Another Week, Another Transfer

Dear all,

The most exciting thing that happened this week was, as always, the transfer call. I will be going to Riverside (the family ward in the same area as Dow's Lake with a small Chinese group) with the one and only Elder Logan Burton of Farmington, UT. We will be running all of the Chinese work in Ottawa and likely be in and out of Dow's Lake with Chinese YSA. We're not really sure how it will all work out, but it should be good. I'm excited to be with Elder Burton and get back into more Chinese work.

Our expensive hot pot adventure.

Other than that, this week we did a lot of work with the Riverside members. Being in a trio with Elder Burton meant we inherited all of the DAs for Riverside for the week. We had a couple with Chinese members and a couple with white members. One of our Chinese DAs was with a couple of members named Wang Lu and Yu Yan. They both used to live in the branch but recently moved here to Ottawa.They decided to meet up in a Hot Pot chain restaurant. I went to this same chain in Montreal one time and I remembered it being only about 10 or 15 dollars per person. We ate with them and then had to leave a little before everyone else so we could get home on time. We went to pay for our share of the food and found out that it wasn't 15 dollars per person, but actually 30. It was really expensive. The most expensive meal I have ever paid for on my mission. Needless to say, we won't go there again. at least not in Ottawa. 

Hiking in the Gatineau hills.
This is what Quebec really looks like.

Shucks. So little time. Anyway, the point of the story is that I'm back in Chinese work and there will hopefully be cheaper Chinese food in my future. I missed Chinese food.

Love you all,

Elder Hadden

YSA - Young Single Adult ward

DAs - Dinner appointments; people they are teaching the Gospel

Hot pot - a Chinese cooking method, prepared with a simmering pot of soup stock at the dining table, containing a variety of East Asian foodstuffs and ingredients. While the hot pot is kept simmering, ingredients are placed into the pot and are cooked at the table. Typical hot pot dishes include thinly sliced meat, leaf vegetables, mushrooms, wontons, egg dumplings, tofu, and seafood. The cooked food is usually eaten with a dipping sauce.