Hiya everyone! Today is a beautiful day for playing football! The real kind of football haha
This past week has been quite amazing!! Can you believe it...I have officially been out on my mission for a year!!! It doesn't really feel like I'm that old haha But I am and I'm feeling great!! I love being a missionary. Its hard work, but its good work. Sometimes I find it weird that I'm smiling all the time haha But I'm just purely that happy!
Anywaysss, we have been working really hard this past week and it has paid off! We found this family whilst tracting last Monday after pday. They are from Scotland so that's sweet! We went over for a return appointment this past Wednesday and it was brilliant! The whole family sat in and were involved in our chat about life's choices and where faith comes into play. They have two children, ages 16 and 14, one boy and one girl. The mom is Catholic, dad Atheist. The children go to this youth born-again church where they often dance and sing and sometimes 'speak in tongues' hahaha They find it quite hilarious what some people do. The mom interpreted what speaking in tongues sounds like and it was so funny! It sounded like some kind of gibberish that a baby would do in church hahaha Yes, well we had a good conversation with them and they pretty much set up the return appointment where they are going to feed us and everything!! So cool. We invited the mom to read the leaflet about the Restoration and the daughter to read the intro to the Book of Mormon. We mentioned about them coming to church next week and they seem pretty accepting to come and see what things are like! So that's way awesome! I love how the Lord answers your prayers when you take the time to set a vision for what you want to happen in the work, then go out and do it! God blesses those who are proactive about improving their situations. I know that faith is an action word.
Another tender mercy that the Lord has blessed us with is a new less-active member to teach! We found her, Kathryn, in the area book. She had stopped the Elders a year or so ago and said that she wanted to come back to church. On her teaching record, it showed only one visit and that was it. I found it quite odd that this was the case for someone who had approached the Elders on her own free will! Well my companion and I decided to visit her and she was home! She invited us inside and we got to know her and just asked her what things she wants to change in her life. She mentioned to us that she has a desire to come back to church. We talked about how we could help her and shared a scripture from Alma 37. She is the only one in her family that is a member so she and we are expecting a little bit of opposition, but that wont stop the faithful who have a desire to progress in the gospel! She has expected to be taught the missionary lessons again so we are super excited to see her again tomorrow!!
I have seen so many tender mercies from the Lord in the short year I have been serving him. I have come to know my Saviour in a more personal way. I am thankful that I can hold the Priesthood and have authority given me to act in the Lord's name. It is truly a wonderful message that we bear that Christ lives! That He has restored the authority to receive the ordinances of salvation so that the great plan of our Creator can be fulfilled!! I know that this is the true gospel of Jesus Christ restored in these the last days. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
I hope that everyone has a wonderful week. The letters are starting to get less and less so people pick up the slack!! hahaha Cheerio for now!
-Elder Jaquish
Thursday, August 25, 2011
half way through...
Hiya everyone!!
So I'm guessing that most of you have heard about the riots that have recently been in London and other surrounding cities. Well, the other night, things started to kick up here and it was mad. This one kid kicked in the front of this nice Jaguar and tried breaking into it. So I went over and talked to him, trying to get him to understand that it was wrong and made him realise how he would feel if it were his car. Amazingly enough, he stopped and started talking to me really deep like and his whole attitude changed. My companion came over and invited this kid to be baptised and he said yes!!! Crazy huh? hahahahah Yeah, that would be totally sick, if it really happened hahahahah yeah, just kidding. The riots never spread over here where we live; we are about 25 minutes from the city centre so we were pretty safe. The other Elders inside the city though said they saw a bunch of people all dressed up and walkin around with bandannas on and their hoods up. The riots were even more intense in Birmingham though. We actually had to go in early on Tuesday just in case things kicked up. The whole thing was just silly. People just wanted to loot shops and cause a ruckus.
This past week was pretty good. We have been working hard and it has paid off a little. We got 2 new investigators. They are in the beginning process of being taught so we don't really know where things are gonna go just yet. We just need to work even harder now to find more prepared people to help and teach about the good news!! We made some good plans last night on how we are going to improve our diligence. The bulk of our plans and intentions come from Mosiah 28! Such a good chapter about the sons of Mosiah.
