Jones, Jackson

Hey everyone! Sorry the lack of email last week. I'm going to just share some of the highlights and lowlights of these past 2 weeks.  So, the weather has been great and the sun has been shining so I can't complain there but sadly it won't last too long. We were able to do lots of garden work for the community and participate in the youth club at our chapel. Service is one of the best parts of missionary work I love it. We went on a couple of exchanges these past 2 weeks and we were able to teach and serve which is what's it's all about. I downed a 20-piece hot wing bucket from KFC and let me tell you it did not feel good afterwards Haha. We also celebrated one of the elders' birthdays by getting some Papa John's it was really good.  We went to a few other meetings throughout the week. There is a missionary in our ward who in the home MTC about to head off to Italy (reassigned to Manchester). We were able to play some sports with him in the park for his prepa...

Wow what a past couple of weeks it has been. I regret not writing last week (just so busy didn't really have time). This email is going to be a packed one so buckle up!  So, 2 weeks ago, we had the wonderful opportunity to meet in person as missionaries! We met as stakes. So, we got a chance to meet with the Leeds stake missionaries and the Huddersfield Stake Missionaries. We got to have our first in person interviews with President and Sister Green for the first time in 15 months! It was so good to see them and to be with other missionaries. In each stake we had a study about the commandments. We focused on Preach My Gospel chapter 4. Elder Dupre and I led the Huddersfield study and Sister Houskeeper and Sister Wong led the Leeds stake. It was a great experience and I'm hoping we get to meet as a zone next transfer which I think is likely to happen if things go according to plan with government restrictions.  We had lots of opportunities to meet inside people's homes and...