A week of some good

Hello everybody! Hope you are all doing amazing! We have had a great week lots o finding again but it has been most solid. Last Monday fun day we just chilled about did some shopping and stuff. It was raining crazy hard all day long. At 6 o clock we headed out for some tracting. Silly me forgot to use my brain when buying a coat and didn't buy a waterproof one. I was completely one hundred percent soaked by 8 when we went and visited Sabrina and Carson. It was a good time. Quite the storm. 😂

Just summited. (Not on a bus.) 😜

Tuesday we had district meeting which was solid. We now have a Welsh senior couple in our district! It is good to have them here. They gave us all some good chocolate stuff. (: Chocolate Swiss roll or something. We had some good pingin and pongin during lunch. We had a good rest of our day and met some nice people. It was quite good. (:

Wednesday we went to Mostyn. We did some tracting in Rhyl that morning before we went. We got there and went to our investigator John's home for the appointment we had with him. A Book of Mormon was sitting on the porch and nobody answered. 😐 that was major lame. Our other investigator Peter wasn't home for his appointment either. We went to a nearby town to try and find this pub to get some food. It was prolly a half hour walk there. The pub didn't even exist anymore. Kinda lame our day wasn't really turning out super well. We did some tracting but weren't feeling it at all in this little town. We said a prayer and asked what we should do. We finished our prayer and immediately up pulled a bus that would take us back to Mostyn. Haha we were like there's our answer and hopped on the bus. We had a dinner from a convenience store of chocolate muffins and Dr Pepper. I didn't feel super good afterward. 😂 

I bought it even though I can't wear it for 20 more months.😂

We then went and tried by Peter again. He was home but told us that he was wasting our time and wasn't sure if he believed in God anymore. We talked for a bit and told him he definitely wasn't wasting our time. I felt like I should talk about how we can all see our loved ones again, and how sometimes we feel like they leave this life too soon. He started crying and said that's what happened. The spirit was super super strong and we testified that we really can see and live with them again. We acknowledged the spirit that was there and told him that was God telling us the truth. Peter seemed pretty touched and agreed to have us back on Friday. It was pretty amazing. We went to try by John again after that and he was home and apologised that he hadn't been there. He thought we were only coming to take back the Book. 😂 haha he was happy to learn that he could keep it cause he had enjoyed reading it. He also agreed to have us back on Friday. So that was super solid. (:

Late night hedgehog we found.

Thursday was weekly pizza/planning day. It was good. We went to Prestatyn after that to do some tracting. We went through this wooded path as a shortcut and elder Jensen went down in some mad mud. Mad down. Ah I felt way bad for him his suit was covered in mud. 😂 so we went back to the bus station and snagged a bus back. Wrong bus. /: it took an extra half hour. Haha the day was just not going our way.

The suit pants.

The McAllisters had us over for thanksgiving dinner that night. Sister McAllister and her son moved here from California a couple months ago and her husband and other son are still living in California. They were visiting from Cali though so they were all there. It was way solid. Still got to have thanksgiving which is like the best holiday, the whole world should celebrate it I think. Their son Daniel the one who still lives in Cali is a legend. Him and his friends literally just hang out at the circle k all the time. Anyone who knows what I'm talking about, you are most excellent. (: it was great.

Friday we went to Mostyn and did some tracting. Neither Peter or John showed up for their appointments. /: that was pretty lame but whatever. We met this lady Emma who was super crazy interested and said she felt drawn towards the book we gave her. She was so solid. Unfortunately she called us this morning and had read all about mormons in the internet and her husband had kind of said no. So that was major lame. All good though, someday. (: We had tea with Sian and Rob that night, and it was bomb as always. They are the best.

Saturday 'twas good we went to a town called st Asaph with the other elders. We met some nice people so it was good. We were having tea at our flat that night and we're getting a bit rowdy. Elder Cepeda had been talking about where kidneys are. I punched him in the kidney during the rough housing. He said "ow you punched me in the kidney!!!... I think..." haha it was hilarious. 😂 never a dull moment. We saw Tina that night and it was great to see her. She is the best.

Homemade pizzas. Elders Edwards, Jensen, Cepeda, & Raven.

Sunday was good as well, had church as per usual and one of our investies who we had an appointment with cancelled. We have the curse of the investigators who will never show their faces after the first time we meet them. 😂 it's all good though we just keep working hard and not getting discouraged. (:

Monday funday has been good so far, we played pool with Elders Cepeda and Raven and are now chilling in the chapel. I love you all and hope you have a killer week. (:

-elder edwards

Dallen's guide to being a missionary. Lesson one. Dress and grooming.