there is one specific experience that I want to share this week. Its about a returning member names Kerry and her husband Andrew, who isn't a member. Just real quick, Kerry just randomly showed up at church one Sunday about a month ago having the intentions of coming back to full activity and going to the temple! So she is solid. Okay, so we went with Kerry and Andrew to a baptism that the Elders in Nottingham 2 had on Saturday morning. It was a really good service and Andrew had a positive experience! Kerry also was reminded of her own baptism, so that was a win! Later that afternoon, we went to their house and did some service for them in their garden. After that, Kerry cooked us a lovely Chicken Alfredo for dinner! The whole time while we were over at their house, we were getting to know Andrew a bit more and were just joking around with him and having a blast! The conversation after dinner just perfectly opened up and we talked about the good and bad things that has happened in our lives and how we overcame any trials. Andrew freely talked about how he has had some pretty tragic events happen to him that has made him question whether there is a God or not. We just bore testimony on how God has had a helping hand to him in his life and that the things he's been through testify that God is real and that he loves us. It was powerful. Andrew accepted a Book of Mormon and an invitation to read Alma 36. I believe that things in his life will start to progress and he will want to take the lessons and attend church by the end of this month. It builds my testimony every time I meet someone who has had a tough life and how amongst every trial, you can see evidence of God existing.
My scripture for this week is simple, but powerful. Its one of my favourite to share with people who find it hard to believe in God because of science. Alma 30:44 is brilliant.
I am so very grateful to be a missionary and that I have the opportunity each day to share my testimony with many of my brothers and sisters! It brings so much happiness to my life! I know that the message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is true.
I hope everyone has a smashing week!
Much love,
-Elder Jaquish
So I'm guessing that most of you have heard about the riots that have recently been in London and other surrounding cities. Well, the other night, things started to kick up here and it was mad. This one kid kicked in the front of this nice Jaguar and tried breaking into it. So I went over and talked to him, trying to get him to understand that it was wrong and made him realise how he would feel if it were his car. Amazingly enough, he stopped and started talking to me really deep like and his whole attitude changed. My companion came over and invited this kid to be baptised and he said yes!!! Crazy huh? hahahahah Yeah, that would be totally sick, if it really happened hahahahah yeah, just kidding. The riots never spread over here where we live; we are about 25 minutes from the city centre so we were pretty safe. The other Elders inside the city though said they saw a bunch of people all dressed up and walkin around with bandannas on and their hoods up. The riots were even more intense in Birmingham though. We actually had to go in early on Tuesday just in case things kicked up. The whole thing was just silly. People just wanted to loot shops and cause a ruckus.
This past week was pretty good. We have been working hard and it has paid off a little. We got 2 new investigators. They are in the beginning process of being taught so we don't really know where things are gonna go just yet. We just need to work even harder now to find more prepared people to help and teach about the good news!! We made some good plans last night on how we are going to improve our diligence. The bulk of our plans and intentions come from Mosiah 28! Such a good chapter about the sons of Mosiah.
there is one specific experience that I want to share this week. Its about a returning member names Kerry and her husband Andrew, who isn't a member. Just real quick, Kerry just randomly showed up at church one Sunday about a month ago having the intentions of coming back to full activity and going to the temple! So she is solid. Okay, so we went with Kerry and Andrew to a baptism that the Elders in Nottingham 2 had on Saturday morning. It was a really good service and Andrew had a positive experience! Kerry also was reminded of her own baptism, so that was a win! Later that afternoon, we went to their house and did some service for them in their garden. After that, Kerry cooked us a lovely Chicken Alfredo for dinner! The whole time while we were over at their house, we were getting to know Andrew a bit more and were just joking around with him and having a blast! The conversation after dinner just perfectly opened up and we talked about the good and bad things that has happened in our lives and how we overcame any trials. Andrew freely talked about how he has had some pretty tragic events happen to him that has made him question whether there is a God or not. We just bore testimony on how God has had a helping hand to him in his life and that the things he's been through testify that God is real and that he loves us. It was powerful. Andrew accepted a Book of Mormon and an invitation to read Alma 36. I believe that things in his life will start to progress and he will want to take the lessons and attend church by the end of this month. It builds my testimony every time I meet someone who has had a tough life and how amongst every trial, you can see evidence of God existing.
My scripture for this week is simple, but powerful. Its one of my favourite to share with people who find it hard to believe in God because of science. Alma 30:44 is brilliant.
I am so very grateful to be a missionary and that I have the opportunity each day to share my testimony with many of my brothers and sisters! It brings so much happiness to my life! I know that the message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is true.
I hope everyone has a smashing week!
