For a drink, we had a cup of boiling water. The dessert was so yummy, pieces of orange & apple. Her home was massive. She kept talking in Chinese and smiling. I kept waving my hands & smiling.
I think her husband might be part of the Chinese mafia because her husband lives in China. The mafia buy up big million dollar homes in Canada to launder money. She said she only has to live in the house for two years. Crazy.
It's spring here. There is popcorn popping on some of the trees, others have blooming flowers , on the tree. People hang clear lights on the boughs to celebrate spring. There are some "Alice in Wonderland " like trees full of roses. They are beautiful. The gas prices are incredible .....$6.00 a gallon. One thing I love is all the open markets with fresh fruits & vegetables. We don't buy our
produce at the grocery store anymore.
We are now teaching English to a new convert from Egypt. We go to her home once a week to give her one-on-one lessons. She was a Muslim who converted to Christianity & was baptized a Mormon. The mission president had to interview her so she would understand that if she was baptized she could never go home to Egypt again. If a Muslim coverts to Christianity, they are killed.
Even her relatives could come to Canada to find her & kill her. Maesounn is so pretty and has a four year old son, Joseph; they speak Arabic. She is a delight.
This week we had the opportunity to drive the big van full of Chinese non members to Vancouver to attend a convert baptism. That was a crazy ride. Too bad I don't know Chinese. The baptism had 50% non members in attendance. It was a spiritual high.
We met a less active man named Ken. He didn't invite us in but came out on the porch to talk to
us. In his early 50's and in a wheelchair, he was quite a character. He had the big holes in his ear lobes that look like a window you can see the other side of town through. He was covered in tattoos. I was looking at all of them until I discovered they were either snakes or rats so I looked elsewhere. He said he felt guilty about not coming to church. He comes from a very active family except for him. His parents served two missions & his brothers & sisters are all active. Maybe someday he will turn himself around.
One of our friends, Sister Bennicossa, is the mission chef. She is part of a senior missionary couple. One of her assignments is to shop , prepare and feed large groups of missionaries for certain occasions. We go help her prepare, serve and do dishes. She made a deal with me that if I would teach her how to make homemade bread & cinnamon rolls, she would give me a copy of all her recipes. Ta Da... I got them. Good thing, the president ask if I will prepare, shop and serve the big groups of missionaries for two of the on going events as the Bennicossa ' are going home this week.
I love to cook but am worried about the stress of the situation. Eeek !
The days are flying by. We run from the minute we get up til we can finally go to bed exhausted. But it's a good kind of tired. Today we started out early to go "finding" the loss sheep. We made 12 stops and met with four interesting people. Two of them invited us back & seem quite open to returning to church. We meet with the Bishop and others weekly for a missionary coordination meeting. last night the Bishop gave us a new list of people to go find. Tomorrow we will go work more on the list. Tomorrow night we are going to the temple with the other couples in the mission office. I don't know about other missions, but in this one there is no time to sit around watching TV and knitting. Time is a premium and we don't dare waste a minute in the urgent work before us. We are so blessed to be serving a mission, so happy for this opportunity in our life. We are learning so much, experiencing more than we ever anticipated, and love being the Lord's missionaries. We love you all. Keep on the path, there is safety & peace. Don't let Satan creep into your life. I know he is very real & very very evil. Always keep him away by choosing the light.
Until next week....
Our love,
Elder & Sister Fisher
I think her husband might be part of the Chinese mafia because her husband lives in China. The mafia buy up big million dollar homes in Canada to launder money. She said she only has to live in the house for two years. Crazy.
It's spring here. There is popcorn popping on some of the trees, others have blooming flowers , on the tree. People hang clear lights on the boughs to celebrate spring. There are some "Alice in Wonderland " like trees full of roses. They are beautiful. The gas prices are incredible .....$6.00 a gallon. One thing I love is all the open markets with fresh fruits & vegetables. We don't buy our
produce at the grocery store anymore.
We are now teaching English to a new convert from Egypt. We go to her home once a week to give her one-on-one lessons. She was a Muslim who converted to Christianity & was baptized a Mormon. The mission president had to interview her so she would understand that if she was baptized she could never go home to Egypt again. If a Muslim coverts to Christianity, they are killed.
Even her relatives could come to Canada to find her & kill her. Maesounn is so pretty and has a four year old son, Joseph; they speak Arabic. She is a delight.
This week we had the opportunity to drive the big van full of Chinese non members to Vancouver to attend a convert baptism. That was a crazy ride. Too bad I don't know Chinese. The baptism had 50% non members in attendance. It was a spiritual high.
We met a less active man named Ken. He didn't invite us in but came out on the porch to talk to
us. In his early 50's and in a wheelchair, he was quite a character. He had the big holes in his ear lobes that look like a window you can see the other side of town through. He was covered in tattoos. I was looking at all of them until I discovered they were either snakes or rats so I looked elsewhere. He said he felt guilty about not coming to church. He comes from a very active family except for him. His parents served two missions & his brothers & sisters are all active. Maybe someday he will turn himself around.
One of our friends, Sister Bennicossa, is the mission chef. She is part of a senior missionary couple. One of her assignments is to shop , prepare and feed large groups of missionaries for certain occasions. We go help her prepare, serve and do dishes. She made a deal with me that if I would teach her how to make homemade bread & cinnamon rolls, she would give me a copy of all her recipes. Ta Da... I got them. Good thing, the president ask if I will prepare, shop and serve the big groups of missionaries for two of the on going events as the Bennicossa ' are going home this week.
I love to cook but am worried about the stress of the situation. Eeek !
The days are flying by. We run from the minute we get up til we can finally go to bed exhausted. But it's a good kind of tired. Today we started out early to go "finding" the loss sheep. We made 12 stops and met with four interesting people. Two of them invited us back & seem quite open to returning to church. We meet with the Bishop and others weekly for a missionary coordination meeting. last night the Bishop gave us a new list of people to go find. Tomorrow we will go work more on the list. Tomorrow night we are going to the temple with the other couples in the mission office. I don't know about other missions, but in this one there is no time to sit around watching TV and knitting. Time is a premium and we don't dare waste a minute in the urgent work before us. We are so blessed to be serving a mission, so happy for this opportunity in our life. We are learning so much, experiencing more than we ever anticipated, and love being the Lord's missionaries. We love you all. Keep on the path, there is safety & peace. Don't let Satan creep into your life. I know he is very real & very very evil. Always keep him away by choosing the light.
Until next week....
Our love,
Elder & Sister Fisher
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