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After serving in the England Leeds Mission, Elder Britton Holyoak made it back to Sandy, Utah. His family is so excited to have him home!!</div>
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<br />robynholyoakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729415810688621131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112969793194466055.post-55365361946729846532018-07-09T07:50:00.000-07:002018-07-09T07:50:26.244-07:00 Spiritual teeth and 1 more week!<div style="color: #454545; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ey up ducks! Last Wednesday almost felt like a proper American 4th of July over here with Root Beers and patriotic flags (the wrong flag though... haha), we had exchanges again, taught some ace visual lessons, we did some nice missionary work in a charity shop and more football madness happened!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First I'll explain how my 4th of July went or treason day over here. We had our district council and naturally we had to sing all of the American patriotic songs before the church removes them from the Hymn books. After that we went and got some Mc Donald's and reminisced on good experiences of lighting off dodgy fireworks and everything else that's required for an American holiday. Even though we were with missionaries from the Philippines, Switzerland and Fiji, I think that they enjoyed the occasion. At a tea appointment the Leyland's gave us some American Root Beer! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We had exchanges this week with the Chesterfield lads and we worked in Worksop. Elder Brown and I had a blast! We went proper hard in the paint and found some new Gators to teach. He's also way into film making, which was fun to talk about and have a potential work partner... haha. The sun was out all day and has been out virtually every day the past 2 months. I'm actually getting semi-tan in England! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We had 2 really memorable lessons this week. One of them was a lady that used to come to church that we've started teaching again. She has a 4 year old daughter that gets really distracted during lessons, so we decided to tailor it to both of them. Before we went over to see them, we decided to nip in the local ASDA and buy a toothbrush and toothpaste. During the lesson we talked about how most people brush their teeth twice a day. We asked, "Why do people brush their teeth that often?" Then asked, "What would it be like if we put all of the toothpaste on the toothbrush <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_393095572" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">in one day</span></span>?" Then we put 7 days worth of toothpaste on the toothbrush. We asked, "What would happen if you brushed your teeth like this once a week? They would go bad wouldn't they!" They all laughed. We related this lesson to reading and praying daily. If we try to cram it all into one day a week, we don't clean our spiritual teeth. It was a really fun and memorable lesson. I learned the analogy from one of my seminary teachers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The other lesson this week was from an older man that we met on the street. After talking with a lot of rude and angry people, he kindly invited us over to his home the next day. When we visited him, he showed us to his back garden to have a chat. He started off explaining how he has a lot of questions about faith and how we can come to know the truth of everything. But unlike most people that ask us lots of questions, he actually listened to us! He listened so intently as we taught him. It was amazing! He asked us why there are so many different religions on the Earth. That question is music to missionaries ears... haha. I always love using the glass table analogy of when Christ's authorized followers were killed, just like when you take away the legs of a table, the glass shatters everywhere. He had an aha moment when we taught him this. He's so willing to pray about the Book of Mormon and find the truth for himself! The only problem is that he's a very busy painter that travels all around the county, so we will be seeing him <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_393095573" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Saturday</span></span>. He committed to come by <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_393095574" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">next Sunday, </span></span>which is the last Sunday I'm in England. We're keeping in touch with him by calling his mobile in the meantime.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I might've mentioned in my previous letters that we've been volunteering in a charity shop throughout this month. This was our last week volunteering there. A perk from volunteering there is that I found a posh Topman jacket for £2 to take back! We have become really good friends with the manager of the shop and have talked about the church occasionally with her. So on our last day we wanted to give her a little gift. She's really into reading books, so what better gift than a Book of Mormon! She really appreciated the gift. It wasn't the usual missionary work that we encounter, but it felt so natural and real! I love doing service for others because it opens up opportunities to share the gospel with others in the most genuine way, we can just be ourselves and not feel so much like a salesman. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After we left the charity shop, I felt like I was in the movies for a moment. We walked past a pub and saw that people were watching the England vs Sweden World Cup match. Then suddenly the matched ended and we saw everyone going mental in the pub celebrating! I'm sure that everyone is going bonkers around the country for how well England is doing right now. It's lots of fun to be surrounded by all of the excitement!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm not sure if I'll be able to send an update next week as I'm traveling to Leeds to prepare for my return home to the promised land. I love this country so much! I hope that whoever has been reading my updates has grown more of an appreciation for the gospel and strengthened their testimonies. My last week out here I'm going to continue to do the best I can to give others the opportunity to accept the gospel! Love yous and hope yous have a good week, cheeeeeeeerrrrs!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey again! Here's a 2 week update because of my Temple trip. Time is flying by quick. It's mad! Elder Legisma and I have been proper stuck in to the Lords work lately. We've had some funny experiences and went on a trip with a recent convert to see the brilliant Preston Temple.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So first off, the highlight was definitely the temple visit. We set off from Worksop at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_263806655" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">10am</span></span> with a couple of members and Elder Legisma's recent convert. The 2 hour drive was quite beautiful through the fields of Yorkshire to Lancashire. The member driving us is originally from Preston and was telling us all loads of interesting stories about the church there and the whole process of building the temple. Once we arrived we had a few minutes to spare, so Elder Legisma and I popped into the MTC for a little. It was so strange being their again after almost 2 years! I've learned so much on my mission. It's like a lifetime of knowledge crammed into 2 years. It was some quality reminiscing. We timed it perfect, the sun was out and the Temple grounds were beautiful and peaceful. Richard, who is Elder Legisma's recent convert, was in awe. When we walked up to the actual temple building we asked him, what do you think? He said, "It's Brilliant!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With the help of the members, we were able to get 14 of Richard's ancestors baptized in the Temple. I've never done baptisms for my own ancestors either, so I took a name as well. It was was my Great Grandpa Balen's grandad, named Marko Balen. So he is my Great, Great, Great Grandad who was from Croatia. Overall, it was an amazing experience and I'm so grateful that I was able to see The Lord's house here in England one last time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Throughout the week we've been doing lots and lots of finding the elect via buses, streets, doors, members and charity shops. And it's gone pretty well this week lads and lasses! We're getting let in to people's homes and sharing with them the teachings from the one and only Jesus Christ. We've gone through loads of Books of Mormon's this week, good thing we've got an extra box of them! We are seeing our new friends again this week and are right chuffed to share more. Has it been hot? Yes! It's probably been one of the hottest weeks on my mission! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A quick funny experience to share from all of our finding. We went to an outer village called Clowne a couple days ago to visit a woman that we met the previous day. Her partner open the door and started chatting with us in his front garden and sat on his brick fence. He was very open and wanted to hear more of what we had to share. Then a man working for some electric company came by to check their electric. He was kind initially and then saw that we were Mormons. He told us that he was a Baptist and talked with our lot before. Then fire and brimstone came down! He started preaching against us and to our friend we were teaching. There was so much contention that he caused our friend to say, "Hey lads it was nice meeting yous. I'll have to see you another day." Then he went back into his house........ Gutted! We continued to calmly talk to this angry man. We noticed that he was trying make us lose our cool. We shared with him Galations <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_263806656" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">5:22</span></span> about the fruits of the Spirit and how we didn't feel he had the Spirit as he was talking with us. Then we heard the door behind us open up and we heard, "Do yous wanna come in for some tea?" The woman we met yesterday let us in and we got away from that prideful man who as the Book of Mormon prophet Jacob says, "persecutes the meek." We went in and had a really good lesson with them and taught them about the peace and love that God has to give them. It was a funny experience and a reminder of how important having the Spirit really is in this work!