Elder Skyler Rushton enjoying a Canadian snack food.
Hey friends and family!,
So this last week was crazy! The big event of last week was zone conference in Kamloops! Kamloops is about 3-4 hours away from Penticton, so that meant another super, super long day of driving for me because we had to go there and back in the same day. Elder Sly and I picked up Elder Jensen and Elder Bolckom from Westbank and started out to Kamloops early in the morning. Man, having two missionaries in the back seat is much, much worse than having two five year olds in the back seat!
So the zone conference itself was super good! My mission President, President Tilleman, is a super inspired man. As usual, he gave a spectacular training and then conducted some interviews. I wasn’t interviewed this time around because there were too many missionaries there, but I will be next time. I did get the chance to talk to him, however, and I only had one thing to ask him, “Is the Eugene, Oregon mission in our mission area?” He paused, and then ran over to his laptop, threw it open and said, “Of course they are! And looking at this…. We’re much, much better than them.” Hahahaha, I laughed so hard. I told him my brother was in that mission and he said that if he got the chance, he would look for him there. So look out Austin!
Then we came back to Penticton fired up! So we went tracting! Then, at the first door we knocked!… The guy threatened to sue us for harassment if we ever came back again. Needless to say, I prayed for him later haha. But we still went tracting and ended up getting a new investigator out of it, so that was cool! However, our new investigator currently thinks we’re Jehovah Witnesses… So hopefully we can clear that up next time when we meet with her!
Today, Monday, October 14th, is Canadian Thanksgiving! We’ve had two dinners in the last two days with non-members (the only people we’re allowed to have meals with) and I’ve just eaten until I was ready to pop! They serve the same food here as they do in the states, but more pickles for some reason… The problem with eating with non-members the last two nights has been WOW issues. For dessert, they offered us coffee or tea; nothing else. When we said “Water” they kind of freaked a bit, but it gave us a great chance to share some of our doctrine with them!
With my Thanksgiving today, I just want to let you all know that I’m so, so thankful for all of you! I love you all and I love the Lord and my Heavenly Father too! I know that they live and love me too! I know, without a doubt in my mind, that they love all of you; so go through this week remembering that you are a Child Of God! Don’t get discouraged, keep your standards and try your best to please him! I love all of you and I hope you have an amazing week!
With love,
–Elder Rushton The Third
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