Canada is a nice place/The Carnage!

Well, It's been a good week in the work of the ministry. Difficult, but good. We've got new people coming out of the wood-work and some of the old people falling off or not being as promising as we had hoped. But it's all progress I suppose.

For whatever reason, Our Filipino investigator has decided to not meet with us or come to church for the last couple weeks. Sister Durran, who brought her out to begin with is trying to figure out her concern. Evidently she doesn't feel worthy to join a church because she's made a lot of mistakes in her life. Hopefully she will be able to overcome this concern and find out that this is why she needs to join a church so badly! Maybe we'll have something good to report about it soon. I really hope so.

So a little about the companion: He's about 6 ft, 4. He has hollow legs, a shy temperament and can't have Gluten. The quintessential Greeny. He seems to be getting the hang of a few things though and making good progress. We are very different, but that doesn't mean everything is hopeless! We'll just both have to adjust. And If we stay busy and have success, there will be little time to focus on those differences. 

So yesterday we went out to a little town called Eckville, East of Rocky Mountain. It was a sad little town and the people were not too receptive. Got Elder Jenson a little more experience though I suppose!

Afterwards we went to visit some less actives out that way that we haven't seen in a while. We sat down and chatted with these sweet folks that seem to have lost the motivation to come to church several years before. The results of our last visits and the ones before I was here did not result in them making any changes, so we didn't come for a while. So I had Elder Jenson figure out a lesson and he picked the talk from last conference about centering the clay in the middle of the wheel and likewise centering our lives on the gospel of Jesus Christ. So he shared it and I expounded it and ask them if they felt that attending church had caused the Clay of there lives to be more stable and worthwhile. The wife told us that it had and the husband said something that surprised us. "perhaps it's time to get our lives centered on the wheel." So perhaps they may come back. We don't know, but the lesson seemed to have impacted the man, who had previously shown little desire to come back. We'll see what happens. 

Well, I love you all and thank you for keeping me updated on the goings on back home. Have a great week!

love, 

Elder Higginson

 P.S. You can share these photos with anyone who isn't too squeamish. This is the day after last weeks adventure with the less active that lost some sheep to his dogs. We decapitated them with a bow saw. The less active was impressed with my ability to skin them. we didn't finish though. Crazy stuff! I had to pick them up while my comp. tied them off. Hence
the reason my pants have blood on them... Enjoy!

Note from mother: Who are you and what have you done with my son!? What happened to "I don't fancy squealing pigs!" after watching the Tongans slit a pig's throat for dinner years ago? Seriously, this is shocking! The amazing things this elder will do while in the service of the Lord....