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First off, yes I had my last Zone Conference! Time seems to be slipping through my fingers like crazy. We met at the Leeds Cross Gates chapel. I said hello and goodbye to loads of familiar faces. This conference was definitely one of my favorites! There were lots of laughs and spiritual stuff. Next month our mission is, as President Turvey jokingly says, "Conquering more of England!" Our mission is getting 3 more stakes south of us. We also had a testimony meeting where the new and departing missionaries bore their testimonies. I've known all of the Elders in my group since the MTC and I've served around quite a few of them. All of us have grown so much! It's bonkers..... haha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the Worksop Ward currently there are some missionary age young men. One is on a mission in Australia, one leaves to Africa next month and one is getting his mission call this week. We took the one who is getting his mission call this week teaching with us. And we saw loads of cool miracles! We were on our way to meet up with him at the chapel to have a video lesson with an investigator and we bumped into another one of our friends who is Kurdish. So we walked with him to the church and gave him a tour around. He's proper bothered about the gospel. Later in the day we met on the street a really cool Spanish man that wanted a Book of Mormon from us. After that we had a mint lesson with our Romanian friend. He is still learning English so we had to use Google translate a bit in the lesson. He's very Christian and wants more light in his life as he says. When we talked about how Christ visited the people in the ancient Americas his eyes lit up and he said, "I didn't know that! Tell me more!" He's not only Christian, he's proper Christian! He read the New Testament in like 3 days. He was excited to read the Book of Mormon because he said that the bible has lots of prophecies about the latter days that he doesn't understand. One mind blowing things he told us in Google translate was, "In the Bible it says, "I will send Elijah in the Latter Days what does that mean?" That's the same Elijah who restored the sealing ordinances of the Temple! The only problem is that he works a lot, but we are going to help him to discover more for sure! We had some really cool lessons this week and we'll be continue teaching our new friends and getting them to church for sure!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ey up ducks!! That's what a couple of people have actually called me here in Worksop. This week was had a really funny lady yell at us, I got going home advice from President and Sister Turvey, and more!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was a well nice first week in Worksop. Once I got all of my luggage sorted, I took a train from Newcastle to Sheffield and met Elder Legisma. We took another train to to Worksop and went directly to church to help with a funeral of one of the members. I obviously never met the man, but he sounded like a very Christlike example to his friends and families. After the service, we helped set up food and I got to know loads of members. Everyone was very warm and friendly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Worksop is a pretty small town south east of Sheffield. Currently it is the 2nd lowest point of the mission, but that will change with Norwich coming in the mission next month. This town reminds of serving in Bridlington with the small town feel, and a bit of Wakefield from all of the foreign people and outer villages. I've already talked to many Polish and Romanian people. Elder Legisma is from Laguna, Philippines. He's been on his mission for 2 transfers so I have the pleasure of follow up training him. He's 21 years old and is a convert to the church since he was 11 years old. He's a really hard working missionary and a cheeky monkey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We had a funny experience when we were knocking the other day. Elder Legisma has started saying, "God loves you!" after every interaction with people we talk to. There was a woman we talked to that wasn't too bothered by us at all, but she told us to leave. So after Elder Legisma did his thing, she started yelling at us with words that you'd only hear in your local pub fight. Elder Legisma was a bit shaken up, but I couldn't help but laugh because it caught me so off guard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, I had a little going home meeting with everyone in my group this week. We met at the Leeds institute building. President and Sister Turvey trained us on how we can manage making plans for home and still finish our missions strong. They have so much love for us missionaries! They even gave us tips and tricks on marriage, which is really funny coming from your mission President.... haha. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The work is a bit slow right now, but we are at the finding grind. Take care, hope everyone has a mint week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ey up family and friends! This is gonna be a juicy update so buckle up. Transfer calls came, we went on some more exchanges, I got treated at Sister Thompson's again, we witnessed a Turkish baptism, and we had an American Summer kickoff!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, first off transfers calls came once again. I had no idea what to expect this time, but I am leaving! I moving to a little city called Worksop near Sheffield. I'm gutted to leave Newcastle and the Geordies, but I'm excited for the last stretch of this big adventure! I'm also getting reassigned to be a normal missionary, which means more time to do missionary work.... Woo! I'm super excited. My new companion is going to be Elder Lagisma from the Philippines. I love Filipino people. They're well nice. Elder Kearl is surprisingly getting transferred too. He's moving down to Huddersfield, right next to Wakey where I was living. In our mission we are getting 3 more stakes from the centre of England, Nottingham, Norwich and Leicester stakes next transfer. So there are lots of changes all around the mission. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For this week's update I went on an exchange with Elder Edwards. We had a blast. Loads of finding and funny experiences. We were knocking at one point and found a Polish family. I learned how to say "How are you?" and "What is your name?" in Polish, so naturally that's what I asked. Then we got let in and taught them! We had a really good lesson with them, but unfortunately a day later we got a negative Facebook message from them telling us they weren't interested anymore. It was a really cool experience though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For my exchange with Elder Gray, we did some finding in Walker on a the hottest and humid day of the year so far. We did a baptismal interview over in North Shields and of course we had to make a pit stop at the one and only Sister Thompson's home. She made us nice food and a birthday cake for me just a couple day after my birthday. Bless her! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Aye it's been a propa canny week like. Ne more hearin them Geordies sayin, "Ha way man I divent want your boook! I'm gonin doon tun Worksop man, where they divint soond like this man." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Translation:</u> "Yes It's been another really good week. No more hearing the Geordie saying, C'mon man I'm not interested, I don't want your book! I'm going down to Worksop where they don't sound like this."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">It's mental that this transfer is already coming to an end. We'll</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">be getting transfer calls </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_869687565" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204 , 204 , 204); color: #222222; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">this Saturday</span></span><span style="color: #222222;">. It's a strange feeling,</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">because this coming one will be my final one. So we will see where and</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">who the Lord places me with!</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">This week I was privileged with going on an exchange with the</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">Chinese Elders. And we did some Chinese finding. It was</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">loads of fun! I learned how to say, "I'm from America" in Chinese.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">Every time I would say it, I would get a funny reaction. I took a</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">little video during my extravaganza of a day.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">We are teaching a load of new people this week. So that means we</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">did a lot of finding this week. Elder Kearl and I are proper being led</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">by the Sprit, but it's just the matter of helping these people get to</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">church. Loads of lessons are lined up this week. I'll let you know how</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">it goes next week.</span><br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">For P Day / my birthday, we went to Alnwick to watch jousting!! It</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">was ace! Nothing is better than having fun in the sun with your mates!</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">It's getting very difficult to email, but I hope yous have a brill</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">week, cheers!</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">-Elder Holyoak</span></span><br />
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<br />robynholyoakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729415810688621131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112969793194466055.post-90459205188633113642018-05-07T16:50:00.000-07:002018-05-07T16:50:31.424-07:00Driving and Castle Hopping! <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">Hi there. It's been another Belta week here in Geordieland! We had </span><span style="color: #222222;">loads of meeting this week, went castle hopping, and did some service </span><span style="color: #222222;">in Gateshead.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">One little extra thing. After the long wait and hard work, I </span><span style="color: #222222;">finally have my driving licence...... haha. I still accidentally sit in the </span><span style="color: #222222;">passengers seat every once in a while, but I'm pretty used to the roads </span><span style="color: #222222;">here now.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">This week we had Zone Conference and MLC over in Leeds. Loads of </span><span style="color: #222222;">meetings makes the week fly by. During Zone Conference, the departing </span><span style="color: #222222;">missionaries of the nest transfer, gave their Testimony to all of the </span><span style="color: #222222;">missionaries. All of the people in my group were like, "Next Zone </span><span style="color: #222222;">Conference it's going to be us up there!" That's so mental to think </span><span style="color: #222222;">that I only have one more Zone Conference and time is flying by.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">This week we did some service with some other missionaries over in </span><span style="color: #222222;">Gateshead. Basically what we did was sweep the extra gravel and dirt </span><span style="color: #222222;">off a tennis court. I got a gnarly blister on mi hand but it was a </span><span style="color: #222222;">blast.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">In Newcastle for missionary work, we are hunting out new people </span><span style="color: #222222;">to teach. But in the our zone there should be 5 baptism on the 19th of </span><span style="color: #222222;">May!!