Saturday, May 21, 2016
Singing in the rain......we're singing in the rain....we live in a beautiful rain forest. I will try to post some pictures. Breathtaking.
What a week ! We found out there is a witch that lives in our town. A real bonified practicing witch. Our friends told us about her, showed us where she lives, and told us not to knock on her door. She lives in a little green house with a white picket fence. It has creepy trees in the yard with brown vines that crawl up the sidewalk onto the porch. My friend, Betty, says she has a shack in the back yard . Betty went back there once. The room was filled with errey potions in jars and a pentagram painted on the floor. Yesterday when we drove down her street I saw a white haired warlock.This town has everything.
We had several teaching appointments this week.We met with our Italians, Martin & Amelia. We showed them the Vincenzo Di Francesca movie about the Book of Mormon. Martin cried & wiped his eyes as he listened to the bells ringing in his home town of Sicily Italy. Amelia kept time with the music & sang to herself in Italian. The spirit was so stong, I wanted to reach out and touch it. They loved the movie so we gave them a copy of the Book of Mormon in Italian to read. Amelia always kisses me when we go there. This time it was more times than ever.
We also went to teach Tanna but she only talked to us on the porch. She's supposed to be reading the Book of Mormon too
We met a new investigator, Cindy Young. She is a widow, a weight trainer, a physical therapist, an aucupuncturist, a horse racer and has her 17 year old grandson living with her. She asked us a couple of interesting questions. "Tell me more about this young boy, Joseph Smith." Also, she has begun reading the Book of Mormon and so asked...." Where did Nephi get the steel to build the boat if it was before the industrial revolution ?" We have another appointment in a couple of days to teach her again.
It was my birthday this week. Yea ! Fun day, many cards, well wishes, talked to all my kids and the branch Relief Society gave me a surprise birthday party. Stan took me out to dinner, sang to me & took me to my favorite store to shop. It was while shopping that I got the best missionary birthday gift ever !!!! A tall black man walked up to me & said : "I have seen you here several times. Today I have the courage to talk to you. " I smiled. "You know Jesus don't you ? Will you take me to your church this Sunday "? I said "absolutely ". I found out he is from Shrilainka living in Canada. He just converted to a Christian & wants to learn about my church. I was so excited, took his contact information & told him I would send two young missionaries in suits to teach him & take him to church. He is in Chilliwack not Hope so we can't teach him . His name is Ronson Wijesekera. What a great birthday present !
Today we stopped at a garage sale where I bought 13 pairs of sunglasses. Why ? Well, we have this very irreverent primary. I've been teaching them how to be reverent in church & why. So I am going to have Stan remove the dark lenses from the glasses. Tomorrow I will tell the kids when they are reverent they earn a pair of reverent glasses to wear all during primary. If they disrupt they loose the glasses. Ha. Great idea I think. We'll see how it goes.
We love being missionaries...we love serving the Lord. Everyday is a new experience.
Oh,,, I have to tell you about a miracle. So Marlene (our non-member friend), told us she walked in the library the other day.She never goes to the library because we have a fun fun bookstore in Hope that sells books for $2. each. So she goes there. For some reason she went to the library that day. While standing by a shelf a book fell off. She picked it up & looked at it, checked it out and took it home. She read it in one day. It was "Heaven Is Here " by Stephanie Nelson a wonderful LDS mom. Marlene said she loved the book and it helped her believe in what we had been telling her about life after death. Her husband died 3 years ago so she wants what we have. What a miracle. She doesn't have any faith so it will take time, fasting and prayers.
We love our Heavenly Father, his son Jesus Christ, the Book of Mormon and being missionaries. We love all of you too !
Elder and Sister Fisher
What a week ! We found out there is a witch that lives in our town. A real bonified practicing witch. Our friends told us about her, showed us where she lives, and told us not to knock on her door. She lives in a little green house with a white picket fence. It has creepy trees in the yard with brown vines that crawl up the sidewalk onto the porch. My friend, Betty, says she has a shack in the back yard . Betty went back there once. The room was filled with errey potions in jars and a pentagram painted on the floor. Yesterday when we drove down her street I saw a white haired warlock.This town has everything.
We had several teaching appointments this week.We met with our Italians, Martin & Amelia. We showed them the Vincenzo Di Francesca movie about the Book of Mormon. Martin cried & wiped his eyes as he listened to the bells ringing in his home town of Sicily Italy. Amelia kept time with the music & sang to herself in Italian. The spirit was so stong, I wanted to reach out and touch it. They loved the movie so we gave them a copy of the Book of Mormon in Italian to read. Amelia always kisses me when we go there. This time it was more times than ever.
