Ahoy everyone,
This
week was hard – really hard. It has been awhile since I have had a week that
was this frustrating. I feel bad for poor Elder Mongelli. His second week in the mission was not the
best. Lots of our appointments cancelled
on us, bad weather, a few of our investigators dropped us -- it has been rough. We ended up doing a lot of finding, just
going door to door in the mud and rain and fog, and it was just not the week I
was picturing, so I hope this week will be a bit brighter.
We also saw some miracles however. We were tracting and we had been at it for 3
hours I think, and nobody was interested at all! So we said a prayer that we
would find one person that would be interested in learning more. We picked out
a street that we felt would be good and we went at it. Nothing happened until the last three doors. We went up to one and I knew this was the
house that was going to have someone who was interested! So I got really
pumped, but nobody was home.
So
we went to the next one – same story! And then we went to the next one and the
same thing happened. Needless to say,
discouragement started to creep into my little cotton socks, but then lo and
behold, a car pulled up to the house where I thought someone was going to be
interested. A lady went inside, so we
walked back over and knocked on the door.
She was WAY interested. She is
interested in the Book of Mormon and has tickets to see the Book of Mormon
musical in July. I don’t know how we
will deal with that, but I am just excited to see a prayer answered so
directly.
Other than that we are STILL teaching Marina. It honestly hurts my heart that I want her to
just accept the gospel so bad. But I
guess she just doesn’t see it the same way I do. It hurts, but we are going to just keep
trying and keep praying. She is so close. I am really close with her sister and her
family that are members, which is good. I
just love the whole lot of them.
My license still hasn’t come in, so driving is still a
struggle. We are working it out though. Poor Elder Mongelli is not the greatest of
drivers. He really doesn’t have any
perception of choosing one lane haha. And
roundabouts are not his forte, but it is OK.
The license should be here this week!!!
Not too much to bring up besides that. I love England, I love being here, I love the
gospel. I have been studying a lot about
the creation, the fall and the atonement this week, which has been good. I especially have enjoyed the creation. I like learning about that. Hopefully the weather warms up here soon. I need some spring to warm these old bones of
mine.
I love you all and I hope to hear from you soon.