Much love,
-Elder Jaquish
Religious Movment
Top of the mornin' to ya everyone!! haha
How is everyone doing?? I'm doing pretty well, thanks! Nottingham is treating me well so far. Church was pretty good yesterday. All the members seem like they have pretty strong testimonies, which is good for us because we can start getting them to do some major missionary work!! The area that I am in isn't too bad. We aren't teaching anyone at the moment, but that is going to change very soon. There are a lot of people always out to talk to so that's good! My favourite part about my new area is that there are lots of families that are out just walking around or going to the park! I have a good feeling that we will find a good family to share the gospel with. Oh yeah, and there is a University in our area!!! Sick huh?? So yeah, lots of young people to talk to and meet with! They actually just had, or are still having, EFY at this university haha And later this month they are having a YSA convention. As soon as I start learning a bit more about the history of Nottingham and everything I will have to talk yall about it in my weekly emails! We are going to city centre today so I will be sure to pick up some brochures haha
Well we have only have a few days of work so far here so I don't really have too many stories yet. One I can think of happened on Saturday. We talked to a lot of people and got a few potential investigators, which was good, but one guy is sticking out in my mind. It was this young kid named will, about 18 yrs old. We said that he was trying to start a religious movement and trying to do missionary work. His principles consisted of theories about how good and bad energies control our body. Also how there are certain things that we can do to feel the love of God, or be absorbed with pure light that will allow us to do anything. I'm pretty sure this kid was on something hard core the previous night haha He was going crazy and was just talking about a bunch of rubbish. We gave him a Book of Mormon and talk him he could come to church...afterwards we were worried that he would actually show up to church and creep people out hahaha Oh how I love missionary work! You never know what kind of people you are going to meet each day.
My spiritual thought for this week is from Moroni 7:31-32 which talks about the work of a ministering angel. They are commanded by the Father and sent down to preach repentance and fulfil the covenants of the Lord. They are also to prepare the minds and hearts of everyone to have faith in Christ and do good works. It eases my heart to know that we aren't the only ones involved in this work. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are working hard right along beside us in trying to help and bless our brothers and sisters. It is up to us though to be the hands and help our loved ones make covenants in earth with their Father in Heaven. The only way we can receive true happiness is by serving and I am thankful that I am found worthy to serve. I know that this work is true and that the message that each and every one of us, full-time or member missionaries, bears is divinely correct! May we all strive to be partakers in this marvelous work!
Best wishes to everyone as they embark on whatever journey this week holds for them!! :)
Godbless,
Elder Jaquish
How is everyone doing?? I'm doing pretty well, thanks! Nottingham is treating me well so far. Church was pretty good yesterday. All the members seem like they have pretty strong testimonies, which is good for us because we can start getting them to do some major missionary work!! The area that I am in isn't too bad. We aren't teaching anyone at the moment, but that is going to change very soon. There are a lot of people always out to talk to so that's good! My favourite part about my new area is that there are lots of families that are out just walking around or going to the park! I have a good feeling that we will find a good family to share the gospel with. Oh yeah, and there is a University in our area!!! Sick huh?? So yeah, lots of young people to talk to and meet with! They actually just had, or are still having, EFY at this university haha And later this month they are having a YSA convention. As soon as I start learning a bit more about the history of Nottingham and everything I will have to talk yall about it in my weekly emails! We are going to city centre today so I will be sure to pick up some brochures haha
Well we have only have a few days of work so far here so I don't really have too many stories yet. One I can think of happened on Saturday. We talked to a lot of people and got a few potential investigators, which was good, but one guy is sticking out in my mind. It was this young kid named will, about 18 yrs old. We said that he was trying to start a religious movement and trying to do missionary work. His principles consisted of theories about how good and bad energies control our body. Also how there are certain things that we can do to feel the love of God, or be absorbed with pure light that will allow us to do anything. I'm pretty sure this kid was on something hard core the previous night haha He was going crazy and was just talking about a bunch of rubbish. We gave him a Book of Mormon and talk him he could come to church...afterwards we were worried that he would actually show up to church and creep people out hahaha Oh how I love missionary work! You never know what kind of people you are going to meet each day.
My spiritual thought for this week is from Moroni 7:31-32 which talks about the work of a ministering angel. They are commanded by the Father and sent down to preach repentance and fulfil the covenants of the Lord. They are also to prepare the minds and hearts of everyone to have faith in Christ and do good works. It eases my heart to know that we aren't the only ones involved in this work. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are working hard right along beside us in trying to help and bless our brothers and sisters. It is up to us though to be the hands and help our loved ones make covenants in earth with their Father in Heaven. The only way we can receive true happiness is by serving and I am thankful that I am found worthy to serve. I know that this work is true and that the message that each and every one of us, full-time or member missionaries, bears is divinely correct! May we all strive to be partakers in this marvelous work!
Best wishes to everyone as they embark on whatever journey this week holds for them!! :)
Godbless,
Elder Jaquish
Sherwood Forest...
Hey everyone!
