So I asked Jed if he has ridden in a double-decker bus yet, and if he has has he ridden on top. He said, "To answer your question, when I was in Enfield, that's how we got around, we rode busses, so I sat on the top a lot, although we'd sit on the bottom most of the time, because it's easier to talk to people there. But yes, I've been up there." He isn't riding the busses now, he says that he is in a car ... "We have a car, so we drive everywhere now. We made a goal to park it one day of the week so that we can talk to more people, so that's going to be fun!" It is interesting that in both of his statements he said that he is still trying to do things to be able to talk to the people.
A missionary is known for doing that, talking to people. There are other important things that take place during a given day. One of them is companionship study. An Elder (or Sister) is expected to not only read and think and pray about the scriptures on their own, but also with his or her companion. I asked Jed if he was doing this. His response reassures me that his is doing his best to serve with all his might. "And yes, we do companion study. Elder Holland said that you make or break your mission between the hours of 8 and 10[am], which is study time. Which is true!".
I read a snippet from his letter this past week to his Mom and I wondered if it might be better if he were riding the double-decker buses again. He shared, "A funny story - The other day, I was trying to drive away from a scary car, and I accidentally turned the wrong way down a one way street,
and so cars were avoiding me and honking at me and waving at me and the whole time, I was wondering "Why the heck are all of these people driving in the middle of the road?"".
Granted, there are Elders and Sisters that get hurt while serving a mission ... but I fully believe there is protection offered from our Heavenly Father as they place him first.
Elder Murri has been able to see many people get baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has seen miracles, many of which have been shared on this blog. One however that I will share from his letter shows another gift given from our Heavenly Father to those in His service. "We had a miracle yesterday. We went to contact a less active member of the church, and she wasn't there, so we decided to knock four doors next to her house. We felt drawn to one door, so we knocked on it (get ready, this is a little bit of an out of the ordinary missionary experience), and a guy answered and looked at us and said, "Hi, come in"!
That was the first door that I've ever gotten in on my mission.
I don't want to give credit where it's not due though. To be fair, that was all the Lord. That was Heavenly Father. Anyway, we sat down and were able to talk about the Plan of Salvation with him and his wife. He's from Albania and she's Romanian, and they're going to get baptised next month! That was a miracle."
There are of course the mundane needs of a missionary. He has to eat. Luckily there are familiar places ... "Guess where I'm emailing you from now? Costco! Yes, we have one of those in Watford. I may have already told you, but I'm excited, so I can say it again, I think. And yes, I'm going to buy a massive slice of pizza and eat it all."
He did send a photo of one of the districts in his Zone. He says about the picture ... "This is one of the districts in our Zone. Represented are Ghana, Colorado, Switzerland, Southern Utah, Wales (he speaks Welsh), Spain, California, Utah Valley, Texas, and Chile. Cool huh?"
A missionary is known for doing that, talking to people. There are other important things that take place during a given day. One of them is companionship study. An Elder (or Sister) is expected to not only read and think and pray about the scriptures on their own, but also with his or her companion. I asked Jed if he was doing this. His response reassures me that his is doing his best to serve with all his might. "And yes, we do companion study. Elder Holland said that you make or break your mission between the hours of 8 and 10[am], which is study time. Which is true!".
I read a snippet from his letter this past week to his Mom and I wondered if it might be better if he were riding the double-decker buses again. He shared, "A funny story - The other day, I was trying to drive away from a scary car, and I accidentally turned the wrong way down a one way street,
and so cars were avoiding me and honking at me and waving at me and the whole time, I was wondering "Why the heck are all of these people driving in the middle of the road?"".
Granted, there are Elders and Sisters that get hurt while serving a mission ... but I fully believe there is protection offered from our Heavenly Father as they place him first.
Elder Murri has been able to see many people get baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has seen miracles, many of which have been shared on this blog. One however that I will share from his letter shows another gift given from our Heavenly Father to those in His service. "We had a miracle yesterday. We went to contact a less active member of the church, and she wasn't there, so we decided to knock four doors next to her house. We felt drawn to one door, so we knocked on it (get ready, this is a little bit of an out of the ordinary missionary experience), and a guy answered and looked at us and said, "Hi, come in"!
That was the first door that I've ever gotten in on my mission.
I don't want to give credit where it's not due though. To be fair, that was all the Lord. That was Heavenly Father. Anyway, we sat down and were able to talk about the Plan of Salvation with him and his wife. He's from Albania and she's Romanian, and they're going to get baptised next month! That was a miracle."
There are of course the mundane needs of a missionary. He has to eat. Luckily there are familiar places ... "Guess where I'm emailing you from now? Costco! Yes, we have one of those in Watford. I may have already told you, but I'm excited, so I can say it again, I think. And yes, I'm going to buy a massive slice of pizza and eat it all."
He did send a photo of one of the districts in his Zone. He says about the picture ... "This is one of the districts in our Zone. Represented are Ghana, Colorado, Switzerland, Southern Utah, Wales (he speaks Welsh), Spain, California, Utah Valley, Texas, and Chile. Cool huh?"