Finding for days

Hello all! So I'm just going to apologize for this email right now, my email time is basically up (oops). I'll try my best to make it entertaining. We did 34 hours of finding. Which is loads. So there's not a lot to report.

Tuesday we had a zone meeting and it was super good. Zone meetings are always good it's good to see everyone. We did a lot of finding that night and met a lot of nice people. We saw Carl and Cassie as well.

Wednesday we basically did finding all day. We had tea at the Yensons which was super good. They are a great family. We did more finding.

Thursday was weekly planning and pizza day. We did loads more finding. We had tea with bishop that night and it was great. We were looking at my ancestors from wales and one of them had a crazy solid goatee. Like crazy solid. I hope I can have a goatee like him one day. My dad kills the goatee game. We went with brother Lowe to do the after baptism lessons for Sian and Rob and it was super good. They are the best family ever.

John Edwards, my glorious goatee ancestor from Wales. (:
So glad to be in the land of my ancestors!

Friday was amazing! We got four new investigators! We had been tracting for a while and finished our streets. We started walking back to the flat for lunch and I thought we should tract the last 2 houses on some random street. We met this kid Bradley! He was super solid and so interested and took a Book of Mormon. He didn't show up to church though hopefully we will see him soon though. Pretty amazing how the spirit gives promptings. The rest of the day was super good, got 3 more investigators and had tea at Sian and Robs. The food was soooo good. Chinese again. Heck yah.

Duck face. Oh fresh hair cut by the way. haha (:

Saturday night we went on splits with the other elders in Rhyl. Me and Elder Cepeda went together. We talked to this man who said he wasn't interested then said he was catholic. Elder cepeda was like oh I'm Irish. So I butted in and said "and I'm american!". Haha he was going to say something about Ireland and Catholics but I ruined it for him. Oops. It was hilarious though. We also got a super nice investigator for Elder Cepeda and Raven named Sheryl. They will be seeing her on Wednesday. Hopefully it goes good for them. Sunday was great, Rob got the priesthood! What a straight legend. So pumped for that family. (: We had tea that night with graham and chez and it was good. Its always nice to go to their house for some good laughs, them and the kids are hilarious.

Monday funday. (:

Things are going super good with me and elder Jensen! He is a super hard worker and is improving so much! He is killing it! We're having loads of fun and really enjoying the work here. Grateful to be serving with him. Oh yeah also we got fish n chips again. It just wouldn't be a letter from me if I didn't talk about glorious fish n chips. 😜

There was a bit on Elder Cepeda's planner that made me laugh really hard.
See if you can tell where it is.😂

Monday funday has been good so far, were about to leave the chapel and go play some pool. Things got a bit out of hand and me and Elder Cepeda were fighting a little bit and I was laughing so hard I got a hernia. I have a headache from laughing. I will make sure to have a better email next week! The work goes so good here in Rhyl and I am glad to be here testifying of Jesus Christ. He lives! I love you all have an amazing week.

-elder edwards

Another pink jumper pic from last Monday.

Dad life 👨‍👦 (I'm the little one in front)

Elder Edwards and Elder Jensen.

Helloooo everybody! What a crazy and killer week this has been! The first couple of days were just mad traveling pretty much everywhere in the mission. You already heard this but got my new companion at transfer meeting Elder Jensen. He is the bomb. Super nice and fun and is here to work hard and be obedient. We are having a really good time so far. We killed the heck outta Rhyl this week. 😜

Wednesday was full of loads of finding. We've really done a lot of finding this week. Not too much to report. We actually met loads of interested people and a lot of them want us to come back. This one man took us to his car to show us a UFO magazine from the sixties so he could prove there was pyramids on mars. Sure looked a heck of a lot like a normal mountain to me. He was a good man. I learned a lot about aliens. 👽 We had tea with our amazing ward mission leader brolo (brother Lowe). Him and his family are just the greatest, so supportive of us missionaries and so willing to help us out with anything really. Brother Lowe is the most in tune with the spirit out of anyone I have ever met. He is amazing. We went to our investigator Steve that night. Steve is uhhh.... quite opinionated. Next time we go we just need to say hey you've done loads of talking now we are going to teach you something. He's super nice and I actually think he'll respond well to us saying that. See how it goes. Good man.

