Yup that's right, my first new convert and she is so solid!!! It was pretty hard for her this week though, seeing as she couldn't get the holy ghost because church was cancelled. Oh! And church was cancelled because it was snowing haha! I forgot to mention that sorry😅 But she really was a trooper. Becca is a wife with 4 kids but they are all very young and only one is baptizing age. Her kids love us! Mostly because we are from America and are positive that every American knows a wrestler personally. I gave one of them a few American coins because they were trying to name them and he said he would keep them forever❤❤ Becca told us he even slept with them in his wallet the night before! Becca's husband was brought up atheist and has never really gong to a church. He was really confused about our church especially since friends at work kept on telling him things about us (like not celebrating Christmas or sister wives). We came over last Saturday to answer questions and got to know him and his family a bit more and by the end of it her husband loved talking to us and even invited us over again! He later told his wife that he was drawn to us. And guess what his name is..... his first name is Michael.... and his last name is Jackson!!!!!
So the elders also have this investigator named Michelle that we absolutely love! She loves us too. For Easter she gave us Easter eggs and a necklace to remember her by. She also really wants us to come over to her house for tea. She is already talking about being baptized but she must needs to get married first to her boyfriend. He is a less active that wants to be in the church again and even wants her to be baptized. I will take a picture of them when I am over at their house later this week. They have 4 little pugs!!!😂🐶🐶🐶🐶 But they run around so much it seems like 8.
So.... I lost my bus pass on the... bus. Which isn't good since they are UBER expensive. So we went to this really dodgy bus station probably 30 minutes from our flat and it was this big building with a ton of windows. And right as we were walking up I could see people were staring at us through the window and at first I was thinking it was cause we were missionaries. But it was only because we were walking to the staff only entrance of the building... We found the right entrance and this lady greeted us by it and just laughed at us because she saw the entire thing. So that is my awkward experience.
So with general conference coming up I have been studying all the talks in the past October general conference. I decided this week to make sure to look back at Russell M. Nelson`s talk from it and do what he tells us. He really focuses on the Book of Mormon and even Thomas S. Monson did in his last talk a year ago. So I have made it a part of my personal study to read a couple chapters before I study anything else. It really has shown me that the more I read the Book of Mormon and strive to understand it, the more I know this church is true. It really teaches you do much of your potential and the values we should have here on earth. In the talk President Nelson said, "Whenever I hear anyone, including myself, say, “I know the Book of Mormon is true,” I want to exclaim, “That’s nice, but it is not enough!” We need to feel, deep in “the inmost part” of our hearts, that the Book of Mormon is unequivocally the word of God. We must feel it so deeply that we would never want to live even one day without it."
Even though I know I haven't gone to those extremes yet, I know that every dongle day I am striving to feel the exact way that he has said. And really that is what this gospel is all about. As long as you are trying, things will fall unto place, no matter how unbalanced the world is, you can always find stability in the gospel. I know this to be true more than anything else.
Wow you can definitely tell I had more time today haha! Ok also half of my pictures did not send last time for some weird reason. Also, my district leader who caught the sheep in the lake district has left and Elder Brendanburg from the Netherlands is the new one. But I am probably going to stay in Rossendale these next 2 transfers since I doubt president would whitewash us out AGAIN.
This week was exhausting! It wasn't even because of Becca and all that jazz but we have been getting really close with less actives of the church. I have been noticing that literally all of the less actives we have been visiting haven`t lost their faith but are just not going because of personal reasons I could not even imagine. Like we have been getting especially close to these 2 sisters and another girl who was a recent convert of like a year ago who say they never lost faith but it is not growing due to loss of motivation for another person's choices. I really wonder if it might be the same every where else as well. We are trying to reactivate the 2 sisters and her family and to be honest it is working. I don't know if I said this in my past emails but they are the less actives who hasn't gone to church in 6 months and hadn't invited missionaries in 3 years. But the one time they went to church after 6 months was when it was sister Limb's and I' s first week and we were sharing our testimonies with the ward. They instantly felt connected to us and asked us over for that week. Since then they have come to church 4 times in the last 2 months which is apparently record breaking and the sisters want to go out teaching with us. We are going to Burnley with us today as well.
I just want to say that no matter how hard things get, never lose that spirit or motivation for the gospel. Because I see it with all the less actives that it is very hard to get back once lost. And it is so hard on people as well. Even though trials may be hard, they will be even worse without the help of the atonement.
So the first 3 pictures are of my district on our last P-day before transfers last week. There is also Sebastian and Rachelle there as well, who are recent converts. They are so nice and Sebastian hangs out a lot with the missionaries since he wants to go on a mission when he is older.
Pictures: 1. This one is just cause I thought where I was at the time was SO pretty and I just felt like taking a picture. 2. We went to this chocolate festival and went to a cave where they served super cheap soup with legit homemade bread that was delicious. Also if you notice my drink is this elderberry thing with actual mint in it. it was so good. 3. Sister Limber decided my scarf can double as a turban
Love you all!!!!!
