Dallen Edwards - Bus Seat Checker Extraordinaire

(written March 26, 2018)

Hey all! It has been the dopest of weeks. It’s been well good. I’ll see if I can sauce up some highlights for yall.

For the first time in my life, I slipped and fell in the shower. It was pretty funny. I wasn’t sure if I should laugh, be embarrassed, or mourn over my aching left bum cheek. I chose the first option.

Nailed it.

 
We didn’t have anyone get angry at us this week, which was unusual. And we actually met a whole load of nice people who actually wanted to talk to us! Sweet hallelujah! It was great, one in particular was super good, her name is Rebekah and she was well interested in learning more. Another lady thinks all churches are a bit wrong, so we taught some restoration and we’re like here check this book. Another dude was a big stoner so we’ll see how it is when we meet with him. 

😂

Yep.

Another man hasn’t found a church he likes but is a big time Christian! He wants to come and check out ours. So yeah! It’s been dope! We prayin hard that at least one of those people we will see again and be able to start teaching. (:

Mikaelas still doing good, she went to the temple again this week, and loved it again.
I went on an exchange with an elder named Arias. It was aight. We worked hard and found some peeps. 

Temple

Trying to think of any other funny things this week... ... ... ... those dots are me thinking for like 5 minutes... sorry. Got nothin. ): 

Yesterday, I thought about forgiveness. It’s a tough one to do sometimes. There’s a quote I love that says, when you hold a grudge your only poisoning yourself. It’s so true. It comes from the churches addiction recovery vids. But yeah forgiveness. We all mess up, we all do stupid things, but we’re all trying. I sure know I’ve messed up and said stupid things to my friends in the past. I’ve also done stupid things that my Heavenly Father probably was a bit sad about. But I’m so grateful that they are Christlike people and are able to forgive me. I’m also grateful that the Lord has helped me when I’ve needed to forgive somebody. And I’m so grateful that Heavenly Father has forgiven me and continues to do so. Life can smack ya down sometimes, friends can smack ya down sometimes, heck even church members or leaders can smack ya down sometimes. But the big man upstairs doesn’t smack us down. He’s there to pick you up. And help you forgive and forget. He loves all of his children, and all of his children mess up. When somebody hurts you, it’s gonna be tough to forgive. But the lord will help you. And it will be freeing for you. But yeah, I think that is the end of my rant. 

I sure love all you people. Be excellent to each other. And party on dudes! 

-ederds

I walked right past the love of my life in the street.😍

How we hang

Hey all! It’s been a pretty good week. We found quite a few people which was dope, most of them bailed out when we came around again for a return appointment. All goods though. We got threatened by this one dude. We were tracting and he started raging at us, “get the F off this porch before you get hurt”. Things of that nature. He was a good lad. (: 

Oh also. The worst thing happened. Me and elder t got on a bus and saw something really really gross on a seat. I won’t say what it was. But it was mingin. I hate public transport haha. I always check my seat like a thousand times before sitting. But yeah so we were chillin talking, then all a sudden a lady sat right on that seat with the gross thing on it. We didn’t even have the chance to warn her. We just looked at each other with horror on our faces. That poor lady. Rip. Always check before you sit my friends.

We went to the temple with Mikaela and it was amazing!!! Ah man I loved it so much. We did the baptisms for about sixty of mikaela’s ancestors and it was just so great. The spirit was super strong. Mikaela loved it too, and was so happy. It was an excellent day. The temple truly is the house of god.

Thaaats about it! Transfers came round, and me and elder t will be staying here in Blackpool. Should be good. Our whole district is staying together actually which is pretty crazy, first time that’s happened to me. How neat is that? That’s pretty neat. 

Well I love you all and hope you have a great week!
-Elder edwards

 Video: Hangin like the Chavs

Chavs (what they call teenagers who cause trouble)

Hey all!

(written March 12, 2018)

You may not see the video at the end of the blog via email. You can see it by opening the blog.

This was a pretty slow week but I’ll try to think of something to tell ya.

One morning we went for a run. I was coming around a corner, then outta nowhere a Wild dude on a bike appeared and ran right into me. That was pretty dope. I think the kid was kinda surprised cause the first thing I said was “you ok mate?” Haha. 

Later that day there was this crazy 14 year old girl on the bus who put gum in my hair. She was sitting behind me and literally just stuck it in. I wasn’t too stoked about that. The kids in this country can be kinda crazy. 

Work wise, all the people we found in the last couple weeks that seemed real promising, have kinda bounced out. All goods though. We have been teaching Mikaela the new member lessons this past week. She is the best. Funny story. One night we were playing 2 truths and a lie. It was Mikaela's turn to go. She was sitting there thinking then all a sudden jumped up and said excitedly “I used to be a man!” Haha I was laughing so hard. Luckily that was the lie though. 

😅 

She got her temple recommend and we will be going to the temple with her to do baptisms! We are pretty stoked about it, but not nearly as much as she is. Haha she is amazing, she literally does family history all day long. Crazy. I think I would get hecka bored. 

Had a dank exchange with my boy elder Leishman. We had a real good time, we’ve been out for about the same time but never served around each other till now, so it was a good time. What a G.

But yeah! Been a good week! Love you all and hope you have a good week!

-elder Edwards

Spicy man

(written March 5, 2018)

Can I just say I love non native English speakers? Elder T’s English is so funny sometimes. His English is well good. But this week I was telling him how I have acquired a taste for spicy food while on my mission, I never used to like it. Then he was like “oh my trainer is the same way! He started really liking spicy food on his mission. He is a spicy man.” Oh my days I died laughing. Well funny. T-rock is the man. (: we’re having some good times, and workin some hard.