We also went to teach Tanna but she only talked to us on the porch. She's supposed to be reading the Book of Mormon too
We met a new investigator, Cindy Young. She is a widow, a weight trainer, a physical therapist, an aucupuncturist, a horse racer and has her 17 year old grandson living with her. She asked us a couple of interesting questions. "Tell me more about this young boy, Joseph Smith." Also, she has begun reading the Book of Mormon and so asked...." Where did Nephi get the steel to build the boat if it was before the industrial revolution ?" We have another appointment in a couple of days to teach her again.
It was my birthday this week. Yea ! Fun day, many cards, well wishes, talked to all my kids and the branch Relief Society gave me a surprise birthday party. Stan took me out to dinner, sang to me & took me to my favorite store to shop. It was while shopping that I got the best missionary birthday gift ever !!!! A tall black man walked up to me & said : "I have seen you here several times. Today I have the courage to talk to you. " I smiled. "You know Jesus don't you ? Will you take me to your church this Sunday "? I said "absolutely ". I found out he is from Shrilainka living in Canada. He just converted to a Christian & wants to learn about my church. I was so excited, took his contact information & told him I would send two young missionaries in suits to teach him & take him to church. He is in Chilliwack not Hope so we can't teach him . His name is Ronson Wijesekera. What a great birthday present !
Today we stopped at a garage sale where I bought 13 pairs of sunglasses. Why ? Well, we have this very irreverent primary. I've been teaching them how to be reverent in church & why. So I am going to have Stan remove the dark lenses from the glasses. Tomorrow I will tell the kids when they are reverent they earn a pair of reverent glasses to wear all during primary. If they disrupt they loose the glasses. Ha. Great idea I think. We'll see how it goes.
We love being missionaries...we love serving the Lord. Everyday is a new experience.
Oh,,, I have to tell you about a miracle. So Marlene (our non-member friend), told us she walked in the library the other day.She never goes to the library because we have a fun fun bookstore in Hope that sells books for $2. each. So she goes there. For some reason she went to the library that day. While standing by a shelf a book fell off. She picked it up & looked at it, checked it out and took it home. She read it in one day. It was "Heaven Is Here " by Stephanie Nelson a wonderful LDS mom. Marlene said she loved the book and it helped her believe in what we had been telling her about life after death. Her husband died 3 years ago so she wants what we have. What a miracle. She doesn't have any faith so it will take time, fasting and prayers.
We love our Heavenly Father, his son Jesus Christ, the Book of Mormon and being missionaries. We love all of you too !
Elder and Sister Fisher
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Ninety degrees in May. Beautiful flowers of every color you can imagine . $167.00 ticket if you don't wear your seat belt. $543.00 ticket if you get caught with a phone in your hand while driving . That's not even talking on it. $888.00 ticket if you get caught a second time. Your only allowed to drive in the fast lane if your passing someone. $167.00 if you run a yellow light & if you run a red light they shoot you ! Welcome to Canada!
This week we found out why it takes so long for us to get our mail packages. They open every package at the border & then tape it up. Unless they like it. Ha.. Really, every thing we have ordered or that you have sent to us in a package has been opened.
I can wave at people walking on the sidewalk ; they look at me & turn their heads. Everyone here walks and long distances too. Elderly people ride in little motored scooters with a canopy on the top when it rains. People have garage sales with usually a whopping 5 to 10 items. My friend Betty likes to go. Actually this morning I got a cute lap quilt for early morning study & a little leather camel for my friend Marlene. She collects authentic items from Africa.
Today I read the best article about "light ". It 's called The Light Of The Perfect Day by Elder Larry R. Lawrence. March 2016. He says..." When it comes time for each of us to be resurrected if we have accumulated enough celestial light in our spirits, we will be resurrected with celestial bodies. " Then he tells us how we can accumulate light in this life. Very very good.
Interesting week. We went to Marico & Severia's home and gave a family home evening. They have a 7 year old boy & a 4 year old girl. They loved the lesson. We 've been to their home three times but have yet to teach them. They said they want to stay Baptist because they have friends at church.
We saw Lucy and taught her the plan of salvation again. She cried with me when I told her about Matt and bore my testimony of how I have peace and hope because I know I will see & talk with him again. We 're working with her trying to teach her there is a God.
