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from the East End!
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The first night I was here there was
a fight outside our window hahaha.
I am loving it here in London. We
are really trying to build up a teaching pool because we don’t really have one,
but it’s going really well. Literally nobody is from England in our area so it
is really fun to go out and speak with people – lots of people from Jamaica,
Ghana, Nigeria, Poland, Brazil, and loads from Muslim countries. A mix of all
of this makes for some pretty interesting conversations in the street.
Elder Harding is my companion. We
have known each other for a long time in the mission and it has been really
good working with him. We get along great and are having a good time. The ward
here in Stratford is great. They all know it’s my last transfer and they want
to help me go out with a bang. So I am really stoked to be here. I know this is
where the Lord wants me to be.
One experience this week really
helped me realise that. We were tracting in West Ham and there weren’t many
people listening. We had been doing it for a couple of hours and we decided to
go back home and eat some dinner. I was kind of frustrated that we didn’t find
anybody because I really want to have a baptism this transfer. As we were
walking back we stopped a girl who said we could walk back to her home and
share more with her. Her name is Priscilla. She is originally from Ghana but
grew up in Germany and now lives with her Auntie here in London. She’s one of
the coolest investigators I have ever had. None of her family live here except
her Auntie, and she is only about 17-20 years old. We shared the Restoration
with her and she said she would start reading the Book of Mormon that night.
The whole lesson just clicked for her. We asked her if we could help her out
with anything and she said, “Just come back and share more with me. That’s all
I want you to do.” So keep her in your prayers! We are seeing her again this
Thursday.
After that we tried to speak with a
guy but he just grunted at us like a dog....
We also met a girl from Ecuador that
seems very interested as well.
We are also teaching a guy from Brazil.
He is a really wonderful guy named Marcello. He knows everything we have to
teach him, but just wants to feel when the right time to be baptized is. He
loves the church but, but just doesn’t feel ready to make the step into the
font. I am excited to work with him.
Time is really flying and we are
making the most of it here in Stratford! It’s a great time to be alive!
Love,
Elder
Purdy
