Brazilian Food!!

Hola familia!! This week we had exchanges, helped out with a really fun Young Men's activity, ate Brazilian and Portuguese food, and my driving test is this Friday!

     

Sorry again for the short email today, I had to go to Hull to do some driving lessons to prepare for my test this Friday. I finally found an instructor that drives an automatic, because everyone drives a manual car here and I can't....haha! One cool side is that my driving instructor, George O'Neill is famous, well in the church he is. He's a member of the Hull Ward. If you look up on Mormon Messages "Rescued by Christ" his video will show up. I took a lesson today and it was proper weird driving around roundabouts on the other side of the road.😧

     

As far as missionary work, this week was pretty rough. The people that we've been teaching have been pretty stubborn and things always come up. What I've realized throughout my mission is that right after you experience the thickest of opposition, is when you see some smashing miracles! I will definitely share some with you guys soon. 

     

We were well fed this week from a lot of the foreign member in the ward. I had Brazilian food, which included loads of meat and a delectable salad. We also helped out with organizing a missionary themed Young Men's activity. It was a blast! It made me reminisce on my days as a lad hearing others share experiences from their missions. But yeah, I hope you guys have a good week cheers!!

Elder Holyolyolky 

George O'Neill the British falconer and my driving trainer

                                                        

Young Men's activity

Hungry 2 year old

Hiyuh again! Here's another update from the Wakey lads. This week we started volunteering at a charity shop, a happy/sad Zone Conference, and a crazy 2 year old!

     

Heyyyyy up mate! This week flew by and it was quite a blur..... haha. It's nice weather outside, so I really want to play footie in the sun this p-day, so I'll make it quick. We had another Zone Conference this week. Elder Watson and Campbell gave their closing testimonies. It's mental to see more and more missionaries leave and time is definitely flying by. Elder Barff and I were asked to do a musical item for our zone training, so we threw together an Armies of Heleman song on the guitar.

     

Yes, we stared volunteering at a charity. Elder Barff met a lady earlier in his mission through a charity shop that got baptized in Scunthorpe. So we decided to volunteer at one ourselves. It's worth a shot! We met a crazy 2 year old this week. We had a lesson with the lady from Congo and her 2 year old was going crazy! At the end of the lesson, she took a bite out of her "Pathway to Happiness" which a little laminated paper to track people's reading and praying. It was pretty funny and she was very distracting. I'm trying to learn a lot of phrases to say in French to help out with teaching her.

      

I hope you guys have a good week! Next p-day I'm going to start on my U.K. driving lessons, so wish me luck, cheers!

-Elder Holyoak 

Blood Pudding

Hi there, it's me again, that bloke over in England.... haha! I'm pretty short on time this week cause I took my theory test (written driving test) today and I passed! Gee hoo! This week was the start of new transfer, I tried black pudding for the first time, teaching the Polish, and we taught part of a lesson in French.

     

Hello! Yes, it's the start of a new transfer, so I've got a new comp and new people in the district. Elder Barff has been proper fun to serve around so far. The first couple of days we both agreed that we felt like we were just on an extended exchange. That's what happens when you know you companion before hand..... haha.

     

I tried black pudding, also know as blood pudding, this week. It's basically cooked cow blood with spices and fat. It sounded proper minging (unpleasant) at first, but once I tried it, it's actually pretty good! We've been teaching loads of Polish people lately and that's been fun. We also taught a lady from the Congo and Elder Barff spoke in French! Hope you guys have a good week! 

Cheers!

-Elder Holyoak 

 New District

Blood Pudding (black discs)

Transfers

Howdy my people! It has once again been a glorious week in the service of the Lord here in the centre of the UK, Wakefield. The big updates are: we held a ward Family Home Evening, some changes to Helen's baptism and transfer calls!

     

That's right, transfer calls already came haha! Man this one totally flew by so fast that when we got the call, I totally forgot. So this is what's happening. I will be staying in Wakey *crowd cheering*, but my beloved half son Elder Selk is gonzo! He's getting shipped up to a little town called Newton Aycliffe. It's just west of Billingham. I have no idea what it's like up there, cause I've never been in the Billingham zone, but I'm pretty sure it's outside of Yorkshire.  He will be missed. But guess who my new companion is going to be?? ELDER BARFF! He was in my district when I was in Brid! He's a hilarious Elder from Tahiti and I can already tell that it's gonna be a good transfer haha. So that was the main update.

     

This week we organized a ward Family Home Evening. It wasn't the best show up, but it was fun getting to know some more of the members in a more casual setting. We did a little object lesson about service by sucking on sweets and ice. When you think about yourself or suck on ice, it's hard to feel the sweetness of service! We also did sharing time in Primary on Sunday. Haha, it was complete chaos when we walked in at first, but I think that it ended up alright. 

     

An update on Helen's baptism. She asked us a couple days before her scheduled day, if she could postpone it. I was pretty heart broken with all of the planning and things leading up to it, but I needed to remind myself that everyone has their own agency. We will keep yous posted on how it goes with her. Hope everyone has a good week cheers!! 

-Elder Holyoak 

Elder Barff, my new companion from Tahiti