Tullsonburg's doctor's looking at Steve's knee Scary!!

Monday November 21, 2016  We missed Steve on our Thanksgiving trip to San Diego with Kelly's brother Seano and his family. We got to eat dinner at Teri's brother's Scott house! It was fantastic! It was really strange being on our first trip without him. We are so excited Steve finally went to the doctor for his knee. This has been a big trial for his mom! (She hurt her knee at a really young age and it was wrongly diagnosed. ) Pray the doctor will know what is really wrong with it!! Email from Steve..... It's been another great week out here in the field! We've seen miracles and it has just been great!      I got to see Elder Tarter at sports last preperation day which was pretty legit! I love him! There is significant difference in how pure he looks compared to when we left the MTC! He says work out in St. Thomas is quite a bit different than downtown Toronto. He's probably right haha. He is also follow up training Elder Peterson and says he didn't realize how much he relied on his trainer for everything haha. After that we were led by inspiration to a man named Rob who was very interested in the BOM and said he had always wondered about prophets and people in the ancient americas and had heard somewhere that Christ had comed and visited them and said that had always made sense to him. So we gave him a BOM and he even promised us at the doorstep that he would read and pray about it. Unfortunetly he thinks he is too busy to meet with us right now haha. But I'm sure he'll be calling soon!      Also after District meeting we were talking about getting past the first barrier with someone who seems not to be interested. So going out of Subway after the meeting I started talking to someone in his car. He seemed pretty agitated that I had the nerve to bother him, but we had just talked about people like him so I kept talking with him. I was very nice and under control but the conversation ended in about 30 seconds when he threatened to get out of his car and punch me in the face haha. He didn't haha.      Unfortunetly we had a rough time with Sherry. She has been getting more and more contentious and having less and less of a desire to change over the last few weeks. In our last lesson with her eventually she went on a big rant and said "I don't want to know the purpose of life, I don't want to change, I want to worship God the same way I have all my life". That was the dagger. I told her we loved her and that God had infinite and eternally more plans for her, and that I didn't think we were helping her at this point by meeting with her. I said we would love to still see her at church and would stop by, but we were going to give her a while before visiting with her again. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done in my life. Because I love her. I do think this is the best thing for her though even though it was hard and hopefully serves as a wake up call.      Nancy committed 100% to be baptized! We found out she does smoke which was interesting haha. But then she got super sick and we haven't seen her in like 5 days... WHich is no good and when we talked to on the phone last she did say she has a concern about baptism that she wanted to talk about in person. BUT since she has been so sick she hasn't smoked in that time either!      We got a media referal of someone named Michael and he actually wants to meet with us! We are meeting with him tonight at the church and we're crazy excited becaused he seems VERY prepared!      Also got the wonderful experience of going though Canada's medical care, ended up being at the doctors office for 5 hours and missed multiple appointments for my knee, but now they said they are setting up an MRI for me that will take place in a few weeks!      I know the Gospel is true, and it's found in the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I know this is the work of Almighty God and it is to change the world. I add my testimony to the words of Joseph Smith, "the standard of truth has been erected, no unhallowed hand can stop the truth from progressing. persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent. Till it has penetrated every continent, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished and the great Jehovah shall say the work is done." I know that it is the same spirit that testifies of Jesus Christ as the Savior of the world that testifies of Joseph Smith as his called prophet, adn of Thomas S. Monson. I am so greatful for this good news that it is my privilege to share with the world.