Tuesday, March 7, 2017

3/6/2017

What a week it has been!!!!!!

Hahaha a lot of cool things have happened this week! It was busy and exciting. So first things first, we had interviews with President Stevens this week! It's always a lovely experience!!!! It's super nice now with the new missionary schedule we also have interviews and zone conference every transfer!!! So we are super super happy about that! But interviews were great and President is the best haha.

We had a cool experience earlier this week on Wednesday. I was with an elder from Uganda and we had such a good time. His name is Elder Muwanika and we just made tons of memories. We also shared a very very special experience together as well. It was the evening time and we were headed to the chapel for Ward Council and this car pulled into the car park with a flat tire. We went over to help them and they were super kind, they didn't have a spare so we told them they could park their car in the car park and come inside the church to wait for their cab. We talked to them for quite a while and they started opening up to us. They asked about our missions and eventually about the church in general. They expressed how they both had a belief in God but they didn't really know what to do about it. They shared that they had lost a very close family member just a year ago. They opened up and it was very emotional. We were able to very very simple testify of the plan of salvation and the gospel of Jesus Christ and the happiness and comfort it brings.  They shared how they were driving down the road for quite a while and that the wife had been telling the husband to pull over several times. After driving a ways down the road, he pulled into the chapel car park. It was so lovely to see that they recognized that it happen for a reason. They left in their cab and we got their contact info. We contacted them but after a few days we couldn't get a hold of them. I realised that one of the greatest seeds had been planted on my mission, they experienced being in the chapel, they felt the spirit, and they learned about the simple plan that God has for us. I'm grateful for the experience Elder Muwanika and I had because my testimony of the plan of salvation was strengthened. I have never felt such love for 2 people I hardly knew.

That was the highlight of the week for sure. I will never forget that. But we are loving life here. Elder Williams and I are having a good time and working hard. We have taught J a few times and he is a legend. His commitment to the gospel is incredible, he has given up a lot prepare for his baptisms.

 

Today was a crazy day. We are both nackard!!! First thing this morning we locked ourselves out of the flat without our car keys too. so we called the land lady and she couldn't help so we booked it to the chapel like 3 miles away for call ins. We then got help from the senior couple but when they picked us up they got a flat tire so we fixed that. Then went and picked up a spare key where the land lady yelled at us haha. It was just very exciting.

Life is good. I love the mission!!!! I love Watford. It's a great place.
No short cuts!

Jake


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