I have been transferred!! The news was a shock but I'm prepared to work in my new area! So I've been moved to the great city of Nottingham, home of Robin Hood! haha Thats pretty sick. My new companion's name is Elder Cloward and he is from Springville, Utah. He has been out on his mission for about 3 months. I am now his follow-up trainer so I have more responsibility now being the senior companion. I cant wait to get started on the work; its going to be so much fun!!
I will share one spiritual experience with yall before i have to go. Anthony told us on Sunday that he wanted to go tracting with us and that he had a street picked out that he had prayed for. We picked Tuesday to go and boy was it a sweet experience! The first house we knocked on let us into their back garden and we talked to them about who we were and a bit about the church. The lady seemed pretty cool and wanted to learn more. Anthony bore some solid testimony and we gave her a leaflet. The next house we knocked on was a french man. We got him to speak some french to us! haha Anyways, he let us into his home and we shared a quick message about how the gospel blesses families. He liked what we were saying and said we could come back by again!! By the time we were finished teaching him, it was time for us to leave haha The Lord blessed us with a few of his tender mercies.
My new address for everyone/anyone who wants to write me is now:
20 Hamilton Rd.
Long Eaton
Nottingham, England
NG10 4QZ
Godbless,
-Elder Jaquish
I have been transferred!! The news was a shock but I'm prepared to work in my new area! So I've been moved to the great city of Nottingham, home of Robin Hood! haha Thats pretty sick. My new companion's name is Elder Cloward and he is from Springville, Utah. He has been out on his mission for about 3 months. I am now his follow-up trainer so I have more responsibility now being the senior companion. I cant wait to get started on the work; its going to be so much fun!!
I will share one spiritual experience with yall before i have to go. Anthony told us on Sunday that he wanted to go tracting with us and that he had a street picked out that he had prayed for. We picked Tuesday to go and boy was it a sweet experience! The first house we knocked on let us into their back garden and we talked to them about who we were and a bit about the church. The lady seemed pretty cool and wanted to learn more. Anthony bore some solid testimony and we gave her a leaflet. The next house we knocked on was a french man. We got him to speak some french to us! haha Anyways, he let us into his home and we shared a quick message about how the gospel blesses families. He liked what we were saying and said we could come back by again!! By the time we were finished teaching him, it was time for us to leave haha The Lord blessed us with a few of his tender mercies.
My new address for everyone/anyone who wants to write me is now:
20 Hamilton Rd.
Long Eaton
Nottingham, England
NG10 4QZ
Godbless,
-Elder Jaquish
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
...wow...
The only words I can think of to describe this past week is wow. I don't know what we are doing right but the Lord is just throwing down blessing after blessing upon our heads. Just so I make sure I include everything that happened this week, I will go day by day.
Monday: Pday. We went to the oldest church in Tamworth here to check it out. It dates back to like the 1200s. Its a Church of England chapel and its huge!! haha
Tuesday: Service for the Dowlings. We had a great lesson with the new young family we found last week, Ryan and Charley. They accepted a baptismal date for the 20th of August!! They are golden! Then we went by some people and set up appointments. Oh and we had a dinner appointment with a family in the ward which was a lot of fun!
Wednesday: We did service for an investigator in her back garden taking out some trees! We visited and taught some investigators then went to ward missionary correlation, of which only one ward missionary showed up hahah So the meeting was slightly awkward.
Thursday: District meeting and exchange with Elder Card in Burton-on-Trent. Ah man we had an amazing experience on our exchange that built up my testimony! So we showed up early to our dinner appointment and was told that it wouldn't be ready for another 15-20 minutes. I looked at Elder Card and kinda motioned for us to go out to tract around the members home. He agreed and we went off. We decided to go across the road and start knocking on doors. The second door in we met this Indian family who are Christian! We showed them the Book of Mormon and said they had one in their own language!! We were quite shocked haha The wife told us that her husband had brought it home from work one day and that they had read through it and were interested! So we set up an appointment to come again to teach them and they said yess!!! So cool. We could have just spent those 15 minutes sitting inside talking to the members we had dinner with, but the Spirit told us we should go work for those 15 minutes and we found an elect family!! Oh, something else that was cool. We met this young Muslim guy and talked about faith. He said he wished that he followed his faith a little more. We told him about what makes us unique; the belief that we have a modern-day prophet. He was like whaaattt? We gave him a Book of Mormon and was wanting to learn! haha Sweet huh?
