Into The Big City

Hiya everyone hope you've all had a past week! My first week here in Leicester (Lester) has been so good. Getting to work and having a great time doing it. 

So Elder Kidd's last companion was headed home and had no desire to work so Elder Kidd was so glad I was coming so we could actually work in the area. They had 1 person on a date for baptism, but no other real solid friends so we were pretty much starting from scratch. So our area is mainly street contacting so it is new to both of us. Some of the sisters in our district gave us tips on how to do it and they told us one thing which was to stop literally everyone we see. So we tried that out on this long walk way. Lemme tell ya it's so weird just non stop going person to person. Elder Kidd jokingly one time told me to stop a big crowd of people walking our way and I was like alright bet and attempted it, but they weren't bothered about it haha. 

One funny thing this week is that the first day we went street contacting we were talking to this lady and afterwards this crackhead came up to us and told us his name was Daniel Thomas and then after he said that I dont think he was speaking any sense it was a bit a mumbles. Later in the week we saw him at a telephone booth with 2 other people inside and he was poking out talking and point to nothing. Then the next day we were in the city centre and he was just running across the way. So we have a neighborhood crackhead which is great we will probably see him around a lot which is really funny. 

We've been teaching this one girl who is 19 and her name is Grace. Grace is the person we have on a date and she's been through a lot in her life. She is really talented with the drums and football, but has experienced really horrifying things. Recently she told us that she was cheated on, her best mate had been self harming himself, and her mum had passed away. She had been through a lot all in a 1 days spand. This is the wonderful part of the gospel. As our focus is on Jesus Christ and his gospel we can feel Joy. Elder Christofferson explains it really well in his last talk during the October 2019 conference so I recommend giving that a look. 

Anyways that's all I really have this week. I am learning a lot from Elder Kidd and doing street contacting its been a great faith builder for me and helping be become a better disciple of Jesus Christ. Hope you guys have a wonderful week and if you have time feel free to message me on Google hangouts/messenger or email! Love you all!

Elder Jones 

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