Hello All!
Greetings from Sudbury, Ontario. It was hot yesterday. 15
degrees and 100% humidity. We have had a lot of fog lately, too, which is
kind of fun. you can feel the water in the air. Halloween was kind
of interesting. We were told by President to not be out on Halloween, so
we went over to a members house and ate dinner, then came home early.
That was about it. We did help pass out candy at their house,
though. We stapled Pass-A-Long Cards to the bags of chips they were
handing out. (hehehe. Sneaky missionaries we are....)
Anyway.....
It has been a good week in Sudbury, Ontario. We had a few interesting
experiences. One of which was on Thursday and Friday. We had been
called by a religion teacher at Marymount High School to come and teach about
the church, and the days that we were to teach this class were Thursday and Friday.
We went there, and had a great lesson both times with them. Interesting,
but ever important little tiny detail - Marymount is an all-girl Catholic high
school. That was kind of interesting and a bit awkward
(Especially because the second day was Halloween), but the spirit was felt in
the lessons. We taught the first and second lessons to them. It
went well. The second day, particularly. We were teaching the plan
of salvation and we made sure to let them know that they could ask questions if
they were confused. There were some who were asking questions for
clarification, but there were some who were asking what I would categorize
"inspired questions." There were a couple of these girls that
sincerely were searching and wanted to understand. We left the
teacher with a few copies of the Book Of Mormon and some pamphlets, and
hopefully someone will read and want to know more. There was one girl,
who asked (this was actually the last question that was asked) "If someone
wanted to become a member of your church, what would they have to do in order
to do that?" I hope that we were able to plant some seeds, if
nothing else.
Saturday was our travel day. I was
with Elder Siady. We spent a lot of time doing drop bys.
We went to a few of the little suburbs and stopped by quite a few houses.
It's a bit more difficult when the area is larger. We had a few
appointments to go to, but none of them went
through. Elder Smart and Elder Lahaderne were in our
area, and they picked up a new investigator, Lynn. Lynn is actually a
friend of Sister Gascon, in the ward. She has Muscular Dystrophy and is
afraid of what happens after this life. They taught her with Bro Babin,
and apparently the lesson went very well. We have another appointment
with her tonight.
Monday and Tuesday were spent finding, mostly. We talked to a lot
of people and planted a lot of seeds for missionaries to harvest in the future.
The transfer calls come this next week. I will know by the next
time I e-mail where I am going to be serving. It will be interesting.
But anyway....once again, the King of Randomness rears his head....We
are not really supposed to discuss politics in any way, but All I need to say
is "One Nation, UNDER GOD!!!!"(Exclamation points added for
emphasis). As long as everyone remembers that we will be fine.....Mom - I
got all the winter stuff taken care of. Don't worry. And
Christmas? I have really no idea. I don't really need
anything. If I could get one thing for Christmas, though, it would be a
long letter from everyone I know, pictures included, telling me about how their
life has been and what is going on. That's it. Here it is,
everybody - in the words of our Beloved Prophet Joseph Smith, "Write to me
a long letter, and tell me all you can...." Pictures are great
as well. It's hard to believe that it is that time again.....Speaking of
food - I found something that made me very happy. Canadians are very
bland in taste -literally. They don't season anything. I did,
however, find some Bull-Dog. Good Old Tonkatsu Sauce. It was (and
still is) glorious.....I found out that Elder Smart is related to
Abel Smart. Except his line came from a different wife. So my
companion and I are fourth Cousins. It's great. Good man. I
have learned a lot from him. He is about 18 months out, so he is on his
last legs now. Not too trunky, though, which is good....The trunk or
treat sounds like it was crazy. 150 kids? Wasn't the first
time we did it only about 30? And the costumes sound great! An
Indian in a bush? Where does Braden come up with
these ideas?....Bryson - thanks for the play by play. Hopefully our
defense will pull it together....I wait for your letter - BRAUGHNT!.....
Anyway..... I love and miss you all! Have a wonderful day, and keep
smiling!
Your Obedient Servant,
Elder Austin James Ashcraft
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