So there I was, with a belly full of
curry that our dear investigator Ashwani and his lovely wife Eisha prepared for
us, walking down the street of Letchworth Garden City, a man drives past
shouting something derogatory, we laugh and continue our walk into a little
park. Then we get a call from President
Jordan. Elder Botcha answers, hands the phone to me and President Jordan says
“Elder Purdy you are off to be a Zone Leader in Norwich.”
Norwich!
I am northbound. I am off to outer
darkness haha. I hope I don’t pick up
that strange Norfolk accent.
So
it looks like I’ve got a 3-hour train ride tomorrow to Norwich. I am looking
forward to it. My new companion is Elder Doudou from Berlin, Germany. I think
it will be fun. I will miss being around London but hey Norwich will be pretty
wicked. I hear it is pretty different up there. I also hear they have some
lovely beaches up there so I will have to check them out.
I'll
miss Hitchin. I really have loved this place. I’ll miss Letchworth and my black
squirrel friends, and I'll miss this ward. This ward has been absolutely
fantastic. They will all be missed. I am leaving at time when we are starting
to see some really good success as well. Ashwani and his son Nathan are doing
so well and they love having lessons. We taught them yesterday and then they
fed us curry afterwards and while we were eating Nathaniel asked if he could
have another lesson. He is 9 and he wants to get baptized this October. Ashwani
is really sincere and wants to find the truth. We have taught him a lot about
apostasy and restoration and he is really starting to pick up on the idea.
Unfortunately
I will have to leave that all behind. But hey ho!
I
am looking forward to a new adventure. Elder Botcha's curry will be sorely
missed – and all of his little India quirks. But he is looking forward to
teaching Ashwani and Nathan and furthering the work here in Hitchin.
Well
that’s the news from my end. Hope you all have a good week!
Love
Elder
Purdy