Elder Korth's posterity. Look I gained a couple inches and am as tall as Elder Korth now! Oh yeah haha I forgot to bring an extra shirt to the baptism. So I was pretty wet underneath that suit coat. 😂😂

Thursday I introduced Elder Jensen to weekly planning/pizza day. Elder Korth your tradition will live on. Can't go wrong in life if you have weekly pizza day. We did loads more finding that day and it was very similar to the day before. Just teaching tons of lessons and tons of people who are actually interested in what we have to say. And people who want us to come back as well. Ahhh yeah. 😎 things are going so great, we are working super hard and elder Jensen is getting adjusted quickly. We had tea with Sian and Rob that night. They are just the best people on the planet. Rob is the man. 120%.

Friday Elder Jensen got the best food he will ever have ever which is fish n chips from the place right next to our flat. He loved it. I loved it. I don't think I will ever get sick of fish n chips. Elders Cepeda and Raven joined us as well. It was a real good time. We all went to saint asaph a nearby town for blitzing an area. Me and Elder Cepeda went on splits together and met a ton more people who actually listened to us. Elder Cepeda is the man we have good times. He's moving to Utah. He already told me. Gonna be bomb.

Twinning is winning. (with Elder Cepeda)

Saturday we had a street display with the other elders. We had lunch at their mansion first. Bread wars have kind of just become a casual thing between me and Elder Cepeda. The street display went super good I met so many nice and open minded people. Elder Jensen just brought the teaching fire with him this week or something because so many people have been listening to us. Its been bomb. He also brought a whole lotta rain with him. Its really been coming down haha. ☔️

Rob!!!!

Saturday night we had Rob's baptism!!! He had asked me perform the baptism. Seeing these baptisms these past couple weeks has been just incredible. Baptising Rob was another amazing experience. He, much like Sian, came up out of the water with just the biggest infectious smile. I seriously feel so lucky to have met him. He is a great friend now, and has seriously changed so much since Sian's baptism. Ah I have nothing but the best of things to say about Sian and Rob. They are truly the best. (: oh yeah Elder Korth and his companion came down for the baptism. So good to see him again. (: I had a killer time serving here in Rhyl with him. What a legend. (:

Elder Edwards, Rob, Sian, and Elder Jensen.

Sunday was Remembrance Sunday. They had a really nice service at a memorial in Rhyl. Remembrance Sunday is just all about remembering and honoring the people who fought and died in the wars. Our bishop put a wreath on the memorial in behalf of the church. During sacrament meeting I was thinking about my grandpas brother Martin Edwards whose plane went down in world war 2. It never really clicked for me before but I realized how grateful I really am to him for going to war to defend his family and me as well. The spirit came over me super strong and I just knew that he looks out for our whole family. It was a really neat experience. So grateful for the people who have fought to defend our country. We did some tracting that afternoon and met loads more interested people. Doors have really been opening this week with people and I am excited to keep working hard and help bring happiness into these people's lives.

P-day shopping.

Today was p day or Monday fun day as Elder Cepeda has started calling it. Haha we just went and shopped for some winter stuff and had subway and are now chillin at the chapel. Good times. (: I hope you all have an amazing week! The church is true, and if we are reading his word and praying with all our hearts there is no way we will ever forget that. I love you all!!

-Elder Dallen Edwards

Unfortunately I didn't buy it.

I'm a dad! (Mission terms that is)

Hello everyone! My subject kind of gives away the news but I will save transfer info for the end. (: we had such a killer week! Monday was a good p day on Halloween, we did some shopping and ate at subway and such. The Wades had us and the other elders over that night for tea and pumpkin carving with their kids. It was a blast! We aren't allowed to be out on Halloween after 5 unless a member has us over and gives us lifts. So that was super solid. That family is the best.

Tuesday we had district meeting in the morning. Elder korth wasn't feeling good so after district meeting he called Sister Ulrich cause he felt like he was going to throw up. So she told him to go back to the flat so we spent the afternoon at the flat. chillin. 😜 He was feeling better enough that night to go to Sian's. She fed us glorious food and there was loads of it. I had like 5 steaks. Mmmm.

Dinner at Sian's house. She cooked up 18 steaks to feed 4 missionaries.

Wednesday we did some solid tracting for a good portion of the day. Nobody was much interested. We had tea that night with David and Debbie again and they came with us to Tina's for a lesson. Well not really a lesson just planning her baptism. Super solid. She is the best.

