September 18, 2017 How Much Watermelon can you eat?

Hello Po!

I hope you week has been good. Mine has gone by super quick.

​Monday- We had a meal appointment with the ​Famini`s it was really good they cooked Philippine food it was a great way to star t the mission fast!

​Tuesday- We help a member hang up curtains and then were able to do some tracting and it was 35 degrees out super hot we had someone let us in Fred and Sheila so we taught them about the Book of Mormon and to do some visiting teaching 

Wednesday- ​ We visited a less active member and then a member took us out for Chinese food and I got to read about being an ox because it was the year I was born.  Then we got a call from a less active asking if we could help her move some stuff from her old house to her new one so we did that till we had to go to our ward correlation meeting. Then we had supper and we had a watermelon that a member gave us 3ish weeks ago and I figured we had to eat it so we cut the watermelon in half and had a contest. I won. Sister Patac is slow when it comes to cooled things. I have never eaten a half of a watermelon before that was a lot!

Thursday- We visited a less active. Then we started Weekly planning because we could not do it on Friday this week. Then we went to the Bishop and Sister Dimelalun`s house and pulled weeds and they fed us supper. The elders in our ward and the Fort France’s distinct elders were there because of exchanges and I got to meet one of the new elders. His name is Elder Russell from Cardston. 

Friday- we had zone conference! It was a tri-zone conference so there were lots of missionaries there. I have never seen so many missionaries in the same place since the MTC. Elder and sister Anderson of the 70 came and spoke to us it was really nice! Then we had supper at Sister Varey`s.  Sister Patac was shaking she has never experienced anything cooler than plus 15 degrees and it was 9 so she was really cold.

Saturday- we got to give service to the Wahl`s so we weeded for them. Then we did more tracting like always

Sunday- we had church and then it was ward potluck. Gateway has pot luck every 3rd Sunday of the month. After that we took Karen, she is preparing to go on a mission, and had another lesson with Fred and Shelia then did some stop bys. And ended the night by tracting.

I hope you all will have a great week!

Love,

Sister Russell

September 11, 2017; Its Monday already, where did the week go?

Hello po!

Wow this week has flown by.

Well here in Winnipeg on Labor Day nothing is open not even Wal-Mart that`s saying something so we got permission to do shopping on Tuesday all the missionaries for a hour. On Monday we got a text at 5:45 pm from our bishop to see if we could come  help a family who moved to another house set up beds. So we went the there right away. Well IKEA beds can be hard to make. So we got there and the first step was really good. the second step not so easy. We worked on getting the  bed frame made. so we got the head board and the long side thing on one side it took about 15 minutes. Well I thought that the one side took a long time to put together. Well the other side we were working on it for a hour and I was so frustrated with it so we texted the elders to help so they were close by and they came to see if they could but that piece together we I started putting a few things back and the pole that had the nuts I realized that it had two sides and the side that we had it on was the opposite side so I fixed it so we didn't need the Elders after all so they went down stair to build another bed and we finished that one... That was our Monday night.

Tuesday we went to a Family home evening it was a lot of fun! With lots of Philippine food :)

​Wednesday we had a member lesson with an orderly lady she is so sweet then she made us supper :) !!

Thursday I got to cut a lady in our wards hair so I am glad I could do that service for her! Late that night we went and helped at the soup kitchen! I love giving service!!!

Friday we got rid of the keys to our old apartment on Jefferson with bed bugs to the Elders so they could move all the furniture out and throw it away so we are officially done with that apartment which I am happy about!!!

Saturday The Elders had a baptism and I got to give the talk on the Gift of the Holy Ghost and after that we went to a Philippine members house and we had supper! I love Philippine food!!

Sunday we had church and then ward council then we went over to the ward mission leaders house and they fed us lunch!!! Then we went to a different Philippine member’s house and they fed us supper!!!! 

This has been a fast week and we got fed lots which is great!!!!! I hope you all have a great week!

Love,

Sister Russell

We are matching!

Member present lessons are the way to go! :)

soaked after the car wash we are more wet then the car :)