Hello
Hello!
Well as I said last week, have a new
companion from Germany, Elder Vogel. He is a great guy. We have had a good
week.
The downside to this week was I was
rather ill until Sunday. I had lost my voice completely, so I was pretty
ineffective as a missionary. We taught a couple from the Congo – Cadeau and
Sifi. During the climax of my ailment I invited them to be baptized. My voice
sounded terrible – a bit like a frog – and my voice cracked right in the middle
of it. But they accepted! By small and simple things great things are brought
to pass.
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Going into London was a bit manic as
well. There was a tube strike so all transportation was over ground. It took us
so long to get to Euston Station, where we were picking Elder Vogel up. So to
pass the time we were handing mormon.org
cards out the window to people on the street or to people on bikes. It was
really good, We even gave one to a red bus driver who we pulled up next to us haha.
The goal next time is to give out a Book of Mormon.
Recently I have been reading lots of
the Book of Mormon in 3 Nephi when Jesus visits the Nephites. I have really
enjoyed it. I came across a cool quote from Neal A Maxwell that I like about
the book:
“The Book of Mormon is like a vast mansion, with gardens, towers,
courtyards, and wings. My tour of it has never been completed. Some rooms I
have yet to enter, and there are more felicitous fireplaces waiting to warm me.
Even the rooms I have glimpsed contain further furnishings and rich detail yet
to be savored. There are panels inlaid with incredible insights, and design and
décor dating from Eden. There are even sumptuous banquet tables painstakingly
prepared by predecessors which await all of us. Yet we as church members
sometimes behave like hurried tourists scarcely entering beyond the entry hall.”
Very true, the Book of Mormon has
helped me grow my belief in Jesus Christ so much, and I keep learning new
things from it!
The Simbis are doing well. They came
to church. So did Cadeau and Sifi and their family. We had loads of people at
church in fact, it was pretty incredible. It was definitely the most I have
ever had at sacrament meeting. We took up a couple rows of the pews.
Other than that, the weather is rainy,
but I am happy as a clam. I’m grateful to be in Merry ole England and spreading
the good word!
The church is true, the book is blue.
God
Save the Queen!
Elder
Purdy
