News from Quebec!

Hey everybody!

We had an awesome week this week full of miracles and awesome contacts! Last Monday was Canadian Thanksgiving (Action de grâce in French) and one of the sisters in the ward prepared an awesome meal and invited a group of people over to enjoy it. On Wednesday we contacted a guy on the street named Gabriel. He's from Rwanda and is here for studies. We set up a lesson with him on Saturday, and on Sunday he came out to church! It was awesome. He seemed to enjoy it. It was the primary program and some of the kids were a bit misbehaven but he seemed to enjoy it nonetheless. There were a total of 11 non-members as well as a good amount of less-actives at church on Sunday. The work here is going amazing. Through the members as well as our own efforts, we've been finding some really cool people who are interested in learning. It's awesome how the Lord has been preparing the hearts of the people in our area.

This morning we got up a half hour early and went to the park by our house to play tennis and basketball and it was a balmy 36 degrees. It's starting to come haha. I'm not sure if it's better or worse this year knowing what to expect of winter. No snow so far though, just cool winds and frosty mornings. Love you all!

Elder Oxborrow

October News from Trois Rivieres!

Hey everyone!

This was a pretty awesome week. We stayed pretty busy. I went on splits with the zone leaders up in Québec City so it was cool being next to my old area for the day. I was with Elder Olsen from Idaho for the day. We actually both had the same trainer so that was fun to talk about. Plus I trained his MTC companion back in Ottawa so we have a lot of mutual companions. On Friday there was a meeting in Montréal for all the trainers. It was pretty good but a lot of driving. I think Saturday was the biggest day this week since there was a... baptism! The other elders in our area had been working with an excommunicated member and his daughter and they were both baptized on Saturday... but it was no everyday occurence... After he was baptized, he got out of the water, was confirmed, ordained a priest, then he got back in the water and baptized his daughter! It was sweet! That night we had transfer calls (I can't believe it's already been 6 weeks!). Our whole 4 man apartment in staying the same so I'm pumped for that. Our district is awesome. This morning the four of us went bowling. I was a little rusty but happy to say that at least I scored over 100 both games.

The work is going well and we're finding some cool people! Love you all!

Elder Oxborrow

News from Quebec!

Hey everybody,

Not much time this week to write. We did have a great week though. Two less-active members we've been working with made it out to conference! I loved all of the sessions. We mostly watched it in English but watched one session in French at a member's home. I took a lot from it and ended up with a lot of notes. It was Elder Francois' birthday on Saturday! He got like 3 cakes all from different people haha so he was well taken care of. We also did some service this week. I'll write more next week, but I'm doing well and enjoying every second here!

Love, Elder Oxborrow