</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">On P-Day we went castle hopping and got some really cool pictures </span><span style="color: #222222;">at the Alnwick and Bamborough Castle.... Champion! Also, hope all of </span><span style="color: #222222;">those mothers in America have a well good Mother's Day.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">I'll </span><span style="color: #222222;">be Facetiming mi mummy. Cheers!</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">-Elder Holyoak</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey, you alright everyone! It's been a very eventful week here in Newcastle. First off, it's a new transfer so I've got a new comp, I went on exchange in Gateshead, we've been bringing friends to Institute and someone got baptized!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">These past couple weeks have been super fun and busy. I'll summarize what's happened. My new companion now is Elder Kearl. He's from Ogden, Utah and likes to party. He a chill bloke and has a good mix of working hard and having fun. At the start of the transfer, we made lots of plans to serve the missionaries in our zone and show them love and help them grow their areas. For the most part, things have been working out pretty well. Our zone is the 3rd largest zone in the mission, so it doesn't take ages to visit the other missionaries luckily.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was able to go on an exchange with Elder Lopez again. He's a super funny kid from Idaho. It's mental, because he's been out for like 3 months and I feel like a dinosaur compared to him. An interesting thing about Gatehead is that it has one of the largest Jewish communities in the world. In their faith they are told not to talk to people like us. It was very strange approaching them and getting stared at in response. I felt like I was an animal at a zoo exhibit! I could tell overall that they were good people and that they had strong morals and families. The light of Christ is everywhere!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">These past couple of weeks we've been bringing our friends that we've been teaching to Institute. They've been loving it! The YSA are hilarious in this Stake. They're ace at fellowshipping as well. It's amazing how captivating the lessons and the atmosphere is overall. It got me excited for Institute back home!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That transitions over to the biggest miracle this week. One of our friends, Dean got baptized!! It's been about a month since we first taught him and brought him to church to watch General Conference and look at where he is at now! The actual service was as they say "Belta!" It was really good..... haha. There was a couple of hick-ups with the pianist not being there and other things, but there are always those little things that happen, so it's alright. I learned as well how cheeky this ward is during the baptismal service. During the talks everyone was taking the mic out of each other hand and laughing. It was perfect for Dean's sense of humor. During the baptism the Mandarin branch was putting on a BBQ. It was funny while we were taking pictures a large group of Mandarin speakers came in the church to go to the BBQ. It was funny and Dean thought that all of these random people were coming to his baptism for a moment. After the baptism, the Mandarin speakers invited everyone to come and join in and have some food at the BBQ.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Overall, it was a really good start to this transfer. I love this work so much and seeing the effect that the Gospel of Jesus Christ has on people and myself included. It isn't an instantaneous thing, but those little things that we do everyday, cause us to change into the people that we want to be! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Oi! Guess what, transfer calls came again! This week we had a special broadcast in the U.K. from President Nelson, we had exchanges for days, and more miracles happened!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey everyone, so transfer calls came again and I'm staying in Newcastle and Elder Winegar is moving to Beverley near Hull. My new comp is gonna be a bloke named Elder Kearl, I'm pumped! So this week we had a big U.K. broadcast from President Nelson and Elder Holland. It was superb nonetheless and they really showed their care for the people in this country and pumped up the missionaries. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We had loads of exchanges this week, one for almost everyday. I learned loads from other missionaries and we had some really cool experiences. Elder Gray and I got let in knocking and taught a really cool lady. Elder Luo and I found a guy in a park and scheduled him for baptism. Elder Edwards and I taught a man and he came to church! So the work is going really well! That's my main update you yous alls has a goods dee cheers!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: inherit;">Hi, how's it going! This is gonna be a quick update, because my last P-day was just 5 days ago. So this week I went to my first MLC (leadership training) in Leeds. I witnessed a Filipino family get </span><span style="color: #454545;">baptized</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: inherit;"> in North Shields and the end of the transfer is next week!