March 20th, 2018

Hi Mom and Family!

It was hard to hear about Arlene and I am in shock over it :(  This is so sad.
I really loved her.

Here is my weekly update.

Tuesday: So Tuesday was our P-Day! After emailing and such we were going to meet up with the sisters and some other members to play some exploding kittens, but as always there's something more important that they have to do! You know what they did? They went shopping!! Ah I forgive them though because they are such good sisters! Well anyway so that left Elder Walker and I to figure out what to do for the rest of our P-Day... Which is really dangerous because both of us can't ever make up our minds! But Elder Walker had the amazing idea to drive down to Del Bonita and get some pictures at the U.S./Canada border crossing! Well we have some extra kilometers so we went! It was kinda funny because we were so paranoid about crossing the border without knowing (missionaries in the past have gone too far and ended up in the US.. Yeah idk how that happened either) but so instead of parking in the parking lot like regular humans, we pulled off on the side of the road and walked across the road to get a picture! Well as we were taking pictures I heard footsteps coming towards us.. I just thought "This is it.. I have no passport with me.. I'm done!" but the border control guy just told us to move our car and that we were basically idiots! Just the day in the life of us! We ended the day with dinner at a cute old peoples house, and a lesson for a recently baptized 8 year old boy! So all in all it was a pretty good day!

Wednesday: Nothing really exciting happened... We read to the senior people on Wednesdays at precisely 3pm.... Yeah we make their day by coming to read to them out of the Ensign :) We had another regular dinner.. We did have a  lesson with one of our investigators. After our lesson with them, we went to the young men/young women's combined activity night where they depicted book of Mormon stories on the cakes! So Elder Walker and I got to judge them. The best part though is that they let us take the cake home with us! The even better part? Sister Barton made the cakes!! Ahh she's such a good baker!! So thus ended our amazing eventful day!

Thursday: So I don't have a lot to talk about that happens on Thursday.. We had to drive out to Lethbridge for Zone Conference!! Yay!! It was from 9-4.. Yeah let's just say that it was way too long! But with our mission getting smartphones, they wanted to really stress our purpose as missionaries and why we have these phones now and stuff. But after that was over, Elder Walker and I had interviews with the president! I love interviews because I can really just talk about anything that is troubling me! It's like a mini venting session! Lol but I did get all of my mail which was cool! This is when I finally got my phone! It's actually really weird having my phone from home again.. Like I just got use to not having a phone in my pocket and they give me it right back again! So we then ended the day with a lesson to a girl who is going to be 8 and she wanted to take the discussions before her baptism. We also had a lesson with a member that we meet every Thursday night at 8.

Friday: Wow what a day Friday was! This was the day that we moved out of our sketchy little house, or as the non member down the street calls it "The old condemned crack house"... Yeah it looks good in pictures but it is super sketchy! So yeah we moved out and had sister Barton and her family and friends come help move us! Oh man I really don't like moving.. So much crap you have to move that you never use! Like this is a missionary apartment.. Why do we have golf clubs? Anyway I am so grateful for all the help we got! After moving everything in Elder Walker had to go on exchanges with the zone leaders because he is the district leader, which means I had the opportunity to learn from one of the zone leaders Elder Del Molino, who is from Spain! Couldn't understand a lot of what he said, but I tried my best! So Elder Walker didn't even get to spend his first night in the new apartment with me. Oh but I did get to finally drive so that's a big plus!! I was so happy to finally get behind the wheel!! (our tiwi tracker dies when it's too cold so we just leave it unplugged...) so yeah, that ended our Friday!

Saturday: Well this was a very fun but stressful day! Since I was with the zone leader I was trying to make sure I had appointments and people to drop in on, potential investigators to visit and a little bit of tracking to do. Well per usual in this small town of Magrath, there isn't a whole lot of people who haven't heard of the church! They see us coming and they shut the blinds! I literally walked up to a house and I saw this woman in the window and she looked at me and hurry and closed the blinds! Like I can see you lady!! You don't deceive me! Lol but it was good..  But so we did all these things until dinner with the family that has the 8 year old girl taking the discussions before her baptism.. They are such awesome people! The dad is a car guy so we get along great just talking about different cars we want and such! After dinner we headed back to Spring Coulee (the halfway point between Magrath and Cardston) where we exchanged back. Then we drive all the way back to Magrath and went to bed.. We were both pretty tired from working with the zone leaders! We have a zone goal of 45 new investigators before our next transfer (April 5th)!