We taught Tanna another lesson. It was uncomfortable. She was'nt wearing much. Her kids were home from school. One who was watching TV kept turning the volume up as we read verses in the Book of Mormon. The other one played loudly a computer game. As we were sitting at the kitchen table, the third child came by me & dumped something red and slimy ,soft ,squishy thing out by me. I shouldn't have looked...but I did & promptly started gagging. It was raw liver or cow brains. I held my breath...thought of lilacs and looked away. The setting wasn't ideal but Tanna did listen.
Everyday is something new. Never boring, just an adventure always.
We also met with Amelia and Martin, the Italians. We were able to get an Italian Book of Mormon for them. This week we are going to show them "How Rare A Possession. "
When we went to see Roy this week we tried to teach him the plan of Salvation. He keeps saying "In my opinion " . He said organized religion teaches with fear. I disagreed and said we teach by faith. He is an interestering man but has no faith; believes in God but no Savior, believes there is no hell. We all end up in heaven. Pretty lame thinking in my opinion.
We love love love being missionaries. It's a growing experience in many ways. I have come to love my Heavenly Father and my Savior differently. I have learned to study the scriptures better & to pray more fervently. We have learned to spend 24 hours a day together. I appreciate the beautiful world the Lord has made for us because we are surrounded by breathtaking nature very day. We are so blessed. We love you all.
Love, Elder & Sister Fisher
P.S. We took Jack 2/half hour each way to get his patriarchal blessing. We had a zone meeting where Stan got to play the piano and I embarrassed myself. Stan hung a hummingbird feeder by the window where I study so I can enjoy the little wing whipping birds. It's all good.
This week we found out why it takes so long for us to get our mail packages. They open every package at the border & then tape it up. Unless they like it. Ha.. Really, every thing we have ordered or that you have sent to us in a package has been opened.
I can wave at people walking on the sidewalk ; they look at me & turn their heads. Everyone here walks and long distances too. Elderly people ride in little motored scooters with a canopy on the top when it rains. People have garage sales with usually a whopping 5 to 10 items. My friend Betty likes to go. Actually this morning I got a cute lap quilt for early morning study & a little leather camel for my friend Marlene. She collects authentic items from Africa.
Today I read the best article about "light ". It 's called The Light Of The Perfect Day by Elder Larry R. Lawrence. March 2016. He says..." When it comes time for each of us to be resurrected if we have accumulated enough celestial light in our spirits, we will be resurrected with celestial bodies. " Then he tells us how we can accumulate light in this life. Very very good.
Interesting week. We went to Marico & Severia's home and gave a family home evening. They have a 7 year old boy & a 4 year old girl. They loved the lesson. We 've been to their home three times but have yet to teach them. They said they want to stay Baptist because they have friends at church.
We saw Lucy and taught her the plan of salvation again. She cried with me when I told her about Matt and bore my testimony of how I have peace and hope because I know I will see & talk with him again. We 're working with her trying to teach her there is a God.
We taught Tanna another lesson. It was uncomfortable. She was'nt wearing much. Her kids were home from school. One who was watching TV kept turning the volume up as we read verses in the Book of Mormon. The other one played loudly a computer game. As we were sitting at the kitchen table, the third child came by me & dumped something red and slimy ,soft ,squishy thing out by me. I shouldn't have looked...but I did & promptly started gagging. It was raw liver or cow brains. I held my breath...thought of lilacs and looked away. The setting wasn't ideal but Tanna did listen.
Everyday is something new. Never boring, just an adventure always.
We also met with Amelia and Martin, the Italians. We were able to get an Italian Book of Mormon for them. This week we are going to show them "How Rare A Possession. "
When we went to see Roy this week we tried to teach him the plan of Salvation. He keeps saying "In my opinion " . He said organized religion teaches with fear. I disagreed and said we teach by faith. He is an interestering man but has no faith; believes in God but no Savior, believes there is no hell. We all end up in heaven. Pretty lame thinking in my opinion.
We love love love being missionaries. It's a growing experience in many ways. I have come to love my Heavenly Father and my Savior differently. I have learned to study the scriptures better & to pray more fervently. We have learned to spend 24 hours a day together. I appreciate the beautiful world the Lord has made for us because we are surrounded by breathtaking nature very day. We are so blessed. We love you all.
Love, Elder & Sister Fisher
P.S. We took Jack 2/half hour each way to get his patriarchal blessing. We had a zone meeting where Stan got to play the piano and I embarrassed myself. Stan hung a hummingbird feeder by the window where I study so I can enjoy the little wing whipping birds. It's all good.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Saturday, May 7, 2016
I think each week has three Friday's at least. Every time I turn around it 's Friday & time to write. It's ok with me if no one reads our blog , it 's my mission journal . I will make a book of it when we return home.
An interesting week for sure.
