Hey all!

(written March 12, 2018)

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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

You best get outta here before you get killed

Peacing out of Colwyn with some snow.

Hey! As for my subject line, first time on my mission that someone threatened to kill me! Our investigator Shelley’s parter Andy wanted us to come and check out his church’s soup kitchen thingy on Friday night. We knew it wasn’t going to go super well when we got there and he asked us if we could take our badges off. We said we couldn’t haha. We went up and could just feel the tension of everyone there though. Then a dude told me I best get outta there before I got killed. So. We stuck around for a couple minutes, then bounced. It wasn’t a good place to be. Andy later told us that last week there had been a big fight during their musical service.  Haha, pretty dope though, fun to meet some sketch people.

 

Saying bye to my boys Paul and Tom.

But as for Shelley! We met her my first day here, and taught her the restoration on Wednesday! And it was super good! She loved it. (: she wants to come to church because she’s been looking for a church, but she has social anxiety so it’s going to be a bit tough for her to come. She’s great. (:

New comp playin some clarinet.

Also! There is a wonderful lady named Mikaela that we met with on Saturday. She is the funniest haha, she’s like our Scottish grandma. She’s hilarious. But she had her baptismal interview yesterday and is going to get baptised in two weeks! Apparently it’s been a long road for her, she’s been seeing missionaries since July or so, and has had a lot of struggles, but she’s ready now! She’s super excited, she even has the temple as the background on her phone. She’s more excited to go to the temple then she is for her baptism lol. She’s amazing. She had had a rough week so we were able to help her out when we saw her on Saturday. She’s actually taking us bowling this afternoon so that’ll be pretty dope haha. (:

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Yeah! Blackpool is pretty great! Crazy place though. Well dodgy. My comp is pretty cool, he’s a good lad from the Ukraine. Funny kid. So there’s a bit of an update, hope your all doing well! Love you all! (:

-Elder Edwards

Blk pewl

Peace.

Ey! It’s been a pretty solid week. This emails gonna be a hecka quick update btw. We had some really solid lessons with Alex this week. Retaught him the restoration and gospel of Jesus Christ and it went well good. The reason we couldn’t really meet with him for a couple weeks there was cause he was literally Skyping his mate in America all day every day. Kinda weird. Literally every time we went over, he was Skyping. Luckily though they don’t really Skype anymore so we started teaching him again. 

Happy brolly tool pic.

We had a hecka nice tea appointment with Emma and Steven and had a great chat about the gospel and Book of Mormon and all that good stuff. It was really nice and the spirit was nice and strong. (: also they fed us the most delectable fish pie thingy that has ever graced my mouth. So good. 

Not again!

Had a solid exchange this week with my boy Elder barney. It was solid. Really enjoyed it. Ate a lot of ice cream. Actually the whole week I ate a lot of ice cream. I’ve morphed into an ice cream split thing. It’s pretty bad.

Last district pic.

Not really a lot else, we walked into Alex’s house one night and Alex’s mom Kate was like, “wow your sick” and I was like “what, why do you say that” she said “just look at your face”. Haha thanks for that Kate. Np. Then her daughter told me I looked stoned. I promise I wasn’t. Needless to say I snagged a pic of my messed up face so I’ll sauce it in the email. 

 

My face. I guess I did look out of it.😂

Well. Transfer calls came. I’m bouncing outta here. When I first got the call, I was a little sad, love the people here, but now I’m getting pretty excited. It’ll be nice to get a change. I’m going to Blackpool. Basically it’s an updated version of Rhyl, on the coast, and Rhyl has been described as the armpit of north wales so it should be good. My new comp is named trunky mango. (Troheymenko) don’t think I spelled that right. Don’t really know him, but he seems like a well funny lad. Well that’s me! Love you all! Have a solid week. (:

-elder Edwards

1-29-2018

(Laurel here. I didn't realize I hadn't posted last week until I went to post this weeks' letter. This was written January 29, 2018)

Bore da! Well this week has been pretty uneventful... I literally got nothin to share with yall... I’ll see if I can manage to think of something haha

Well the week started off with district meeting, which president and sister McReynolds came to cause they were doing our districts interviews after. So that was a good time, I gave a training and I thought it went aight, so yep. 

Oh my days this email is going to be so flippin boring, haha well we went finding like mad this week, but didn’t manage to find anyone, ya boy Ryan with the baby rescheduled for this week so hopefully we’ll see him then. 

Co-op had a gnarly sale on ice cream.
Didn't have a spoon so I improvised.

We saw Alex a couple times and had some good times playing ping pong and such, we gave him a blessing cause he wanted to try one out, and I think he felt the spirit which is good. (: he’s a g.
We met a funny dude named Fred, he was like 90 and was really passionate about Jesus Christ and all that good stuff, he told us a bunch of stories and every time he finished a story he’d pump his fist and shout “hallelujah!” Or “let’s get excited!” Haha he was the man, made our evening more enjoyable. He pronounced a solid blessing on our heads which was pretty dank.

Reincarnation of the Fro.

The branch here is the best, they have us over for food every day, I’ve kind of built up this reputation in the branch as the elder who eats hecka amounts. There’s this one lady who always feeds me like two meals and like 3 desserts haha. My comp only gets the one meal and dessert which is kinda weird but I’m not complaining. He don’t mind either cause he can hardly manage to finish anyway. She also said her shopping bill is gonna cut in half when I get transferred. Haha. So yeah. Good food.

Burned some trousers for 18 months on the mish! Heck yes. That was a good time, then I ate some cake.

 

I was reminded this week of how aware God is of each of us. He loves us more than we can know, and his hand is in the little details of our lives. It was nice to be reminded of that, and to remember that he’s up there watching out for me. Well sorry about the lame email but I love you all and hope yall have a killer week! (:

Deuces, Eduardo

Cruised down to the beach for  morning exercise.