So, another super awesome week has gone by in Port Alberni!
There is so much to do and so little time! Elder Zieler and I have been working super hard lately which has been super awesome! Gracie got baptized yesterday which was super awesome! So much of her family was here when it happened and they are all less active, so it was a super awesome spiritual experience for them!
The Christmas season, I have noticed, has had a really good effect on everyone here in Port Alberni. We went on exchanges yesterday and Elder Zieler and Elder Camp had set 5 return appointments! People seem to be much more open to the gospel which is super awesome!
This past week we were not able to meet with Marilyn which was a bummer... I keep wondering what we should do to boost her confidence in the gospel. Many other miracles have been going on though! One of the them in specific was Brother Blelloch who is super inactive. Elder Webb and I had met with him once within in the first 2 weeks of me being out on my mission. We haven't been able to set an appointment with him since, until this past Saturday. I called him up, was able to set an appointment for the following night, and then invited him to church. And guess what?!?!? HE CAME!!! He also stayed for the baptism! Super awesome!
This past week we had District meeting in Courtenay. Super awesome! I was asked to give training on this quote that Hyrum Smith gave. Don't remember what it was but I shared the "I’ll find you my friend" story and they loved it. Other than that, we have done a lot of inviting this past week. A lot of people are out of town which kind of stinks, but, that's alright.
So Christmas is going to be super awesome! We are going to have breakfast at the Housholders, have lunch at the Snyder’s, and Dinner at the Zirks. It’s going to be a super awesome day! AND GUESS WHAT!?!?! WE GET TO SKYPE HOME NOW!!! I’m so excited to see all of your beautiful faces! I’ll be skyping you at 11am so I hope to see all of you there! Can you also send me your Skype account name? I’ll be calling you from the Housholders home.
I see that you got my package that I sent home! Just sending a little Canadian Flare your way ;). The letter I sent should be coming sometime after that though.
Other than that, everything has been going great! Elder Zieler and I have been working pretty hard and we can’t wait to see all of the Christmas Miracles this coming Thursday! I sure love and miss you all and I can’t wait to see you this coming Thursday!
Love,
Elder McCown
