Hey yall!
I hit my 8 month mark tomorrow which is soooo crazy! I'm already 1/3 of the way done! It's going by wayyyyy too fast, I never wanna leave!
But it was a really good week! We ended up finding like 12 new friends to teach which is like the highest I've found in one week on my mission! We found a couple people who are actually insanely prepared as well! There really are people ready to hear the Gospel!
Theres been a lot of talk about the coronavirus the past couple weeks which is a little crazy. Literally every chinese person on the street now wears masks and lots of them won't come meet with us or go to church cause they're scared to get the virus. Which seems a little rash cause we're in England of all places haha but apparently theres a lot more cases than what you'd expect here. Theres also apparently a bunch more outbreaks in European countries like Italy and stuff. Hopefully it dies down soon! Also see some pictures attached related to the virus (michael saw us on the street randomly and gave me and Elder newell masks haha) (plus a newspaper headline we saw about the queen haha). But weve had to video chat or teach some of our friends over phone call cause they're too scared to leave their flat except for class. And we've had like 5 people say they cant come to church cause of the virus. Which is honestly so heartbreaking. The mission is also making us store up on nonperishable food just in case haha
Sophia, who Elder chen and I baptized back in october, has been pretty inactive for the past couple months. But this past week we had this really good lesson about putting God first and why coming to church is important. Shes gonna start coming back which is nice! But I guess I've been thinking a lot about church and how we can put God first. And this scripture has just come back to me probably like everyday this past week, so I thought I should share. 2 Nephi 31:20-21 “Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life. And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without end. Amen.” Honestly sometimes I feel like we get so caught up in the world that we forget what's really important. “This is the way”. This isnt a religion. This is a reality. We need to endure to the end! Please go to church every sunday, say your prayers, and read the scriptures every day. Nothing is more important than that. Love you all!
-Elder Ensign 高长老
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Altrincham Road
Manchester, M22 4BJ
England
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| Michael gave Elder Newell and I masks when he saw us on the street haha |
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Museum that's literally like Hogwarts
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| Michael gave Elder Newell and I masks when he saw us on the street haha |
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| Bowling last pday :) |
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| “Crownavirus” |
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