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: inherit;">The North Shields Elders had a baptism this week. An entire Filipino family got </span><span style="color: #454545;">baptized</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: inherit;"> and it was such a cool sight to see. It definitely lifted my expectations and got me more excited about the work! It was ace seeing the members supporting the baptisms again too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Aye, it's been another canny week in Newcastle! Yes, my P-day was moved to <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1959779212" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Wednesday this week</span></span> if you are wondering. This week I found a crazy connection with my ward mission leader, taught a Czech girl and a 20 year old English bloke, and witnessed a spiritual bomb at General Conference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">S</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">o first off, I discovered a really cool thing this week. I met our American ward mission leader here in Newcastle. We got together to talk about the hottest topic in the spirit world, missionary work. As we were getting to know each other he asked me, "Wait a second do you know Colin Holyoak?" And I said yeah he's my brother haha! He replied, "No way, I played tennis with him and I used to be in your ward man!" His name is Chad Nilsson and we were in the Parkview ward together. It's such a crazy small world!! I was right chuffed that I made a home connection with someone in the mission field.. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I witnessed a spiritual bomb as I watched General Conference this week. I know that everyone is taking about it, but wow! A 20 year old man that we are teaching watched one of the sessions with us and he loved it! We haven't been in any contact with him since, but I have confidence that we will see him again. We also are teaching a girl from the Czech Republic. When she moved over to the U.K. she felt like she made God less of a priority in her life and she was wanting to bring back His influence... geehoo! That's the main update of the week. Hope you all have a good one as always, cheers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You alreet everyone! It's been a good first week back up in Geordie land. This week I'm learning loads and getting my new assignment down. I held a huge snake and went to a baptism in Ashington.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was an ace week with Elder Wineger! It was a very, very busy one too..... haha. There is a completely different dynamic in missionary work when you need to look after a Zone. We have 3 new trainees in the Sunderland zone, which is definitely going to give us some fire! We have some proper canny missionaries in the zone and I'm super excited to work with them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm taking more driving lessons next week as well. Driving in Newcastle is mental! But I should be able to adjust. The members here are really cool! They've started experimenting with making a YSA branch in our stake, which will be located in the Newcastle chapel. This is really exciting for missionary work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ey up friends and family! Sorry for missing last weeks email. I got you guys a fresh one this week though. This week we got transfers calls, crazy snow, and cancelled church.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Something surprising happened at transfer calls, I'm moving! I'm going back up to Geordie land in the city of Newcastle! I was pretty pumped to hear that. I'm being assigned as a Zone leader. So I need to pass my driving test soon! My new companion will be Elder Winegar from Herriman, Utah. He was the first person I went on an exchange with at the very start of my mission. He is a proper legend in the mission and I'm excited to serve with him!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was gutted to leave Wakefield and Elder Barff so soon, but I'm excited for a new adventure! I've made loads of homies in the wards here and I'll miss them. This week started off with an exchange with Elder Clain over in the land of Dewsbury. We went finding around a really hilly area for most of the day. There were some really beautiful views. I love seeing the rolling green hills of Yorkshire. We didn't get any strong return appointments that day, but we had a lot of really good conversations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Elder Barff had a "missionaries going home soon meeting" over at the Leeds institute building this week, because he only has like 4 weeks in England! I wasn't allowed to go to the meeting, so I went with another Elder and we talked to a bunch of Uni students around the area about the superb gospel of Jesus Christ. After their meeting was over, they weren't allowed to tell us what it was about, but my speculation is... that it was about the new and everlasting covenant... haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There's a really cool bloke that we started teaching this week. We met him in the street last week and he told us that he recently found his faith and wanted us to come over, so we did of course! We taught him the </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Restoration in a really cool way, with cups! Elder Barff is super creative. The first time that we taught him we found that he had a really short attention span, so we decided to teach him by using labeled plastic cups. It reminded me of how simple the G</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">ospel really is and it turned out to be a really good lesson. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm buzzing for some more adventures up in Geordie Land again! I'm taking the train <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1594599319" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">tomorrow</span></span> morning and I couldn't be more excited! I love this message that I'm sharing with people so much. Serving around Elder Barff, who is going home so soon, has reminded me of how fast time goes by when you're on your mission, so I'm gonna make the most of it! Love yous all, hope you have a canny week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey Up everyone! My iPad is literally about to die, so I'm sorry for the short email. This week we had a Siberian blast, everything in the UK got canceled, and a little miracle at the Toby Calvary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello all, here's my update of the week. We had really unusual weather this week. It snowed from <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1651840603" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Thursday</span></span> to pretty much <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1651840604" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span> and loads of things got cancelled. I booked 2 different driving tests and both of them were cancelled! Haha... I have another one scheduled for <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1651840605" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Thursday,</span></span> so hopefully it will go through. It was hilarious seeing cars drifting everywhere in the snow again. People in England do not know how to drive in the snow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A cool experience I want to share. We've been struggling with finding new people lately and helping people keep commitments. We had a big planning session for a woman we are teaching and we really prayed and thought about plans to help her out. Later that evening, the Burnetts took us out for a nice meal over at the Toby Cavery. When we walked in to take our seats, guess who we saw? The investigator we were praying for was in there eating! She greeted us warmly and even told us, "You guys haven't lost me!" This shows that our planning and praying put us right in her path again. It was so great to see her and it made us so happy as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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 <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2058393287" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">this Friday</span></span>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sorry again for the short email today, I had to go to Hull to do some driving lessons to prepare for my test <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2058393288" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">this Friday</span></span>. 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.😧</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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 </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Armies of Heleman song on the guitar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Y</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">es, 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.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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, i</span>t's actually pretty good!<span style="font-family: inherit;"> 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! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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 F</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">amily Home E</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">vening, some changes to Helen's baptism and transfer calls!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey up lads and lasses, blokes and bloketts! This week was full of going to Leeds and taking a U.K. driving test, a miracle of knocking on someone's door, chapel tours for days, and Helen's big day is <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_869006895" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">this Saturday.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A quick miracle story to share with you guys. Elder Selk and I didn't have any appointments in the evening time, so we decided to knock on people's doors. This is a very bad time to knock and people are usually unreceptive, but I felt good about doing it for some reason. We knocked on this lasses door and she was very friendly to us. She told us how she didn't believe in religion because there are so many different views and people take advantage of it. She said that she hoped something was out there and wanted to know what was true. We weren't able to go in and teach her because of our mission rule, that if a single female is in her home alone we can't go inside, so we told her that we would come by and share more <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_869006897" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">tomorrow</span></span>. We gave her a Book of Mormon, got her number, and headed off. The next day we came back to teach her with the senior couple missionaries in our ward, the Burnetts, and she told us that she was already on page 20 in the Book of Mormon!! We were so excited and since then we've given her a chapel tour and have plans to introduce her to more members at church and help her get to Helen's baptism!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On the same day of our chapel tour with that lass, we gave a chapel tour to a woman named Fola. She's from Nigeria. She sounds very promising. I found a nice quote from a friend most people know. Like the famous Yoda once said, "Do or do not, there is no try." You can do anything that you set your mind to! Cheers!