Fight On!

Wow! January is over already....it was a pretty fast month to be honest! A lot has happened and it's been crazy and amazing haha. So it was super great to be transferred to London. I love it here. I miss Bedford but London really is amazing and I'm trying to enjoy it as much as possible. So this week was pretty good! We a few lessons with Iris and a few less actives and recent converts so that's good!

Finding this week wasn't the best because of the weather. It was cold and raining and windy so there weren't many people outside but we tried our best and talked to some cool people! Hahaha I stopped theses two Chinese Girls and they said they weren't interested and walked away and when they walked away I noticed that they were both wearing USC sweatshirts! It was awesome haha. We then talked for a bit, they were studying abroad here and they were both from Pasadena! They said they would come stop by the visitors centre one day! So that was cool! FIGHT ON!!

So on Thursday we watched Meet the Mormons with "I" and some other elders brought some investigators. I seriously love that movie so much! I got emotional at the end when the missionary leaves the salt lake airport. It brought back memories of when Sam left mostly. And then I realized that I had done the same thing to you momma haha. I'm just grateful for you guys. I love you so much! At least you'll have one of your sons and brothers back this summer haha.  We play basketball on Thursdays with our investigators and it super fun. I'm out of shape because my companion hates running in the morning and blames it one the air quality. So it's good when we play basketball.

I have been a bit jealous of Elder H this week. He and the two other APs went to the temple on Saturday! They did like 3 sessions! It sounded amazing. Hopefully we can go with Doe in a year or so! I am so so so grateful that we live so close to the temple. I’m going to go like every single day hahaha. So I was on exchange with the other AP Elder W on Saturday. So that was fun. He's from Arizona and is a way cool kid. His pops is a dentist as well haha. They had a flat inspection that day so we did a lot of cleaning in their flat haha.

So "I" had her interview this week and she passed! She loved it! She is super super excited for her baptism next week. We are so happy for her. I was just thinking about how amazing the Lord works. We found "I" 3 weeks ago outside of a random tube station in central London. We had been late to the station but it's so comforting knowing that we were late for a reason and that because of being late we were able to find Iris and help her make it to this point. The Lord works in mysterious ways.

So on Sunday there was a baptism in the ward and "I" came to watch and she was super super excited, but she is very shy so she is worried about everyone watching her being baptized. So she doesn't want a ton of people there even though allllll of China will be there and that's a lot of people haha. So we will see how that goes. But she will be fine and she is super ready to take this step! So we are stoked! She progressed so fast and was super prepared! The Lord places the elect in our paths! I know it!

The Lords Hand

I have seen the Lords hand every day of my life this week. I am grateful that I can pray always. And know that he is there to help. I was a bit down a few days ago and I was grateful that I could pray and feel comfort in remembering my reasons for serving a mission. I have seen the Lords hand in and through the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon never fails to comfort me and lift me up, and last I have seen the Lords hand in my patriarchal blessing. It is so special to me and I love reading it and I really feel so much peace when I do.

I hope all is well back home. I'm happy for James and Jordan! It's weird to think they are engaged though...it kind of blows me mind honestly. I'm assuming Andrew has started his papers, which is insane! I can't believe I was in his position just last year haha.

I love you guys! William! Heal up! Be great. Love you guys.

Jacob