Monday, July 2, 2018

let's get it! (Week 97, Stourbridge, England, Elder Kelleher and Elder Wilson)

“you’ve got five seconds to get off my property before you die by the sword”. what a week. that homie wasn’t in the mood at all. ive only had a handful of death threats but this one was probably the funniest of them all. it hasn’t been a bad week at all. im loving the trio right now, it’s so much fun! we are finally getting good at teaching and finding together so we are in sync, just like Blake griffin and Chris Paul and deandre Jordan! 

lots of sweet conversations this past week. I’ve been trying to bear my testimony as much as possible lately. we bore testimony a lot about eternal families this past week and it’s sad when we ask people if they’d want to live with their family after this life, and they say yes, but they aren’t willing to see if there is anything after. we also found a dope town centre to work in on the outskirts of our area. in an hour of talking with people we gave away loads of stuff. it was almost as fire as the university in Leicester!

we are working really hard out here, it’s hard sometimes, people’s hearts are really really hard here. and it can be hard because members here don’t really want to help in the work. you know the ward isn’t down for missionary work when they won’t come on teach with you and when they won’t let you visit them in their homes. and now we can’t really stop by less actives or part member families because of data privacy laws which are new here. lots and lots and lots of tracting. but that doesn’t pull me down in the dumps! we are grinding to find those whose ancestors have received and accepted the gospel on the other side!

Howard W Hunter once said “A great indicator of one’s personal conversion is the desire to share the gospel with others. For this reason the Lord gave an obligation to every member of the Church to be missionaries.” I’m so grateful for this time I’ve had in the United Kingdom to be a representative of the Saviour. Throughout my time here, my desire to share the message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ has increased so much. We have the most important message in the world, and our job is to share that with each of God’s children. As we strive to increase our testimonies, our desire to share that with others will increase. As a representative of the Lord Jesus Christ, I promise each of you that as you strive to share the gospel with others, your own testimony will be strengthened, and you will feel joy in the lord’s service. Remember, every member a missionary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i flippin love being a missionary, this is the best time of my entire life, here’s to another lit week! i love you all and I’m pumped to see you all in a month from now!

Elder Varner







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