The Special Witness of Jesus Christ

It rained on Friday, pretty much all day but besides that it was around -5 to -10 all week so it was pretty fun. Today is a nice -12 and tomorrow is supposedly going to be 6. We keep getting told different temperatures from different people so we never know what to expect.

It was a pretty good week this week. So I think a few weeks ago I told you guys about a couple of people that wanted to meet but were too busy cause of moose hunting. Moose hunting is now finally over.

Roger is the guy we met with a few times before hunting season and we were able to meet with him last week. He is doing really good. He read up to 1 Nephi Chapter 19 and had some questions about it so we were able to talk about it. At the end he asked us on what we believe about the afterlife so we are going to be sharing the Plan of Salvation with him.  

The other guy that was moose hunting is Bernie. We got an appointment with him for this week and he seemed pretty excited. 

We met with Angie and Don again. They are doing pretty good. We talked about the Gospel of Jesus Christ with them a bit. We brought a member and they recognized each other. It was cool to see them reconnect with each other. 

We went home teaching yesterday night with Brother Neher. He is one of my favorite members here. He is pretty funny. We went and saw a less active lady and she could really talk. It was a pretty fun appointment. She has some health reasons so she hasn't been to church for a while. And we visited the Coopers after. They are still a super fun family. 

Spiritual thought comes from our appointment with Sister Clarke and her Grandchildren. We read 1 Nephi 9 with them and Brycen summed up the chapter for us. The small plates is the Book of Mormon and the one that talks about Jesus. And he is right. I am so grateful for the Book of Mormon in my life and all that it has done for me. I love how much the Book of Mormon talks about the Savior and is truly the special witness of Jesus Christ.

Elder Talbot 

So Thanksgiving was in America last week and we got to celebrate it a little bit this week. The Scotts had us over for dinner and let me be friends with their parrot named Scoots. 

Scoots and Elder Talbot

Thanksgiving with the Scott Family

We Got Bombed But Only Once!

It's still winter. That's about all you need to know about the weather.

This week was something. We had a bunch of appointments but we got bombed a lot. 

Tuesday morning we had an appointment with the referral from Brother Morrisette. Last week we had one but he wasn't home then so we dropped by again last week and he wasn't home. And we felt we should knock a few doors and after the first door he pulled into his driveway so we were able to talk to him and get an appointment with him again. He was not home Tuesday morning but hopefully we can catch him again this week. He has a couple of kids he is raising so he is pretty busy. 

That night we went on splits with the young men. I went with a priest and we went contacting. It was pretty fun being able to see how uncomfortable he was with talking to random people off the street like that. Elder Bagley went with the Young Mens president to teach a lesson with an investigator couple. He said it went well and they really liked the message.

Wednesday we both woke up sick with colds and we were both dead so not a lot happened. We were going to go to Iroquois Falls but there was a snow storm so we weren't able to make the drive. 

Thursday we were still sick so we spent most of the day trying not to die and calling people.

Not sure what happened Friday besides district meeting. And dinner. 

Saturday we got bombed but only once! We had an appointment with someone and a member was able to come. They hadn't seen each other for a while so it was cool seeing them catch up with each other. After that we hung out with the youth a bit at the church. They were doing a project for their school or something like that. That night we went to the Santa Clause Parade. It was pretty good. Lots of floats compared to years past is what we heard. It was nice weather and we saw some people there that we knew. 

Sunday was church, the talks were really good. Talked about over coming trials and repenting. Which go hand in hand I think. We had dinner at the Coopers, and they are a super fun family. We were invited to watch the YSA face to face thing and that was really cool. It was great being able to listen to some apostles.

It was transfers yesterday and we are both staying for another one. 

Spiritual thought comes from Brother Nehers talk about repentance. He talked a lot about the Prodigal son and one of the points I really liked was how he talked about how the Atonement of Jesus Christ is for everyone and anyone that is willing to cast off their sins and move closer to him. The Atonement truly is an incredible thing and I am so grateful for the opportunity that it gives me.