We met a Chinese man named Roy. He is seventy years old, sits Indaian style on the floor, and looks like Ghandi. He said his plants talk to him,.He believes in God but not in the Devil. He said God is great & would never make someone evil like Satan. When he first invited us into his home he gave us a Lindt chocolate truffle which was wonderful. I thanked him & told him I love chocolate so he gave me a bag of truffles to take home. Later in our conversation he told me how bad those truffles were for me, that he never eats them, and I would get diabetes . Needless to say I left them on the table as we were going out the door. When I told my friend Betty about them she said I should have brought them for her. Actually after a very discouraging couple of days I wished I had them myself !
Roy said there is no hell. We live upon the earth then we all die & everyone goes to heaven. So I asked "What is our purpose on earth then ? " He just looked at me. He is an origami artist . His house is filled with beautiful folded items of all sorts, , birds, octagons in numerous colors & sizes , flowers & one that looked like a flying saucer. He gave me a tiny set of orange balls with big loops attached. They were very tiny folded pieces of paper, very delicate. I told him I was going to loop them over my ears & wear them to church on Sunday & so maybe he should come to church with us to see them. He declined. He makes people out of rocks and gave Stan & Me each one to take home. A funny thing he told us....he said I am flexible & Stan is not ! He has heard the Joseph Smith story & was given a Book of Mormon to read by other missionaries. Sigh....
We had a couple of appointments which fell through. We knocked doors and no one let us in. Tanna ,the author ,has 3 children & has never been married. When we went to teach her on Tuesday she was not feeling well.She was happy as she announced she was pregnant with #4.
We saw Marcio & his family again. He didn't let us in this time. We were going to teach them what family home evening was. I had a lesson prepared about honesty & obedience with these cute little spider people. We will try again this coming week.
For Relief Society we hiked up to a beautiful waterfall. Afterwards we went to the Relief Society presidents home & roasted hot dogs over a campfire & laughed ourselves silly. Of course Stan comes to all these activities , I think he was memorizing poetry . I keep thinking I will loose weight on this mission but we are always eating with members & non-members , branch activities and truffles. Hmmmm.
We were able to travel to the Vancouver temple again this week. So nice to be there. I love the temple so much. It's very small . They have probably 10 officiators in the entire temple. I believe we had 150 workers for each shift in Idaho Falls. They only have two sessions in the morning and one in the evening with nothing in between. Very different.
We just found out in Canada you can get a ticket for running a yellow light. Idaho Falls needs to adopt that rule.ha.
I have found as we study each day a whole new world opens to us. The spirit can really teach when we are consistent & prayerful in our studies . I have learned many things, my testimony has been stretched and strengthened. We have been greatly blessed. Last week we went to Bellingham to get gas & groceries & to visit our investigator from Iran, Laya. When we went to the bank Stan left his credit card in the little vacuume tube and we drove away. We went to a store where I left my blue purse in the buggy as we walked out. Later down the road Stan missed his credit card. In a panic we drove back to the bank & inquired about it. The person right behind us in the drive thru saw it & turned it in. Relief & praise to the Lord. That would have been a lot of trouble for us. After that I realized I left my blue purse in the store buggy. We raced back to the store ( that's how we know about yellow lights ) to see if someone turned it in. Now mind you, we are not in Idaho any more. We're in the real world. However , the clerk saw my purse & put it under the counter for when I came back. BLESSINGS !!!
We love serving a mission. We love the work. Our testimonies of the gospel are stronger than ever as we serve each day. I am so grateful to Heavenly Father for the eight miracles that allowed me to serve a mission with my very own Honey. The experiences we are having each day couldn't be replaced. I miss our children & grandchildren but we know they are praying for us and that helps a lot. We love you all. Hold tight to the Iron rod and don't ever let go. This is a scary world but we have all the help we need to make it through. Always always have faith & be unshakeable in your testimony of Jesus Christ.
An interesting week for sure.
We met a Chinese man named Roy. He is seventy years old, sits Indaian style on the floor, and looks like Ghandi. He said his plants talk to him,.He believes in God but not in the Devil. He said God is great & would never make someone evil like Satan. When he first invited us into his home he gave us a Lindt chocolate truffle which was wonderful. I thanked him & told him I love chocolate so he gave me a bag of truffles to take home. Later in our conversation he told me how bad those truffles were for me, that he never eats them, and I would get diabetes . Needless to say I left them on the table as we were going out the door. When I told my friend Betty about them she said I should have brought them for her. Actually after a very discouraging couple of days I wished I had them myself !
