February 17, 2014

sorry for not writing last week fam! Ill make this one good

So my comp and i are still getting use to each other. He has some ideas that i feel are not okay and im sure he thinks the same about me. But for example...for the sake of humor last night during planning he said that he was going to wake up around 9:30because its okay to nap on p days. I said yes thats true but its not okay to sleep in. His disagreed. So there i was studying all by myself this morning. He also thinks that effective finding is going into churches to preach to the people inside. I told him that it specifically states not to do this in the white handbook but he disagreed. So much so that he texted our zone leaders secretively and upon realizing he was wrong he said well i just wanted to go and offer service! haha. He also thinks that its my responsibility to make him know all the ward members? Pretty difficult task when he wont even speak anything beyond hi upon introducing him to people. He got mad because i walk too fast apparently and we are to walk 2 by 2. haha but things are good. We get along for the most part.

Nina is doing great. She loves being a member and having the spirit to guide her. She recognizes it saying that everything is just running smoother in life. oh so funny story we were talking with her about her wedding plans and she said that she is not going to be an easy bride because she wants a big wedding. Well the member that was with us didn't really understand that in saying this she meant she has a lot of family and friends so he told her "We can make your wedding as big as you want. We can invite the entire stake and if that's still not enough we can invite more!" hahah She was just confused!

Anne and her family have been doing good. So last night we met with them and Anne had just got back from her first time Visiting Teaching. She loved it! The Relief Society has done a wonderful job making her feel welcome and part of the ward family. Her daughter Shauna is doing great. She continues to read and study and wake up at 5 for seminary! She is awesome! She is the reason her family got baptized. She was praying one night for the right church to join and the next day the missionaries knocked on the door. Upon hearing the message of the restoration she said what do i have to do to become a member? Dope! Annes other daughter Najay has been having a hard time. She is a way cool girl and we get a long super well but I have a hard time connecting with her on a spiritual level when she always is talking about cars and the latest music. Haha 2 of my weaknesses. But i used them to my advantage. I now have developed the best fellow shipping technique. Everyday we write raps to each other via text. They are so funny and she loves them! She invited me to her birthday party and i agreed to come on one condition...I said that i need some stage time so i can make it rain...Restoration Pamphlets. hahaha she agreed! I told her that i was kidding obviously and that kind of environment probably wouldn't be the best place for a missionary. 

So while talking with people on the streets we met this man called Joe. Joe is probably 85 and looks identical to the grandpa from the movie up. He told us his life story and it is wild. When he was 18 he went to prison for 45 years for...attempted murder. Yikes. He told us that when he got out he met a guy in central london who "introduced him to God." From then on his life has never been the same.  He told us some crazy stories about past times and showed us some scars from fights he was in. Some one slit both wrists and his neck with a razor blade in an attempt to kill him. in his words "I guess it wasn't my time!" hahaha he is so cool and we are beginning to teach him. He wants to come and share his testimony to the youth at our church. Would be pretty cool! He said if you would have come up to me and talked to me about God when i was 18 I would have just knocked you out. No questions asked. He is a hoot and i couldnt stop laughing!

Well family i think that is all for now! The work continues to go forward and we are trying to get some people on date for baptism. I love what im doing and i love where im doing it. The Wembley ward is the best! Elder Adams is serving down here as well! Guess he couldn't keep away from me! Super fun being around him again!

All my love and prayers!

Elder Evans