Friday: Elder Ruesch had an appointment at the hospital and we did weekly planning. On exchange here in Tamworth, Elder Ruesch talked to these drunk guys who wanted us to come around to their house because they had questions. Well, today we went by and they were home! Which was surprising. And what else was surprising was that the whole family joined i non the lesson! We talked about Adam and Eve and the fall. Also, we mentioned how agency, or free will, is vital to God's plan for us. They had loads of questions and were really interested! We are gonna go again to see them this week.
Saturday: Anthony got baptised!! A member of the ward baptised him. It was so good to see Anthony finally get baptised. He's been through a lot and was super excited about his baptism! He was counting down the hours haha He's a cool guy. The baptism went really well! Afterwards there was a ward activity. We played this game called Boulder Dash. Look it up, its pretty cool.
Sunday: Anthony was confirmed! The senior missionary couple who is in charge of the Young Single Adults here in the stake also attended Sacrament Meeting to watch Anthony get confirmed. As we were leaving church, they called us over and said that they met someone who wants to be taught. It was funny because we weren't too far from where the person was sitting and they over heard us talking so they yelled over to us and said hi haha So we went over to speak to them. After chatting for a few minutes, we went inside of the home and watched a DVD about Christ. Halfway through the lesson, another family came inside and joined in on the lesson. We taught about faith and how it can help improve the quality of our lives. The lesson went well and we got a return appointment!! Total in number, we taught 5 people. We were so blessed to receive another couple families to teach!! That brought our number of new investigators this week to 9!! Total boss. haha
The Lord blessed us so very much this week. My testimony was strengthened on the subjects of obedience, diligence, and just that the Lord is continually preparing people for us missionaries to teach! The Lord will bless his servants who are worthy of magnifying their calling. I know that these things are true!! The work will progress according to the will of the Lord, not by the sweat of our brow.
Love you all, take care.
-Elder Jaquish
Monday: Pday. We went to the oldest church in Tamworth here to check it out. It dates back to like the 1200s. Its a Church of England chapel and its huge!! haha
Tuesday: Service for the Dowlings. We had a great lesson with the new young family we found last week, Ryan and Charley. They accepted a baptismal date for the 20th of August!! They are golden! Then we went by some people and set up appointments. Oh and we had a dinner appointment with a family in the ward which was a lot of fun!
Wednesday: We did service for an investigator in her back garden taking out some trees! We visited and taught some investigators then went to ward missionary correlation, of which only one ward missionary showed up hahah So the meeting was slightly awkward.
Thursday: District meeting and exchange with Elder Card in Burton-on-Trent. Ah man we had an amazing experience on our exchange that built up my testimony! So we showed up early to our dinner appointment and was told that it wouldn't be ready for another 15-20 minutes. I looked at Elder Card and kinda motioned for us to go out to tract around the members home. He agreed and we went off. We decided to go across the road and start knocking on doors. The second door in we met this Indian family who are Christian! We showed them the Book of Mormon and said they had one in their own language!! We were quite shocked haha The wife told us that her husband had brought it home from work one day and that they had read through it and were interested! So we set up an appointment to come again to teach them and they said yess!!! So cool. We could have just spent those 15 minutes sitting inside talking to the members we had dinner with, but the Spirit told us we should go work for those 15 minutes and we found an elect family!! Oh, something else that was cool. We met this young Muslim guy and talked about faith. He said he wished that he followed his faith a little more. We told him about what makes us unique; the belief that we have a modern-day prophet. He was like whaaattt? We gave him a Book of Mormon and was wanting to learn! haha Sweet huh?
Friday: Elder Ruesch had an appointment at the hospital and we did weekly planning. On exchange here in Tamworth, Elder Ruesch talked to these drunk guys who wanted us to come around to their house because they had questions. Well, today we went by and they were home! Which was surprising. And what else was surprising was that the whole family joined i non the lesson! We talked about Adam and Eve and the fall. Also, we mentioned how agency, or free will, is vital to God's plan for us. They had loads of questions and were really interested! We are gonna go again to see them this week.
Saturday: Anthony got baptised!! A member of the ward baptised him. It was so good to see Anthony finally get baptised. He's been through a lot and was super excited about his baptism! He was counting down the hours haha He's a cool guy. The baptism went really well! Afterwards there was a ward activity. We played this game called Boulder Dash. Look it up, its pretty cool.