Roy said there is no hell. We live upon the earth then we all die & everyone goes to heaven. So I asked "What is our purpose on earth then ? " He just looked at me. He is an origami artist . His house is filled with beautiful folded items of all sorts, , birds, octagons in numerous colors & sizes , flowers & one that looked like a flying saucer. He gave me a tiny set of orange balls with big loops attached. They were very tiny folded pieces of paper, very delicate. I told him I was going to loop them over my ears & wear them to church on Sunday & so maybe he should come to church with us to see them. He declined. He makes people out of rocks and gave Stan & Me each one to take home. A funny thing he told us....he said I am flexible & Stan is not ! He has heard the Joseph Smith story & was given a Book of Mormon to read by other missionaries. Sigh....
We had a couple of appointments which fell through. We knocked doors and no one let us in. Tanna ,the author ,has 3 children & has never been married. When we went to teach her on Tuesday she was not feeling well.She was happy as she announced she was pregnant with #4.
We saw Marcio & his family again. He didn't let us in this time. We were going to teach them what family home evening was. I had a lesson prepared about honesty & obedience with these cute little spider people. We will try again this coming week.
For Relief Society we hiked up to a beautiful waterfall. Afterwards we went to the Relief Society presidents home & roasted hot dogs over a campfire & laughed ourselves silly. Of course Stan comes to all these activities , I think he was memorizing poetry . I keep thinking I will loose weight on this mission but we are always eating with members & non-members , branch activities and truffles. Hmmmm.
We were able to travel to the Vancouver temple again this week. So nice to be there. I love the temple so much. It's very small . They have probably 10 officiators in the entire temple. I believe we had 150 workers for each shift in Idaho Falls. They only have two sessions in the morning and one in the evening with nothing in between. Very different.
We just found out in Canada you can get a ticket for running a yellow light. Idaho Falls needs to adopt that rule.ha.
I have found as we study each day a whole new world opens to us. The spirit can really teach when we are consistent & prayerful in our studies . I have learned many things, my testimony has been stretched and strengthened. We have been greatly blessed. Last week we went to Bellingham to get gas & groceries & to visit our investigator from Iran, Laya. When we went to the bank Stan left his credit card in the little vacuume tube and we drove away. We went to a store where I left my blue purse in the buggy as we walked out. Later down the road Stan missed his credit card. In a panic we drove back to the bank & inquired about it. The person right behind us in the drive thru saw it & turned it in. Relief & praise to the Lord. That would have been a lot of trouble for us. After that I realized I left my blue purse in the store buggy. We raced back to the store ( that's how we know about yellow lights ) to see if someone turned it in. Now mind you, we are not in Idaho any more. We're in the real world. However , the clerk saw my purse & put it under the counter for when I came back. BLESSINGS !!!
We love serving a mission. We love the work. Our testimonies of the gospel are stronger than ever as we serve each day. I am so grateful to Heavenly Father for the eight miracles that allowed me to serve a mission with my very own Honey. The experiences we are having each day couldn't be replaced. I miss our children & grandchildren but we know they are praying for us and that helps a lot. We love you all. Hold tight to the Iron rod and don't ever let go. This is a scary world but we have all the help we need to make it through. Always always have faith & be unshakeable in your testimony of Jesus Christ.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Friday, April 29, 2016
Another week, time to write. Time is going so fast. We find ourselves speaking the language now. We say ""aye" after our sentences and many other foreign words. It just comes naturally.
The work here is very different. We spend many hours trying to establish relationships with people so we can teach them. The Canadians are very private people & are slow to warm up to strangers. As I'm writing this Stan is outside helping the non-member landlord build a new fence for our apartment complex. They are talking together as they work in the dirt & beat fence posts into the ground.
This week we went back to Martin's house. He is the Italian we met tracting. This time he was gone but we met his wife Amelia. True Italian. She dramatically pantomimes as she speaks in broken English. She has a great love for God & Jesus Christ. She welcomed us into her home where we visited in the laundry room. We have asked the Zone leaders to help us find an Italian speaking missionary to teach her. We have planned a Branch family talent night. We are hoping to ask Amelia & Martin to cook an authentic Italian meal for the evening. We will purchase the food they need & help them prepare it.
We also have another new investigator family of six. The mom is from Tahiti & speaks French. The Dad is a German Canadian. They have four great teenagers. The possibilities for them are exciting. We are trying to build a relationship with them. Christine, mom, is interested in Family a History, our branch president is an expert in family history. He served a six year mission in that field.
