Hey y'all! How is everyone doing? If I could sum up this week into three words it would be COLD, Walking, and service... yup. It has been crazy but super fun.
Last Wednesday after we got some good studies in, we went and helped do some service where we did and redid the backsplash of a kitchen. It wasn't very hard but took a while because we had to some super weird angles and stuff but it turned out really good in the end. She was so happy with the results she fed us dinner and we talked about how we can help her and how she can help those around her come into the church. We all shared experiences from our life to help her find new ideas on how to help her family and others. It was super cool to see how everyone is put in different places with people for a reason. We are all with others because there is stuff we have done and gone through that can help others who might be going the same things. Make sure that you stay aware of the spirit and look for way to help others who might be struggling.
Thursday wasn't super exciting but we passed by a couple people and helped some people learn a little bit of french.
Friday morning we had district council and it was super good. We all shared our favorite scripture in the Book of Mormon and then talked about how we can use those to help others gain a testimony like us. We also talked about how we can help others better and our motivations behind everything. The best kind of motivation is LOVE but more like Charity. Seeing others as brothers and sisters and doing everything we can to treat them as such and want the best for them. After that as we were leaving, the sisters sneak attacked us with snowballs so we hurried and got them back. The snow was perfect for snowballs because we could pack them but as soon as they hit someones face, it would just explode into powder. Super fun. That night we passed by our amazing friend Carlos. The lesson was going super great and we were discussing baptism and his father came into the room. He was completely drunk and kept mentioning that he was black and that we are white but what we are doing is awesome because his son is not the best and needs to be baptized. Super funny. Carlos is doing super well though and has a really good attitude about learning and knowing when baptism is right for him.
Saturday morning we had breakfast with our favorite member family. they take such good care of us. We talked a little about some less actives and then somehow got onto the topic of missions because the oldest son is close to leaving on his mission but is wanting to wait. We tried to give him some good advice and he is going to be a great missionary one day. Afterward we wanted to play a little street hockey but it didn't last long because of the cold. It was about -25 but felt like -35 because of the 85% humidity and super wind. That night we played volleyball and had a few new people come who are not members so that was really cool. As we were leaving we all get a text from the bishop saying that church was canceled because of a snow storm that was coming in. We were kinda skeptical about it because it is Canada but it happened.
Sunday we didn't have church because we woke up to about a foot of snow or more and it was still a full blizzard outside. We had gotten another text from the mission office saying that church was canceled and to not use the car because the roads are too slipper and the engine might not start. They also said that we decide to go out at all that we need to bundle up. So we did. We layered up and walked to the next city over which ended up being about 20 kilometres one way. It took us about 3 hours. It was about -35 and a complete blizzard the whole time. We ended up walking across the frozen river too because we forgot that we had to cross it and didn't want to walk farther to find the bridge. It was super cool but super windy. When we finally got to where we talked to the family and they gave us soup and a ride home so that was super nice. After that we decided just to let the car warm up and drive around carefully. We went and shoveled some snow for an older lady in our ward and then went home to sleep.
Yesterday morning we got up and just went out and started to shovel. There are this big things that we call Cois tanks because they are just giant tractors turned into snowplows. They do most of the snow removal but we helped a couple of people who don't use those. One of the members we were helping also had a broken door handle that just fell off so Elder Halliday got to work on that too. That night we passed by and visited our family from Zimbabwe! They love us so much. They are reading the Book of Mormon and love what the church and the gospel brings into families!
That's about it for this week. It has just been really cold and really service driven. It has been so much fun. We also found out this morning that the snow storm we had was the worst one since about 1920 according to the Quebec weather records. They have had that cold before and that much snow but never really at the same time. Super cool. Keep up the awesome work wherever you may be.
Love yall!
Elder Beckstrand
Ice cream
The weather
Snow and sunrise
House window
Us on our walk
Snow piled up on a balcony I had to clean off
Side note from Penny...Josh sent me these videos and I about had a heart attack. He has been reprimanded and told NEVER to do this again. Please pray for his stupidity. Also, his Costochondritis has been acting up a lot with this cold weather. He said that we woke up 10+ times the night before the storm with bad chest pain. Please send an extra prayer up for Josh's chest pain. It's going to be a long Winter for him.
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