Hey everyone!!!!
I hope yall had a Merry Christmas!!!! We went over to two members houses and just ate loads!!! haha Sooooo good. It was fun just to chill with a family and be apart of their day. The best part of the day though was being able to Skype my family! It was nice to see their faces and just talk about random stuff haha The mission makes you random....or maybe its just me. Hmmmph.
Today is Boxing Day!!! Its like Thanksgiving and Black Friday alll packed in one, its amazing. We came over and ate another Christmas dinner with the Robinson family. They are so cool. Wayy funny to be around, everything seems like a joke haha Good times on the mission.
I don't have too much time to email because we have to go do some stuff, but I just wanted to bear my testimony on this season. Church yesterday was lovely. So many people came to church that either haven't been before or been in a while. It was a sweet feeling to be in the company of so many saints, all professing that Jesus is the Christ and that he came to the earth as the Son of God. He lived the life that we should strive to live as well. We must come unto Him in order to have true, lasting happiness. I love my Saviour and I am extremely grateful that He was born for our sakes. He gave His life so freely so that we could receive life eternal. I know that Christ lives and that this is His restored church on the earth. I hope that we all can take some time in the next week to review the way we live our lives. Ponder upon if the path we are on will lead us to accomplish the desires of our hearts. Righteous desire will create treasures for us in Heaven.
My love goes out to all of you this wonderful season.
Godbless.
-Elder Jaquish
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
CHRISTMAS!!!
Hello. hahahha I typed that and was about to erase it because just hello by itself looked awkward, but i laughed, so im keeping it.
Hello...
So We have had a lot of blessings here in Notts 4 lately!!
We were able to have a lesson with a less-active lady named Rose who we have been trying by for months and finally got a hold of her! We talked about the Atonement and how we are in relation to Heavenly Father. The member we took out with us to teach Rose really appreciated the lesson. He was feeling down and needed to feel the spirit, of which circumstance we didn't know he was in at the time. It was nice to find out that not only did we help Rose out, but we were able to help out the member as well. We had another similar experience again, but this time with a young man from the church named Matt. We taught Ivan and Wendy about faith and repentance. Ivan has a problem understanding what counts as a sin. He thinks that he hasn't sinned because he lives a good life. There are so many ways that we can sin, but just realising it is the first step. Matt was able to bear his testimony of the gospel and how it has blessed his life. The spirit was there and everyone in the room could feel it. Matt seemed to appreciate the lesson, but we didn't see the strong effect it really had on him. Elder Dudley talked to Matt's mom on Sunday and she said that Matt talked to her about the lesson and said that he really felt the spirit, and that for like the first time in his life he recognised the spirit and knew that he had a testimony of his own. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but this is a wonderful example of fulfilling our purpose as a missionary. We aren't just called to helped nonmembers, but EVERYONE. I love this gospel and the enlightenment and hope that is brings to our lives. Being able to help someone feel the spirit is so rewarding, its the best! haha
We are working hard to find a family to teach this season. Its like a mission-wide goal that we are all trying to achieve. We had success the other day when Elder Dudley went to see this "lost sheep" family that came up on the church records the other day. This family has been less-active for a while, well since the husband came back from the war in Afghanistan. They are from Fuji and had 3 kids. Both the parents and the oldest child are baptised, but the middle child is not and is 9!! We will be able to start teaching them this week! The father said that he has had certain feelings telling him to come back to church so that's wonderful!! The Lord is truly working by our sides.
I know that this is the true church of Jesus Christ, restored by Himself through a modern-day prophet! I know that Christ lives, and that we may too live again, hopefully in His presence. I saw this sweet little sign at a members house the other day that relates to Christmas that I will end my email with, "It's not about the presents, but His presence."
I wish you all a Merry Christmas :)
Godbless,
Elder Jaquish
Hello...
So We have had a lot of blessings here in Notts 4 lately!!
We were able to have a lesson with a less-active lady named Rose who we have been trying by for months and finally got a hold of her! We talked about the Atonement and how we are in relation to Heavenly Father. The member we took out with us to teach Rose really appreciated the lesson. He was feeling down and needed to feel the spirit, of which circumstance we didn't know he was in at the time. It was nice to find out that not only did we help Rose out, but we were able to help out the member as well. We had another similar experience again, but this time with a young man from the church named Matt. We taught Ivan and Wendy about faith and repentance. Ivan has a problem understanding what counts as a sin. He thinks that he hasn't sinned because he lives a good life. There are so many ways that we can sin, but just realising it is the first step. Matt was able to bear his testimony of the gospel and how it has blessed his life. The spirit was there and everyone in the room could feel it. Matt seemed to appreciate the lesson, but we didn't see the strong effect it really had on him. Elder Dudley talked to Matt's mom on Sunday and she said that Matt talked to her about the lesson and said that he really felt the spirit, and that for like the first time in his life he recognised the spirit and knew that he had a testimony of his own. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but this is a wonderful example of fulfilling our purpose as a missionary. We aren't just called to helped nonmembers, but EVERYONE. I love this gospel and the enlightenment and hope that is brings to our lives. Being able to help someone feel the spirit is so rewarding, its the best! haha
We are working hard to find a family to teach this season. Its like a mission-wide goal that we are all trying to achieve. We had success the other day when Elder Dudley went to see this "lost sheep" family that came up on the church records the other day. This family has been less-active for a while, well since the husband came back from the war in Afghanistan. They are from Fuji and had 3 kids. Both the parents and the oldest child are baptised, but the middle child is not and is 9!! We will be able to start teaching them this week! The father said that he has had certain feelings telling him to come back to church so that's wonderful!! The Lord is truly working by our sides.
