[Title refers to the way Evan's Uncle Steve begins every story.]
April 15, 2024
大家好！Hey Everyone!
Things are getting warmer! It’s super nice! Maybe Canada believes in Spring after all!
Since being in the South, I’ve seen a bunch of people I’ve met before! While walking around SAIT campus I ran into Danny, a guy I met at a train station way in the northwest of Calgary. While handing out fliers at the supermarket I saw Miya, a lady to whom we gave a tour of our church. The biggest surprise though came last week on the day of transfers.
So there I was . . . buying some small groceries for the weekend, when I saw Randy! Randy is a guy that I had seen a few weeks earlier when Elder Bigler and I decided to tract in a little neighborhood I hadn’t been to. We met him while walking back to the car and he seemed really down. In talking to him, we discovered that he had no money, no job, and was on his way to go beg for food at a convenience store. This is the part where I failed as a representative of Christ, and instead of doing something really loving like buying him a sandwich and eating dinner with him, I just got his number and told him God loved him. Real helpful. Fast forward to Walmart, I saw him in the aisles still begging. . . for some dog food? He had a job this time and just didn’t have enough to keep his dog going for another week until he got a paycheck, so we helped purchase some goods for him. (I got him that sandwich this time!) There are reasons we’re led to people more than once, and God knows exactly what’s needed. I now have a testimony that the Lord’s servants truly are being led by Him, especially when it’s hard to tell.
A BIG miracle from this week is our friend Ming Ming.
So there I was . . . on lesson 2 with her, she told us she had been baptized in a different church on a whim based on a suggestion from a friend (oof). Kinda weird especially since she knew hardly anything about God or Jesus Christ. We then got a text a day or two later saying she looked up the Church and noticed how everyone was saying it’s an “Evil Cult,” but disagreed and said she wanted to keep meeting because she felt good. BUT THEN when we sent her the Prophet’s message, “Think Celestial,” she replied with THIS HUGE Golden Nugget of truth:
“Only in the Celestial kingdom can one inherit Eternal Life, while in the Telestial Kingdom one can only have immortality. That’s why it makes sense that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are separate entities”
. . . . .to which, after picking my jaw off the floor, the only reaction I could articulate was “EYYYOOOOOOWHAAT!!!!”
I now have a stronger testimony that the Prophet truly speaks the word of the Lord, and His word will bring revelation, clarity, and strength to your life!
We went on a Hike this Saturday in Kananaskis! I discovered a few interesting things, such as just how much I missed mountains and how much more beautiful Canada is once you leave Calgary. :P
We had Stake Conference this weekend, and boy was it wild! They pulled a fast one on us and switched up the Stake Presidency! I got to play the violin too!! It was a good time!
Reflecting a little bit back on last week, I invite all of you to find one thing you can do this week to bring the temple into your life. Something simple -- I, myself, am going to help clean our apartment today. I promise that as we do this we’ll experience more peace, the peace that comes from the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ (See John 14:27).
Love you all! 爱你们！
–熊长老
Photos:
Some Pasta
Pics from the Hike
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