Montréal-Est Week 3

Exchanges with Elder Cash

We had another VERY busy week, but it was super fun!

After P-day last week, we went on Exchanges with the Laval Elders. I went with Elder Cash, who used to be an Assistant and actually drove me from the airport to the mission home when I just arrived in Montréal! It was cool to see him again. He talked about how great it is to see the "before and after" in some missionaries. He says that we've already changed a lot! It was a super fun exchange though; he's an awesome missionary. We had an amazing miracle during the exchange. We had an appointment with an older man, but he was not there when we arrived. We walked outside of his building, and sat there and I asked, "Why does the Lord want us to be here?" Immediately thereafter, we saw a man walking on the other side of the road. Elder Cash, in response, just said, "Him!" We went and talked with him. He was a super cool Greek man, who has had a pretty tough life recently. He said that life lacked purpose for him. We were able to talk to him for over 20 minutes in the light rain, and we talked to him about why we are here. He was very interested and asked if we could teach him more another time. It was really incredible! It was a great example that sometimes when plans fail, the Lord just needs us somewhere else!

We have an investigating family from Burmah, and they showed me 

how to write James in Bengali. It looks so crazy, but has the exact same pronunciation!

During the week we had two very big meetings, one on Thursday with a few missionaries from around the mission, and then Zone Conference on Friday. It was a very spiritually uplifting two days! We talked a lot about the Book of Mormon, and its power in changing lives. We talked about how it can help solve any problem we have in life, and we found many examples. It was super powerful. It helped me understand the importance of knowing the Book of Mormon well in order to connect it to people in teaching and contacting.

Also, after Zone Conference, we had exchanges with the Assistants. Elder Brenchley was with me in Montréal East! It was so awesome to see him again, especially since I thought I'd never see him again after last transfer. We had a great exchange! We saw a super cool miracle as well. A couple of weeks ago, Elder Sorensen and I went to go pass by a potential. When we went to the address and knocked on the door, someone completely different opened the door. The potential had given us a fake address. But, we took the opportunity to talk to this person. Her name is Lindsay, and she's super legit. We tried to see her a couple times, but she's a student and has a super busy work schedule. We finally got to see her on Saturday though! She was super cool, and even got us pizza for the lesson! I realized after teaching her the first time how crazy of a miracle it was, since she is super receptive. We're really excited to continue teaching her!

Anyway, it's been an amazing week, and full of miracles as always! I'm loving every second of it here. I love you all, and I hope you have a great week!

Elder James