Elder Talbot ​​

Cold and Conference

Well, it was minus 18 Friday morning but it is like 0 right now so I don't really know what is going on with the weather. Before we left for Brampton all the snow had melted but when we got back it seemed like we were in the middle of the winter. 

I guess I can start with zone conference with Elder Pearson of the Seventy. It was really sweet. Half the mission was there for the conference this time. I saw a bunch of people I knew there including, I think 5-6 of my past companions. It was fun catching up with people. Anyways. Elder Pearson was awesome. In the weeks before the conference he had asked our whole mission to read two talks, and I didn't read it till the way down to Brampton. I wasn't driving so I had plenty of time but I only had my flip phone to illuminate the papers. The talks were really good and really prepared me for the conference. Elder Pearson really focused on becoming better missionaries but the way he ran his talk/instruction things really helped us be able to receive revelation for the stuff that we can change personally in our mission/lives.

We didn't get back till Wednesday night and we went straight over to Sister Matte's to go do some service for her. We fixed a door and moved some stuff but not too much. 

We went out to visit Iroquois Falls this week. I really doubt that any missionaries have been out there for at least 5 years or close to it hahaha. It was really cool. It is a nice little town. We went by one of the formers and he was happy to see us and said that we could come back next week.

We haven't met with the guy that was referred to us by our ward mission leader but we have another appointment this week with him so hopefully it goes well.

Earl and Terri are doing good still. They are really funny. It is always fun to visit with them. Hopefully they will start progressing. 

Sister Clarke was reconfirmed a member this week. It was nice. She can get a temple recommend again which is great.

All the lakes are frozen so I am probably going to retire from fishing for at least 9 months. 

Spiritual thought is the talk from Elder Pearson which I think I attached. 

Love you all

Elder Talbot 

"garden town"

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/10/converted-unto-the-lord?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/ensign/2007/09/seek-learning-by-faith?lang=eng

I Really Like Being a Missionary

It rained for the most part.  It was pretty windy towards the end of the week. but overall it was nice. BUT the high for next week is 0. yay. hahah

So I went to Sudbury on exchanges this past week. And they have 2 sets there and I saw missionaries a bunch for the two days I was there, and I really enjoyed it, it was a lot of fun. I was also thinking about it though. Being isolated in Timmins I actually really like never seeing missionaries but when I was in Sudbury I really liked seeing missionaries, and I realized I just really like being a missionary. So that was fun. 

So some other highlights this week.

Sister Clarke passed her baptismal interview and got baptized this week! The baptism was really sweet, she chose all the hymns that she had special attachments to so it was really cool. It was interesting having a baptism for someone who is already a member of the church, but she said it felt good.

On exchanges, I was with Elder Lee and that was a lot of fun. He is from Korea and is really funny. He is a pretty sweet guy. We had appointments all day so it worked out. I was able to go back and see one of their investigators I saw last time I was in Sudbury. It was really fun talking to her again.

So we didn't have a dinner appointment Friday so we decided to go fishing and we got into them pretty good. I caught 3 fish in the span of like 20 minutes and Elder Bagley added one in there as well. It was pretty fun. The final fish I caught was a toad. It was 31 inches and it was super fun. It totally swallowed my lure and broke the lip off the dang thing. We kept it and made a nice lunch out of it Saturday. 

This week we have Zone conference. So we have to drive to Brampton tonight after P-Day. But a member of the 70 is coming so I am pretty excited. 

Spiritual thought, is um my dad I guess. He is the new bishop of my home ward, it will be pretty crazy. He is going to be a great bishop. I know he will be able to help a ton of people and I am so grateful I was able to be raised by him. And my mom. She is an incredible lady.

Peace 

Elder Talbot 

Sister Clarke's Baptism

Good

Elder Bagley with a good fish

Better

BEST!!!