Hello all!
How
is everyone this week? Good, I hope. This week has been a big
improvement on last! The sun finally decided to come out! It did not
rain all week :) it was a very welcome change. I'm delighted that
everyone had a good time at Palmyra- that was such a fun and spiritual
Youth Conference for me. It's where I gained a testimony of my own of
the Prophet Joseph Smith.
Anyways, on to news about me! Adam is still on track to
be baptized in a little under two weeks. He wasn't able to make it to
church or our teach with him immediately after church. I think he felt
bad though, because he texted us about it that night. Bishop is a bit
hesitant about us baptizing him because of his issues, so we are praying
about it this week to ensure it is the best thing to do.
Unfortunately, we have not been able to make contact
with Louisa for about two weeks... aka since she committed to be
baptized :( we do not know why. We take the train down to Warminster and
knock on her door but she is NEVER there. It is pretty sad. How can
someone say they feel the spirit and then ignore us? It's okay though.
We will keep on trying!
Cool event of the week: I met an Olympian... tracting!
We were knocking doors in Hilperton and this ripped guy answered the
door. He said no to a Book of Mormon but said yes to the intro DVD. We
asked him if we could come back to visit the next week and he said he
was going to London for "a couple of weeks." We asked him what he was
doing there and he casually said "oh, the Olympics." We thought he meant
to watch them but upon further inquiry, we found out that he was
COMPETING! In the 4x100 for Team GB. By the way, by the end ofmy
mission, the two things I'm gonna buy are a new suit (towards the end)
and a Chelsea jersey! I have pledged my allegiance to them as my
favorite football team hahaha it was between them and Arsenal.
We also found two new families to teach whilst
knocking... which is a miracle in and of itself hahahaha
knocking/finding is quite difficult. We are going to meet with them this
week! I am SO excited, they seem way cool. Actually, the way we found
the first family was a miracle! We got a referral from a guy on the
street and we knocked his door. He opened the door and was only in his
pants (here, pants=underpants!) and had a rather rotund belly. Needless
to say, he was not very interested. We walked away and then I had the
most intense feeling that we needed to knock the rest of the road. We
did, and the VERY last house had a family who was a bit strange but were
WAY cool. It just goes to show that faith, diligence, and following the
promtings of the Holy Ghost brings miracles to us!
Also, yesterday after church we went to a bishopric
members house and we went over the ward list and updated it for five
hours, that was a joy! Hahaha. I read one third of "Mormon Doctrine" by
Bruce R. McConkie during that time. It was absolutely fascinating.
Apparently it's dangerous messing with the deep doctrine, especially the
Discourses of Brigham Young! So yeah that's a fun fact. Some people
read things like the Apocrypha during personal study... it's tempting,
but I try and stick to the standard works and Preach My Gospel...
nothing else is gonna help spead the gospel, if we're being honest!
Anyways, I am a bit short on time! Thank you very much
to Becky, Bethany, Mom, Sarah, Grandma (LOVED the bit about the rain in
Bogota hahaha), and Grandpa (my companion and I found it very
intresting). Getting letters is really the best feeling! I'm still
working on the package, it will come soon! Promise. :)
I cannot think of a greater priveledge than serving the
Lord and spreading His gospel to the people of England. I love you all
so much! There will be far more next week, I promise!
With love,
Elder Frederickson
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