Sunday: You know.. I thought that 3 hours of church was long... Then I get out here where we go to church for like 9 hours! Ward council after ward council, filling in for lessons, going to sacrament meetings.. Let's just say that I keep a bottle of Excedrin handy in my backpack! Also idk if I mentioned but we cover an entire stake.. All 8 wards and 2 branches! That's a lot of meetings! Ever Sunday is Spring Coulees turn to feed us and they always have super early dinners! :).. so after dinner we forgot that we made plans to speak at a "Great to be 8" thing so they blew up our phone trying to get ahold of us.. Let's just say that that was a very impromptu talk on baptism! After that we went to mission prep where we then got pulled in to teach the class next Sunday! I honestly love teaching seminary and mission prep! It's so relaxed and not pushy! Lol but after we went to the Bartons because they made lasagna and Elder Walker was already hungry again! And that ended our Sunday!

Monday: It was my birthday!! I woke up to Elder Walker playing some Spanish birthday song on his phone! Then we made brownies to take to district training meeting! And he also made me special peanut butter cup brownies which were to die for! Ahh they are so dense and rich! I love that kind of stuff! But so we went to DTM and it was snowing pretty bad.. You know how we talk about bi polar weather in Utah? It's worse up here! One minute it's blowing snow and the next it's +2 with bright sunshine and all the fresh snowfall is gone! Anyway so everyone loved the brownies, and we headed over to the Subway in Raymond because we get free food there on Mondays! It's pretty awesome! So we came back to Magrath here and changed into work clothes and headed to our old apartment to deep clean it.. Which I really don't know why, because I feel that the house should just be knocked down!! It's one of the original houses in town! But anyway we cleaned it until dinner time, then we got dressed back up and went to dinner. After dinner we went to Mom and Dad's house (Abe and Yo Wolvers) and they sang happy birthday to me and gave me a cookie with a candle in it that I blew out! Then Elder Walker said he had a surprise for me.. Which is dangerous knowing him.. Well he blindfolded me and drive me around town to disorient me. We ended up at the Bartons where there was a little surprise party! They apparently had been planning it for a month behind my back (thanks mom haha) The people here really are so fantastic! Like I really couldn't have expected any better! I thought my birthday was gonna be kinda blah but I really enjoyed it! So that ended our night and we went back to our nice clean new apartment and fell asleep!

I want to thank EVERYONE for all that was sent to me from home.  I loved everything and feel so blessed to know you all.  You helped make my bday the best!  A very big hug to you all!

As tradition in our family I sent the mints for
Sister Barton to put around Seans plate :)

Seans "Icebear" cake that Sister Barton made him!
 I love this family!!!

Gifts from the Bartons

Looks comfy :)

1 Timothy 4:12
     "12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity."

Be an example guys! You never know who is watching! Love you all! Have an awesome week!

Fun ties I sent them to wear on
St. Patricks Day :)

Elder Snyder

March 13, 2018

Hey Mom, Family and Friends!

So this past week has been a total gong show! Wow so last P-Day we went to Lethbridge to do our monthly shopping, and while shopping we ended up in the mall! Well we went to this really cool game store that has just about everything you could imagine! So Elder Walker ended up buying "Exploding Kittens" because I said that it was a really fun game (Remember I got it for Christopher just before I left). After we went to Lethbridge we got haircuts in Raymond from this lady that has a hair studio so I knew that I would get a safe haircut! Well she did a really good job! I'm am really happy about it! Lol but anyway, we were going to play the game we bought with the sisters, but Sister Z got the stomach flu so she had been up all night throwing up.. yeah not a very fun way to spend your P-day! So thus ended our one day a week that we get to have a little free time! Oh and remember from last week how I said that we have been having tacos like non stop? Well we went to dinner on Wednesday and they were like "Ok, tonight for dinner its TACO SOUP" LOL

Thursday is when everyone got their phones! Wait.. not everyone.. not me..haha not that I really cared though! It has been kind of nice not having a phone to worry about, but it will be super nice when I do get it! So they all set them up while I sat there kind of awkwardly.. yeah it was kinda awkward.. hahaha!

