I have been so busy it has been
unreal. I have started to just miss lunches
because we are constantly trying to just get things done here. It has been one
tough time. It has been good, but really
tough. We spend so many hours on the street just trying to get some
appointments. What a journey! 99% of our investigators are Jamaican, which is
pretty interesting. We are going to be
adding some colour to the Hitchin ward fo sho! All of our investigators are
pretty interesting. One of them named
Hearten is like 55, from Kingston, and she’s really cool. She likes the missionaries a lot. In fact, she called her family in Jamaica and
handed me the phone so we could talk to them, haha. It was really funny. I had a nice little conversation with her
family on Jamrock. She came to church as
well and really enjoyed it.
An African lady asked me if I would
marry her. She wanted a husband really
bad and preferred me, apparently because I was a man of God. Can’t really blame her can you? Nevertheless, I had to turn down such a
tempting offer.
I sure do love this country. It feels like home. Shakespeare can say it better than I ... so
here you go:
This
royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This
earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This
other Eden, demi-paradise,
This
fortress built by Nature for herself
Against
infection and the hand of war,
This
happy breed of men, this little world,
This
precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which
serves it in the office of a wall
Or
as a moat defensive to a house,
Against
the envy of less happier lands,--
This
blessed plot, this earth, this realm,
this England.
"King Richard II", Act 2 Scene
1
Wise
words indeed.
Elder Ballard surprised our mission
and came and spoke to us yesterday, hence the late email. He talked a lot about how people do not know
the nature of God, they don’t know who he is, or their proper relationship with
him, and that we are here, as a reflection of God’s love and God’s glory, to
bring it to them. Really powerful – that man is definitely inspired by
God. One thing he said that I liked was “You
don’t know the person who God knows you are.”
Very true. God has a plan for us that will allow us to become
something more, to reach something.
Things are good here. We are working hard, very hard, and I really
want to see the fruits of such labor.
Love,
Elder
Christian Purdy
