Summer Storms

Hey!  How's your week going?  This week has been good here in Edmonton.  This Monday we got transfer calls.  I'm entering my last full transfer!  Crazy times!  Elder Sun and I will stay here in Bonnie Doon where we have been doing well and doing good work.  This Sunday, Anneliese went back to China!  Its crazy!  She will get the chance to talk to her dad, and hopefully get his approval for baptism so that when she comes back to Canada, she can receive baptism.  We also met with David this week, who is awesome!  We talked about prophets and priesthood and he understood the significance of a modern-day prophet, a man on Earth who has the authority to say, "Thus saith the Lord."  I am so grateful for the guidance modern day prophets bring into our lives, for all the blessings that God has given us to guide us in a difficult and confusing world.

This week was also Father's Day!  So shout out to all the fathers out there who do so much for those around them. I am grateful for my own father, who has nurtured and guided me on this crazy journey called life.  He has taught me, protected me, laughed with me, and continues to strengthen and support me.  I am so grateful for him and all fathers out there.

Have a good week!  

Elder Ethington

A Week of Dinners

So this week there was a Chinese Holiday, the Dragon Boat Festival.  That night we went and had dinner with a friend who invited all the Mandarin Elders to come.  It was delicious.  The food for this particular festival is rice dumplings, which is rice and some other added bits wrapped in Bamboo leaves and then steamed.  It was very delicious. 

This week we were also able to meet with David.  He is doing so awesome.  When we met with him, I was on exchanges with Elder Roundy, one of my zone leaders here in Bonnie Doon.  We had a great lesson with David, in which we committed him to a goal for baptism!  I am so excited for David and the great progress he is making.  We were also  able to meet with Anneliese, who is headed back to China this coming Sunday.  We will miss her while she's gone, but we will be praying that she can talk to her family and will be able to get baptized when she returns later this summer.

That's been our week!  I hope you're having a good one!

Elder Ethington