I am going to have a "making cards party "with the teenagers. Also, We want to invite the teenagers to Mutual but the branch doesn't do Mutual. We visited with the Branch President about that. The Mom is a professional photographer who works in the main coffee house in town. It called the "Blue Moose ". We also have a "Skinny's Grill " but most places are the "Pub".
We have another good family from Brazil. It 's Marcio, Silvania, and their two children. They are looking for a religion that will help keep their family strong & teach good values. They are very good people who attend the Baptist church every Sunday. They were the family that came to our Open House. We had all kinds of things about families for them to see so hopefully that will catch their interest.
Our non-member neighbor Marlene has become my really good friend. She came over yesterday & gave us two nice gifts. A tomatoe plant which thrilled Stan & a colorful whirligig to put in our garden to keep the local cats from using it as a litter box.
We tried to meet with Tanna again this week. She is the Author. Her children were sick so she did'nt let us in. We have taught her two lessons. After our first lesson she got into some anti Mormon literature so that is a new challenge.
One of our Branch families of six is moving to Idaho this summer. So we helped them pack & move boxes to get the house ready to sell. They will leave a big hole in our tiny Branch.
Our other investigator, Laya, needs us to sponsor her two daughters & family to immigrate to America. So we are looking into the rules & regulations for that. Not sure if we can do much with that while we're living in Canada.
Tonight we are going with the Branch members to the Temple in Langly. It's a six hour trip but it's always wonderful to be in the Temple. Be very grateful you all have temples so close to you. It's a blessing.
Our little blue car is now repaired as good as new. We are grateful for that as well.
Our District meetings each week are amazing. I am in awe at the valiant, responsible,spiritual young missions that are serving. They are amazing & they teach us so much. I cook a meal for them each week so they can go right back to work after the meeting without going back home. One of the missionaries this week said : " thank you for the good lunch. I didn't have to have cold cereal again today." I am happy to feed them . I always prayed people would feed our sons on their missions.
Sunday in church the Primary President asked me to teach the children about the Ressurrection in sharing time. I took the picture of our "fantastic five " kids that I brought with me on our mission. I introduced each of our children telling their names and about their families. When I got to Matt, I cried & told them because of Jesus Christ our Matt lives & we will be able to see & talk with him again. The president said the primary has never been so reverent. We have been blessed with amazing people to be our kids. We are so grateful.
Need to go.....We hope you are all well & having the courage to ask your friends to listen to the missionaries. The field is white & the Lord needs each one of us to help teach the world his truth.
The church is true. It has been restored. Joseph Smith is a true prophet of God as is Thomas Monson. The Book of Mormon is true. We are blessed beyond measure because we are members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
We love you all, Elder & Sister Fisher
The work here is very different. We spend many hours trying to establish relationships with people so we can teach them. The Canadians are very private people & are slow to warm up to strangers. As I'm writing this Stan is outside helping the non-member landlord build a new fence for our apartment complex. They are talking together as they work in the dirt & beat fence posts into the ground.
This week we went back to Martin's house. He is the Italian we met tracting. This time he was gone but we met his wife Amelia. True Italian. She dramatically pantomimes as she speaks in broken English. She has a great love for God & Jesus Christ. She welcomed us into her home where we visited in the laundry room. We have asked the Zone leaders to help us find an Italian speaking missionary to teach her. We have planned a Branch family talent night. We are hoping to ask Amelia & Martin to cook an authentic Italian meal for the evening. We will purchase the food they need & help them prepare it.
We also have another new investigator family of six. The mom is from Tahiti & speaks French. The Dad is a German Canadian. They have four great teenagers. The possibilities for them are exciting. We are trying to build a relationship with them. Christine, mom, is interested in Family a History, our branch president is an expert in family history. He served a six year mission in that field.
I am going to have a "making cards party "with the teenagers. Also, We want to invite the teenagers to Mutual but the branch doesn't do Mutual. We visited with the Branch President about that. The Mom is a professional photographer who works in the main coffee house in town. It called the "Blue Moose ". We also have a "Skinny's Grill " but most places are the "Pub".
We have another good family from Brazil. It 's Marcio, Silvania, and their two children. They are looking for a religion that will help keep their family strong & teach good values. They are very good people who attend the Baptist church every Sunday. They were the family that came to our Open House. We had all kinds of things about families for them to see so hopefully that will catch their interest.
Our non-member neighbor Marlene has become my really good friend. She came over yesterday & gave us two nice gifts. A tomatoe plant which thrilled Stan & a colorful whirligig to put in our garden to keep the local cats from using it as a litter box.
We tried to meet with Tanna again this week. She is the Author. Her children were sick so she did'nt let us in. We have taught her two lessons. After our first lesson she got into some anti Mormon literature so that is a new challenge.
