6/27/2016

I hope you got all the pictures. A got baptised!!!!! Wow! It was so amazing. It was just a great day. We woke up and the sun was shining and we were stokedddddd! It has been raining all week and we didn't want the rain to dampen the mood of the baptism. So when we woke up to the sun we were ecstatic! The service went well. There was some conflict with the bishopric being there and it was a bit chaotic. Everything is just sooo laid back in this ward haha that's just how Ghanaians are. I love them tons though! But it all worked out. So my boy Elder Steuer came up to baptize A because he taught him for a while before he dropped off a few months ago. So that was a super cool experience. Apparently the water was freezing cold haha and I was blamed by the whole ward for it for some reason so that kind of sucked to be honest. But it's okay. There wasn't really anything I could have done...the water boiler was broken but I gladly took the blame so no worries.

It was amazing to see the support that A received from his wife and the ward. His wife R has been in all of the lessons, she reads the Book of Mormon and does everything A does. She is just a bit behind him. We cannot really figure it out. But she knows this is what she needs to do. So we are really going to help her get there. They have the cutest little boy named B and for him to grow up in the gospel would be perfect. So we are really looking forward to teaching them more and being around them more. They leave for a vacation for 10 days but will be back soon so we will be over there first thing! We were able to have one of our investigators come to the baptism to watch! His name is H, he is from Columbia and he is only 17. And wow he is a great kid! He loved the baptismal service and we were able to have a lesson with him after. We watched the restoration video in Spanish and it amazing, I couldn't understand much, and Elder Withers speaks fluent Spanish because he studied it for 6 years. But I did feel the spirit and it was just a powerful experience. H was so grateful for Joseph smith and all that he did. He even testified to us that he knew he was a prophet and that the Book of Mormon was true. It was a testimony to me that the spirit is that powerful. It's crazy, I've realised how much my testimony grows in every lesson that I teach and for some reason I've noticed that more and more the last few weeks. But H is such a great kid. He told us how happy he was when he talks with us and prays. We are so happy for him.

Oh and the girl you see in all the pictures with A is V. She's the 16 year old who's parents won't let her get baptised. But she teaches with us all the time and seriously has the strongest testimony. She is amazing. Pretty sure she has more gospel knowledge than all the missionaries. But she is a great example to all of us.

Well that's basically our week. I went on exchange with Elder Campbell in our flat and it was a good time. He's from star valley Wyoming haha. He's a great kid. He runs track and every time we run in the morning he destroys us hahahaha but it's good. We had lots of fun. Elder Aubin is also in the flat now. He is in my MTC group and he's a stud. We went on exchange a whole while back when I was in Bedford. He's a Frenchy haha I call him Pepe all the time haha. Sometimes he sounds like Richard Permin and its hilarious hahaha. But the flat mates are great. It was Elder Withers birthday on Wednesday so we threw a mini party and had some cake. Elder Withers and I have tons of fun. We are always laughing. But the work is moving along.

Lords Hand

I have seen the Lords Hand is helping A be ready this week. He was nervous about doing it alone without his wife but he really knew it was something he wanted to do and needed. He was ready. He realized that his wife would support him and follow in his footsteps. I have also seen the Lords Hand in H. We stopped him right outside Tottenham Hale station and he listened to us! It was so amazing. He was very interested and listened to the spirit even if he didn't realise it.

I love you guys! So much. Thanks for being the best. I hope all is well back home. Can't believe sam is home so soon. Time is flying. I love you! The gospel is the best.

No short cuts

Jake

P.s. Haha I'm assuming you heard about the EU referendum hahah it's been chaos here. Everyone that didn't want to leave his ticked! They just yell at us and flip out haha so it's pretty crazy to be honest. Oh and there was some major flooding in London because of all the rain so that was crazy. Love you guys!