Cleaning the kitchen - Yeah, that was awesome. But! Our buddy Cedric in the La Salle ward came out with us yesterday after church and he told us that the boy of the family we went and cleaned for called the bishop on Tuesday and asked for a ride to mutual! That was the first time he's come out in who knows how long. That was a little tender mercy. It was awesome just hearing that.
Let me try to answer some questions. Contacting is actually super fun, because the women seem to them we're personable (or cute many of them say hah) when there's three of us. We basically just take turns starting it out, and then any one of us shoots in a question or a testimony whenever it's needed. It's actually super fun. And then the men are more intimidated now, so that's not good. These wards here need some more priesthood, so we're trying to find some men who are ready. We tracted into some awesome Ukranians by the way, they were all super nice.
It's not thattt cold, even though we usually just go out in a shirt and sweater (well, Elder Olsen and I). It just gets a little cold, but it's not so bad. And yes, I can go get warmer clothes. Maybe next week.
How is montreal different from Mont Saint-Hilaire. Hmmmm. There's just apartment buildings for days here. You can basically go anywhere you want and start knocking, and you find people who are at least semi-interested. That's one of the biggest differences. There's no grass, no corn fields, no trees, it's just a concrete jungle. But the people are just way nicer here to us (only the immigrants, as you can imagine). We meet so many people here from Haiti, Congo, there's some people in the french ward here from Madagascar. It's awesome. We are busy knocking this huge building right now (this week) and we've ran into about 40 Iranians, and they're all so nice.
Iiiiii was doing really well for writing in my journal actually, until this whole change. Which is sad, because the last week and a half have been an absolute blast, and I haven't written a single thing. I'll start being better.
Downtown montreal is not to far away (the island is actually not that big) but it's not our area. It's not too big, New York is like it's bigger step-brother. That's not too many skyscrapers, but it's still a good city. And there are a couple good parks that I haven't been to, but they sure look nice.
Well! we picked up 4 or 5 Iranian investigators last week, so we'll see what we can do with that. For the most part though, we're doing a lot a lot of less active work, because these two wards here are just dying. It's sad. We're also trying to find some investigators, who are actually interested. We have so many potentials who we knock into, but no one who's really made too much of a push to show some interest.
Weirdest food - I don't know how to spell it, but probably just Foofoo. It's this awesome African dish that looked a lot like mashed potatoes, but was more sticky, and you eat it with your hands. It was sweeeet! And it tasted super good. Then she fed us ox-tail and foo foo dumplings, and that was super good. We get fed by Hatians more than anyone else, and it's just a lot of good rice and chicken or fish.
But, basically, last week we lost our 3 most solid investigators, because Omid and Sara will go to LaSalle for the English (Maybe I'll go back there though!) so we handed them off to the sisters, and then Victoria who is now being taught by the YSA elders. So that was lame. We're basically just going to go find some more solid investigators who speak French and are over 30.
But the Trio is awesome. I love these two elders, they're so awesome. Elder Olsen is one of the funniest guys I've ever met, he's just crazy. And then Elder Rasmussen is an awesome example for everything. It's definitely the funnest trio I've ever heard of, because everyone seems to sound sad for me, while I think it's just awesome. I could stay in it for a long time.
Like for instance, we did our haircuts today, and I started getting out the clippers, and Elder Olsen asked me to cut his, and I guess I acted like I knew how to cut hair, so I went ahead and cut his and elder Ramussen's hair hah. First head(s) of hair I've ever cut! But don't tell them. It was super fun.
The biggest thing for me was the reason why we're doing this missionary work. We had an awesome Zone Study and Conference back to back, and I learned so much. But one of our Zone Leaders Elder Babin (from Paris France) shared such a powerful testimony at the end of his training about why he's here, and basically just shared that he's here to give others the blessings that he has, that he doesn't really deserve. That was awesome. I've been thinking about that ever since. It's so true! There's no real reason that I can think of that I've been blessed with so many things, and others haven't. You can go through a day here in Montreal and see hundreds and hundreds of people, and no ones happy! It's so sad! Actually, the only happy ones are the immigrants who are super nice and talk with us, but besides that, I don't really see any smiling faces, anyone who's having a good day. So it's been fun, even just saying Hi to people with a smile, and seeing them look at me weirdly. Especially on the Metro! Man, I can't believe I forgot about that. Metro contacting is one of the scariest things I've ever done, but also one of the most exhilarating. I love it. YEAAAAAAH.
K, goal for the week. Think about someone to talk about the church to, and then do it. Next week you're going to give them as a referral to the missionaries. Deal? Good.
Love,
Elder Murphy
Elder Murphy
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