Chapter 5: Happy Halloween!

Hello! 

It's gonna be a quick one today. I feel like this past week has been a whole lot of nothing. At the end of each day I feel like there's so much more I could have done, and overall I haven't had a lot of teaching opportunities. 

Nonetheless, likewise on each day I find that there's at least something--some tender mercy or small opportunity--to provide at least temporary relief from the worries of the day. After an evening of seemingly fruitless door to door contacting, we came across a man named Juan pulling things out of his truck in the dark. In a sort of a last ditch effort for that day, we asked him if he wanted help. One of the first things he said to us (in Spanish) was "You guys work for God, right?" That started a great discussion in which we found out that he collects different denominations' books of scripture and that he owns a copy of the Book of Mormon. We got to set up a meeting with him to learn more about his beliefs, and we're really looking forward to it. Through a seemingly mundane week, little miracles have been just around the corner all throughout.

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!

We mainly celebrated on Saturday at a Stake Fall Family Festival where there the bishop brought some Captan Moroni Armor that Elder McLean obligingly modeled (wearing the bishop's hat as an extra touch).

Lastly, there have been many more cat encounters, 

and I finally got a picture next to the border! 

There's plenty more I could write about, but alas, time does not permit. Maybe that's a tender mercy for those who endure my unrelenting monologues XD.

God be with you,

Elder Tolman