Friday we had interviews.. well we were supposed to have interviews at least! We were told in a text from our zone leaders that interviews are going to be in Raymond. We thought that that was weird because that are always here in Magrath! Well so we drive out to Raymond and President isn't there.. we hop between the three chapels there and he was at none of them. It was at this time that we decided that we should call him to see where he is! Well unknown to us, the sim card in our brick flip phone became deactivated because Elder Walker had a new sim in his smartphone.. well so we had no way to get a hold of President.. yeah what a crappy situation! So we prayed and got this feeling that we should go to this members house that we had met once before at a DTM, she let us use her phone and we got a hold of president finally! He had been waiting in Magrath that whole time! So we are going to do our interviews with him after zone conference on Thursday! What a gong show!

Saturday was pretty boring, we were just moving our contacts over from the flip phone to the new smartphones! Yay what a productive day! Haha but what's really fun is what we did Sunday! Elder Walker and I had been asked to talk in sacrament meeting! You know I don't like talking in front of crowds! Well, so I talked on the First Vision and how the principals of prayer and trust in the lord still very much apply to us today. It actually didn't go too bad but I still don't like speaking in church. Oh and guess what time people out here have dinner on Sunday? We had dinner at 2:30!!?!? Why would you do that?? But then we went to mission prep class that night which was really cool. They asked us to teach at the end of the month so that should be pretty cool!

Monday was such nice weather that we gave our car a rest and went walking! It was like 6C and that felt like heaven! I never thought I would say that! So we walked and got quite a few things done, talked to some people that we needed to visit with. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention this but we are moving! Yay! This ancient house that we are in.. well we won't be there for long! We plan on moving this Friday so that should be fun! We are moving to this families apartment suite in their basement, we went and looked at it and it is so nice! They just repainted and everything! I can't wait to show you guys! Hahah!

Glad to hear that you guys are doing pretty good for the most part! That ear piercing sound so painful mom..! Tell Arlene that I am thinking about her! Love you all and I really appreciate all of the support and messages from everyone in our ward, and from family and friends! Love you all and have an awesome week!!

P.S. Got Bday pkgs :)

Love,

Elder Seanzee!!

March 6, 2018 TACOS & CAMAROS

Hello everyone!

Oh wow so this week was pretty funny actually! So you might be wondering: "Whats with this strange email title" well let me tell you! This whole time that I have been here, people have never fed us the same thing more than once. Well we were saying that its kinda a miracle because usually you get the same thing multiple times in a row. Well sure enough we have had tacos... yes tacos for four nights in a row! What the heck!? At least I like tacos though, right? I am happy! Haha!! And the Camaro part of this story.. well its actually quite sad! These people had their daughters Camaro under a outside tent thing.. well with how much snow we have gotten this year (one of the worst winters they have seen) and how often it does go above freezing.. well that tent collapsed on the Camaro! 16 inches of pure ice!!! A pole went through the windshield, another through the hood of the car, and one that almost went through the convertible top! I really wish I would have had my camera!! The guy said that the insurance will take care of it no problem, but it still hurts!

So as you know, last P-Day we went to Sister Barton's to do baking! It was  really fun! The Barton's are such amazing people! We made a cookie cake that spells "CCM" for the Canada Calgary Mission!

Love the Bartons

Looks so YUMMY!

Thank you sister Barton for being so amazing to the missionaries ;)

Other than that, this week has been a pretty regular week! On Fridays we play bowling, pool, and bingo at the retirement home down here which is actually really fun! There's this guy named Tom that we always play pool with and he's like 92? Idk but he is super good at pool even though he says he can't see a dang thing! Haha it adds some excitement and fun to my day at least!

I'm excited to get those packages! Yay!! Lol and it looks like we will be having zone conference here pretty soon which is good news! That means we get our phones! Lol I just can't wait because it is going to be such a great tool to use and will make such a difference in how we do our missionary work! I really just can't wait to have the gospel library app again!!!

It's super crazy to think that Katherine and Christopher will be having their baby in May! Ahhh it came so fast but not fast enough!!! That Migraine piercing looks so painful! What the heck! That's good to hear that it actually works though! But the tenderness is what would get me the most!

Anyways its always good to hear how y'all are doing! Canada is amazing and I absolutely love it hear even though its colder than I have ever been! Love you guys and stay safe and healthy! I pray for you all everyday and every night! Until next week!

