Mon Oct 28th
Hello Everyone!!
So this weekend just gone, I hit my 18 month mark! I am long
over the hill and plummeting towards the bottom now! 6 months to sexy has
officially begun, and it started today with 50 push ups!! How many I will get
done tomorrow or the rest of the week is yet to be seen (but I'll be honest
it'll probably be zero!).
So this week was really good. It started with us having a
multi-zone conference on tuesday which was great! It was good being able to
meet with so many other missionaries and to hear from our Mission President and
others who spoke to us.
So the only one of our investigators we have really been
able to see is Osa. We are still not sure how interested he is, but he has been
reading the Book of Mormon, and he says he still wants to come and see how we
worship, so we shall see.
Someone else worth mentioning though is Brian. So Brian, a
few weeks ago we were knocking and we met Brian. He said he doesn't have much
beliefs in God, and he didn't have time to talk with us, but he was interested
in finding out more about the church.We gave him a mormon.org.uk card and he
said he would check it out. Then we received him s a self-referral from the
website. We got in contact with him, but weren't able to set up an appointment,
so we stopped by one night this week, and we caught him in. He recognized us
and he let us in. We were able to teach him, and answer some of his questions
which was really good. At the end he said the closing prayer and he thanked God
for leading us to meet with him at this time in his life when is is trying to
make some changes. It was really good. Simple, but amazing. We are seeing him
later this week, and I am feeling really hopeful for it.
Sunday was really good. At church we watched the final
session of general conference as a ward which was really nice. It was good to
get another spiritual re-boost from conference. We also had a munch and mingle
afterwards too which was really good.
Before I wrap this up, something for you all to laugh at.
Autumn is a lovely season, its so beautiful with all the leaves turning
different colours and falling to the ground. But what puts a dampener on it it
what else falls to the ground. Acorns!!! The other day I got hit square in the
head! It hurt so badly!! And Elder Tidwell just laughed at me. You are all
laughing at me now too aren't you? Just you wait...
Love you all!!! :D
Elder Mitchell
Mon Nov 4th
Hey everyone!!!
I hope you are all well and had a lovely week!
This week was pretty good for us, we are getting quite a lot
of teaches now which I can't complain about. We have quite a few investigators
to work with now, but we have also had quite a few appointments cancel on us or
flog, so we have also had to drop a few people.
So just a run through everyone we are working with that is
worth mentioning.
Osa is doing great. He came to church on sunday which was
really great! We were able to pair him up with a member who is also from
Nigeria, who gave him a lift to church. As far as I could tell he had a good
experience. He had a lot of questions so in gospel principles we had a good
lesson with our wad mission leader. We was curious why, with Joseph Smith being
the "founder" as he called him, why there weren't any pictures of him
up in the chapel, so we explained to him how we focus our worship on Jesus
Christ. Osa does seem really interested in Joseph Smith and how he died for
what he believed in, which I feel is a good thing.
Also, I think it surprised the members a little that we had
someone at church. When we first got here they were jokingly asking why we
didn't have anyone at church, but yesterday when we had Osa there at least one
or two of the members said "wow, you guys don't hang around!" So I
think it had a good impression on the members.
Brian, we were due to see this week but he ad to cancel.
With working freelance he got called into work at late notice, so we weren't
able to meet with him. We have spoken to him on the phone though, and he says
that he has done a lot of reading and a lot of research and he still wants to
meet with us which is good. We also have a member in mind to bring to teaches
with him, so hopefully we can get tat arranged this week.
Another one I feel is worth mentioning is Justin. We met him
on the street the other week, and we had a good chat. We didn't get a return
appointment at that time, but we did get his details and gave him ours. So this
week, we got a text from him asking when we could meet up (that like never
happens!) so we saw him on friday, and had a good lesson with him. He showed
interest in reading the Book of Mormon and does want to come to church to see
what it is like. We should be seeing him again on Wednesday.
Elder Tidwell is doing well. He is getting more confident
when teaching and finding. e barely gives me a chance to say anything, but
thats better then not saying a word. He seems a lot more confident then I was
when I was a greenie that's for sure.
Well can you believe this is our last full week before moves
week? I still feel like I jut got here! i'm pretty sure I won't be moving
though, as President Millar doesn't like splitting up trainers and trainees, so
we should be here until christmas.
