Ahoy!
We had a great week this last week –
a very cold week, but a good week! Things
here are good. We didn’t teach 22 lessons this week, we taught 18 haha, and the
Simbi family came to church which was good. Neil passed the sacrament and did
great.
Wednesday we had to go into London
for a leadership meeting. I saw lots of missionaries that I haven’t seen
forever, like Elder Mongelli! He has had to get glasses since the last time I
saw him, and he has put on some weight, but it was great to see him again – a joyous
reunion indeed.
The meeting was good. Something that
stuck out to me is we were talking about how we need to have a “vision” of
where we need to go in our work, and how we are going to help our zones get
there as well – which is very true. If we don’t set goals, if we don’t
look to broaden our horizons, then we really aren’t leading, because we don’t
know where we want to go.
Thursday I was in Lowestoft. We did
lots of tracting and finding on the bus. Norfolk is one of those places where
LDS missionaries have been since they came to England in the late 1800's. I
actually saw an old newspaper that talked about missionaries baptizing at a
mill that’s in my area in a place called North Walsham. So everybody knows who
we are. It can make it kind of hard to teach people because they already have
an OK idea of what we talk about. But we were tracting in Lowestoft and we met
a great lady, who minutes before had been praying for guidance and then we
knocked at the door. Coincidence? I think not! She has studied lots of
religions and perspectives but never ours, so she was naturally curious and we
had a great lesson with her and shared about the Book of Mormon. So even in a
place like Norfolk where there have been missionaries since the beginning of
the church, there are still people who haven’t heard, and need the gospel in
their lives. The Lord definitely prepares people to hear our message!
Saturday we had dinner with a couple
named David and Jemma Masters. David is not a member but Jemma is. We visit
them quite often. I really get on with them and we have a good time. They
provided dinner and Elder Cuche made crepes for pudding. I tried making some as well, but mine were
pretty sub par. But it was fun, and I took a picture.
Sunday was great. We had six investigators at church! The Simbi family and two of our Chinese investigators. We were running around frantic to make sure everybody was where they needed to be, and it was all good in the end. They felt the spirit and the ward was very warm and inviting towards them.
That’s all for me this week. Transfers are next week so we will see what is in store for me!
Pip
pip cheerio,
Elder
Purdy
