Elder Carston Mark Calder

  My read-through of the Old Testament continues. I finally finished Deuteronomy, and came out of the other side of the Law to Moses mostly intact. Feeling excited to get back into the action, I started the Book of Joshua. About halfway through it turns from an epic recounting of the conquest of Canaan into a record of the number of kings who the Israelites destroyed (31), what they were the kings of, and then goes into excruciating detail about the EXACT borders of the lands each tribe is doled out by Joshua (each of them gets at least half a chapter). So it was a bit of a letdown. But maybe the book of the Judges will be better... This week was better in terms of missionary work. First of all, wonder of wonders, we had an actual lesson with a Friend! We met with Richelle, who has been meeting with the missionaries off and on for a few years now. Her adult daughter Tanya was there too. We felt impressed to talk about the Atonement of Jesus Christ and how that's kind of the center ...

  Not much to report this week. Elder Christensen has been sick and people keep canceling stuff last-minute. It's been challenging finding anyone interested in talking to us. Understandable, I know that my stunning good looks can make it pretty intimidating to talk to me. But I can't help looking this good.  We were really excited on Friday because we were able to set up a lesson with Brandon, who was baptized a few years ago but hasn't been to church in a while. He's been meeting with us along with his friend Jack, who is not a member but is interested. We got over to his house and I got to meet him, which was really cool. But about five minutes into our lesson his mom came in and said they had to go clothes shopping before he left (he plays hockey and is gone 8 months out of the year while he's traveling with his team).  So we had the say our goodbyes, probably until he gets home in April. So... neither of us is ever going to see him again.  Since Elder Christense...