And with the new year,
of course, lots and lots of Snow. :) On the twenty seventh we had the
biggest snow storm Québec has seen in about fifteen years. We were
banned from Driving, and basically spent the entire day with snow
shovels getting people out. I've heard a lot of people tell me different
amounts for how much snow actually fell, and I'm not a hundred percent
sure who's right or not, so I'll have to give you my rough estimate of
somewhere between two and three feet in 12 hours. The snow storm made me
realize that Utah has some really nice snow removeal services. i'm not
sure what they do with all the snow that falls on the roads, but I know
that they somehow manage to put it somewhere BESIDES right on the side
of the road. Such is not the case here in Québec. There are walls of
snow on the sides of every road, some of which are literally up to my
eyeballs. on the main roads, either the sidewalks are buried except for
where small paths have been cleared to allow entry to appartment
complexes, or if there's an island in the middle, the sidewalk is clear
but one lane of traffic is buried. On the smaller roads streets are
still covered in several inches of frozen, hardpacked snow that was
never properly cleared with sidewalks buried, walls of snow on either
side, and just enough room for one car at a time to squeeze past any
cars that may be parked in the road. There are lots of accidents, lots
of hold ups, and well, lots of snow. I love it. :) It does make turning
left a bit difficult when you can't see anyone coming from the right
side because there's a white wall in the way.
mais malgré tout çela, the work rolls on. :)
Obviously, with the holidays and everything, we had a bit of a hard time
seeing any of our investigators this week, so any time we had that
wasn't spent clearing snow, we mostly spent finding new people to teach.
There are a large number of both Africans AND Haitians here in
Longueuil, and they all have the same thing to say when we ask them how
they're doing. "oh, mon ami, c'est FROID!!" Any of you who speak French
will notice that that sentance isn't grammatically correct. No worries.
Pacific Islanders have their own dialect in other languages too. ; )
Haitians are like the Jamaicans of the french world. I love them. :)
Also this week we had the confirmation of Marie-Paul
Chartre, the woman who was baptized on the 23rd (what a christmas
present eh?) She's a trooper, and was at church, on time, for the first
time for her confirmation. :) She struggles with the nine thirty church
thing. Fortunately, our church time changes to twelve thirty as of next
sunday. Marie-Paul is quite happy with this change. :)
As far as missionary work goes, there isn't much new
to say. I still love being a missionary, and I've Especially loved
being a missionary during this christmas season of Service. I hope all
of you have felt the spirit of christ as strongly as I have during this
last month, and I hope you'll join with me in trying to keep that same
spirit with us throughout the rest of the year. Happy new years
everyone, I love all of you. :)
Sincerely,
Elder Christensen
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