One of our Branch families of six is moving to Idaho this summer. So we helped them pack & move boxes to get the house ready to sell. They will leave a big hole in our tiny Branch.
Our other investigator, Laya, needs us to sponsor her two daughters & family to immigrate to America. So we are looking into the rules & regulations for that. Not sure if we can do much with that while we're living in Canada.
Tonight we are going with the Branch members to the Temple in Langly. It's a six hour trip but it's always wonderful to be in the Temple. Be very grateful you all have temples so close to you. It's a blessing.
Our little blue car is now repaired as good as new. We are grateful for that as well.
Our District meetings each week are amazing. I am in awe at the valiant, responsible,spiritual young missions that are serving. They are amazing & they teach us so much. I cook a meal for them each week so they can go right back to work after the meeting without going back home. One of the missionaries this week said : " thank you for the good lunch. I didn't have to have cold cereal again today." I am happy to feed them . I always prayed people would feed our sons on their missions.
Sunday in church the Primary President asked me to teach the children about the Ressurrection in sharing time. I took the picture of our "fantastic five " kids that I brought with me on our mission. I introduced each of our children telling their names and about their families. When I got to Matt, I cried & told them because of Jesus Christ our Matt lives & we will be able to see & talk with him again. The president said the primary has never been so reverent. We have been blessed with amazing people to be our kids. We are so grateful.
Need to go.....We hope you are all well & having the courage to ask your friends to listen to the missionaries. The field is white & the Lord needs each one of us to help teach the world his truth.
The church is true. It has been restored. Joseph Smith is a true prophet of God as is Thomas Monson. The Book of Mormon is true. We are blessed beyond measure because we are members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
We love you all, Elder & Sister Fisher
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Eighty eight degrees with 90% humidity and it 's only April. We shall see what summer brings for us here in Hope British Columbia.
Great week ! We took a seventy year old man named Jack to the temple for his own endowment. He has waited 50 years. It was amazing to be in the Vancouver temple with him. I think it's always nice to go to the temple with someone for the first time. At least for me , I see & hear more clearly trying to see from their perspective . On the way home from the 2 hour drive to Langly, we stopped at" C Lovers" for fish & chips & enjoyed conversation with Jack. He is funny. He & his wife have different homes in different cities. They love each other but can't live together. They have been married 15 years. He is such a nice man. His wife is a non- member.
We taught two lessons this week. One to the drum pounding Indian chanting family with the stinky Rottiwelder. The man is a 50 year old grandfather living with a twenty year old girl with a two & four year old boys. Hmm.
The other lesson to Tanna , a published author who writes young adult fiction about the paranormal. We went over earlier in the week & showed her three kids how to carve birds out of a bar of Ivory soap. She committed to read the Book of Mormon after her second lesson. We made a third appointment in which she stood us up. Hmm.
Our friends Betty & Jim helped us make screens for our apartment windows. With this kind of heat we need to open the windows. For Relief Society on Wednesday we visited a couple of gardens. As the evening wore on I was attacked by misquotes . Because we live in a rainforest misquotes are more numerous than quills on a porcupine . I came home with twenty three bites. I'm not complaining, the flying ticks & spiders the size of a silver dollar are worse.
Friday & Saturday we set up and spent hours at the church as we had the "Families Are Forever" open house. We had specialist for Family Home Evening, Family Prepardness, Family History, Primary & treats. It was well planned, well prepared for & branch members made homemade goodies.The Branch President, members and us were there for three hours on Friday night . All day Saturday. We waited.....in two days we had one non-member family come to see what our church is about. It was worth every minute everyone spent for that one family. That's how the Savior teaches, one soul at a time. The individual is important. This event was the culmination of the huge missionary Bltiz we had in Hope two weeks ago. I do have to say it was disappointing that more people didn't come & that I had to eat so many brownies.
Oh yes. Last Saturday we went with our friends Betty & Jim (a non-member) for a drive to "White Rock " to the ocean. We spent all day walking along the beach, finding shells, walking the boardwalk & going in all the shops. We had lunch at a place called "Moby Dick ". It was yummy but so expensive...$85.00 for lunch. Betty & I played on the beach, shopped in the little shops & laughed ourselves silly. Stan & Jim watched trains , talked little & shook their heads at Betty & I. We walked all the way out on the pier looking for sea lions & whales to jump out of the water. There were four sailboats racing across the water which entertained Stan . On the way home we drove to a hidden lake where we hiked for the last two miles . It was beyond beautiful. I will post a picture. It was a Fun Fun day!
