Before the soaking 

After the soaking

Yes it's England ...it's been wet this week.

Nothing else to say :D

This week for us was long..

But good!

We taught 10 lessons, with 8 members present which was super good! It's crazy how much it makes a difference bringing a member with us! Their testimonies are always so much different because they have more experiences in many different aspects!

We also had 29 hours of finding! It was a very long week in that aspect!

We were very diligent and I feel as if that was the lesson that I had to learn.. To keep pushing! 

We literally tried to speak to everyone, I could probably count on 1 hand the amount of people who we let pass, but we didn't reap much from our many conversations! We generally pushed that hardest that we'd ever pushed and we didn't get much at all, it was rough but it's something that made me realize that I will now be able to do more often because I was able to do it all of last week!:)

It was a really great week though, not too much interesting other than that really, but it was still fun! 

This week I've been focusing my studies on Preach my Gospel a whole lot more than I ever have done before; I was going through from the front cover and I'm working my way through to the back and really focusing on what's being said and what I can take and apply from it! 

I was looking through chapter 1: Our purpose and just thinking about Obedience vs Disobedience, I decided to base my district meeting off of it and I learned so much through that study and asking for revelation whilst studying it!

One of the thoughts I had was this:

We give up so many things as missionaries, we miss out on worldly opportunities while we give 2 years of our life to others and to the Lord, we make sacrifices, we do all of this to live by strict rules, for instance, I cannot play football every day, I cannot walk my dog in the forest for hours on end, I can't go for drives by myself, I can't be by myself, I can't go swimming, I can't hang out with my friend for the fun of it, I can't watch any movie I please or even go to the cinema.. It's the small things which are the hardest, but I wouldn't have it any other way.. The way I feel every single day and the way I see people progress, I wouldn't replace to be able to do them things again.. I cannot comprehend how much I've grown as a person and as a missionary, I feel my saviours love, I feel the love of God always and I know that through my obedience he will bless me! This gospel is one of those things which I will always do, the blessings which we receive every single day I just cannot begin to comprehend!

What I also learnt was that even through slight disobedience, it throws off the whole day, it blows up missionary work in your face.. Everything which you have accomplished and gained can be demolished by disobedience and is hard to rebuild.. So I constantly ask myself.. What am I willing to sacrifice to be successful? 

I'm willing to give up all of them things which I miss if it results in me coming closer to perfection, I'm willing to give up what I am for what I can become!

It's something which at the time just seemed like a really great study, but it can apply to me throughout my whole life, it can impact me in ways that I can be obedient after my mission to the church and the commandments, to work and to many other things!:)

This week was super good too, we were able to teach 13 investigator lessons and 5 of which were with a member present! It's been great recently to have members come along with us to teach, especially because they can be a lot more interactive when it comes to kids! We taught 21 lessons total though this week, it was a busy one, but a great one!

I wanted to share a few of my Favorite mormon messages with you...these are my top 5 and if you haven't watched them I'd suggest them all:

1) The refiners fire

2) The hope of God's light

3) Mountains to climb

4) Earthly Father, Heavenly Father

5) Origin

They're all such good messages, I love them!!

This week as well I've been focusing on the Christlike attributes and really focusing on going in depth with them in my studies and I would suggest them for everyone too, as you study them it's really a humbling experience, I feel that with just the past 3 days of studying them I've changed so much as a person, I can definitely see how my charity and love has improves, my knowledge too, I would especially suggest studying knowledge, it really hit me hard when I went in depth with the scriptures related and the messages which I noticed when studying them!

This past week the weather has been great..I've looked forward to being able to walk about in my short sleeves! :D

Transfer calls last night! These past 6 weeks went SO FAST! It was crazy how fast it came around! Unfortunately Elder Narine will be leaving me. My new companion will join me tomorrow. He's been out for 4 1/2 months. He's called Elder Dobbs but that all I know about him. I'm ready for the new transfer And I'm excited to work with a new companion!:)

This week went really fast too, we had an incredible week! The best part was definitely Sunday; We had 3 investigators at Church, 4 Less-Active members and now 2 of the LA's that we were working with are fully active again! It was so great! We taught a total of 15 lessons, got 2 new investigators and the 2 people we have for baptism are still looking very promising! A miraculous week for sure!

One thing that I was looking at this week was "The Fishers of Men" parable! I think it's so significant, especially in missionary work! Follow me and I will make you LEADERS of men.. But that means to keep the commandments. Christ has promised us in D&C 84:88 that he will be in front of our faces, on our right and on our lefts and his angels will bear us up, to those who accept us. We can only do this as we're obedient to his commandments and as we push ourselves!

Eric Thomas gives the quote - "You will only be successful in life until you want success as bad as you want to breathe" "You need to be able at ANY moment to give up what you are, for what you will become!" Our investigators come to mind with that last one, people give up so much to keep the commandments, but as they do, and as we do, his spirit, his strength will be with us, to give us that breath that we need to be successful or to give us that strength that we need when we're going through difficulties so that we can overcome any obstacle, that we can climb any hurdle that life throws at us.

Also you can see from the picture we got our iPads this week....sweet :) 

My companion Elder Narine and I working on our service this past week :) 

We are excited as we are getting iPads this week and have two scheduled baptisms in the next few weeks. :) life is all good in Hull ! 

I really enjoyed being able to watch the special multi stake conference this week.  Elder Holland is SO GOOD! I was so fixed on the screen! I always am when he talks though, he's such a good speaker it's unreal! I was writing and heard what he said and thought " OH MY GOODNESS!! " His conviction of the Book of Mormon was incredibly powerful ! There has been a whole focus on the Prophet Joseph Smith and the Book
of Mormon recently it seems for me though, but my testimony on it all
has increased tremendously! It's so wonderful! I find that testifying
about it on the street isn't even scary any more! I'm always prepared
to stand up for the Prophet when he is talked bad about, I have no
doubt at all that he was a Prophet and I'm willing to share that with
the whole world !