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Its -10 C right now in Edmonton and we are loving it. It is crazy to think that I would be absolutely freezing back at home, but being used to the cold I am not even wearing a coat. Sorry mom. Don't worry...I am staying warm. How is everything getting ready for Thanksgiving? A family that we are pretty close too are going to be having us over on Thanksgiving so we don't feel too far away from home. We are all really excited to eat some pavo!
We had some pretty cool things happen to us on exchanges this week. Elder Schubert and I left to go to our district leaders area, which we cover as well, and we were with Elder Batchuluun. He is from Mongolia and one of my favorite Elders. He played on the Mongolian national basketball team so he can kick my butt. But he also drove for Ford in the Asia curcuit. Pretty cool eh? He is a really good missionary and it is a riot being with him. But we went tracting and he didn't know where to go. We were driving and I had an impression to go to this townhouse complex. So we did and we started knocking. Nobody really wanted to talk to us at first, but we kept going in the cold. We started talking to this cool guy that was not interested but he read our tags and told us that there were Spanish people that lived next door. We knocked on the door and started to talk to them. It turns out that we found an inactive member that I have been trying to locate since I got here! He is from Nicaragua and he was wondering where people from the church were. But we are going to be meeting with him this week. It is just amazing to me that the Lord knows were his people are. It is such a blessing that we get to be the instruments that he can guide to bring them back. We had another cool experience. Elder Batchuluun was driving and we started to slide on the slippery road...He moved into the other lane quickly to miss a stopped car. But the car behind us hit us when we stopped. It was pretty scary, but I was completely calm. I wondered why and then we met the guy that hit us. Turns out he was a Spanish guy! We started to exchange information and his family has all passed on and he is going to a local Christian church. So we are going to stop by this week and see him and really push the Plan of Salvation. Coincidence...I think not. Diosidencia hehe. It was a miracle in a stange form. They happen everyday we just have to look out for them.
We got 2 new awesome investigators this week. One guy found one of our cards in a Spanish shop that we left a long time ago. He sent a referral through Mormon.org and we got to meet him on Wednesday. The other one our stake mission leader in Bonnie Doon Stake met at school. She is from Mexico and is up here to learn English. She has had lots of evidence of godly preparation and we are excited to talk to her about baptsim this week. I feel like she will be very receptive. Make sure all you members are doing your missionary work. I know it can be hard, but the greatest situation for us missionaries is to teach your friends in your own homes. I read a talk about member missionary work and they were talking about if you give a talk in church to invite 5 friends. For a lot of other churches to give a talk is a big deal. It impresses your friends and gets them into the Spirit-filled chapel. Just a quick idea.
I send my love and a little bit of the cold from Alberta. Remember the Lord loves you and is always watching out for you. Lest we forget, love is the most powerful motivator. Cuidense y portense bien.
Elder Kipp
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