Ello mates!
So this week was up and down i must say.. Down, because all we did was knocking pretty much.. and it got really old really fast.. But it was fun in a lot of ways. Up, because we have a couple new investigators, Elizabeth, Harry and Jaquee. We got these investigators by knocking so it was worth it. We taught them all the first lesson and they are pretty interested! So its great! With John.. We visited 2 days ago and we got chatting and we asked how his addictions were, and he said not very well.. He said he bought another magazine... I smiled and said, "John... do you have another black rubbish bag?" haha. He looked at me and said, "yeessssss......." and slowly got up and grabbed a bag, went in his room and came back in the living room and gave me the bag with a couple magazines in it.. haha I thought that was awesome how he just got straight up and gave up his bad magazines right away. haha it was great! He really does want to change and this last appointment with him went really well, so we are extending a date for him to be baptized on the 17th of june. Here, they get baptized on sundays.. i think its because a lot of people would be there to watch i guess.. but yeah, John is great! We also are making a calendar for him so it will help him quit smoking, the smoking calendar is limiting a few cigarettes a day for him. So he just needs to follow the calendar that we are making him.. ha ha.
Saturday the olympic torch came through the promise land of Helston, baby!! it was so cool! There was so many people in the streets that morning! We sat around waiting for the parade for about 2 hours.. we ran into some Swiss people so my companion talked to them for a while, while i was just standing there awkwardly.. anyways there was a bus that came driving by and dropped off an Olympian lady, she was all by herself with the golden torch, we then realized that she was waiting for the other torch that was lit and they were going to pass the flame to her, so we were in the right place at the right time! So i got a few pictures of that! Before the flame came i was about to take a picture with the lady holdind the torch, i was so close from getting a picture with her, but right when i was asking her the other flame was coming up the street so we couldnt.. i was so mad!! That would have been in the front page of the Ensign, I know it would have! A missionary holding an olympic tourch with one of the athletes next to me. Oh man that would have been cool, but i failed.. anyways that day was really fun! i have a ton of pictures of that day but they won't send.. so I'll send them all to mom or dad or steph and they will have to resend them to all of you alright? I also sent dad a video from my itouch of the torch, so ask him to send that to you.
That saturday we did some service for some other investigators, we cut down trees and had a huge fire! it was crazy! It took so long to get the fire started, but my Swiss companion somehow got it started after a while of trying. I was trying to feed the fire to keep it going you know, and i got too close and burnt myself.. haha it was funny tho, and i also realized that i burnt my favorite t-shirt I was wearing, and it also burnt my garments... so... this is awkward... i also took a picture of that, so ask steph for the pictures.
Anyways I love all of you so much! I think about you all everyday even though i shouldn't.. But I'm still a greeny missionary they like to say.. but I'm having a lot of fun! Cheers Mates!
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