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: inherit;">Eh up mate! It's been another smashin' week in the land where the sun don't shine. It's been a proper snowy week over here. We watched the announcement of the new First Presidency, ate Fettuccini </span><span style="color: #454545;">Alfredo</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: inherit;">, had interviews, and gave away a French Book of Mormon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This week we got the chance to watch the new First Presidency announcement and the open questions that the public asked them. It was really interesting hearing the responses and it reminded me of how us missionaries are constantly put on the spot to answer difficult questions. When we were heading back to our flat afterwards, we saw a snow storm and watched cars that were sliding and slipping all around. Elder Selk and I were laughing our heads of seeing these 2 wheel drive cars drive on slippery roads.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We gave away a French Book of Mormon! There's a woman we are teaching who is from Congo that's speaks French. So we brought a member in the ward that speaks French with us to help teach her and it's been going pretty well. Helen is doing really well too! Her baptismal date has moved back to the <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1916418144" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">3rd of February</span></span> and she is more than exited! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's another Wakefield update mate! Elder Selk tried Iron Brew for the first time, we watched Thomas S. Monson's funeral, I tried a Halal Fatayer, and went on exchange with Elders Walker and Clain!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: inherit;">Eh up mate! I'm getting pretty adjusted into good old Wakey. At the start of the week, I felt a bit poorly, but I was still able to go on an exchange with Elder Clain in Dewsbury. He's from a French colony near Madagascar and is a pretty cool bloke. His first language is French and he lived in France for a while. Dewsbury is a really cool area. It </span><span style="color: #454545;">neighbors</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: inherit;"> our Wakefield area. One of the pros of the area is that it has loads of delicious Middle Eastern food. I tried my first Fatayer. It's similar to a calzone and very delicious, especially with kebab meat. One of the cons of the area is that it has loads of people of the Muslim faith, which makes it really hard to talk to people that are already so set in their ways. They're lovely people, but very unreceptive to the gospel. So yeah, overall it was an ace exchange.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Elder Selk tried his first Iron Brew. His reaction is in the video attached.... haha. We've had a really good week. On the missionary side of things, Helen and her children are doing super good! They came to church again and we should be holding her baptismal interview this coming week. Phil is another man we are teaching. He has been meeting with the missionaries for a while and just recently came to church again, which was exciting! </span></div>
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robynholyoakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729415810688621131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112969793194466055.post-66721201423415862612018-01-08T16:55:00.000-08:002018-01-08T16:56:18.779-08:00American Food in Wakefield<div style="color: #454545; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey peeps! Here's my update from Shakey Wakey, I mean Wakefield. My first week here has been full of Zone Conference, American food with a familiar face, and a family at church.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This week has been full of so many new things:</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> a new companion, a new area and a new flat! Wakefield is a pretty nice city. Being back down in Yorkshire, reminds me of the start of my mission when I served in York. People's accents here are a bit different though. It was really strange not hearing the Geordie accent anymore the first couple of days. The accents here are more of a mix between a Yorkshire accent and a Manchester accent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We had Zone Conference this week and I was able to see loads of familiar faces that I haven't seen in a while, because I was serving in the North part of the Mission. It was a very motivating meeting to be a part of and I'm stoked on coconuts for 2018!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A funny experience happened this week. We were heading off to a tea appointment and Elder Selk was telling me how one of the members loves Utah and bought a lot of his clothes at South Town mall. I know small world, but it doesn't stop there! That rang a bell.... I was like, hold on, I remember last summer when I was in Bridlington knocking doors and a man pulled over and told me that same thing. And sure enough, it was the same guy.... haha! It was hilarious explaining it to him because he remembered. He fed us some amazing bacon burgers that tasted pretty American. He also provided Ranch and fry sauce that I haven't had in ages!! It was a good time and I'm proud to be an American.... haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">At church this Sunday, we were able to see a woman named Helen and her 2 kids come to church. Elder Selk told me that they came last week, and now they came again! That was a really cool miracle. Overall, it was a canny week in the kingdom and I can tell that it's gonna be a good one this transfer. Have a good Juan, cheers!</span></div>
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