Miracles: we taught our ward mission leader when we were doing all our
member visits, and he texted us afterwards and thanked us for taking
it back to the basics for him. It was very sweet and sincere.
Frustrating stories: I stopped a Chinese girl and asked her a
question. She stood there for about 10 seconds looked at us and then
walked away, it was after a long day of finding so I got super
frustrated with her. But elder draper knew exactly when I was going to
get frustrated and told me off for getting frustrated, it really put
things in perspective for me.
Funny stories:
elder draper fell down the up escalator at least once a day.
The elders were wrestling in the flat so I joined in, and within
seconds of me wrestling I sprained someone's wrist. Never
again....😅😂
Short story long: starting off on Tuesday, we went street contacting
at this new place called Knightsbridge. Elder draper and I went there
to challenge ourselves and find some new places to find, we get there
and everyone is Muslim and can't speak English. We went pretty hard
and only took a 10-minute break to eat dinner. We found a Chinese
student who met missionaries over 8 years ago and they helped him
move. He still isn't convinced that there is a god, but trust me I'll
get that man in this life or in the next. Wednesday I kicked off my
vision of creating a better missionary and members relationship, I
started meeting with members one on one and sharing a brief but
powerful message on prayer; then after the message, I ask how they feel
missionary work has been going on in the ward and how it can be
better. Then for the ringer, I ask them how they can help accomplish
and fulfill their idea. #theygotbeat@theirowngame#
met with Amiee first which was really good, she's cool and didn't mind
us trying out our little experiment. It was very good feedback on
missionary work and how to fulfill our duty on incorporating the
members in the work (something that has been lacking before). Then we
met with one of my good friends Samuel Baxter, and he gave us very
good feedback as well. But turns out without him telling anyone he
just left to Germany the next day for 4 years without transferring
his records....so bye Samuel😂. Thursday I continued on my visions no
met up with the FHE coordinator, the Bishop, and the elder's quorum
counselor. The FHE coordinator is allowing us to give a 10-minute
spiritual thought on missionary work during FHE, this will really help
people become missionary minded. Bishop isn't that missionary minded,
but I got to talk to him about our meeting every member in the ward. He
told me he wanted a list so he could count it as home teaching. So
looks like the word is getting 100% home teaching this month😂 Friday
again we met with a lot of fantastic members and learned about their
lives, it was fantastic. Frequency and Dave are two guys that we met,
they are way cool! Saturday we had a lunch and dinner appointment (
never heard of in Britannia), and we said goodbye to our friend
Gabrielle, who is, fortunately, getting married! We wished him the best
in his adventures. We then had a dinner appointment with a New
Zealander named Aaron, chilliest guy you will ever meet. We had a
laugh and a good conversation on missionary work. Sunday we had a
Northern Europe Area conference where we heard from the area
presidency and elder Ballard. It was packed even though it was only a
broadcast. I got to see elder O'Hare who is also a district leader,
and like always we had a laugh. Probably laughed until we cried 😂 I
had a sit down with our ward mission leader and talked about how to
make the word more missionary minded. By the end of the week, we got 8
referrals, and 3 appointments from members. It was a good work week
and we grinded, we obviously could have done better on finding on our
own efforts; but even still we found 5 new investigators. The Lord is
gracious to those who strive to apply all that has been given, with
online technology and the members especially. I challenged my district
to meet with members to get more familiar with them and challenged the
zone as well. I hope we can make Britannia what it always could be. I
love you all, be safe and love the simple things😊
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