Letter #76 Accompanying Videos

Missionary Letter #76

So this week we went to the hospital. Now I know what you're thinking, "Elder Wolford, you've visited four people in the hospital on your mission and two of them have died."

Just so you know, we're pretty sure this one's going to make it. Thank goodness because I don't think I can take any more deadly surprises. I think the shock would kill me... Ok I'll stop.



On a more serious note, a reoccurring topic of discussion this week amongst the missionaries was the issue of testimony. The question arose from one of the companionship's during an exchange if they even had a testimony or not.
The Zone Leaders, both of whom I was MTC comps back in the good old days (yeah, it's super fun having my old comps as ZL's) were talking about how some of the things being done by the companionship with issues were not ok. This went on for a while and I won't lie, my patience concerning the issue ran a little thin. Then my companion (Elder 'the man' Wilkens) spoke up and said something along the lines of-

"Guys, instead of worrying about what they're doing let's focus on what we need to do in order to help them out. That's why we're in this call, is to help build them up."

In the back I was like "TESTIFY ELDER!!"

Besides that it's been an awesome week. We've worked with the ward a lot this week and the fruits of this effort are going to pay off soon when we begin going by the people they brought up.

Besides all that, there's a running joke in our area that the missionaries need to leave a cool looking poster of themselves. This is what we got thus far. ​

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Missionary Letter #75

So, preview about what Lindsay is. I've had (I believe I've mentioned this previously) quite the plethora of companions who have served in Lindsay in the past. They talked about the area, the member, the people, the work and I was really excited to come here. The usually stress of leaving an area to come to a new one was completely gone.

Also, for the second time on my mission, I'm serving with someone that I new before I began serving with him. Elder Wilkins, who's a stud, I was his district leader back in Toronto and so we're pretty tight.  At the beginning of my mission I served near Lindsay, so it's great to come back and see the same kind of area.

Anyways so we're going out and about trying to find people to teach (talking to them on the streets) and it's pouring down rain. We've got an hour left of our day and our goal was to hand out one more book of mormon. We walk for at least an hour until it's time to start walking home for curfew, as we do we turn and this guy walks up to us. He's like 'hey, you boys live down by the Tim Hortons' and we were like, 'yeah, kind of' (because there's so many Tim Hortons around in Canada you could say yes and be in thirteen different parts in the city) So he tells us he met with the elders before and takes the book of mormon. We exchange numbers and head back home.

It was awesome to be out and about, especially when it's raining like that. It makes every experience all the better to tell later.

Loves

Elder Wolford

It was raining so hard my glasses were about as clear as mud. The picture looks pretty good though :)

Missionary Letter #74

We got the news this week that we were both leaving our area.  That was hard, surprisingly difficult for both of us to go. It wasn't a normal whitewash either, they were closing our frozen area because of car maintenance issues around the mission. I'll be completely open in saying that I felt more stressed than usual for the people in Temiskaming. Even though it was such a small area I feel like I've made more life-long friends here than in all my other area's combined.

I find it funny that when you are preparing to go to a new area you're stressed. Even if you're excited for a change there's a substantial amount of uncertainty. Then when you leave you just wish you could stay longer.

Lindsey is my next travel destination. It's an area that I've never served in or around but I've always been serving around people that have served there. My current companion actually predicted that I'd go there. I asked him if he could prophecy afterwards.

Also to end off our video we drove on a frozen lake, we took a video so :)

Loves

Elder Wolford

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Missionary Letter #73

Wowiee what a week. It seems like it's been an eternity since the last, but that's ok because it's been a good week.

I went on exchanges with a dying missionary (dying=going home) we had the chance to talk a lot about what we loved about this mission. Some of the people we both have come to respect and love, including our mission president were what we talked about. It was honestly really hard to work with him because I won't see him for a long time....

But he lives in Utah down by Great Grandma Mary so I guess #roadtrip!!!!

Funny story, a few weeks ago I got pulled over for the first time in my life with a license...

Please don't freak out mom I wasn't speeding :)

We had a truckload of missionaries and luggage in our car, which meant that me and my district leader Elder Hunter (from England) were singing hymns while our companions were passed out in the backseat. Previously every person both on and off the road had been flashing their brights at me. So I turned down my lights, which I thought turned them to auto (but apparently it turned them to off. On new car models apparently the front lights work regardless of what setting their on. The back lights, however, do not.)

I'm glad we got pulled over, especially when another car full of missionaries called and laughed at us. The best part was that we got pulled over by a Canadian Cop. I mean like, hardcore Canadian. He was super nice and when we explained the situation he was like "Oh ok then, just let me check you're ID out and then you're on your way."

So Elder Hunter, being a celestial man that he is, gave the cop and his friend in the car an English chocolate from his home.

English chocolate's are the best

Loves

Elder Wolford


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