6/24/2017

New Companions

Well, I'm back in Britannia. It has been a lovely time already. We have been pretty busy this week. That seems to be how transfers week always is. But I'm super super happy to be back. I've been able to contact some old people I taught and also some less active that have somewhat fallen away a bit. It has been nice to see some of them and invite them back to church. So it will be good to see them! My new companions are great. One is from Germany and the other is from Northern Ireland. They are both studs. Their names are Elder Falke and Elder Jackson. We get along very well and we are having a good old time!!!!

So a few highlights of the week. Well we were in the office on transfers and Elder Metcalf from slc (went to cottonwood) walks into the office and guess who he is with!!?? Kort!!!! It was so good! We gave each other a big hug and a few more big hugs and we were able to chat for a bit. It was so good to see him. It made me so happy. Nothing had changed. And I'm grateful for that. It will be good to see him soon and play some lax.

Jacob and his good friend Kort!!

2 years ago with Kort at the All-State game!

      

Another highlight was teaching a super cool Chinese student named C. He is a super funny guy and he is very smart. I've missed teaching such humble, obedient Chinese students. It's the best. It's brought back some good memories from Duston and the old days in Britannia.

There were a bunch of new missionaries that came into the mission on Wednesday. We were able to meet all of them! It was incredible. There are 14 new missionaries and 10 of them are converts within the last 4 years. One of them being from Dubai and 2 from India!!!! We have such a diverse mission. The one from Dubai is the first missionary to ever come from that area of the world. So it's super cool!!!!

The mission is the best! I love England. I love London. And I love the people here. I'm grateful for the things I've learned, and the power of the restored gospel. We watched a few videos with a recent convert in the VC, and they were about the translations of the Book of Mormon and the story behind how it happened. My testimony was strengthened and I'm grateful I get to share it. Elder Christofferson taught something very powerful last week. He said that "teaching repentance" means sharing testimony. I'm grateful for mine!

Love you all!

No short cuts!

Elder Parkin

More surprise visitors at church....

Noah Kirk

Aunt Angie, Cousins Eliza and Matthew