Helo, sut wyt ti?! (Hello, how are you/how is everyone)
I have been learning some more welsh phrases this week haha And i learned that welsh is the oldest european language ever! So cool. And another ramdom thing, we have this old Jehovah Witness couple that we have become friends with that told us that approximately only 5% of Britain goes to church. So just a little stat on what people think of religion here.
This week was very very very wet and cold. Today is the first time ive seen the sun since last monday haha It doesnt bother me too much though. People just dont like to talk when the weather is like that so it makes things a little hard. But nonetheless, we stop them and talk to them! I think our best day this past week was on tuesday. We made a random stop-by the house of the investigator we have been working and had a pretty good conversation with her on her doorsteep. We pretty much did half of the baptismal interview with her to see where she stands. And.....we committed her to baptism!!!!!! Her date is November 27th. Sad to say though that she got into a fight with her husdand who is against all religion saturday night so she wasnt able to come to church yesterday. This is a hard situation we as missionaries are in because we want her to receive the gospel into her life but the gospel isnt meant to break up families. So, we will get into contact with her this week sometime to ask how we can help. She did mention though that she wasnt going to let her husband stop her this time from being baptised. Just please pray for her everyone. Thank you. Another event that happened that day is that a less-active YSA called us wondering about church saying that she wanted to come! But, she never did. Sad, but at least she put forth the effort of wanting to go. We will be in contact with her and her friends throughout the week. We got her!! haha But just a small testimony real quick, these blessing came upon us and our investigators through fasting and prayer. Those two things are powerful stuff, i love it.
One other exciting thing that happened this week was bonfire day! That is a silly holiday the British people celebrate for when they burnt this guy on the stake because he tried to blow up parliament but failed. So all night they shoot off fireworks and have giant bonfires. Due to low clouds and lots of rain though, it wasnt too good. But, the next night everybody was shooting off fireworks it was awesome! Elder Cadwallader and I went to the top of this one hill so we could look out over all of the valley and see the fireworks. It sounded like we were in the middle of a battlefield! haha So cool. That was on the 5th and 6th.
Hmmmm...the rest of the week was pretty normal. A lot of talking to people on the street and sharing the gospel to everyone! Oh, last night we went over to Sheldon and Evangeline's house adn made pizza from scratch! It was soooo good. And we watched the film Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration. I absolutely love that movie. It strengthens my testimony everytime I watch it. There is no doubt that this church is true. I know it.
Spiritual thought for the week comes from the zone meeting we had this past wednesday. Our purpose is to gather the elect and bring them to the gospel. These elect are those who are ready to hear the gospel. They will have a broken heart and a contrite spirit. They will accept the gospel in its fulness. Everybody isnt one of these people. Our duty is to spread the good news of the plan Heavenly Father has for us and the path through Jesus Christ that we can come back to live with Him. We should never get discouraged because when we do, we are not giving everyone the chance to partake of the gospel. I know this church is true and that Jesus is the Christ. I love how just being out here for almost 3 months has strengthened my testimony so much. And it has come through continued scripture study and prayer. I love this work. Its the best! haha Look up these two scriptures: 2 Nephi 2:27 and D&C 18:10-15. I hope everyone has a wonderful week! Love you all.
-Elder Jaquish
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