Danggg I thought Dallin had already sent in his papers. Oh well, I'll be excited to hear next week that they're in. A young man in the La Salle ward just got his call to Colorado, and he was happy about that.
Hope you're doing well too Bethany. How is volleyball going?
But our investigators are doing very well! We had an amazing week this week. Andre is still going strong, and we only have to teach 2 or 3 more commandments before this Saturday (because we have to teach all the commandments 2 weeks before baptism) and he'll be ready. Kishand (the Sisters investigator) was baptized on Saturday, and he loved it. He said "that should have been me" hah.
Basil is doing well too. He came to church yesterday, and seemed a little bit more comfortable, we haven't been able to meet with him as often as we'd like, but he's doing well. He also has a date for the same as Andre.
Then Cheryl is amazing. She came to the baptism on Saturday and loved it. And she came to church all by herself, even when her son (who IS a member) didn't make it to sacrament meeting. We love her so much.
And an investigator named Kathleen, which is another very nice older woman from Barbados came to church yesterday and the baptism as well! She made sure to tell us that she wanted to get baptized on the same day as Cheryl, and we need to come over more often to teach her. Hah what a miracle.
We had a wonderful week, and found some great new investigators. It was also great to go split with Greenfield Park off the island, to see how they were doing.
But! Sad news, we got transfer calls yesterday, and I'm going to Laval. Elder Lanning is staying here in La Salle and Elder Keenan is joining him. I'm pretty bummed to leave here, with the awesome ward, (Cedric, Brother Morales, Brother Carpenter) and investigators (Cheryl was crying when she heard the news). But, I know they're going to be great. Elder Lanning is really going to do well and continue to help them get ready. I'm going to be excited to hear the big news about all of them!
So I'll be going to Laval in the Riv Nord, to be with Elder Christiensen. It's a new zone, so it's going to be pretty exciting! All of the areas are old, but it's just a different build since we'll be receiving so many new missionaries soon. I'm pretty excited to work there, but still a little nervous. We'll be covering a French ward and English branch, which is basically the opposite of what we did when I was in Ville Marie!
To answer some of your questions mother: I'm trying to take pictures! I made sure to take some yesterday with friends I won't be seeing for a while. No, the weather's not bad at all. Supposedly we're getting a bigger snow storm on Wednesday though (transfer day).
Thanks so much for getting some of that stuff for Sister Taylor! I'll just make sure to forward it on when it arrives here. She's going to be very grateful!
Did you get my postcard?
I've learned many things this week, it's hard to try to write it down. But all I can really say is that I've just had it confirmed to me again and again and again that we're working under the direction of our Heavenly Father. It's so amazing to feel Him in the work, and to know that it's not really us that have to worry about changing people and converting them. Even finding them! We've had so many experiences here in La Salle of finding someone in their moment of struggle who was looking for comfort, for a church, or for a friend. Kathleen was one of them. It's really fulfilling to be serving God like this. I love it!
Thanks for everything!
Elder Murphy
Austin in the Mont Royal Zone one last time:
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