Sunday: Anthony was confirmed! The senior missionary couple who is in charge of the Young Single Adults here in the stake also attended Sacrament Meeting to watch Anthony get confirmed. As we were leaving church, they called us over and said that they met someone who wants to be taught. It was funny because we weren't too far from where the person was sitting and they over heard us talking so they yelled over to us and said hi haha So we went over to speak to them. After chatting for a few minutes, we went inside of the home and watched a DVD about Christ. Halfway through the lesson, another family came inside and joined in on the lesson. We taught about faith and how it can help improve the quality of our lives. The lesson went well and we got a return appointment!! Total in number, we taught 5 people. We were so blessed to receive another couple families to teach!! That brought our number of new investigators this week to 9!! Total boss. haha
The Lord blessed us so very much this week. My testimony was strengthened on the subjects of obedience, diligence, and just that the Lord is continually preparing people for us missionaries to teach! The Lord will bless his servants who are worthy of magnifying their calling. I know that these things are true!! The work will progress according to the will of the Lord, not by the sweat of our brow.
Love you all, take care.
-Elder Jaquish
Another week goes on
Hiya everyone!
Oh goodness, this past week was amazing! I know I say that a lot but we are truly being blessed! I'll start from the beginning of the week and go onward...
Monday and Tuesday were good. Nothing too exciting happened. Wednesday was alright until after our ward missionary coordination meeting. We went to try by this less-active, of which didn't answer her door. So we went back towards the direction that we came from and tried by someone else...no answer. We then decided to stop at this corner and make a few phone calls; we did so. For some reason, we just started talking about how we feel the week has gone thus far and what we could do better. We kinda boosted each others faith and made plans on how to spend the rest of our evening. As we were about to take our leave, we spotted a family walking up the street. We went over and talked to them about how families can benefit greatly from a belief in Jesus Christ. They seemed pretty interested and invited us over to their house the next day to share more. We did so and they are prepared to receive the gospel for their family! Their names are Ryan and Charlotte and they have a baby girl named Summer. Ryan used to work with a member, who set a good example for Ryan. Ryan has wanted to come to church and join it ever since. Both Ryan and Charlotte have accepted the invitation to be baptised when they come to know the restored gospel is true!!! They are golden! So we have a new family to teach :)
Thursday was good. We went on exchange with the Zone Leaders and so I got to go back to Wolverhampton for a day!!! Ah man i miss Wolverhampton haha The exchange was good. We had a really fun time doing some tracting and some teaching. We found this less-active part member family as we were tracting! The man of the household is the member and served a mission in Greece. So that was cool to meet them and set up a return appointment.
Friday was good. Saturday was alright. We went by a potential investigator that Elder Ruesch found Thursday while we were on exchange. Her name in Sandra and she is a single mother. She has seem many miracles happen in her life, which has prepared her to receive the gospel! Anyways, we went by and saw here and she has already read the chapter in the Book of Mormon that the Elders left for her! She is excited for our appointment this week so that she be good! She is also golden! haha
Sunday was very good. David got confirmed!!!! Elder Ruesch did the confirmation and it went well. The prayer was very powerful and David felt anew afterwards. We had a good time after church going through some former investigators and trying by them to see if they want to start learning again. We had some success there! Over and all it was a really good week!
My spiritual thought this week comes from 1 Nephi 20:10 Its so good and can relate to anyone in their life. We each have been chosen to go through some kind of "furness of affliction" special to our lives. It is comforting to know that the Lord is allowing us to have trials so that we can be refined, or made new and better! The Lord never forgets us. We are His children. The Saviour physically cannot forget us because of the marks in his hands and feet. I pray that each one of us can face the next trial in our life with courage and trust that it is for our good.
I hope yall enjoy this week!
Godbless,
Elder Jaquish
Oh goodness, this past week was amazing! I know I say that a lot but we are truly being blessed! I'll start from the beginning of the week and go onward...
Monday and Tuesday were good. Nothing too exciting happened. Wednesday was alright until after our ward missionary coordination meeting. We went to try by this less-active, of which didn't answer her door. So we went back towards the direction that we came from and tried by someone else...no answer. We then decided to stop at this corner and make a few phone calls; we did so. For some reason, we just started talking about how we feel the week has gone thus far and what we could do better. We kinda boosted each others faith and made plans on how to spend the rest of our evening. As we were about to take our leave, we spotted a family walking up the street. We went over and talked to them about how families can benefit greatly from a belief in Jesus Christ. They seemed pretty interested and invited us over to their house the next day to share more. We did so and they are prepared to receive the gospel for their family! Their names are Ryan and Charlotte and they have a baby girl named Summer. Ryan used to work with a member, who set a good example for Ryan. Ryan has wanted to come to church and join it ever since. Both Ryan and Charlotte have accepted the invitation to be baptised when they come to know the restored gospel is true!!! They are golden! So we have a new family to teach :)
Thursday was good. We went on exchange with the Zone Leaders and so I got to go back to Wolverhampton for a day!!! Ah man i miss Wolverhampton haha The exchange was good. We had a really fun time doing some tracting and some teaching. We found this less-active part member family as we were tracting! The man of the household is the member and served a mission in Greece. So that was cool to meet them and set up a return appointment.
