Elder Britton Holyoak : AC/DC and transfer calls

Hey everyone, this week was the end of probably the fastest transfer in my mission. We met the legendary Martin, everything is set up for Justin's baptism next month, we had a mint Priesthood BBQ and transfer calls have come in and I have some new changes.

So I'll just tell you what happened with transfer calls right off the bat. I will be staying in North Shields and getting a new companion. It's always a big transition leading an area and getting a new companion, but I'm pretty use to this stuff now. I really will miss Elder Anderson though. He is actually going down to Bridlington. Funny huh, so I'm prepping him haha. My new companion tomorrow with be Elder Davies from Kent, England. That's right, I'm getting my first English companion! I've actually met Elder Davies before. He was in my district when I was being trained. It should be really good. The bloke has 12 more weeks left in his mission I hear, so I'm gonna do my best to make it count for him!

There are some changes in the district, as well, that I'll tell you guys about next week once I properly meet the new peeps. But I do know, that I'll be getting an Italian Elder and a Kiwi Sister! Also, with the Zone Leaders in my zone, I'll be getting a new one. It's going to be Elder Kull. He's the German guy from my last district and he's the best!

Now I'll tell you lads and lasses about the legendary Martin. Elder Anderson and I were knocking our hearts away in an area called Wallsend, and we saw this bloke outside of his house wearing an AC/CD t-shirt. So naturally I went up to him and started talking to him about music. He told us that he had a Jesus painting in his house and we asked him if we could come in and see it. And sure enough, as we walked in there was the Jesus painting along with a sweet Fender guitar and also some John Wayne China plates. After he let us in, we started teaching him and he explained to us how he wants change in his life and to surround himself with good people. So we left a Book of Mormon with him and made a baptismal goal and left. Then we taught him again on Saturday. I love getting blessed with second lessons! We mainly focused on what church is and what it's going to be like for him tomorrow. Then he played his guitar for us. He played Highway to Hell and paused for a second and said, "That's not one for the Mormons is it... haha." And we all bursted out laughing! Martin's a super genuine guy and I'm really hoping that we'll be able to teaching him again this week since we haven't seen him since Saturday.

We had to move Justin's baptismal date back to the 2nd of September. We have all of his paperwork finished and the program done as well. That will be a good day. One more cool thing happened this week, we had a Priesthood breakfast BBQ on the beach. It was a really good way for me to get to know the men in the ward better, because Elder Anderson knows everyone really well from being here for 7 months.

So yes, lots of changes are happening and the work is going really well! I'm excited to see what the future holds and what the Lord puts in my path these next 6 weeks. I hope that anyone who's reading this has a terrific week and I will talk to you later, cheers!

Elder Holyoak