I know that this is the true church of Jesus Christ, restored by Himself through a modern-day prophet! I know that Christ lives, and that we may too live again, hopefully in His presence. I saw this sweet little sign at a members house the other day that relates to Christmas that I will end my email with, "It's not about the presents, but His presence."
I wish you all a Merry Christmas :)
Godbless,
Elder Jaquish
Monday, December 12, 2011
Decoratign the house
Mornin everyone!
I cant believe its already pday again! haha Transfers are the best when you don't get transferred. Which I'm not sure if I mentioned last week or not, but my companion and I are staying together for Christmas! I'm happy about that. I have grown close to Elder Dudley. He is a wonderful missionary and a great friend. It's gonna be fun and a privilege to be the his last companion!
The last few days since Wednesday have been pretty good. We have done a lot of service lately. On Saturday, we spent a while helping some investigators, Ivan and Wendy, put up decorations outside of their house. It was so much fun to be able serve Ivan and spend time getting to know him better. We have been struggling to meet with them and have a solid lesson. We ended our visit with an invitation for us to come back soon and teach them more about the gospel, which they said yes to. I'm excited for that lesson so that we can reestablish out purpose with them and teach them the restored gospel of our Saviour.
We tired to meet with a few other people this week, but it just seems like Satan keeps getting his foot into our friend's lives. Everyone we are teaching seemed to not have time or some kind of situation came up where we couldn't properly teach them. That just means that we have to work harder and punch Satan in the face! haha!
One nice story we had this week is that Sarah Hulse came to church again. Her daughters were supposed to come, who aren't members, but they had to go see their dad instead. But they almost told their dad they were going to church! Which is sweet since they are only 17 and 9 and they want to come to church. The good feeling of the spirit is addictive. We will hopefully be able to invite them this week to be baptised. I think they they say yes, we just need to have them feel the spirit and recognise it.
This week should be very good. We watched the 1st Presidency Christmas devotional last night. I was able to gain a re-dedication to serving my Saviour through the thoughts that the First Presidency had for us. The spirit truly testified to me that the work I am doing is true. And that many more people need to hear it's message of love and hope. I know that this church is true and that God lives. I hope we can all feel the Saviour's love this week and for the weeks to come up to Christmas.
I hope all have a great week and really search for the feelings of the spirit.
Godbless.
-Elder Jaquish
I cant believe its already pday again! haha Transfers are the best when you don't get transferred. Which I'm not sure if I mentioned last week or not, but my companion and I are staying together for Christmas! I'm happy about that. I have grown close to Elder Dudley. He is a wonderful missionary and a great friend. It's gonna be fun and a privilege to be the his last companion!
The last few days since Wednesday have been pretty good. We have done a lot of service lately. On Saturday, we spent a while helping some investigators, Ivan and Wendy, put up decorations outside of their house. It was so much fun to be able serve Ivan and spend time getting to know him better. We have been struggling to meet with them and have a solid lesson. We ended our visit with an invitation for us to come back soon and teach them more about the gospel, which they said yes to. I'm excited for that lesson so that we can reestablish out purpose with them and teach them the restored gospel of our Saviour.
We tired to meet with a few other people this week, but it just seems like Satan keeps getting his foot into our friend's lives. Everyone we are teaching seemed to not have time or some kind of situation came up where we couldn't properly teach them. That just means that we have to work harder and punch Satan in the face! haha!
One nice story we had this week is that Sarah Hulse came to church again. Her daughters were supposed to come, who aren't members, but they had to go see their dad instead. But they almost told their dad they were going to church! Which is sweet since they are only 17 and 9 and they want to come to church. The good feeling of the spirit is addictive. We will hopefully be able to invite them this week to be baptised. I think they they say yes, we just need to have them feel the spirit and recognise it.
