So another week has past. wow. Yesterday we had stake conference. Elder Dyches was present with an area Authority by the name of Elder Charles. He was formerly the mission president for the Greece Athens Mission. I talked to him about Taylor and he remembered him well. He spoke very highly of him. Elder Dyches spoke very well. He was present to reorganize the Stake Presidency. It was a great meeting.
The work here is at a little bit of a stand still. Our teaching pool has shrunk and the people we do teach are afraid to commit to anything. Its quite stressful but we press on. The weather continues to get colder. Which means people stay inside. It makes contacting people more difficult. Also the sun goes down at 4 o'clock here and is pitch black by 5. When we tract houses past 5 people get quite offended for "calling this time of night." Denise and Adrian are progressing well still so that's a blessing! They said they would be at stake conference yesterday however they didn't show. It was a let down. They still love church though and we are trying to give them a baptismal date again for this month. She knows its true as well as Adrian but thinks she needs to wait for the perfect time in life to join. We continue to address her confusion from her previous religious points of view and she moves forward. Slowly but surely she progresses.
Mrs. Karasin is doing well as always. We stressed our purpose as missionaries to her and it went really well. Before i think she was under the impression that we were there just to hang out and get away from the cold. She has a pretty cool experience. She had started a new novel and was about 25 or so pages in when she received inspiration. She recalled the challenge that we left with her to read, ponder, and pray about the book. Immediately she put down the novel and got the Book of Mormon. She is loving it! "As I continue to read it things are making more sense. I keep picking it up because I feel so much peace and happiness when i read it!" What more could we ask for!? Peace and happiness. That's what its all about.
We have a less active couple that we meet with regularly called James and Emily. So a few weeks ago I offended her on accident. She was giving reasons why she questions the church and we kind of went back and forth not arguing but "passionate points of view." It really was a turning point with them and i'm now grateful it happened because we can talk much more openly with her now. Emily has never gained a testimony for herself so each lesson we have with her we try to tie it back into praying to know. Its so clear that this is the path we must follow. Pray to know. Its in the introduction of the book for a reason.
Today we are headed down to London for some doctors appointments. Sister Jordan said to come down early so we can enjoy the day in the city so that's what we plan on. We are staying in the Jordan's flat with them and to be quite honest were pretty excited! Next week is transfers and my stomach is in a knot just thinking about it. I am pretty sure that i'm getting transferred At least that's the feeling that I have now. I really have come to love the people here in Gorleston and don't want to leave them! But we will see! Thank you ALL for you'r prayers, support, and love. Miracles are happening each day because of them. I hope you are all doing well! All my love and prayers!
Elder Evans
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