7/18/2016

British Drivers License...oh no!!!!!

Well family! This week was a fast one but tiring! We had a pretty good week! R and A had us over for lunch again and it was great. I just feel like they have been a member family their whole lives. It's iust crazy to me haha. But overall it was a good week. We had basically all our appointments fall through this week which wasn't the best but we just hit the streets! Lots of contacting and lots of angry people haha. But it was good. So there are tons of ads in the underground and I saw one for Jason Bourne! Hahaha I flipped! July 27th! That's going to be a great birthday for William haha. It looked pretty dang good. Have fun watching that haha.

We spent a lot of time outside our area too. We went to the London north elders for an exchange and it was a good time. We found some really cool people and it was just great. The neighbourhood they live in is beautiful, massive English mansions. I felt like I was in James Bond haha. It was sweet. But we had a good time, I went with an elder from Salem hills Utah. He's a great guy, he goes home in September so he really is just grinding out the last month and a half. It's super good. We had a pretty solid lesson with R. She accepted a baptismal date last week, we taught her word of wisdom this week and it was hard for her to give up coffee. Haha Brazilians love their coffee apparently. But she will do it, no worries. A will help her as well. A received the priesthood this week! It was super comforting to know that their home now has a priesthood holder who is worthy of it. It seems like just yesterday he was baptised. We are hoping he will be Able to baptise R! And eventually B one day.

So we have been teaching this columbian couple named J and M. We found them almost a month ago now and they are slowly making progress. They have been caught up with comparing everything we teach to the bible and to their own beliefs. It was actually cool though, one night we went over and were very straight up with them, we asked why they wanted to meet with us, and why the continue to meet with us. They went on to say that maybe they need to just have open hearts and stop comparing it to their own beliefs. They even came to church this week which was super super good! They loved sacrament meeting. 

Sunday night was great. We were able to head into South Kensington for a little mission conference with our zone and Hyde parks. Before the conference we did some finding with the Whitechapel elders in green park. It's a beautiful place. I've realised that the whitechapel area is a tough area. Literally everyone you talk to is a tourist. Or doesn't live in the area. I bet they see and meet members every single day. It was like Britannia all over again. But we tried our best. The conference at Hyde park was great. Sister Marriott from the young woman's presidency came! She spoke to us about being ourselves as missionaries but also making Christ the reason. It was a lovely conference. We had cheesecake from Costco after (cheese cake factory) and it was delicious.

Lords Hand

I saw the Lords hand this week in J and M. They were able to realise that having an open heart is so important in finding truth. They were dedicated to come to church and feel the spirit and I know that they did. I also saw the Lords Hand this week in giving elder withers and me energy to continue on. For some reason we were both just whipped. Long days in different areas and not much time in ours. But we saw that when we tried our Best to be diligent the Lord just helped us so much, and we were able to find some really lovely people.

I love you guys! I cannot believe it's the middle of July. I cannot believe even more that sam gets home in 2 weeks. That doesn't seem real life to me. And it freaks me out. Give him massive massive hugs for me. I remember we would tell eachother how long 3 years would be not seeing eachother. It's crazy that it's almost just one year. Keep living up summer in the 801. Love you guys

Jacob

NO SHORT CUTS

"Get busy livin or get busy dyin"

Worn out insoles...he says the bottoms are still ok!! They look like they need a shoe shine!