This week should be very good. We watched the 1st Presidency Christmas devotional last night. I was able to gain a re-dedication to serving my Saviour through the thoughts that the First Presidency had for us. The spirit truly testified to me that the work I am doing is true. And that many more people need to hear it's message of love and hope. I know that this church is true and that God lives. I hope we can all feel the Saviour's love this week and for the weeks to come up to Christmas.
I hope all have a great week and really search for the feelings of the spirit.
Godbless.
-Elder Jaquish
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
December Sundays!
Top of the mornin to ya everyone!
Sooooooo, this week was good! Well the past week and a half haha This week was transfers; Elder Dudley and I are staying together so you know what that means...I get to kill him!! muahahahaha Well, not in a literal sense. This is his last transfer. But the tricky thing is that he is going home 3 weeks early to go to school, so that leaves me with no companion for the 2nd half of the transfer. My mission president hasn't told us yet what exactly will happen to me, but whatever becomes of me I know its the Lord's will. I'm excited though because that means I'll probably be in a 3-some hahaha I am very grateful though to spend 3 more weeks with Elder Dudley because he is an amazing missionary.
The week was fairly good. The only rubbish part was that we still have yet to get into contact with Wendy. We tried calling her and stopping by her home, but nothin. So gay haha I am more worried that she is okay than that she isn't getting baptised this week. I just want to help her out. We are going to try by today so hopefully we will be blessed to find out whats up.
We have spent a lot of time finding this week, which has been really fun. Its a bonus to have a university in your area! haha I have met people from Australia, China, Taiwan, France, Latvia, Slovakia, and different parts of England all in the space of like two days! Its pretty sweet. Who would thought I'd go on a world tour on my mission! haha We gave out a lot of copies of the Book of Mormon, which has been a great blessing. We met this one kid the other day who has become interested in religion just because of school. He took a Book of Mormon pretty easily and was happy to have us come around to explain more sometime. We gave him our phone number and he gave us his address, that was it. Then we get a text from him like 2 minutes later saying that he just wanted to give us his phone number so we could contact him! haha Elect!
The month of December is like the best opportunity of the year to invite people to listen to a message about the Saviour, to bring someone to church, or just serve the homeless. The Europe Area Presidency has made a challenge to all the wards here to allow the feelings of Christmastime to enter our hearts, and to express our love for Jesus Christ by inviting/bringing some one to church every Sunday in December. Whether it be a nonmember or less-active member it doesn't matter. What matters is the effort you make to help someone during the holiday. I want to extend the same invitation to all who read this email. Look outward instead of inward this Christmas and allow the spirit to work in your life, to bless the lives of others. Also, watch the video on the main page of www.lds.org.uk Its awesome!
Much love. And Godbless,
-Elder Jaquish
Sooooooo, this week was good! Well the past week and a half haha This week was transfers; Elder Dudley and I are staying together so you know what that means...I get to kill him!! muahahahaha Well, not in a literal sense. This is his last transfer. But the tricky thing is that he is going home 3 weeks early to go to school, so that leaves me with no companion for the 2nd half of the transfer. My mission president hasn't told us yet what exactly will happen to me, but whatever becomes of me I know its the Lord's will. I'm excited though because that means I'll probably be in a 3-some hahaha I am very grateful though to spend 3 more weeks with Elder Dudley because he is an amazing missionary.
The week was fairly good. The only rubbish part was that we still have yet to get into contact with Wendy. We tried calling her and stopping by her home, but nothin. So gay haha I am more worried that she is okay than that she isn't getting baptised this week. I just want to help her out. We are going to try by today so hopefully we will be blessed to find out whats up.
We have spent a lot of time finding this week, which has been really fun. Its a bonus to have a university in your area! haha I have met people from Australia, China, Taiwan, France, Latvia, Slovakia, and different parts of England all in the space of like two days! Its pretty sweet. Who would thought I'd go on a world tour on my mission! haha We gave out a lot of copies of the Book of Mormon, which has been a great blessing. We met this one kid the other day who has become interested in religion just because of school. He took a Book of Mormon pretty easily and was happy to have us come around to explain more sometime. We gave him our phone number and he gave us his address, that was it. Then we get a text from him like 2 minutes later saying that he just wanted to give us his phone number so we could contact him! haha Elect!
The month of December is like the best opportunity of the year to invite people to listen to a message about the Saviour, to bring someone to church, or just serve the homeless. The Europe Area Presidency has made a challenge to all the wards here to allow the feelings of Christmastime to enter our hearts, and to express our love for Jesus Christ by inviting/bringing some one to church every Sunday in December. Whether it be a nonmember or less-active member it doesn't matter. What matters is the effort you make to help someone during the holiday. I want to extend the same invitation to all who read this email. Look outward instead of inward this Christmas and allow the spirit to work in your life, to bless the lives of others. Also, watch the video on the main page of www.lds.org.uk Its awesome!
Much love. And Godbless,
-Elder Jaquish
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