The fer of trans

Hey all! Been a pretty sick week here in Rhyl. We started off the week by cruising down to Chester for an exchange with Elder Allan and Elder Anderson. It was an excellent time. Got to see my homie in Chester which is always a good time. He had me shoot him in the leg with a blowgun. The man didn’t even blink when the dart hit him. Legendary.

But yeah the exchange was a good time, did hecka street contacting which was a good time. Me and elder Allan were cleaning the baptismal font for a baptism in Chester on the weekend and so we were using all sorts of chemicals to try and get this thing clean cause it was looking pretty grim. We didn’t think about the fact that we loaded this place up with so many chemicals in the air and it was a tiny little space. Needless to say we felt pretty crap afterward. Take Care with chemicals kids. 

We had a lot of good and enjoyable spiritual tea appointments with members this week. Lately we’ve been using the first Vision video and then afterwards we ask them how the restoration of the gospel has blessed their life. The restored gospel has most definitely blessed me. It has given me a sound knowledge of the savior and his earthly mission to atone for our sins, and only in the restored gospel do we have full access to that atonement. Through baptism and then sacrament weekly. It’s a wonderful thing, and I will forever be grateful to have been born in this church. (: I’ve really enjoyed hearing from the members the blessings they have from being in the church. So good. Lovin it.

We had a great visit with some people Elder Godfrey has been teaching here for a while. They are just the best little family. They said they were going to come to church, but then they texted us and dropped us. ): lame. All goods though, still pushing forward. 

Hmmmm.... what else.... oh last night was so killer. We took our homies Rob and Kieran to a fireside in Ashton. It’s where loads of people who recently were baptised speak and share their stories. Ya boys were laughing throughout it so we were worried they weren’t getting anything out of it. But afterwards Kieran really opened up and was like yes boys that was great. I’m excited for him. He’s a g.

Well for transfers! I’ll be staying here in Rhyl for my last transfer! 

So nuts to be on my last transfer. Mental. Elder godfrey will be going to Burnley. It’s been good serving with the lad. Twill be missed. The missionary to be killing me is elder Murphy. Funnily enough elder godfrey trained him. I’ve heard he’s a good lad, so I’m pretty excited about it. Well that’s me! Love you all!

-elder Edwards

(video: Elder Godfrey)

Because yourself is a beautiful thing to be

(written May 28, 2018)

Eyyyyyyyyyyy! Sorry I’ve been so crap at emailing lately... it’s been some good weeks tho. Well sick.

Couple highlights. I found a little girls scooter in the rubbish bin, so I was shreddin. Scoot life all day boyyyy. Included a little video:

We did like a thousand street contacting and tracting this week. We was goin ham. Met some nice people which is always nice. (: one of Sian and Robs cats just had kittens and they are the cutest things of all time. The four of em we’re just going ham fightin each other. It was one of the greatest 10 minutes of my young life.

I had like one of the best nights on my mission on Tuesday. There’s this band I love called the Nashville tribute band. Soooooo good. But so they came down and preformed for our mish. We took my main man Rob Spar, and my American brudda Dave drove us down. And it was just the most glorious night of all time. I’ve never laughed so much in my life. Rob and Dave really enjoyed it and felt a nice spirit, so it Twas a good night.

We had an excellent visit with one of my good friends this week. He was having a hard time and we just ended up talking about the simple truth that God loves him. 

I’ve gained a strong testimony of Gods love for his children. 

And especially God loving them for who they are. We are all so special, and sometimes it’s tough for us to see that. But I know that God always sees that. When God was creating us, he didn’t use a cookie cutter. We’re all quite different, and I think that is the greatest thing. God loves us because we’re his kids. (: so be yourself, because yourself is a beautiful thing to be. And with Gods help you can grow into the most excellent version of yourself. 

Well, I love you all. Be excellent to each other. (:

Much work, much shenanigans, much pocket naan

(Written May 7, 2018)

Hey all! This week has been pretty dope. A couple things we're excited about:

Andrea! She’s super solid! She wants to get baptised! We’re seeing her tomorrow! Solid!

We met this dude one night named Steve Moroney. Haha we were showing him Moroni 10:3-5 and he was like hey that’s my surname. Haha pretty cool. Steve is super great, we had a great chat with him. He’s looking for purpose in life. So yeah.

