I am making some wonderful memories. I feel like I have some very dear friends
this side of the pond. Things are good
here, lots of miracles. I am SOOO busy
with things it is unreal.
We saw our
investigator Rose again this week. She
was talking about how she had been praying that God would uplift her the day we
knocked on her door, and how she always feels the spirit when we teach and talk
to her. Very welcome news indeed! It is always good to see the Lord’s hand in
your life so simply. I know this is the Lord’s work.
Something Elder Mongelli and I have
been trying to really do recently is do more finding. When our finding goes up
our teaching goes up! And we definitely
need more of both. Another thing we are pushing for is getting the members
more involved. Our ward mission leader has been bringing chocolate for the Relief
Society every Sunday to get them excited about sharing the gospel with their
friends and families. I hope we will see
the fruits of this soon.
It is all about sharing the gospel
with families and friends. If you look
back into the early days of the church that is exactly how the church grew.
Almost all of the converts were not complete strangers to one another -- they
knew each other! That is what we want to do here, share it with their friends
and family.
Love
you all, have a good week!
Elder
Purdy
This picture is by a statue of Pocahontas in Gravesend ... apparently she is buried there. Could just be a story though.
from Jen:
I
looked it up and Pocahontas did die at Gravesend. The website for St. George's church in Gravesend says: "The
original church was destroyed by fire on 24th August 1727 and later rebuilt. In
1923 a Virginian received permission to search for the remains of Pocahontas,
but nothing conclusive was found. Entry in the Gravesend St. George composite
parish register recording the burial of Princess Pocahontas on 21 March
1616/1617 reads: Rebecca Wroth wyffe [i.e. wife] of Thomas Wroth/
gent[leman] [i.e.gentleman] a Virginia [America] Lady borne [i.e. born]
was buried/ in the Chauncell[i.e. chancel]"
