November 4, 2013
Dearest Family and Friends,
Happy Halloween, family! And happy birthday to Kristen
Spencer, Holly, and Olivia! I hope you all had a nice and spooky
week. We sure had a good one!
Last fast Sunday we fasted that we would be able to get in
with more less-actives and this month we doubled our less-active lessons.
We have gotten in with less-actives that we tried to visit during my
first 3 months and weren't able to! It's been really neat.
Oh, the snow. I'm running around freezing and everyone
laughs at me and says, "You haven't seen anything yet. Just wait for
-30!" Yesterday we weren't allowed to drive because of bad road
conditions and a blizzard. So the members that we live with gave us a
ride to church and we just walked to our lessons. Oh, the adventures of a
mission :) It's absolutely gorgeous though! I think that as you are
all enjoying your perfect weather you should watch "Cool Runnings" and
think of me when the Jamaicans get to Calgary and walk outside and then run
inside to put on all the clothing they own and then their bags. . . . No
worries, I'll get used to it!
Elsie is now a "former investigator." She
got talking to her preacher and other members of her church and she threw away
the Book of Mormon and said to us, "No offense, but Mormons just have an
evil spirit about them." . . . BUT we are still going to
invite her to a fireside on Sunday that's on the Savior.
We have a new investigator, who is from France! His
name is Roger Dillworth. He moved from France to Quebec and from Quebec
to Airdrie because religious freedom is dying in those places. He told us
lots of stories and if it's true, it's very sad. He was a referral from
the VanTonder family who all speak French, Spanish, English, and a little
German. He says he's not interested in converting because he is strong in
his faith. He won't read the Book of Mormon. But he wants us to
come back on Saturday to teach him again. Interesting. . . . I hope
it goes well!
This week, we finished teaching Delfino the commandments.
He certainly has been prepared to accept the gospel. He has visited
the temple (in Arizona!), he was invited to church, he has a family history
with drugs so he hates them more than anything, he hates coffee and tea, he is
generous, he used to drink wine once in a while but prefers water at work
parties, etc. He has lost a lot of his friends, but doesn't care.
He is such an example to me. He is getting baptized on Saturday at
7:00. He asked Brother Horton to baptize him!
I love being a missionary! Thanks for the prayers and
support. I'm praying for you.
Sister Crystal Gardner
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