HEYYYYYYYY FAMILY!!! HOWS A GOING?!?!?
Everything has been going great here in Port Alberni!! I got to go to Nanaimo this past week! Such an awesome place! So much fun! I got paired up with one of my zone leaders! Such an awesome example! Well so much has happened this week! As I said I spent a couple days in Nanaimo! Nanaimo is awesome! SOOOOO much bigger than Port Alberni!!! In Port Alberni we spend most of our day going door to door. In Nanaimo though, you can actually go street contacting! So awesome! Kind of scared for the first time though. The first time we did it, we went to a bus stop next to a mall, so it was pretty busy. Sooo, for the past couple weeks I have been with my companion for nearly every conversation I have had. I think the lord realized I was getting too comfortable with that, and decided to give Elder Camp the revelation to go to the bus stop. Well, as people we only grow when we are out of our comfort zone. So, oh so wise Elder Camp said "you go over here, and I will go over there to talk to people." kind of FREAKY RIGHT?!? To talk to someone about the gospel by myself was kind of freaky at first. I’m pretty sure he thought I was the weirdest person ever but that’s ok lol. I got used to it though! I really learned what works better for me and that the lord really does speak through you! So awesome! AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!! I have grown so much just from that experience!!! We then went and got pizza, big gulps and the most delicious candy ever!! SOUR BLASTED CHERRIES!!! sooooo gooooood.... but yeah. We then planned for the following week because we couldn’t be out on Halloween. Before we went to the bus stop though we were out going door to door. We then decided to go into a mobile home area. Mobile home areas are AWESOME to go tracting in because they are so close together! We were going door to door, and this old hobo looking guy opens the door. As missionaries we do our usual shpeel and he cuts us off in the middle of it. He says "I’m a Buddhist! Get out of here! YOU ARENT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE!" he also added a variety of colorful words in there if I might add. As missionaries, we have to be nice with people of course the only thing I could muster was a smile. Thank goodness Elder Camp has some more charity and experience than me and said "have a wonderful day!" next thing we know, as we are knocking on another door, a truck pulls up next to us and told us to get out of the area. Turns out, it was the person in charge of taking care of all the mobile homes. Now I can say that I have been kicked out of a mobile home area! So much fun with Elder Camp! Sunday was awesome too! We got to go pick up this elderly man at the hospital who can’t walk because of an injury and can’t speak because of a recent stroke. It was awesome to see him there at church! So many miracles have happened this past week! I have learned so much! Another thing that I learned from Elder Camp this past week was how to help your weaknesses become strong. He told me that he would go to the Christ like attribute section of preach my gospel, pick a subject and study and apply it for a week. I’ve learned so much from that!
Monday was awesome too! We spent the day in Victoria and got to go to zone conference! We got to watch MEET THE MORMONS!!! SOOOOO AWESOME!!! I learned so much from my mission president! He is so inspired! He and his wife are so loving and awesome! MY favorite part about the movie was the candy bomber. SO AWESOME!!! I ALSO GOT YOUR PACKAGE!!! I AM SOOOOOOO GREEN!!!! AND THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!!! everyone was super jelly!!
SO I have been to Hole in the Wall! and it was awesome! We went to cathedral grove this morning. That was where they filmed part of the Star Wars movie. Dad, I can’t imagine what it would be like for you if you were here right now. You would be running on 5 hour energy drinks for a week straight and I can promise you that you would not be able to capture a fraction of beauty that this place holds. it is so out of this world!
Walmart is where we usually shop and DQ sometimes! We do laundry at a couples house, they own a bed and breakfast. Members are awesome! We also got to play volleyball this morning too! Bet ya’ll can’t imagine how happy I was!! So much fun with about 7 other elders there!!
Well hope everything is going great at home! I can’t believe that I have been out a month already! Time flies by soooo fast!! God be with you till we meet again!!
Love
Elder McCown
