Isaac's new district

5/23

this week was really cool! allen has not smoked in 10 days! candice prayed for the first time out loud! and... i got transferred! im living in Barstow now! more to come next week i have only been here 3 hours! love you all! almost forgot i once again battled the beast this weekend! we didnt win but we got WAY closer!

much love

Elder DIckson

5/2

so this week was crazy! lets start at the beginning 

Monday: for once we where not rushed, in fact we where bored! everything was just done early i guess! also i caught a turtle!

Tuesday: nada day! nothing happened at all! pretty sure we knocked every door in Ontario.

wednesday: on exchange( a 24 hour trade of companions) with elder nelson, we taught a super powerful lesson with one of their investigators. she committed to come to church! and then at dinner i was asked if i was related to Craig Dickson, i was like i duno. and so we had dinner than after dinner he brings out a stick bug and puts it on my arm! that feels weird, they walk with little claws by digging them into surfaces! kinda tickles. then after dinner he brings out this yearbook, and i kid you not this man looked just like me!( i included a picture) his name is Howard Craig Dickson! and he is like 60 now!

Thursday: another SLOW day!

Friday: yet another SLOW day!

Saturday: got the chance to fix a less active members car today! we had joel (our investigator) come over and help us bleed her brakes for her!

Sunday: this is when things get crazy! so first we have an investigator Allen he has been investigating the church for 3 years, but has not been able to kick his smoking habit, we had a really spiritual lesson with him, and then asked "allen will you stop smoking?" and he said "this weekend" so exited for him! fasting and prayer really does work! then later that evening we had a lesson with Emily(the lady we accidentally stalked!) and sister Swart, (our ward mission leaders wife) made a really good friend for Emily and as we taught her about the plan of salvation, she loved it and cant wait to hear more! and just to put cream on top of the cake, we finally got a good picture of the snapping turtle that lives in our pond!

this week was so hot and cold! its hard to have a really full day and then a day of just nothing! 

quote for the week: "Dont find fault, Find remedy"

4/25 email

well this has been a different week! this week we had a really cool lesson with a new investigator, we met her by accidentally following her around for at least 30 minutes! when we finally got to talk to her she asked us if we are following her, and we explained what it is we do, we then got the opportunity to teach her the restoration. afterwards she committed herself to read the Book of Mormon, and we set up an appointment for the next week. well that day rolls around and she actually shows up! she brought a friend too! we shared the restoration again, and they loved it! asked tons of questions, and then asked when we could meet again! Every day we get asked how old we are and if we are even old enough to drive yet!kinda funny but also a little frustrating at times! also today i CAUGHT a TURTLE i reached down and grabbed him out of the water! hahahaha so much fun! elizabeth named him lance! pretty fun to catch a turtle!

Questions for the week?  Well, the driving was one.  Have you done any other service than the food bank?

yeah, just this last saturday i spent the entire morning doing service at a golf course! we planted flowers and then spread mulch everywhere! that was fun but we did not get done with studys until 5 that day!

what does than  mean, "done with studies?"  have the members been feeding you?  try any new food?

the members are feeding us! they think i am funny so our dinner calendar is always full! i got the chance to eat some crazy Samoan food, and have now eaten authentic schnitzel

what do Samoans eat?  Is your companion still praying for something crazy to happen? doing anything fun today?

we might go golfing so that we can drive around the golf cart! deep fried bananas for a start, TONS OF MEAT! they put that log of meat i made once to shame!

4/11 email

had an interesting week! started just like any other week. we visited all our normal people,did all the normal things, felt pretty normal. then it happened! we are walking along Sunday night about 8:45 trying to contact some people before we went home, we are walking along a darker street when we saw someone getting some bags out of the back of his car. so we decide to talk to him... we begin talking to him and the conversation turns into a bash! so we direct the conversation away from the bash. we start asking him about himself, we find out he is a minister of a church of 5 million! as we continue talking we find out all the bags that he has in his car is because he just got back from Africa! so we start asking him about that, turns out he is the king of a small nation in Africa! he has a crown with 12 elephants on it and totally covered in fur! as we keep talking we asked his name... it was King/Bishop/Commodore/Doctor Scales. he also is a doctor of psychological science. he told us he was actually just getting back from his kingdom in Africa, so he could fix up his sons home here in Ontario! this mans story was too crazy to be made up! wish we had gotten a picture with him. he was totally decked out in gold too! like on his arms and neck and fingers gold everywhere, and he was driving a Mercedes Benz. his story was just too crazy and complicated to be a lie. the best part about this contact was that as we were leaving we jokingly said "bye king scales" and he puts his hands up like a bear and goes "BRAGH" not sure what it meant but it sure was exiting!

that is the only excitement we had this week! turns out the night before my companion had been praying for something crazy to happen so that he could write to his brother this week about it...

that's what companions are for i guess! this week marks the end of my first transfer and my 2 month mark! i also made a new scripture case for my scriptures, all i had at the time was a Little Caesars pizza box! so that is what i used. guess all my handyman training is paying off. this week should be pretty good we are moving into a new apartment so that is pretty exiting! i swear you guys must think my companion is so somber he never smiles when we are driving so all our pictures look funny with me smiling and him doing nothing!

Shopping on P0Day

Last week of March

This weekend was wonderful! we had our first baptism in the area in 2 years! it was so cool! she even got confirmed on Easter Sunday! other than that it felt pretty short since my last P-Day was Thursday! a few crazy things for the coming week! me and my companion are doing 3 exchanges back to back! i wont see my comp for 48 hours! that is insane! but we gotta do what we gotta do! love you all, hope everything is going well back at the farm.

Isaac in his "cas" (casual) clothes 

Isaac visited the Redlands Temple last week.

Also this week i went to by far the coolest Easter party on the planet! it was a mix of Armenian, and Bolivians! their kids had a band and they are actually really good! they are called daydream time machine! they are really good for a garage band!  https://daydreamtimemachine.bandcamp.com/ these guys are my buds! we walked into the backyard and they stopped at the end of a song and through the mike announced "Look our boys came!" everyone was so confused! but it was pretty awesome!

we where walking along and this garage had this band playing in it! we where like wow they are actually pretty good! so we went and knocked on the door... a man answered and invited us into his house, he fed us talked to us told us about himself and then asked if we had anything we would like to share? boy did we have something to share with him! he has cancer and has a 5 year expectancy, we shared the Plan of Salvation with him, it hit home for him! he invited us back and now we have had 2 dinners with him and 2 lessons. it is worth saying that that was the most extraordinary finding situation of a mission, it is never that simple or easy!

love

elder Dickson

Some of my questions he answered:

What time is church?

church starts at 9

but we are at the church at 7 for ward council

Did you get the card Grandma Sharon and Grandpa Lynn sent you?

i did! i don't know what to do with $50 at McDonalds

but i did the math i could get 200 chicken nuggets!

tell gma i love her and she is amazing!

What was your Easter dinner like?

we ate at a Samoan feast and then we ate at an Bolivian feast

SOOO MUCH FOOD IN SOO LITTLE TIME