6/20/2016

What a week it has been! So it has been pretty crazy to be honest! Lots has happened! So my new companion is Elder Withers. He is from Cleveland Ohio and he really hopes the cavs win tonight hahaha. And I'm sure Hank (friend/neighbor/fanatic Cavs fan) feels the same way. It's crazy that last year we were watching the finals in Newport on senior trip. But anyways, Elder Withers has been out a year and some and he went to BYU for a year before he came out. He is 19 and his birthday is on Wednesday so we are going to have a party haha. We get along super well and laugh tons. He actually reminds me of Hank haha so it's pretty fun. Everyone knows what it's like when Hank and I are together, it gets a bit crazy haha. But he works super hard and we are going to have a great transfer. Oh and he studied Spanish for like 7 years back home so that really helps when we find South Americans. We have found a lot of people from Argentina this week haha I tell them that my friend Johny lives there and they all freak out haha so that's pretty funny.

New comp Elder Withers

But this week has been good but chaotic. All the missionaries met at Kings Cross St pancreas for transfers and it was crazy! Everyone was trying to find their companions and it was just crazy. But it all seemed to work out and everyone got back to their areas haha. 

So we were able to see A this week quite a few times. He has really been reading the Book of Mormon and praying a lot. He passed his baptismal interview on Saturday so he will be getting baptised on the 25th! We are so stoked for him! He is sad that his wife isn't ready yet but he knows it's something he needs to do. And we are so grateful for his faith. We really feel like his wife will follow him after she sees and feels the spirit. We know she will get there. But A is awesome. They have a little boy named B and A loves his family so much. He really knows how much the gospel will help them! So G on the other had hasn't been answering. We were really really excited for her and she was doing so well. And she was English!!!! And she was progressing to well! But we won't give up. She responds here and there so we will figure out what's up.

Later this week we found a couple named J and C. They are both 19 and they were super interested in meeting. We set an appointment and the actually met with us the next day! It was so great! We taught them about the restoration and the spirit was so powerful in the lesson. I felt it so strong, and my testimony of the gospel and of Joseph smith grew so much when the first vision was said. It was really an experience I am so grateful for! They both

loved the lesson and said they felt something special. We are seeing them on Wednesday so we are really really excited about that!

A friendly window washer while Jake was getting ready for the day!

So something sick happened! I started talking to this guy on the tube and I asked where he was from and he said Chile! So I asked where and he said Concepcion! Haha so that was soooo cool! I was so happy you have no idea. I said my brother lives there and it was just super cool! And then I asked what he was doing here and he said promoting fly fishing! Haha I was pumped! He showed us a bunch of pictures of fly fishing in Chile and even told us that a lot of the guides that work for the outfitter live in Salt Lake City haha. So it was just a crazy connection. And then another cool thing happened. We were walking through the gates at the station and these two girls sounded so American so we asked where they were from and they said Balboa Island Newport Beach California! Hahaa I was super stoked! I told them it was a great place and that you guys were actually there! So those were two cool things that happened!

LORDS HAND

I have seen the Lords Hand in strengthening my testimony when we teach. I have seen that every time I testify I feel the spirit and it always comforts me. It has been a crazy stressful week and I felt a bit down for the first bit of the week but but the end I really felt that it would all be okay. And I am grateful for that.

Well I'm assuming Balboa was great! I love you guys. I hope the break was good! Crazy that it's summer and Sam gets home so soon! It freaks me out. I love you so much!

Jake

NO SHORT CUTS

Questions

1. Companion questions

2.  Where do you get your hair cut?

Anywhere, usually like a cheap Turkish barber hahah. But it just

depends. They are usually pretty expensive in London so it's hard but

we find cheap places.

3.  Are you being fed by members? How often? What do you eat?

We don't go to members for dinner. Sometimes, the African

women make us stuff and bring it to he chapel which is nice. But

sometimes it's sketchy hahahaha