"I like trains . . ."

 10 March 2025

大家好！Hello Friends!

This week did indeed feel like getting hit by a freightliner. I started to say, “Wow, I think this is getting better,” and then life said, “...I can fix that!” 

So, I now have moved out of the Mandarin [ward in Calgary] to Lethbridge, Alberta, which is just an hour away from Cardston. It is an old train hub, so that adds to the fun. I don't know how long I'll be here, and I just hope that I get to go back to the Mandarin ward before I leave Southern Alberta f o r e v e r. . . There are a lot of people from Africa in Lethbridge, for some reason, so I may have to learn Swahili and Kinyarwanda during language study as well!

 

Elder Ferrin is my new companion. He is so Cool! He is very energetic, and he knows how to do a lot of cool random things. (He made a blow-dart last week out of a curtain rod.)

We met some sweet kids this week, who came to church! One kid has a dad who is a member, but his cousin Bentley is not a member, and he was excited to hear about what church was. We were actually at the dad's apartment for dinner on Thursday, and it was surprisingly wholesome for the amount of Monster trucks that were all over the room and playing on the Xbox.

Met a guy named Stephan from Brit-land, who said he works with the richest guys in the world. He's a well-read Bible enthusiast, who didn't even bash us over the head with scriptures or anything. I wish I had a picture with him.

A youth leader said some stuff that was really profound, and here's my best to quote it:
“Adam and Eve knew what the forbidden fruit was and still chose to eat it. They chose to leave the Garden for a life that was difficult. Some people out there are angry about that choice, but they don't understand that we were never meant to stay in the Garden. We were built for this.”

This is a common pattern I notice in all inspiring stories. Bilbo leaves the Hobbit hole for the Blue Mountain. My companion leaves his bed every morning for the doors he knocks. Jesus left his friends for Gethsemane. We always leave Eden and pass through Calvary in order to get to Zion. Go do something good but uncomfortable this week! You will find great reward for yourself if you do this.

Stay Warm Everyone! Love you all!
Elder Baer 熊长老

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Elder Ferrin & I

THE Lethbridge

Porcupine in a tree! Can you spot it?

Gift from the dad mentioned earlier