The Zoo

Hey all,

We went to the zoo last week and it was a party. We were very excited to see all of the animals and we spent the entire day there. My personal favorite animals were the leopards and the hippos. It was very, very entertaining. 

This week has been more of the Granby Usual. We buried another raccoon for Annie, the old Belgian member, and helped her plant her garden. Last night we went over to her house for another poorly-attended family home evening, but we had a campfire so it was all worth it in my mind. It has been a very long time since I've sat around a camp fire.

In terms of the work, we found more people, we dropped more people. Nothing particularly exciting. Still no one who has really stayed interested.

Transfer calls are this weekend. My personal transfer speculation is that I will go back to the Mandarin branch to finish my mission. Only God knows until Saturday night...

Love you all, 

Elder Hadden. 

I wonder if Elder K's first name really IS Joey

Brother Harvey

My Tahitian exchange with Elder Tehei

Dear all,

A quick email today because we're running late and we have important things to do today.

Things have been picking up a little this week. We've been finding quite a few people, and quite of a few of those people actually seem like they might slightly care about actually meeting with us. We've had some of those mystical events called "second lessons, " and we're scheduled to have more.

Among the interesting people we met this week was a guy named David who very excitedly told us that he sometimes does cocaine on the weekends, and a super cool guy from Congo who actually understands what we're teaching.

Sunday was Mothers' Day so we had a special church meeting and all of the women in the branch got roses. After church we took one of the extra roses to Brigitte and we actually saw her. She said she was still interested in meeting with us. It made me feel a lot better, because I had just about given up on her. Since then, however, she hasn't returned our call.

Yesterday evening we had a wonderful dinner with the Wongs and the former Elder Harvey. Elder Harvey was one of the first missionaries I met on the mission, and he was the first white missionary I met on my mission. We were pretty good friends back in Montreal so it's been really good to see him again. He served in Granby for a while so he knows a bunch of members and investigators from way back when. We're gonna go visit people with him this afternoon.

Next week we're gonna go to the zoo! Hopefully it will be open. 

Love you all! 

Have a good week! 

Elder Hadden

Granby at sunset 11May

The grave we dug for the raccoon Annie (a super-old member of the branch) caught.
We had to drown it for her.
It was kind of depressing, but at least her chickens are safe now.

Garage Sales

Annie and Elder Hadden

Dear all,

It was a week. Nothing too exciting happened, but we did have a really good lesson with a lady named Brigitte, though. 

We met her a couple weeks ago by knocking on her door. She seemed like she was really having a hard time and she said she was looking for God. This week visited with her with the Bergerons, who are in the temple presidency. We talked a lot about the book of Mormon and the Bergerons shared their conversion experience and how it's helped them. She said that she feels like this is what she needs to do, and at the end of it all we gave her a priesthood blessing.

She said she would come to church on Sunday, but she wasn't able too. Since then we haven't been able to get in contact with her... Hopefully we'll be able to meet with her again. 

Yesterday we went on exchanges with the Mt St Hilaire elders. I was with Elder Guerra here in Granby. He's a big dude from Atlanta who's been on his mission for just about a year. We had a pretty good time and taught another really good lesson to a guy from Congo named Joseph. It was a very good exchange. Fun time. 

Last night we had a very quick family home evening with a member named Annie. She's from Belgium, and has been here since the 80's. She turns 90 years old on June 6 this year. She's almost blind, but she still manages to live on her own. She's a very spry 90-year-old. We do service with her about once a week to take care of her chickens and bring in wood for her wood-burning stove. 

That's all for me. 

Love you all, 

Elder Hadden

I saw this at Walmart today. Quebec is catching on . . .