Speaking of which, we are trying to get some christmas music, tis the
season to be jolly after all!
I am trying to think of something funny to end this email
with but... I have nothing. anyways!!...
Hope you all have a good week!
Love you all!!
Elder Zach Mitchell
With November 10th being Remembrance Sunday I
remember the brief period when Elder Mitchell was in the Air Cadets. I mentioned this in my email (posted below)
and his response.
Elder Mitchell,
I couldn’t help but remember today the brief time you spent
as an Air Cadet. They were good
times. I never took the plunge and
joined the RAF – my preferred choice, but seeing you in uniform was good on the
day we remember those who gave their all – the ultimate sacrifice. As a family
I think we were so blessed that none of our direct forebears had to make that
gift. My dad – Granddad Mitchell was on the way to Singapore when it feel to
the Japanese – we can only wonder if he would have survived, but either way
being a Japanese POW wasn’t a picnic. At
school we had a master who was and although he had some funny stories to tell,
he kept the true horror to himself.
This week I have another week at Ashington and tomorrow I’ll
find out about next week and going to Wales.
Mum’s watching Christmas movies already!!! Can you believe that? There should be a campaign to kick Christmas
back into December!
Well it’s time to go.
Make these last six months count.
Love Dad
Hey Dad,
that is funny you should mention that, I was telling Elder
Tidwell about my time in the air cadets the other day too, we saw some air
cadets in town with the pots to collect money. I am glad Grandad didn't end up
in Singapore either, it didn't sound too great over there.
I can't believe people are getting ready for Christmas
already either, although at district meetings I do try and get everyone to sing
christmas carols haha!
Thank you for all you have done for me dad, for setting the
example by going on a mission and for raising me in the gospel.
Love you dad
Elder Mitchell
Mon Nov 11th
Hey Everyone!
I hope you are all doing well. I hope you are all managing
to stay as warm and dry as possible too, winter is definitely on its way now!
This week to be perfectly honest has been challenging. We
must be doing something right as we have had quite a bit of opposition this
week. I'll give you a run down of everyone we are working with and then you
will be able to see what kind of week we had.
First of all, Osa. Osa, for lack of a better phrase, seems
to be playing hard to get. We have called him or stopped by almost every day
this last week, and he always says he has had a long day at work and is tired
or he is never home. We saw him once briefly but he was just about to head out
so we haven't really been able to see him.
Justin we weren't able to see last week either. He called us
on wednesday to reschedule our appointment with him as something came up, and
he mentioned that he had done some research and found out about black's having
the priesthood restricted for a time. He wasn't angry about it or anything, and
Elder Tidwell dealt with it well and gave an explanation why, and Justin seemed
okay about it and we are still meeting him this week. Hopefully we will be able
to answer his questions and help him with his concerns.
Last of all Brian. So, also on wednesday, while we were
actually in District Meeting talking about how we could help Brian, he text us
and said that he has been doing a lot of research and from what he has seen the
church is a wonderful church, and he commented on how its teachings seem to be
from original sources (his words), but that he does not feel at a spiritual
level to be able to investigate it any further at this time. He was prepared to
give us the Book of Mormon back as he felt it would be of more use in the hands
of someone else. Thankfully we were able to call him that afternoon and talk a
little about things. He has agreed to meet with us again but he is busy with
work for the next few weeks so we have to wait for him to contact us to set up
a time.
So that is the week we have had really. We have still been
trying to find more people to teach as always, but with a start to the week
like that it has been hard.
Hopefully this week will go better though, and this weekend
Staines have their Stake Conference which will be good. However because the
Staines chapel is so small, they will have to hold the sunday session at...
guess where... Reading!! I'm so excited to go back to Reading again. Even if I
don't see any of the members there or anything, just being back there will be
so cool!
Anyway, I hope you all have a good week!
Attached is a photo of my boy in his tartan!! (sorry its not
that good a pic)
love you all
Elder Zach Mitchell
Moves news – Wed Nov 13th
Hey everyone!!!
Just letting you know what is happening, as I thought me and
Elder Tidwell are staying put, so we will be together for Christmas (unless
president is really mean and decides to change moves to the week before
christmas, as moves day falls on christmas this year, but he will probably move
it to the week after.)
Love you all!!!
Elder Mitchell
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