Friday was good. Saturday was alright. We went by a potential investigator that Elder Ruesch found Thursday while we were on exchange. Her name in Sandra and she is a single mother. She has seem many miracles happen in her life, which has prepared her to receive the gospel! Anyways, we went by and saw here and she has already read the chapter in the Book of Mormon that the Elders left for her! She is excited for our appointment this week so that she be good! She is also golden! haha
Sunday was very good. David got confirmed!!!! Elder Ruesch did the confirmation and it went well. The prayer was very powerful and David felt anew afterwards. We had a good time after church going through some former investigators and trying by them to see if they want to start learning again. We had some success there! Over and all it was a really good week!
My spiritual thought this week comes from 1 Nephi 20:10 Its so good and can relate to anyone in their life. We each have been chosen to go through some kind of "furness of affliction" special to our lives. It is comforting to know that the Lord is allowing us to have trials so that we can be refined, or made new and better! The Lord never forgets us. We are His children. The Saviour physically cannot forget us because of the marks in his hands and feet. I pray that each one of us can face the next trial in our life with courage and trust that it is for our good.
I hope yall enjoy this week!
Godbless,
Elder Jaquish
Fulfilling our purpose...
Hiya everyone!
I hope everyone had a great week last week, I know I did! :)
To start off the email I would like to talk about yesterday, Sunday. David got baptised!!!! I was blessed to dress up in my "whites" and baptise him! His wife Gaynor came to church and the baptism. At the beginning of church, they spoke to the Bishop. I'm guessing everything went well because David got baptised haha Gaynor was having some difficulty just accepting the change that has happened within David and sorta is using it as the excuse of why their marriage is shaky at the moment (even though this was the case when we started teaching them). Well, I believe Bishop sorted it all out; helping Gaynor understand what baptism means to David, following the commandments, paying tithing, and I suppose what the future holds for David. His baptismal service was brilliant. Many people where there and I'm sure Gaynor felt the spirit. One thing that was funny was that Bro. Meegheny, who filled up the baptismal font, forgot to turn off the hot water so that the water was spa temperature! hahaha It was nice for me, but probably not for David since he had to be fully immersed in it! haha He in actuality didn't mind, he just laughed as well and went along with it. I felt the spirit so strongly. As I was saying the words to baptise David, I felt the power of the Holy Ghost upon me and truly felt like I was fulfilling my purpose as a missionary. It's the best feeling in the world. Words cannot explain. As David and I were getting changed, he turned to me and said thank you and shook my hand. Oh boy did that make me feel good! I love missionary work.
Things with Anthony are going well! He had his interview with our mission president to check on his repentance progress and just to chat with him. We were surprised when President Ogden asked if he could do the baptismal interview as well! He did so and Anthony passed!!!! :) He is set to be baptised in a couple weeks on the 23rd of July. Anthony is pushing stronger than ever and is solid in his decision to be baptised! His mother is still planning on coming so that is a great blessing. We are continually praying for her that she will have her heart softened by the Lord. I believe that this thing is possible, if we have faith. It is going to take a lot of spiritual effort because of the bad relationship Anthony has with her right now according to events that occurred in the past. But, if it is the will of the Lord, it will happen!
Zone Conference was bomb! We traveled to a couple of different church historical places that were smashing! First, we went to the Benbow Farm. Pretty much in a few words, Wilford Woodruff went preaching to this family, the Benbows, as a result of previous work in Manchester and by a spiritual prompting. He traveled to the south end of Worcestershire and found a tiny liberal Christian group called the United Brethren. Elder Woodruff taught many of their members in this farm and converted about 1200 persons in the area. One of the leaders of the United Brethren was John Benbow. After his conversion, he sold his farm and paid for his family and about 40 others to travel to Salt Lake. He also contributed to the fund for the first printing of the Book of Mormon in the British Isles. Lots of history, but a super good story so look it up! The second place we went to was British Camp. British Camp is this high mountain where Wilford Woodruff went about 3 times to meditate and ponder on the work. He, as well with Brigham Young and Willard Richards, dedicated the surrounding areas to missionary work. The spirit on top of this mount was pretty powerful. The third place we went to was the Gadfield Elm chapel, the oldest chapel in the history of the church. It was pretty cool to hold our Zone Conference in this historic building! Good times. I learned a lot about the history of the church on this country which helped me have more love for the people here. It was awesome.
So that's pretty much the highlights of my week!! :) Pretty cool eh?
