Things to see on the train....

Hiya!!

Soooo I didn't write a general email last week because it was transfer week. I "killed" Elder Siegel with some dignity left in him haha Just kidding. It was nice to go around with him and see him say goodbye to a lot of people. I really enjoyed serving with him and I learned a lot. But now he is safely back in good ole Utah. My new companion is Elder Patten. He is from St. George, Utah and has been out only 3 months. I'm his 3rd companion and he was previously in Peterborough. We have a lot of the same interests so its easy to get along with him. He is a really good missionary and works hard.

Its been quite a god week. An interesting one, at the least. So like i mentioned earlier, the beginning of the week started off slow because Elder Siegel was going home. Transfers were on Wednesday. We went to a funeral on Friday because one of the less-actives that we are working with just lost his mother, and so he asked us to come. It was a lovely service. I thought the whole time about how glad I am to have a knowledge of the plan of salvation. It was nice to feel the spirit witness that to me at the funeral service. Saturday we taught Theo. Oh yeah, we invited him and his wife, Diana, on Monday to be baptised! We followed up in our lesson on whether or not they had prayed about it. They said that they had spoken to their mothers in Ghana about it and their old pastor from London and they all said that its not necessary to be baptised twice. We explained to them about the importance of priesthood authority, but I don't think it clicked in their heads. They came to church yesterday for all 3 hours and really enjoyed it. The lesson in Gospel Principles was on prophets and so it was good that they could hear once again the importance/necessity of having a prophet on the earth. This Saturday we will teach them and help them understand more fully that baptism requires the authority of God, not just the authority of man.

Funny thing that happened on Saturday as well. We went to Rugeley for dinner and we taught a lesson to the less-active family that fed us. On the way home on the train, we sat a few rows in front of this couple who were probably in their 40s. Next thing we know they start kissing and stuff. The lady stops because she realises we can see, but the guy keeps insisting. They were being all lovey and we pretty much saw all of it. It was sooooo AWKWARD!!! Elder Patten and I just laughed and turned our heads away. Luckily ours was the next stop, so we didn't have to see any more of it.

This week we will have the privilege of having Elder Jay E. Jensen of the Seventy come and speak to our mission. I'm really looking forward to it! This will be my second General Authority coming to speak to us here in Birmingham. I know that as I pray and seek for inspiration, the Lord will reveal to me the things I need to do here in the area of which I serve. Isn't it cool that we have a line of revelation that we can tap into to seek the will of God?! I am grateful for this church and for the gospel that's in my life. I hope you all spend time reviewing the talks given in this last conference and seek for revelation for your own needs!

Take care all!
Godbless.
-Elder Jaquish