"The Land of the Wolves"

Herro everyone! You alright? (Thats how they ask how you are doing here in Britain haha to me i think its rude but whatever lol)

So as I mention in my last email, I got transferred to Wolverhampton 2. Pretty much my area covers the top bit of Wolverhampton. Its all mainly the outskirts of the city so its all residential. I dont even think we have much of a town centre, just some shops here and there. Nonetheless, I'm excited to get to work here! They have baptisms pretty frequently here; I believe the last one was sometime in July or August. After that, the people they had committed to baptism like disappeared or something, idk. But we have some good investigators right now. They are just waiting on a confirmation from the spirit before they (I should just say she) chooses a particular date for baptism. We fasted for her yesterday so that she will get an answer to her prayers so we can continue on with the lessons. We have yet to make contact with her to see if she got an answer, so we plan to stop by and visit her briefly to talk about it. I'm sure she got an answer. Like I said before, fasting works.

I dont have too much more to say about the work this past week because I just got here. This week is gonna be good for sure! I can feel it in my bones hahaha We have some good plans and even better faith that we will find some more solid brothers and sisters to share the gospel with this week!

My companion is pretty cool. He is coming near to teh end of his mission so hes pretty experienced. He is from London so thats cool! We get along pretty well. Our sense of humor is slightly different so that might be a little challenging slash he will probably end up thinking I'm a weird kid by the end of this transfer haha But anyways, all of that doesnt really matter because we are working for the Lord, not for ourselves. We will get along because we are both missionaries and we are connected by the gospel. Although I must say, he makes some weird noises and talks to himself sometimes hahaha I just laugh about it and smile :)

Hmmm...so I have a pretty cool spiritual thought for this week that I'm sure all of you can relate to. It comes from Alma 8 and 10. When I read these chapters the first thing that came to mind was of course service. But as I thought about it, it also gives another great lesson; following the promptings of the Holy Ghost. By reading these chapters, we see that Amulek was prompted to go back home and wait for some guy who claimed to be a prophet of God. Earlier in his life, he has not followed the promotings of the still small voice. But this time he did and boy was he blessed!! He was able to be in the presence of a prophet, was able to feed him and have his house/family blessed. And later on we see that he became a great missionary. This too can happen to all of us if we listen to the Holy Ghost. We can do great things be taking small steps!! I promise you this, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

I love you all and am thankful for the work that we are all engaged in to bring our brothers and sisters back into the fold. I hope each one of you who read this has a fantastic week!!

-Elder Jaquish