gift that I have
ever received! I am so thankful that Heavenly Father trusts Elder Zieler and I
with someone who is so prepared! It is truly a humbling yet gratifying
experience.
Everything else has been going great though! It was awesome
being able to see all of you and I can’t wait to talk to you soon! I got all of
your letters today! Haven’t been able to open and read them though because of
how busy we are with getting things ready for the week. It was an awesome Pday
though! Today is Elder Zielers birthday too! The Householder’s figured that
out, and after we were done playing basketball with some of the ward, as well
as some less actives and non-members, we went over to their house and had the
most delicious meal! We had Spaghetti Chicken! Tastes a lot like chicken
alfredo! Then they brought a cake and we sang happy birthday to him. Soon
after, we went on a hike to "The Hole in the Wall" with Brother Householder
which was so cool! So today has been a great day and I wouldn't want it any
other way! I am super pumped to go out and work too! I sure love and miss all
of you though and I hope that you all had a great Christmas!
Love,
Elder McCown
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