At the beginning of the week we thought we were gonna just kill this week because we found 2 super solid potentials day 1 and boosted our confidence and what not, but of course some things are just too good to be true... ha 1 fake number and the other never responded.....
Not too much happened until the weekend after that.
The weekend came and I was able to go on exchange with a Visa waiting Spanish elder here named Elder Contreras! He has been out for a couple weeks and he is waiting to go to the Dominican Republic. Pretty sweet day to be honest. We went to this little Latino store near our apartment and got some Mexican coke and pupusas! Super good ha none of the people in this place spoke English and we got them and just sat done at one of these like common tables where everyone sits together and he just started talked to everyone! Super cool. I was just sitting there spitting my high school Spanish that I've completely forgotten and all I could remember to say was como estas and y tu and contigo and nosotros estamos aqui. Was kinda a bummer because they don't get as excited as Persians do when a white person tries to speak their language...
After that we exchanged back and Elder Cook and I had to do a bunch of paperwork for the stake called MCC reports and holy cow that took about 4 hours.... that was a rough night.
The highlight of the week was probably Sunday! We had about 5 investigators planning on coming to church and they all cancelled except for 1 who we haven't even met yet... he was just a referral from the sisters that we called and invited. We get to church and he calls us half way through sacrament meeting and says that he is coming. So we are just pumped that we have someone coming to church but about an hour after he called us we were well into gospel principles and he still isn't there. I honestly thought this guy was just playing with us or something but about 5 minutes before the class ends he calls us again and say that he is here. So we walk outside looking for him and he is just standing in front of the church, this like 6' guy that just moved here from Kenya. His name is Yang and he walked an hour and twenty minutes to get to the church! He is a cool guy, he was really appreciative that we invited him to church and got him a ride home and everything.
Then that night we were able to meet with another new investigator! Her name is Selena and she moved here from Korea about 3 months ago. She met with my comp, Elder Cook, and the Chinese Elder, Elder Tang, for a passoff lesson while Elder Myers and I, the other Chinese elder, went contacting.
Seriously so cool how diverse Ontario is! I love it.
hope you all have a happy Halloween!--
Elder Jack Bakker
ارشد جک باکر
Not too much happened until the weekend after that.
The weekend came and I was able to go on exchange with a Visa waiting Spanish elder here named Elder Contreras! He has been out for a couple weeks and he is waiting to go to the Dominican Republic. Pretty sweet day to be honest. We went to this little Latino store near our apartment and got some Mexican coke and pupusas! Super good ha none of the people in this place spoke English and we got them and just sat done at one of these like common tables where everyone sits together and he just started talked to everyone! Super cool. I was just sitting there spitting my high school Spanish that I've completely forgotten and all I could remember to say was como estas and y tu and contigo and nosotros estamos aqui. Was kinda a bummer because they don't get as excited as Persians do when a white person tries to speak their language...
After that we exchanged back and Elder Cook and I had to do a bunch of paperwork for the stake called MCC reports and holy cow that took about 4 hours.... that was a rough night.
The highlight of the week was probably Sunday! We had about 5 investigators planning on coming to church and they all cancelled except for 1 who we haven't even met yet... he was just a referral from the sisters that we called and invited. We get to church and he calls us half way through sacrament meeting and says that he is coming. So we are just pumped that we have someone coming to church but about an hour after he called us we were well into gospel principles and he still isn't there. I honestly thought this guy was just playing with us or something but about 5 minutes before the class ends he calls us again and say that he is here. So we walk outside looking for him and he is just standing in front of the church, this like 6' guy that just moved here from Kenya. His name is Yang and he walked an hour and twenty minutes to get to the church! He is a cool guy, he was really appreciative that we invited him to church and got him a ride home and everything.
Then that night we were able to meet with another new investigator! Her name is Selena and she moved here from Korea about 3 months ago. She met with my comp, Elder Cook, and the Chinese Elder, Elder Tang, for a passoff lesson while Elder Myers and I, the other Chinese elder, went contacting.
Seriously so cool how diverse Ontario is! I love it.
hope you all have a happy Halloween!--
Elder Jack Bakker
ارشد جک باکر
