Reporting from Tamworth, England!

Hello everyone and good morning!

So just an apdate on whats happening here, I recently got transfered to Tamworth! Which is slightly funny because its pretty much just up the road from my last area in Wolverhampton! haha Im still in the same stake as before, so thats pretty cool. My new companion's name is Elder Ruesch. When I was in Wales, I went on exchange with Elder Ruesch one time and so Ive worked with him before. He is the man!!! I really love this guy. He is so funny and works super hard. We are already having a blast with each other. Good things will happen here in Tamworth over the next 6 weeks. We are teaching a lot of people at this moment! We have one friend named Anthony who is pretty solid! He had a baptismal date next month so thats wayy exciting! And we have so many more people that we are teaching that are soooo close to receiving a batismal date. All together, we are teaching 8+ people!!! This makes me very excited because it gives us the opportunity to help so many people. I have already fallen in love with our friends here that we are teaching the gospel to to help them improve their lives and apply restored truth into their lives. They is some complicated people here though that it will take a lot of mighty prayer and fasting to know what to do to help them. Some have had a rough life that has left them with trust issuses. They absolutely need the gospel in their lives, its just a matter of how can we help them trust that the gospel can help them; how can they trust in the Lord who they think has been absent from their lives for so long. It will be a test, but I know that the Lord will be with us.

Ummm, so i have a quick funny story before I share a spiritual thought...So last night we hosted a missionary fireside at the chapel for the members to help them be better missionaries. Well, on the way home, we were going down this bike trail that is next to this grassy hill. I decided to be cool and start riding down the hill to do a little "off-road adventure." I saw that a small ditch was coming in my path and I thought it was the perfect opportunity to do a sweet jump. As I got nearer to the ditch, I realised that it was deeper than I thought and that in the bottom of it was cement. It was too late to bail, so I hit the ditch and pretty much flew over the front of my handlebars while still holding on to the bike. Luckily though, before I landed on the grass, I tucked in my shoulder to catch my fall. I stood up really quick and just busted out in laughter! My companion caught up to me and well like what the heck are you doing?!?! We just started laughing even more. The most impressing of this all is that I didnt get any grass stains on my suit!! hahahahaha Awesome huh? Yeah, Im the coolest ever...

So, spiritual thought:
Hmmmm, I didnt realise the time so this one will be quick. I just want to encourage everyone to ready 2 Nephi 2. Agency, or free will, is sooooo crucial to the plan. Just think about the influence of agency upon everyone.

Love you all, take care!

-Elder Jaquish