Happy Valentines from Elder G.

Happy Valentines Day!

Well everything out here is going pretty well. Elder Jasper and I are going to accomplish our goal of 6 baptisms this transfer! im so pumped! the Zone is looking like were going to
break the all time zone record of 29 baptisms in one transfer. and there is only18 missionaries in the zone! which is prety good. i went on exchanges alot this week. since elder jasper is DL he has to go on exchanges with every companionship (except for the sisters) once a transfer.. so i get
tossed around. but 2 day ago he went to a diffrent area and i stayed in St Johns and we pretty much the senior comp for a day it was bombing! im getting prettty comfortable with the area and i know my way around and lots of the people which i was worried that i wouldn't learn
before he left. hes getting excited to go home.. althought he isn't to trunky... everyone else keeps talking about it to him... which is distracting for him.. but i cant expect him to not think about it or anything.. cause come on.. hes going HOME! haha

oh this one girl that had abaptismal date but then flaked on us... she called us and wanted
to have a lesson! which was awesome.. and shes taking seminary in highschool witha ll the members which will help her tons.. but the best part was that she invited her friend to the lesson as well. her friend. Adriana is a senior in highschool also her mom is a strong roman
catholic and her dad is a strong Jew.. so u can imagine how crappy that is just on its own... and now she wants to learn about our church... hope that doesn't destroy the family.. YIKES. but i gotta tell you about why she wanted to learn more... she had a dream one night that she was scared or something.. and she was running for saftey to the catholic church but as soon as she got to the door. she got pulled back and she couldn't get n.... so she ran to the jewish temple.. and same thing.. at the door she couldn't get in..THEN.(this is the sweet part) she ran towards the mormon temple and of course.. she was let in.. and right then she woke up... and was filled with the spirit that told her to learn more about the church and that the church had answers to
questions that shes been having for a long time. she told us that she doesn't feel like she has ever felt the spirit in the catholic church.. it was an amazing experience to teach her.. we'll meet with her again. im so excited!

One of our investigators went to the ER yesterday.. her blood sugar dropped alot i guess and she passed out and had a seizure... but shes fine now.. shes having her baptismal interview today so its all good. Erika our other investiagtor lives out of town like 20 mins and it takes most of the time on a dirt road to her house.. and yesterday the ZL were here to do interviews for her to be baptized.. and we had to go out to her house. BUT it was snowing so the dirt was MUD.. and when we finally got there the tires were covered in mud.. we were in a 4wheel drive truck and we were slipping all over teh road. then we had to walk 100 feet to her house cause her fence was locked.. and by the time we got to her house our shoes weighed like 5 pounds each.. they were COVERED in mud. it was halarious! haha a little fun part of the day. the ZLs slept over last night so we brought the matresses in the living room and watched movies (of course approved church movies) and had food etc! it was pretty fun. we also had dinner with a YM and YM presidents they are married. and some kids from the ward.. and after we shared a
first lesson with them it went well. we were able to talk to the 2 guys who were there about going on missions. kinda told them how fun it can actually be.. and how rewarding it is.. hopefully it will help them to pray about going on a mission.. and taking it seriously.. what a blessing it is to be able to share the gospel with people 24/7. ya its alot of work but ive never been happier.

Well i best be going..tell everyone i say hi. tell jon i would die for some kethcup or dill
pickle chips.. mabye just packed into a ziploc so it wouldn't be a huge package! haha! God Bless Canadian Food! Have a great week! MUah God Bless
Love Elder Patrick F Gilchrist
Happy V day for everyone XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX (those hugs are only for
males.(cant hug girls) and kisses are only kisses on the cheeks) hehe
;)