What a week!

What a week it has been. I think Hunter going on his mission brought me a lot of blessings! I love it!  We have seen a lot of miracles this week, one was the sun came out!(: We have met some cool people this week on the street, one of which came to church! It was wicked!  It is moves this week, but I figure I'm not moving since training is only 1/2 way done, but you never know. I had 2 trainers so .. we'll see! I don't have too much time, but I'll have  more time on Wednesday. I can't believe there is two out, lets just put it this way.  England and Indianapolis don't know what is about to hit them. And lucky for England, they only have to deal with it for 1 more year. Love you all, thanks for your support! My brother better be getting a lot of letters!!! Your in my prayers, have a brilliant week! Cheers.

Be humble!

This week I was brought back to a memory I had from a long time ago: I was with the family at Disneyland it was dark outside and we were standing in a long line for Splash Mountain as we were standing there a bird pooped on Dads hat! We all thought it was so funny! On Saturday this week I gave my companion the map and told him he would be guiding us around. At one point we stopped under a tree to check the map. a bird pooped on us, this was a big bird, and most of it landed in my hair! ha ha it was so funny!  

 We have been doing a lot of knocking this week, always a lot of fun! One day, we had 3 appointments set up and they all flogged! So we went street contacting and knocking after a couple of hours of people not being to happy with us we felt a little down. So we started talking about humility and maybe the Lord was humbling us. Heavenly Father has a sense of humor we stopped and sat down to pray. After my companion said the prayer I flipped through the Book of Mormon opened to a random page and put my finger somewhere and said the Lord wants to tell us something, them I read these words from Alma 32:16 "blessed are they who humble themselves without being compelled to be humble." We thought it was pretty funny. Being that we were just talking about being humble. But the cool part of the story is that after that almost every person we stopped before we got to the train stopped and talked with us, it was great! I love this work. These 4 weeks have been some of the best weeks on my mission. Elder Oleson and I have so much fun, we love working together. I love you all and I am grateful for your support and prayers. Now I ask  you one thing, my brother is going out on his mission and he better get just as much support as I did. I love him and he is going to be a great missionary. Keep him in your thoughts and prayers, just like I will be doing! Have a great week! Cheers!

"The secret to happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles."

Mothers Day!

What a blessing it is to be able to communicate with family! It gave me a boost, and now I want to go out and work even harder! Talking to the family makes me think of home, family, friends, 3rd Ward, leaders, and so on. I am a lucky boy to have grown up in such a wonderful atmosphere. I hope everyone that reads these emails knows that they have all had such a big impact on my life. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of the examples I had before me. I am grateful to be serving a mission, it has taught me so much. Hearing about all the new missionaries going out just makes me even more excited and happy! I can't believe my brother leaves in 9 days, it will be so cool to have a brother out doing the same thing as myself. England is starting to warm up, still a lot of rain, but the sun peaks out every once in a while. I love you all, thanks for you prayers and support! CTR and be happy! Have a great week! Cheers!

Agency!

 This week something brilliant happened that made me super happy. I went this whole week without wearing a coat.. The sun was shinning and my face had a smile.(:  It has been a good week.  One of Gods greatest gifts to us, His children, is agency. This week I have  learned to respect and be very patient with that gift. Every morning we study from Preach My Gospel and from the Scriptures.  We learn about the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ, as we learn more and more everyday we realize how much of a blessing it is to have this knowledge in our life. You want to give that knowledge we have to others because we know that no matter where they come from or what circumstances they may be in, the Gospel and the Savior can and will help them.. but people have to choose to except it. I love all the people I meet no matter how they treat me. I know that they our my brothers and sisters and we all have the same loving Heavenly Father.  Each person has agency.  We need to learn to use that agency to progress and become what Heavenly Father wants us to become. The Gospel is wonderful. I love it so much. My testimony grows each and everyday. I love being able to serve here in this beautiful English country. I'm super excited to speak to my family and especially my Mum on Mothers Day! Families can be together forever(: I love you all, have a brilliant week! Cheers!