7/11/2016

The edge of the London Mission!!!!

7/11!! Hahahaha get some free slurpees for me!!!!! Ah that's so crazy.

I can remember this day last year so perfectly. Time is just flying

out here. It has been a good week this week. The sun has been out and

it has just been super super nice. We were able to confirm A this

week, he went on vacation and got back so that was good! We also had

some service this week and it was amazing. Haha I miss yard work so

much. It felt so good. But overall it was a good week and a lovely P

day. We just relaxed in London. Summer here is amazing. Everything is

just beautiful, and people seem to be a lot happier, but when it rains

everything kind of goes back to normal but it's all good. We visited

some sweet places today because elder withers hasn't served in London

yet so we hit the town. I'll send some photos.

Dungeon

So we saw A this week and it was great!!!! We went over and cooked

Brasilian food with him and R. It was delicious. We had a pretty

powerful lesson and the spirit was strong. R is still stuck on a

few things that are holding her back. She feels the spirit and knows

that it's true. It'll just take time. So keep her in your prayers. She

needs it. They are just a perfect family. It makes me so happy to see

them together. They are so loving and really they express how

important family is to them. It's all they talk about.

The service was great. A few days ago we were walking past this

Ghanaian woman's house so we yelled some twi and she was super happy

and called us over. We went on to ask her if she needed help in her

garden. She said of course and we were right on it! Hahaha we came a

few days later and she put us to work! Wow!!! It was fun! I loved it

so much! We were gardening, sweeping, moving a bunch of old furniture.

It was just a great time. It made me miss the good times back home.

But I was happy to get dirty and help her out. She even ordered us

some Pizza after haha so it was wonderful. We were able to teach them

about the restoration. We are seeing them this week and are really

hoping they will want to meet. She has two little girls who loved

working out in the yard with us. We just had lots of fun. It was a

great opportunity. She even gave us some chicken and jellof rice haha.

Classic.

The rest of the week was brilliant. We met some really great people.

We also had a few rough days with nothing but the Lord blessed us. I

wrote down an experience on my iPad right after it happened that I

will send. It was something that elder withers and I were super

Grateful for. It was sad to see that nothing really came from it, but

I am still grateful for it.

Story: sorry if it sounds like a journal

Today we met M. It was an experience I will never forget. Elder

withers and I were walking down hoe street in wathomstow. We were

talking to everyone, literally....we passed a street and saw a woman

walking up. We felt promoted to talk to her. As we stopped her she

spoke no English and walked away, we felt a bit confused but pressed

on, as we turned the corner we stopped a few more people who said

nothing. I then felt prompted to stop a certain woman who in one hand

was carrying a cup of beer and in the other a cigarette haha. As I

stopped her she was a bit loopy. But still there. She shared her

feelings about being lost and wanting to overcome her addictions and

having her kids back. She had been drinking and smoking since she was

11 because of her parents influence. We decided to invite her to a

short lesson at the chapel. She agreed. As we arrived at the chapel

she was very interested. We showed her the chapel and talked about the

sacrament. She started to really share her feelings and express how

badly she wanted to change but that she couldn't by herself. The

spirit was super powerful. Elder withers and I shared our testimony to

her that she could change. We showed her a Mormon message called "the

Savior wants to forgive" as the video played, the spirit was super

strong. She started crying, and I felt our heavenly fathers love for

her, and for me and for elder withers. It was incredible. As the video

finished, the spirit was strong, we bore testimony that she could

really change.

She has canceled all of our appointments and hasn't answered, I don't

know why, but it was still a great experience.

Lords Hand

I have seen the Lords Hand in A and R. They are an amazing

family. I have seen the the gospel bro happiness to them. The Gospel

really does bless families! I know it. I am excited for R. It will

take some time. But I know it will happen.

I love you guys! It sounds like it was a good week. Keep being the

best. It's crazy that sam gets home and Ruby gets married and Andrew

leaves and Liza is in college! It's just crazy! I love you guys!

Jake

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