Feb 1... 2 months to go

Sooo on Monday night we have and FHE with the YSA (which consists of 3 people) and so this last Monday i decided to set up a Zombie Apocalypse activity inspired by the one they day in Halifiax once a year! We had glow sticks, flashlights, nerf guns, and a very very dark church building... IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. 6 non members and 2 less actives came and so in the end we had 14 people. Everyone loved it and we had a blast. They are all going to be coming every week now and so it is going to be a great missionary opportunity to have these non members in the church every week, even if it is just for an activity! 

This week we had a BIG snow storm that resulted in our power going out for a few hours. Luckily we had the flashlights that we borrowed for the zombie apocalypse so all was well... soo much snow but luckily the days since have been weirdly warm so all the snow was off the roads in a day and things are all good. 

So earlier in the week we got a potential who wanted a copy of the Book Of Mormon. She is a first year student at Acadia. When we texted her the next day to get it to her she instead invited us to a dinner with her and her friends! So we ended up having dinner with 6 students from Acadia!! We just sat around, ate food, laughed, and they would ask us questions about our missions! They are all strong in there own faiths (mostly baptist) but it was a awesome missionary opportunity and they are possibly going to be coming to our FHE activities monday nights which is awesome! So that was a cool experience and will hopefully turn into future opportunities to share our teachings with them!  

On sunday we performed in church, we sang "Homeward Bound" because Elder Cox is going home in a week and a half and i am on my homeward stretch so we thought it was fitting. It went really good. I actually have a recording of it that one of the young men took but sending it over email is proving to be quite difficult. 

This week have been focusing a lot on the enabling power of the atonement. A friend encouraged me to read the talk "Strength of the Lord" by Elder Bednar. And i wanted to share a statement from it with you: " Thus the enabling power of the Atonement strengthens us to do and be good and serve beyond our own individual desire and natural capacity." 

i find it remarkable that God has given us a gift that enables us to go above and beyond our own natural capacity. This knowledge not only deepens our understanding of Gods love for us but also helps us to increase out individual potential! I hope this week we can all find times in the past where the Lord has helped us to go beyond our natural capacity and how we can continue to use this enabling power of the atonement in our every day lives.

 LOVE YOU ALL! have a great week :)