Thursday was weekly planning/pizza day. We did some tracting before we went to the chapel to get everything ready for the baptism. Elder Korth did the baptism for Tina. The whole service was really great and had such a good spirit. I am so excited for Tina. Teaching her has been a breeze, she was just the golden investigator. She taught us as well. She will make such an amazing addition to the church/ward and I couldn't be happier for her. The gospel truly does bless lives. Seeing people come unto Christ brings so much happiness. (:

Elder Korth, Tina, and Elder Edwards.

Friday we went to a nearby town with the other elders to have lunch and tract for an afternoon. Me and Elder Cepeda went together. We had a really good time, met some nice people but they weren't too interested. We had tea that night with our ward mission leader brother Lowe. He is so solid, so engaged and passionate about the work. I want him to be the ward mission leader in all my next areas as well. (: He came with us to Sian and Rob's house. We reviewed the baptism questions with Rob and just had a really nice conversation about everything. Rob is like a changed man. It is pretty incredible.

Elder Edwards with Brother Lowe, Rhyl ward mission leader.

Saturday we had a street display. I saw a man walking slowly towards the display so I went and started talking to him. He told me he was a Christian and Pentecostal. I said oh nice and asked him if there was a church in Rhyl. He said yeah and I asked if he had seen our church in Rhyl. He said some mean things about how he wouldn't go near it. He pointed at the Book of Mormon and said that is heracy and has nothing to do with god. I said it has everything to do with god. I was being really patient and pleasant but when I said that he went into a little fit of rage like a 4 year old and grabbed a pamphlet out of my hand and started trying to rip it up. I said sir what are you doing you are being really childish. He continued to throw his fit and ripped up my pamphlet then stormed off. It was pretty entertaining seeing a grown man in his 60's act like that. Kids, don't be like the man in the street. 😜 We headed to Colwyn Bay for Rob's interview. Rob was there looking sharp in nice slacks and button up shirt. He passed! We are so excited! They took us to KFC afterwards. We street contacted for an hour then had to be in the flat for the rest of the night because it was bonfire night.

Deuces Elder Korth. It's been Rhyl. (:

Sunday was great! I got to confirm Tina in sacrament meeting. What an amazing experience. Its pretty amazing having nothing in your head before a blessing but then being given what to say in the very moment through the spirit. And it will be exactly what the lord wants this person to hear. In this case being Tina. (: she is the best ever. So a couple weeks ago president told me in my interview he was thinking about me to be a trainer. So it's been in my mind a bit. Transfer calls are Sunday at 5-6 at night usually. But if you are training he calls you Friday or Saturday. We didn't get a call so I was like oh I'm not training. But at 4 o'clock on Sunday I got a call from president and he asked me to be a trainer here in Rhyl. What. Super super exciting but also a little scary. I am super excited. We are having a train the trainers meeting tonight at the mission home then will be getting our new companions tomorrow at transfer meeting. Gonna be so solid. Its been so great serving here in Rhyl with Elder Korth and I am glad to be staying. He is super solid. He will be whitewashing into St. Helens with Elder Kellogg. He is excited to be going back to Liverpool zone. They'll kill it. (: We went to the fireside where recent converts speak with rob and bro Lowe that night. It was super good. Rob loved it and definitely felt the spirit. He wants to go again. He is seriously just the man. 

Email time. (:

Right now we are on a train to meet some missionaries so Elder Korth can stay in Wigan with an elder and that elders companion will come with me to train the trainers. I'm not sure if I will send my emails today or tomorrow after I get my companion so I may or may not add more to my email.

I know this church is true and am so glad to be a missionary who represents Jesus Christ. I am so excited to continue the work in Rhyl working together with my new companion. Its going to be solid! I love you all have a great week!

Elders Korth, Edwards, and Kofoed.

Well I never got a chance to email this and I now have my new companion! We had a train the trainers meetings last night in the mission home and it was super good. Afterwards me, Elder Liss, Elder Webb, and Elder Vincent spent the night at the ap's flat. The next morning elder Webb drove us to transfer meeting and what would take normally a 10 minute drive took us 2 hours because the sat nav kept leading us astray. It was a real good time though. Those were some of the other trainers and elder Webb and Vincent are both from my group. We got our companions! My new companion is Elder Jensen from Blackfoot Idaho. He is 6 foot 7. 😳 Good thing I am tall as well. 😂 I am looking forward to this new transfer it is going to be killer! I love you all!

-Elder Edwards

More pics from Chester.