So this week was an interesting one. We met a few people with some really neat/insane stories that I'm not going to share. The coolest story of the week was one that my parents did. My bday was Wednesday. I ran out of shaving cream Thursday morning, (oops) but I had an interview with President Levitt that night and he gave me a package from my parents. Inside of that package was some more shaving cream. Mom, dad, you guys saved my mission obedience.
Ok, my story of the week is one of heroism. Saturday, the branch president asked us to help him and another member chop down a few massive trees for a member in Camelton. It took literaly the whole day and man do I have a whole new appreciation for lumberjacks. So our branch president, President Morais, is a literal gorilla. He is 65 years old and he climbed up a 40 foot tree by hugging the bottom and like scooting his way up because the branches were all at the top. If we cut it down with a rope pulling to a certain side, it would land on the house. He climbed this tree in about 15 seconds. Not only would that be incredible for a professional tree climber, but this guy is 65 years old. During this experience of cutting big trees down, someone got hurt:( It was my camera. I had it in my pocket and it got smashed by somthing:/ The place we went to cut trees down was in camelton which is right next to Quebec. Top 3 most beautiful places I've ever seen. It's a big ocean bay with rolling hills, a dormant volcano, and millions of trees with all sorts of colors. Couldn't take any pictures though:( I haven't mentioned this in the past, but something about canadians is.. they drink and buy milk in gallon bags.. like plastic bags. Things are starting to pick up here in Bathurst a little though! We finally found some people who want to learn more! We have an appointment this Tuesday with a young couple with no kids. It'll be great. Oh yeah, today we went to Tim Hortons, which is Starbucks but way better. They sell good sandwhiches. And a couple of older guys came up to us and asked us if we were professional hockey players hahaha.. I guess they dress in suits all the time.
Well fam, its thanksgiving here. I bore my testimony in front of all 17 people at our church about how much i love you guys and I constantly brag about how talented you all are. I have parents that look and act 30, a brother who is a genius, a sister who runs slow;) and a little brother who is already smarter than all of us with anything technology. So love ya'll.
With my interview with the president, he told me that in the next few transfers we are getting 5 new French speakers. thats double what we have now. That means a lot of new zones will be opening up. 3 come this next transfer, one from France, Belgium and Quebec. He told me to get ready and study French every second of the day because the French Training leader is leaving to be a zone leader soon and I need to speak French the best I can when that time comes.. He also told me, I will most likely be paired up with one of the new French speakers because they don't speak any English and because my companion is English called and will be finishing his mission in an English area. So get ready for the stress level to raise!
In Alma 60: Moroni is angry at Pahoran because his soldiers aren't getting the supplies they need while they protect the Nephites from destruction. There are two lessons in this Chapter that I have noticed so far.
1) you never know what people are going through so don't judge/criticize people ever. The spirit of contention is the spirit of the devil. Moroni destroys Pahoran in a letter, later to find out that Pahoran has been kicked out of his own city by some revolts.
2) in verse 11 it reads--
11) Behold, could ye suppose that ye could sit upon your thrones, and because of the exceeding goodness of God ye could do nothing and he would deliver you? Behold, if ye have supposed this ye have supposed in vain.
Don't sit on your throne and think you can do nothing and all your problems will go away. There is a cool story in the movie Other Side of Heaven. They are stranded on a boat and they need wind to get to the next island for this elder to teach someone. they waited for wind and it didn't come. Later one of the sailors gets the elder in a row boat and says "sometimes you got to make your own wind" and rows the elder to the very distant island.
Anywho everyone read the Book of Mormon. Go see that Meet the Mormons movie because its probably good, love one another. eat veggies
love ya
Elder Argyle
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