Book of Mormon musical!

What an exciting time to be in London!! I'm so grateful to be here during this wonderful time. The Book of Mormon musical has brought a lot of excitement to the members of the church. All members that do their traveling on trains in and out of London are now supposed to take the Blue copy of the Book of Mormon and read it while on the train. A guy in our Stake Presidency has already had 4 missionary discussions on the train. London is going to be covered in advertisements. All the train stations and tube stations have advertisements of I'm a Mormon. Its so crazy, most people we stop on the street now have had questions about The Book of Mormon. I love The Book of Mormon, it has so much power. We are now required to spend an extra hour a week on Mormon.org.uk so we understand the website well enough to answer any questions anyone has, and we have to create our own profiles. I love missionary work, its so exciting, we had ward conference and it was all about how members need to all be missionaries. I had the chills the whole time, such a strong spirit. We had a good week, it was sad because we had about 5 people say they would come to church but none showed up): but its okay. We are finding more and more people everyday. Yesterday was really cool. We had a dinner appointment with our Bishop and we were supposed to meet him outside the supermarket near our flat. While we were waiting, I started talking to people that passed us. Right as the Bishop pulled up I really felt like I needed to talk to this last guy. My companion was getting in the car, but I ran up to the guy and stopped him. He said he was very interested! He had many questions. He gave me his number and ask me to  call him tomorrow so that we could set up a time to meet.  What a miracle! Listen to the spirit, even when it might seem like a weird idea, you will be blessed. I love this Gospel, I love the Church, I love the Book of Mormon! How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those that preach the Gospel. There is a scripture that says something along those lines but I can't remember which one it is! I think its somewhere in Romans, and Mosiah. I think chapter 15. I love you all, that's for your support and prayers! have a good week! Cheers(:

What an exciting time to be in London!

The Work!

What a great week it has been! We have seen many miracles and there has been a couple days of sunshine which makes me really happy! Some highlights for this week. Tuesday I went on exchange to a place called Kingston, which is very close to London. When I got with my companion, I asked "what are the plans today, he said "I don't know" so I said, "Do we have any appointments?" Which he responded with a no. Then lets go find! We had 4 hours of street contacting. We taught about 7 people on the street, including saying prayers with them. Four of them we got return appointments. On the road we  were contacting, we saw a bus stop that had an advertisement for The Book of Mormon Play, it was funny because it said "the Mormons are coming!!" ha ha which is absolutely correct. We are coming! This week we had 4 people at church, and 2 of them we met this week! We also had to speak which was probably the low of the week. It went really well, we had to talk about missionary work and why we do it. Today for P-Day we are going to a place called TopGolf, I'm pretty excited. We are doing a driving range and all the balls have little chips in them which will tell you how far you hit the ball. They have a lot of competitions that we can do, so that will be fun! We are teaching a family right now.  A single mother and 3 kids, they have all the right values. They have a lot of questions and have read a lot of anti-Mormon stuff. We are hoping to have a baptismal date with them no later then next week, and hopefully we can take them to the temple soon! The work here is really good! we are finding people everyday, its just getting all these people to keep commitments. No one can progress unless they are reading and praying everyday! So just pray that the people in Addlestone will read and pray, and we will see many miracles in the work. Thanks for everything  you all do, and your great support. Its amazing to be serving the Lord, especially in this beautiful country with the wonderful British people, I love them! 
Cheers:)

"Your faith will perform miracles, especially when you get your hands and feet involved."   Spencer W. Kimball

Good Form!

Tools to be Happy!

It has been a wonderful week! We have seen a lot of miracles this week and definitely seen the Lords hand in the work. Addlestone is a great place to be. There are very posh areas and some middle class areas. The ward here is very involved in missionary work, so we get a lot of support from them. Back at home I loved seeing Audi's, BMW's, Mercedes and all the cool sport cars, but yesterday walking to church I saw and Suburban!! I was so excited to see one, I haven't seen one  in 8 months! Sunday was  a really good day! We had 3 investigators at church. After church we went and saw a less active and another investigator and they had 3 friends over. We taught them the Restoration. After that we had dinner at the Bishops, they are a cool American family. Then we did some knocking for an hour, we knocked at a home where a girl and her guy friend were home. They let us in and we were able to share the Restoration again! Ahh! After we left I felt like I was on a Spiritual high! It was great. We have a ward FHE tonight, the guy and girl we taught last night want to come! I'm so happy! I love the mission, I love England, I love my family, and I love the Lord and the tools he has given us to be happy. For any of those that are preparing to serve a mission, take the advice of those that have gone before you. The 2 keys are working hard and being obedient! I almost forgot, we took a less active investigator to the Temple on Saturday!! That was amazing! The Temple grounds are so beautiful, the spirit is so strong, and the visitors center is perfect for those investigating the church. I feel so blessed to be in this part of the Lords vineyard and at this wonderful time. The work is increasing we are seeing more and more miracles everyday. I love it. Hope everything is going well at home, thanks again for all your prayers and support, it means a lot. Have a great week! Cheers

Addlestone!

What a great week it has been!! I love Addlestone so far. Its is nothing compared to Bath, but I don't think any area will compare to Bath! We have a lot of American families in our ward, I think we have 5! Its weird to go to church, the Bishop and most the leaders of the ward are American so its different hearing no accent. There is also 2 Italian families. I've had a dinner appointment with both of those families, they made very good food! My new companion is Elder Wehrman!  He refuses to talk to people on the street, so I end up doing all of the street contacting. I am really starting to enjoy talking and meeting so many people, its actually is fun! It is so nice to take a shower in the morning. We do all our traveling by train here in Addlestone, the area is a lot smaller then Bath, but trains are very frequent because we are close to London. One night on the train, my companion and I were talking and a big group of teenagers got on the train and sat near us. When they heard our accent they were so excited to talk to us because we were from America! We gave out about 20 pass along cards to all the kids.  I am really excited to work here, the ward is very involved in missionary work. We had 2 investigators at church on Sunday. We already have 2 apt. this week from people that we met in the last 3 days. I have to cut it short today because we are finally playing footy for P-Day, I'm really excited!! Love you all, thanks for you prayers and support! have a great week! Cheers!