There’s a bunch of other stuff but my brain is pretty out of it. It’s been a good week of working and having fun! I’ll include some vids of some shenanigans. (see below) 

Love you all! Have an excellent weeK!

Love, elder Edwards

Tag teaming with the j dubs

(Written April 30, 2018)

my place

Hey all! This has been a killer week. One night we were visiting these people Yasmin and Beth and their dog is a nutter. It hates my guts and this dog is absolutely terrifying. Well he almost bit me right in between the legs. I was so scared for my life. Most terrifying experience of a life time. 

We had a slick exchange this week with my man Santos. He’s in my group, and it was a well fun exchange. We got some stuff done and had a well good time. While with him, we had an appointment with our man Petross. When we got there Petross was like super sorry but I had some visitors come in unexpected. We were like oh no worries we can come around another time. Then he was like nah just come in. We came in and there sat 2 Jehovahs Witnesses. haha it was well awkward and well funny as well. We made some nice small talk with the witnesses then they gave us a quick lecture on some doctrine then they bounced. We then talked to Petross. Haha it was crazy, never thought that would happen.

  

I didn't want to wait till I got home to eat my pizza,
and my comps were raging at me for trying to
feed the seagulls.

We found loads of new people this week! I’m well stoked! Especially this dude we met Brandon. We got on super well and he’s a G. We’ve got a stacked week this week so hopefully all goes well. Got to see Sian and Rob as well! Chuffed about that. 😄 I’ve missed Sians cooking. lol.

Transfers! Me and ya boy godfrey are staying here in Rhyl. I’m well pumped. Elder effah is bouncing, I’ll miss him it’s been well fun. Super good lad. This transfer with elder godfrey is gonna be lit. We’re gonna go ham. 

the old flat

I was thinking about a quote my brother sauced to me at the beginning of my mission... it goes “to be interested in the changing of seasons is a much better state of mind then to be hopelessly in love with spring.” Not sure who it’s by. But it’s well good. I really like it. It’s kinda like those scriptures in eccliastes (spelled wrong) 3. Check it out. To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens. It talks about how there’s a time to build up, and a time to break down. A time to laugh, and a time to mourn. We’ve all got times when we’re just cruising through life no worries. Then we’ve all got times when everything is just trickin us in the gin. When it feels like the whole world is against us. But I really know that God has his hand in the details of our life, and he’s got a nice little plan for each one of us. We will never go unnoticed and will never be abandoned. Sometimes winter might feel quite long (metaphorically speaking for hard times, winter is the best season lol) but spring will always come. I just really really know that god loves us, and that even though sometimes we’re going through the ringer, there’s always light at the end of the tunnel. (: God is the man. Hope that little thought made any sense at all. My brain is pretty scrambled rn. But I love you all! Have an excellent week!

-ya boy

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Rhyl Deal

(Written April 23, 2018)

Hey all! Sorry it’s been so long since I wrote an update. I’m running out of time so I’ll suss out a quick one for ya. 

This week has been sick! I’m in RHYL! My first area!!! So there was some new missionaries coming in mid transfer and president needed to sauce a couple people around and I ended up here in Rhyl. And I am so stoked out of my mind. I’m in a trio. I’m with my boy elder Godfrey! We served together a year ago, and I’m legit so pumped to be serving with him again. He is such a G. Proper legend. It’s been so good so far. I’m with elder Effah as well, a super nice dude from Ghana. He’s great, we nutmeg each other with rocks all day, I even nut megged him with a binky one day which was sick. 

Elder Effah got pooped on by a Seagull.

A couple highlights! We taught a girl named Jess and it went super good! We focused a lot on who Heavenly Father is and how we can come to know him through prayer. It was great. I saw Sian and Rob!! Oh man love them so much. They are the greatest! I also saw my man big Dave while cruising through Chester on the way here. 

Elder Effah got pooped on by a Seagull. A different day, elder Godfrey laughed so hard he got a bloody nose. One night there was some kids jumping on a tramp so I was talking to them, then gave the tramp a go. I did a double backie to face landing and broke my badge. (see video below) It was pretty sick. 

But yeah! Out of time! I love you all so much and I’ll send a proper update next week! Party on dudes!

Love, elder Edwards

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)