Monday, January 18, 2016

Street Contacting next to Big Ben



Well this week has been good! I love the Britannia ward. It really is
a special place and the members are amazing as well as the
missionaries in our zone. So we are finding lots of people! And they
are allllllll Chinese! We even are eating some weird Chinese food. I love them all. 
They are so nice and humble.
There are thousands and thousands of students just outside the visitors
centre (Hyde park) that we can talk to. We just go out and invite
people In. There is a video that only the Visitor Centres have called
"Gods Plan" and it is such a great video. It's about a family that
progresses to the oldest daughter getting married and it just talks
about how we can be together forever and how we can be sealed with our
families. Everyone loves it. I think I have watched it over 20 times
in 10 different languages and it makes me cry every time. I love you
guys so much. I am so grateful that we have so much fun together
skiing, boating, playing lacrosse and just doing whatever. It's the
best.

So we are teaching one girl named I, she is Chinese. We found her
out in the street  last week and taught her a lesson on the street.
My lesson teaching is pretty rusty because we didn't teach much in
Bedford but it's getting better. We then saw Iris again on Tuesday And
taught her about repentance and the atonement. She loved it. She
started crying and saying how she had been really sad and that she was
looking for something to make her happy. We extended a baptismal date
for her and we are so excited for her. She came to institute and met all the other
Chinese members and she loved it! They were so welcoming and kind to
her and it was just a great experience for her I think. So we have
this thing called We Chat on our iPads. It's this Chinese messaging app and its 
really good! I don't know how to use it but I will figure it out.


A few days ago we went finding to all the university's in zones 1-2 on
the underground. Well we tried to go to all of them. But London is
massive. Sometimes it gives me a headache knowing how huge our area is
and how many people we are dealing with. Sometimes you have to cram
into the tube and hope the door doesn't squash you because it's so
packed. But I like it. It's a different feel from Bedford. London
makes down town slc seem like cedar city or beaver haha. But we went
finding at Westminster. Like the real Westminster, not the one on 13th
east haha. It was crazy! We didn't have much success because of so
many tourists, but sometimes it doesn't seem real that I am street
contacting right next to Big Ben. It really is amazing. I'm so
grateful for my mission. I'll definitely come back to London one day.
There was a man on Saturday that came into Hyde Park with his wife and
said that he served in the Britannia ward 20 years ago! Haha it was
crazy! That's going to be me.

There is a senior couple that just went back to Salt Lake City. Elder
and Sister Cardall. They were so lovely. Elder Cardall went to the
good old EAST HIGH SCHOOL! And so did President and Sister Stevens! It
was such a great connection. We had some good laughs. It was great to
find some leopards all the way over in England. For some reason
everyone in the mission knows I went to East and all they talk about
is how cool it was  that I went to high school there. I tell them that
it's nothing like the movie and that all we really do there is haze
kids and shave their heads and kidnap them all summer haha.
#savetheshave

Well the BYU study abroad arrived yesterday. Haha it was crazy. There
are like 41 girls and 1 guy. I feel bad for him haha. But I haven't
seen anyone I know yet I probably will soon which will be strange. But
yes they are all here now for the next few months I'm guessing...

LORDS HAND
I have seen the Lords hand so much this week. I have struggled to
figure out how the YSA works and how everything works to be honest, I
feel like a two week out missionary still and I really don't know what
I'm doing half the time. But I have seen the Lord bless me in knowing
that he is there to always help me. And I have also seen him in you
guys and how lucky I am. I have the best family in the world. And I am
beyond grateful for the work ethic I have and learning to just grind
out the days haha. It's the best! It's crazy that a year ago this week
dad and I took off for our 2000 mile trip to Canada to shred some deep
pow in Rossland haha. I know it wasn't what we expected but it was a
trip I will never forget and its crazy that it was a year ago already.
It really was a trip of a lifetime. I'll never forget the talks dad
and I had driving through the Canadian mountains and riding the ferry
about how the mission would be tough but worth it. I can't wait to go
back for some redemption powder runs with the boys.
I love you guys! Thanks for being the best. Love you.
NO SHORT CUTS

Jacob

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