Well time for a spiritual thought before I go...So I was reading about the Atonement on the True To The Faith book the other day and a certain scripture reference caught my eye. Its in John 16:33 Jesus Christ bears testimony on the purpose of life. We are to have peace. We are to have joy. He says that its inevitable that we will experience difficult times in our live because through tribulation we become stronger. Then He states that through all of our trials, we should have peace because He has overcome the world. I felt the spirit so strongly when I read that verse of scripture. I imagined my Saviour saying that to me. No matter what I may struggle with, He can help me because He has overcome everything and anything. May we all find peace through the Atonement of Jesus Christ as we remember him each day.
I hope that everyone has a wonderful week!
God bless.
-Elder Jaquish
I hope everyone had a great week last week, I know I did! :)
To start off the email I would like to talk about yesterday, Sunday. David got baptised!!!! I was blessed to dress up in my "whites" and baptise him! His wife Gaynor came to church and the baptism. At the beginning of church, they spoke to the Bishop. I'm guessing everything went well because David got baptised haha Gaynor was having some difficulty just accepting the change that has happened within David and sorta is using it as the excuse of why their marriage is shaky at the moment (even though this was the case when we started teaching them). Well, I believe Bishop sorted it all out; helping Gaynor understand what baptism means to David, following the commandments, paying tithing, and I suppose what the future holds for David. His baptismal service was brilliant. Many people where there and I'm sure Gaynor felt the spirit. One thing that was funny was that Bro. Meegheny, who filled up the baptismal font, forgot to turn off the hot water so that the water was spa temperature! hahaha It was nice for me, but probably not for David since he had to be fully immersed in it! haha He in actuality didn't mind, he just laughed as well and went along with it. I felt the spirit so strongly. As I was saying the words to baptise David, I felt the power of the Holy Ghost upon me and truly felt like I was fulfilling my purpose as a missionary. It's the best feeling in the world. Words cannot explain. As David and I were getting changed, he turned to me and said thank you and shook my hand. Oh boy did that make me feel good! I love missionary work.
Things with Anthony are going well! He had his interview with our mission president to check on his repentance progress and just to chat with him. We were surprised when President Ogden asked if he could do the baptismal interview as well! He did so and Anthony passed!!!! :) He is set to be baptised in a couple weeks on the 23rd of July. Anthony is pushing stronger than ever and is solid in his decision to be baptised! His mother is still planning on coming so that is a great blessing. We are continually praying for her that she will have her heart softened by the Lord. I believe that this thing is possible, if we have faith. It is going to take a lot of spiritual effort because of the bad relationship Anthony has with her right now according to events that occurred in the past. But, if it is the will of the Lord, it will happen!
Zone Conference was bomb! We traveled to a couple of different church historical places that were smashing! First, we went to the Benbow Farm. Pretty much in a few words, Wilford Woodruff went preaching to this family, the Benbows, as a result of previous work in Manchester and by a spiritual prompting. He traveled to the south end of Worcestershire and found a tiny liberal Christian group called the United Brethren. Elder Woodruff taught many of their members in this farm and converted about 1200 persons in the area. One of the leaders of the United Brethren was John Benbow. After his conversion, he sold his farm and paid for his family and about 40 others to travel to Salt Lake. He also contributed to the fund for the first printing of the Book of Mormon in the British Isles. Lots of history, but a super good story so look it up! The second place we went to was British Camp. British Camp is this high mountain where Wilford Woodruff went about 3 times to meditate and ponder on the work. He, as well with Brigham Young and Willard Richards, dedicated the surrounding areas to missionary work. The spirit on top of this mount was pretty powerful. The third place we went to was the Gadfield Elm chapel, the oldest chapel in the history of the church. It was pretty cool to hold our Zone Conference in this historic building! Good times. I learned a lot about the history of the church on this country which helped me have more love for the people here. It was awesome.
So that's pretty much the highlights of my week!! :) Pretty cool eh?
Well time for a spiritual thought before I go...So I was reading about the Atonement on the True To The Faith book the other day and a certain scripture reference caught my eye. Its in John 16:33 Jesus Christ bears testimony on the purpose of life. We are to have peace. We are to have joy. He says that its inevitable that we will experience difficult times in our live because through tribulation we become stronger. Then He states that through all of our trials, we should have peace because He has overcome the world. I felt the spirit so strongly when I read that verse of scripture. I imagined my Saviour saying that to me. No matter what I may struggle with, He can help me because He has overcome everything and anything. May we all find peace through the Atonement of Jesus Christ as we remember him each day.
I hope that everyone has a wonderful week!
God bless.
-Elder Jaquish
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