Love,

Elder Seanzee

February 27, 2018

Hey Mom,Family and Friends!

This past week has really been an awesome week for both Elder Walker and I! After weeks of fasting and praying to find a new investigator, we were at a linger longer after the block meetings, and we felt like we needed to go sit with this Indian couple and their baby. Well come to find out, they are not members and they came from a small island off the coast of Madagascar! How cool! So the wife Nima invited us over to her little 1 person hotel room she is super cool! What an amazing backstory she has as to how she and her husband Siwan ended up in the small town of Magrath! But it's really cool because she has had experiences while here where she has felt the holy ghost, and she even told us that she loves to just drive by the Cardston temple because she can feel the peace that comes from it! I mean she is so ready! Her husband is still really Hindu and is stuck in his ways because he hasn't felt what she has. But that was our little miracle! I'm excited to finally teach someone who knows nothing about the Church and really wants to learn more!

Transfers are this week, but Elder Walker and I are staying put here in Magrath! I honestly love it here so I don't mind at all! But in our district there's 3 sets off missionaries, sisters and elders in Raymond, and us here in Magrath. Our district is becoming a full training district as Elder Moore and Sister Z (she's german, idk how to spell her name) are gonna start training new missionaries and I am still being trained! It's sad to see the other Elder and Sister leave though! They were pretty cool! 

That's really sad about Arlene.. I keep her in my prayers! Tell her I love her and am thinking about her!  Grandma Athalee also..  So my car is in the garage now!? Yay! I'm kinda happy that my car takes priority over dads car! LOL!! That's actually really funny!! Its also good to hear Grandma Pat is doing good! I'm glad she has more good than bad days, thats always a good thing! 

Physical therapy does not sound like fun at all!  Sister Barton really kinda chastised me about taking pictures! Haha I love her! I'm gonna try better to send pics of Elder Walker and I! But like I said, the teaching pool here is extremely small so I don't have a whole lot of people to get pics with! 
Going to Sister Bartons today to make a cake or something :) Then to dinner at a house we don't know.

Thank you Colleen for this pic :)

Miss you all and hope you guys stay safe and stay healthy! 

Love,

Elder Seanzee!

February 24, 2018

Hello Mom, Family and Friends!!

Wow it feels like I just got dropped off at the MTC a couple of weeks ago! But no, here I am 2 months in already! Some days go by super slow, but I think that for the most part they go by way too fast! Anyway, I'm glad you got the Valentines! Elder W and I made those and sent them out to some people back home, as well as some families in our area! I thought they were kinda funny! Did you get them on Valentines Day?

That's sad to hear about Arlene.. that's a lot of stuff to get hit with all at once. I'll remember to keep her in my prayers! Just tell her she needs to stay positive about it! The power of the mind is pretty amazing and can make or break her fight!

I still think that its so cool that you take the Sister Missionaries around all the time! Always try to have the Missionaries over for dinner! I wish we would have had more opportunities to feed them before I left.  So they payed out on Christopher's car? That's pretty good what they gave him for it though!!

I'm happy to hear that my car gets out every now and then! I miss it! Lol! Just to let you know, we won't have zone conference until after my birthday, so if you send it to the mission office I won't get it until zone conference where we also get our phones!

We didn't have a baptism this past week, the boys dad is waiting to get back to us for an official date that will work for him. But I'm really looking forward to it! It will be amazing!

We went to the Wolvers house last night for 5 cheese grilled cheese and omg they were soooo good! One of their cats had babies a couple of weeks ago and they are so cute! Of course I got pictures for Lex!

We went up to Calgary Friday morning to go to my re-trainers meeting, which meant a 3 hour car ride! Yeah it was not so fun! Lol but it was a really good meeting and I learned a ton! I also got to see my MTC companions which is always cool! But on our way back there's this candy store that the missionaries always hit, so we hit it up and I now have some Canadian chocolate that I might send home for you guys to try! (If I don't eat it first!)

But other than that, this past week has been a lot of trying to get in touch with referrals and such, so we try to keep ourselves busy! Good to hear that everyone is doing really good for the most part though. I got emails from  gma and gpa Atkinson and Peterson which was really cool! Tell them I love them and appreciate their emails and I always keep them in my prayers also! Hope you all have a fantastic week and stay safe! Love you all!

Love,

Elder Seanzee