We are trying everyday to be the best missionaries we can possibly be. We are serving with all our heart, mind, might & strength. We are having exceptional experiences & opportunities that we could not experience had we not come on a mission. We are happy to be here , hoping to be instruments in the Lord's hands. We fall in bed at the end of the day exhausted & wake up in the morning excited , looking forward to another adventure in the mission.
The church is true. We have a Heavenly Father who is real. Who knows us by our first name & knows us better than we know ourselves. We have a Savior, the son of God, Jesus Christ. Who did more for us than we possibly can understand. His love for each of us is incomprendable. Joseph Smith was the true prophet of the Restoration . The Book of Mormon is the true word of God. We have a living prophet today, Thomas S. Monson. How truly blessed we are. Our lives are so different from the people of the world who have no idea what we have . But they can have it too. Please invite those you know & love to have the gospel be part of their lives. The missionaries need your help.
We love you all always.
Elder & Sister Fisher
Great week ! We took a seventy year old man named Jack to the temple for his own endowment. He has waited 50 years. It was amazing to be in the Vancouver temple with him. I think it's always nice to go to the temple with someone for the first time. At least for me , I see & hear more clearly trying to see from their perspective . On the way home from the 2 hour drive to Langly, we stopped at" C Lovers" for fish & chips & enjoyed conversation with Jack. He is funny. He & his wife have different homes in different cities. They love each other but can't live together. They have been married 15 years. He is such a nice man. His wife is a non- member.
We taught two lessons this week. One to the drum pounding Indian chanting family with the stinky Rottiwelder. The man is a 50 year old grandfather living with a twenty year old girl with a two & four year old boys. Hmm.
The other lesson to Tanna , a published author who writes young adult fiction about the paranormal. We went over earlier in the week & showed her three kids how to carve birds out of a bar of Ivory soap. She committed to read the Book of Mormon after her second lesson. We made a third appointment in which she stood us up. Hmm.
Our friends Betty & Jim helped us make screens for our apartment windows. With this kind of heat we need to open the windows. For Relief Society on Wednesday we visited a couple of gardens. As the evening wore on I was attacked by misquotes . Because we live in a rainforest misquotes are more numerous than quills on a porcupine . I came home with twenty three bites. I'm not complaining, the flying ticks & spiders the size of a silver dollar are worse.
Friday & Saturday we set up and spent hours at the church as we had the "Families Are Forever" open house. We had specialist for Family Home Evening, Family Prepardness, Family History, Primary & treats. It was well planned, well prepared for & branch members made homemade goodies.The Branch President, members and us were there for three hours on Friday night . All day Saturday. We waited.....in two days we had one non-member family come to see what our church is about. It was worth every minute everyone spent for that one family. That's how the Savior teaches, one soul at a time. The individual is important. This event was the culmination of the huge missionary Bltiz we had in Hope two weeks ago. I do have to say it was disappointing that more people didn't come & that I had to eat so many brownies.
Oh yes. Last Saturday we went with our friends Betty & Jim (a non-member) for a drive to "White Rock " to the ocean. We spent all day walking along the beach, finding shells, walking the boardwalk & going in all the shops. We had lunch at a place called "Moby Dick ". It was yummy but so expensive...$85.00 for lunch. Betty & I played on the beach, shopped in the little shops & laughed ourselves silly. Stan & Jim watched trains , talked little & shook their heads at Betty & I. We walked all the way out on the pier looking for sea lions & whales to jump out of the water. There were four sailboats racing across the water which entertained Stan . On the way home we drove to a hidden lake where we hiked for the last two miles . It was beyond beautiful. I will post a picture. It was a Fun Fun day!
We are trying everyday to be the best missionaries we can possibly be. We are serving with all our heart, mind, might & strength. We are having exceptional experiences & opportunities that we could not experience had we not come on a mission. We are happy to be here , hoping to be instruments in the Lord's hands. We fall in bed at the end of the day exhausted & wake up in the morning excited , looking forward to another adventure in the mission.
The church is true. We have a Heavenly Father who is real. Who knows us by our first name & knows us better than we know ourselves. We have a Savior, the son of God, Jesus Christ. Who did more for us than we possibly can understand. His love for each of us is incomprendable. Joseph Smith was the true prophet of the Restoration . The Book of Mormon is the true word of God. We have a living prophet today, Thomas S. Monson. How truly blessed we are. Our lives are so different from the people of the world who have no idea what we have . But they can have it too. Please invite those you know & love to have the gospel be part of their lives. The missionaries need your help.
We love you all always.
Elder & Sister Fisher
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