The weather in Edmonton has been really weird lately. It has been above zero for the past two weeks. I know that sounds pretty cold, but in celcius it is pretty warm. And compared to what it should be, it is hot. There is no snow on the ground and people are getting really scared that it is just going to dump on us in the next week. I am prepared with my big coat and a nice pair of gloves.
So in the begginning of the week, President decided to get ride of QGC's (Quality Gospel Conversations). This is one of our key indicators that we use to gauge our progress. But we really liked them because it gave us a goal of how many people we were able to talk to that day. So we just moved on. But then after a few days, the zone leaders called us and said that they are back in. We were really excited and are hoping to get more of them. It is funny on the mission how little things excite you that probably wouldn't before. But it is good to become excited in this work that is so important.
On Tuesday we had a lesson scheduled with a former investigator family that seemed excited to meet with us. The father's name was Erik Aguilar. Unfortunately, they were not there and we tried to call them but they did not awnser. It is always a bummer when you are excited for a lesson and then things fall through. But we are hopefully going to get in contact with him this week. We went and visited the loco Mario Fica in the hospital and he seemed to be doing better. He was telling us that he was not going to be able to move back to his apartment because of his legs. But he is in good hands. ("Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there") On Thursday we had a meeting with our stake leaders for the Spanish work in the city. We just discussed about activities that we are going to have in the next six months to bring the Spanish community together. At the end of this month, we are going to have a testimony meeting that we can bring less active members and investigators to. We are looking forward to this.
We met with a YSA member named Allen Garcia on Wednesday night and he made us the best tamales. He is from Mexico and was baptized when he got up here. He told us his conversion story and it was very strong and uplifting. But man, these tamales where to die for and of course he gave us a giant bag to take home that we are still eating. We got hooked up this week with food. On Saturday night, we visited a member family that lives about 20 minutes north of the city. She is from Chile and LOVES missionaries. She gave us 4 huge bags of food. I about fell on the floor. Her husband is very funny and just wanted to talk about the Bible forever. You would have loved our conversation Dad.
We met a potential this week named Arturo. He is from Chile and had the coolest beard I have ever seen. But everytime we go back to see him, he is not home. So hopefully you will hear more about him. I would really like to meet with him because he seems very interested in talking with us. We also visited a family that the bishop of one of the wards asked us to visit. They are from Guatemala and they were talking to us about how much the church is expanding there. They are having us over for dinner next week. BOOYAH! Oh and Vainney is back in our area. We brought him to church yesterday and he absolutely loved it! All the Spanish return missionaries warmed up to him and he also met with the bishop!! I love that guy!
Spiritual Thought: Christ. Thats all that we need. Simple. Concise. Easy to Understand.
Mucho Amor
Elder Kipp
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