Tales of a Freckle-Faced Ginger: college towns that aren't Rexburg, Idaho

Hello everyone!

Well these week i've learned a lot about college towns that aren't Rexburg, Idaho. Who knew that college students were so nasty nast. Friday night street contacting takes on a whole new meaning. Let me elaborate. (is that how you spell elaborate? missions kill good spelling habits for some reason) Remember how I was telling you about the 2 universities in town? Waterloo (smart/engineer/asian population) vs. Laurier (party/white people) Well they both had their homecoming this weekend. We had no idea. There was beer, pong tables and red cups all over the lawns on saturday morning. haha who knew i'd experience real college towns on my mission...No worries, they're quite harmless. But we had an appointment on Laurier campus in the dorms the same time that everyone was going to the football game. WOW! Like i said, new experience...Let's just say we didn't exactly fit into the crowd. So we went to another part of town for the rest of the day. Good times.

Sister Wester had her first baptism commitment experience this week. His name is Justin. We taught the Restoration and after the 1st vision he said, "i believe that 100%." But wait, it gets better- after inviting him to baptized when he knows it's true he said, "absolutely." Sooo that was pretty amazing. We've been in contact with him the last couple of days but he couldn't come to church yesterday because his dad got bit by some crazy spider and he had to take him to the hospital...i hate satan. Hopefully things continue to go well with him.

We're also working with the coolest kid on the block. His name is Garrett- i mentioned him last week. He's doing great! I really hope he holds solid for his date.

Other gators right now are pretty flaky...One girl is writing a paper on mormons. haha we told her we're going to teach her just like any investigator. we're hoping in the process she comes to find what she's looking for!

We've had some great blessings by working with a few less-actives. It's so easy to love the YSA in this area. They're so great. Pres. Buckingham (branch pres) doesn't think it's any coincidence that sis.W come from similar branches back home. He wants to implement some things that we did in our branches back home in this branch.

This week is full of great things! We have interviews with Pres. Scott on wednesday, going to the temple on Friday and GenConf on Sat/Sun! holla! We're pretty excited about all those things. Plus i get to go back to brampton for a few hours :)

to answer your Qs-

How is your new area and companion treating you? It's gooood. Still trying to get things figured out but so far so good.

where do you email from now? Waterloo public library on albert st. It is green! and the trees are turning bright red and yellow and orange. it's very pretty! We've been pulling leaves off and drying them but i'll take more pics for sure!

Well, have a great week!