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| A guy gave us free hair cuts just because :D |
Thank you for writing me! Today marks 100 P-days. I have been on my
mission for a while. It's weird because we do all of the same things
but more effectively and efficiently. I am excited for this upcoming
transfer with Elder Batley. Elder Batley is from Lehi, Utah. He was
really into wrestling and football before his mission. He's been out
about 18 months. Very good elder for my final transfer. He's very hard
working and obedient. He just got done serving as a district leader
for 9 months. I don't know if I mentioned in my last email but I'm
also a district leader again. Not the first time I've been a district
leader for this district. I'm excited to get things going a little bit
more now that I'm in leadership again.
Not too much has happened since I last wrote you all on Wednesday.
Sorry for not mentioning that two weeks ago. Many of you didn't write
me haha. On Thursday we went to the temple. One of the senior
missionaries Elder Holbrook had served as an ordinance worker in the
Salt Lake Temple for 30 years so he knew just about everything in
regards to the endowment. It was nice to just pick his brain for the
whole session. I've had the privelege to go to the temple a lot on my
mission. I've served about 1/4 of my mission in the Halifax area so
I've been blessed to go about 8 times. I have one more time and then
I'll be home. I learned a lot in the temple. I was thinking what I
could do to have better social skills and forgive people and I really
just got the impression that I needed to seek the gift of charity
more. Overall it was a good session. I put Mark and George on the
prayer roll. I hope that helps their progression.
After the temple we went knocking. Elder Batley is very good at just
loving people and offering to do yard work. The whole neighborhood
thought we were so great. One lady we knocked into was drunk as a
skunk. She came out and was like "Hey my friend and I are drinking
wine on the back deck if you want to join us!" Without skipping a beat
I went to shake her hand and said "No that's okay, would you like to
join us?" She thought that was hilarious and took a Book of Mormon.
She then gave us the biggest hugs and told us to come back when she
sobers up. Never a dull moment here in Sackville. You have never lived
until you have knocked on a couple of doors talking to people about
the gospel. I never get tired of it.
On Saturday we had the idea of doing a lemonade stand down by the
wharf with the sisters. We made some lemonade, a sign, and went down
to the park to talk to people. Some people were pretty rude. I just
can't catch a break with lemonade stands. We were a huge hit with the
kids though. The kids were so pumped to see us, and it was pretty
funny to see how reluctant the parents were when the kids came running
over. There was a whole scout troop of 7 year olds that lined up for
lemonade. Such a hit at the park. Then a lady from Newfoundland
stopped by and began asking us so many questions. We talked about the
temple, prophets, the Book of Mormon, missions, and missionaries. She
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| New companion--Elder Batley from Lehi, Utah |
questioning everything. We gave her directions to the church and
invited her to come out. It was a sweet spiritual experience in the
midst of rude people and screaming kids.
Still fighting
HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!
Love,
Elder McGuire
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| Still juicing pineapple! |
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| We took Elder Tagg out who's new to the mission |
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| Elder Wilson hung out with me on transfer day. |
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