Montréal East Week 17

Chilling in the snow

What a cold and snowy week! We had a huge storm hit Saturday night, and snow continued to pour and pour until Monday! In the back of our apartment there was over 3 feet of snow that fell in the span of 32 hours. On top of that, -30 degree weather with lots of wind. It was fantastic! I'll send lots of pictures of this winter wonderland.

We helped Abiodun get his car out (this morning) 

by shoveling 50 meters of snow

It's been a great week though; the warmth of the people here has made the cold bearable. We got to go on exchanges in Ottawa this past week. I went with Elder Myers. It was fun to do some work together! We did some street contacting in the city for a little bit, and got to talk to two atheist people where were very kind. We discussed a little bit about God, and how to know if He exists, and they actually seemed intrigued! We had a 20-minute conversation with them just outside in the cold! They invited us to come back the next day. It was really cool—they were awesome! It's interesting that as a missionary, we're really not here to force beliefs or doctrine onto anyone, we're really just here to help people get connected to God, and discover the truth for themselves. It is such an interesting thing! 

All the cars on the side of the road were like this... 

We had to help so many people get out!

We have had lots of work to do in our area this past week. Olamilekan is getting ready to be baptized! He will be baptized this Saturday. He's so excited! We also have Joji, who is progressing very quickly towards baptism. We found him only a couple of weeks ago, and he'll probably be baptized in a couple of weeks! We've been seeing so many miracles with these people, it's been so humbling to see!

The amount of snow out back

Well, I hope you all have a great week. I love you lots!

Elder James

Our windows were all completely frozen