I ate a ridiculous amount of chicken and chips.
Finished strong with ice cream too.

We’ve still been seeing Mikaela fairly regularly. She is so great. Funniest lady. Not sure if I have any funny quotes from her this week. Sorry. /: 

We hit up Blackpool zoo with her on p day. Twas pretty fun. I was looking at the bunnies and there was this black bunny and a white bunny that were always hanging out together. It reminded me of when me and Charles were companions. #yinandyang

Me and radman

We had a dank first lesson with a dank lady named Dawn. It was great. We taught her the restoration and she really seemed to enjoy it and accept it. She’s been church hopping for the past couple years, cause she never finds one that she feels comfortable at. They all feel like they are missing something. He he he. Come to ours we have the priesthood. It’s great when people are prepared. She texted us this morning and cancelled though, so hopefully she’s still interested in learning more. 

We found some other new peeps this week. They’re pretty cool too. 

Me and Genie

That’s about it. Oh yeah, we had an all you can eat buffet, and I ate some really rubbish food. Lots of time on the toilet. So that was fun. 

There was also this sign on a rubbish bin that said people need to bag and bin their dog. Seems pretty messed up to me to put your dog in a bag and throw it in the rubbish bin. I guess Whatever floats your boat Blackpool.

Bag and bin your dog

*flawless transition to spiritual stuff*

I love this gospel. I’ve really come to know that Christ lives, and he really did suffer for our sins. It’s incredible what we can do/overcome by turning to Christ. He’s my best friend. He’s helped me through my rough times, and I love sharing with other people that he’s going to help them through their rough times as well. He lives. He loves us. A whole stinkin lot. So keep pressing on my friends. Keep putting your trust in the man that will never fail you. Have an excellent week, you excellent people. Love yall. (:

Love, Eduardo

B aptism

(written February 26, 2018)

Hey! Prolly gonna be a quick email today, but Mikaela got baptised! It was a happy day. (: 

Haha it was funny we went to a Chinese buffet with her on Wednesday, and we were talking about her baptism. She’s always joking about dying right after her baptism so she can go straight to the celestial kingdom. Well this time she was joking about wanting to get baptised in Loch Ness. I was like “hey then the Loch Ness monster could eat you right after so you’d go to the celestial kingdom!” She was like “ahhh no way! Then you could give the Holy Ghost to Nessie and I’d be sorted!” Haha I died laughing at that. It was well funny. (: 

Then the baptism went excellently. She was super nervous, all week long she was worried and thinking she wouldn’t feel forgiven. But it was such a nice reminder to me, cause after it we asked her how she felt, “completely clean”. (: baptism is such a special thing. She’s been living with guilt for so long and she’s finally free from it. (: so yeah. It was excellent. 

Haha it was hilarious she was in the font about to be baptised then she shouted “stop! Give me 2 seconds! My bank card!” Haha she halted the baptism because she had money and her bank card in her... well... bra. Women these days.😜everyone got a good laugh out of that though. She’s the funniest lady. (: 

my boy elder Jensen came to the baptism cause he was the companion of elder Adams who first started teaching Mikaela. Good to see that dude. Also we Skyped elder Morgan cause he taught Mikaela and got some funny pics. I’ll send em. Well hey I love you all and hope yous have some solid weeks!

-elder edwaaaaards

Weird cucumber things

(written February 19, 2018)

Chapel

Hey all! It has been another pretty dope as week. I’ll tell ya about it. By the way Intros to emails are the worst.

We had the neatest experience this week! We tried by this member of the church (hasn’t been in quite some time), but she didn’t want to talk so we were tracting the doors next to her house. And we met this Jewish man named Rock! Oh my days. So flipping prepared. Unlike other Jews he actually believes in Christ. We taught him the whole restoration just by answering his questions. He took a Book and a restoration pamphlet. He then said “you know, 2 days ago I asked god for further knowledge. And 2 days later you two showed up with exactly that.” It was amazing! Haha such a cool experience. He was one of those ones that don’t really want to set up an appointment, but he said we can pop by any time and just hope that he’s in.

Our fresh new style.

My comp is a funny dude. Sometimes I don’t wake up to the alarm, so he wakes me up if I sleep through it. And a couple days this week I woke up to a short little Ukrainian man patting my head. Interesting way to wake somebody up, but hey it was more effective than the alarm clock. 

😉

Also elder t’s mom is going to hate me. He’s the most innocent pure hearted lad you’ll meet and I’ve been teaching him phrases like “turtle heading” and “prairie dogging”. 

Mikaela is still on track for her baptism! It’s been a tough week for her, but she’s pressin on. She is the best. Keep her in your prayers!

Transcdendent

We had tea with a member last night, I was wearing my suit but no jacket cause it had been a crazy and rushed afternoon after church. So the member forced me to take their jacket. I didn’t want to, but they made me. We went and tried by our investigators house and they let us in. And I will just say that their house is... well... I don’t think it’s ever been cleaned. It’s rank. And after we left I noticed I could still smell the smell. Sitting on their couch had made it rub off on our clothes. And this members jacket smelled like it. Worst feeling ever haha. I’m probably going to put it in the kitchen and cook some curry or something so the curry aroma masks the smell. 

😂😂😂 haha. Flip.

Chillin.

We were at Subway and elder t was telling the worker what he wanted on his sub, “salad, tomatoes, and uh... those weird cucumber things.” Couldn’t remember pickle. Haha it was pretty funny. He is the man. He played more saxophone this week too. Masta.

Tasty Nando's

So that’s my week! Been pretty solid! Oh also I gave a talk at church. Haha it’s been a busy week. I’ve loved it though. Love you all! Have a bodacious week!

-elder Edwards