July 22nd 2013

I got to spend some time with my trainer this week which was great!

My current companion and I traveled a few hours to pick up my old trainer and his companion to bring them back to Aberystwyth. He had to come to Aber for an appointment he set up before he knew that he was being transferred. We hit some brutal traffic on the drive to Aber! We passed one old guy who was running up the hill, then we got stuck in a line so long that the guy ended up passing us. It was quite embarrassing.

 

We met two awesome people this week who we are beginning to teach! We saw a woman walking down the road a few days ago and asked her how her day was going. She told us that it was going awful, and we asked what we could do to make it better. She said that she needed shelter, food, money, pretty much everything. We told her to wait a minute, and we ran into our flat and filled a bag with food for her. It turned out that she was a previous investigator who we had tried to make contact with only a week or two earlier! We were able to meet both her and her husband on Sunday and get a bit of their story. I'm here to tell you, some people have had incredibly tough lives! We shared a bit about our message with the two of them, and they said that they would like to hear more of what we have to say and that it would be incredible if they could know that they have a loving Heavenly Father.

I am so excited to begin teaching these two and to see how the gospel will be able to fill their lives with joy!

 

Right after we experienced this miracle on Sunday we went over to a man we are working with and found a bit of a crazy situation. He really wanted to give up smoking, and so we did the missionary stop smoking program with him which allows you to stop smoking in 7 days. He finished the program on Saturday, and then didn't come to church on Sunday. We went over to see what had happened, and he told us that he had had a panic attack only partially related to giving up smoking and had had to go to the hospital. The doctor there told him that he shouldn't try to quit smoking "cold turkey," and that he should drink a little coffee and use an e-cigarette a little bit every day. I was gutted! We will be trying to figure things out over the next little while.

I love you all!

Elder Winters

Hanging out with a Frog!!!

Our District!