Canadia ( I hope)

Canadia (I hope)

So Monday is my new pday (woo!)

This whole week I've had to mention atleast twice per day how many days I've been here (today would be 6!), which at the time I was thinking 'oh dang, this is going to be a long mission'. But I've just realized, "oh dang I've been here 6 days" and for me it's honestly already starting to blend together for me just with how busy our days are.

I got here on Tuesday evening, and that gave me an interesting awakening to the place I'll be living. IT IS COMPLETELY FLAT-ish. Surrounding Edmonton is just farmland for miles, it's crazy, but back to Tuesday evening.

We got all to the airport, got to see Elder Willie again, and headed towards the mission home. Where we had dinner (not poutine), a short devotional and knowing who our companion is. Then we stayed at a hotel which was unusual, but had the nicest breakfast I might ever have for 2 years. Then we went to the church, had another devotional and got to meet our companions, and started the new life.

I'm in the Edmonton Forest Heights Zone, which is basically some neighborhoods and the entirety of Downtown.. The rest of the week till Sunday was just a lot of teaching and street contacting, since door-to-door contacting is not the most helpful way. We also get referrals from a Facebook page called "He Is Peace" which is an advertisement page for Alberta area.

For anyone not from or been to Canadia recently, there are natives (haven't met one), people who will almost always stick with their current religion, white people and Muslims, then there are other people from many different countries and continents that want to join a religion.

For instance, there is a guy called 'Viacheslav' who is Ukrainian, and only speaks Ukraine with very little English like "'okay', 'yes', and 'nice to meet you'"

So most of are lessons are through Google translate, and when he goes to sacrament it's all through Google translate.

Sunday... I am not just over the Forest Heights ward, but also the Strathcona ward (it's a Married Student ward, which I've never heard of before) but they are all very nice, and have great food (still no poutine:( ). Another interesting fact though, is that most people here have basements with a back or side door leading to them, so most if not all people will rent out their lower floor to other people, and it's still something to get used too.

Also I don't think Sis. Hampton, is going to like me much when I tell her that I'm allergic to peanuts and hazelnuts...

But now it's Monday, and we played gym hockey.

Anyway, I get bored through out the week and enjoy hearing from people and their perspectives in their lives. So email me throughout the week if possible :)

It's all completely flat except for ONE hill in downtown that I had to climb, it was equivalent to 10 flights of stairs.....
I disliked it.