Life Across the Pond: It's Summer!

This week has been such a good one. There are far too many miracles that have happened for me to even recount!

So, my game plan is to give a play by play of each day and hope I don't run out of time!

Monday= We taught DJ about the sacrament. He is really starting to understand more.Which is good. He's so funny in the lessons as well. We had S5 go to the YSA home evening for the first time, so we went with her. She really enjoyed it! Its amazing how being around a good group of people can really lift you to a higher level.

Tuesday= Tuesday was a good day. Nothing too crazy happened it was just all around nice. We had a dinner appointment with a wonderful older couple and they invited a few other random members around too. We also had a crazy lesson with T6 on Tuesday. He really loves the Book of Mormon, but we are struggling to help him understand that Joseph Smith is a prophet and that he is not a reincarnation of anyone else. Funny right?? I never thought I'd be trying to resolve that concern!

Wednesday= Zone Meeting (which was really good), a few wonderful lessons, and a dinner appointment with a really cool family! On Wednesday my bike broke though.... like horribly broke, so we spent the rest of the week on foot, walking A LOT. Like pioneer status. It was good fun though!

Thursday= We taught this really cool new investigator Y on Thursday morning. He has been having some pretty serious family problems lately. He is from China but has been in England for 10 years. It was a very sweet lesson. He got really emotional, and we talked about prayer and about Jesus Christ. I was really toughed by this humble man, who is truly seeking what the gospel can provide for him. He really helped me put my own personal struggles into perspective. We had some other cool appointments lined up too.

Friday and Saturday were my favorite days. We were just so busy we were running around everywhere! The highlight of Friday was our first lesson with P3. He is from Nigeria and is getting his Masters here in the UK in Machanoelectric Engineering. The lesson was amazing! As we shared the first vision the Spirit was there so powerfully. When we introduced the Book of Mormon I could tell he really really wanted to read it. He has incredible faith in Christ and he is SO AMAZING! As we were asking him how he felt about the message of the restoration, he said, 'I believe it. I do not need to see God and Jesus Christ to believe." WHAT FAITH! P3 is truly amazing!

Saturday was busy as well and we taught several new people. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and everyone was out and about. We taught in the park, and has some really good lessons. F, from Hungary received the message of the restoration really well and just like P3, was full of great faith in the Savior. We stopped to eat lunch at a Chinese takeaway place, and we bumped into a potential investigator there, so we sat down and ate lunch with him. He is from India (I thought of you dad, and when you went to India) and Hindu. He was really nice and cool. He had just dropped his wife and son off at the airport to go home for a wedding, but when they get back he said he would really like to have us over for dinner so we can meet his wife and son.

All in all it's been a really good week! The weather is BEAUTIFUL, the work is moving forward at a rapid pace and there are many good things happening. I wish I could include everything that has happened this week, but there's always just so little time!!

Throughout my experiences this week and through working with some investigators, my testimony of the nature of God the Father and Jesus Christ have really been strengthened, as well as my testimony of the first vision. I am so grateful for the correct understanding we have of the Godhead. It truly is a blessing my my life! In 1 Corinthians 8:6 there is a beautiful scripture which I learned much from. Here it is!" But to us there is but one God, the Father of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him."

Here are some pictures for the week:

T6 made us food this week. It was KIDNEY. I ate a full plate of really really spicy kidney. I was pretty proud of myself. I just tried not to focus on what the kidney does and pretend I was eating chicken :)