So let me start by explaining the photos. Elder Murri has shared that the London England Mission President and his wife (they usually serve for 3 years) are being released this next month and returning to their home in Utah. He has really enjoyed their service, help and guidance and suggested that we (his parents) should probably attend the 'homecoming' meeting. I put homecoming in quotes because the meeting where they share some of their experiences with the members of their ward is really a normal sacrament meeting (where the main purpose is to take the sacrament - and recommit to trying to live as Christ would have us do). After the sacrament the ward members then are able to listen to a few folks (also usually from the ward) who have prepared some words of counsel. Anyway, we were looking to find the date of this homecoming, and found her Facebook page (one she keeps about the London England Mission). On it we found a photo of Jed, his companion and two other Elders who apparently 'got a hold of Sister Jordan's (she is the mission president's wife) Ipad' (just their faces). We also found one of him with other Sister missionaries and Elders after having done some service project. Then there is one of the entire London England Mission after having met with an Apsotle (Elder Jeffrey R. Holland). There is one of the Elder's and Sisters who were going to be training new missionaries.
I told my wife as were were looking thru them (and she was downloading left and right) that it looked like it was Christmas for her. As we were looking we found that each Elder and Sister has a Facebook page! Elder Jed Murri has a Facebook page! We found a few more photos on that page, one of Jed in London in front of some arch (maybe I should know what it is?). What fun this was to see some of his experiences. Even better ... in his recent emails, he sent us a photo of his new companion ... and a photo of his torn trousers (see the last post for more on that - duct tape is amazing).
So the photos make it feel like the world is a whole lot smaller. Jed said something like this in his letter to his mom, "We met a guy yesterday who went to Tooele for a little while and ran around with the US military for a bit actually! It was crazy to see how small of a world it is! We're helping him move a load of rubbish from his back yard. Hopefully that opens the door to share the Gospel with him."
As I mentioned above, Elder Murri has a Facebook page so his mother tried to friend him and he told her, "Yeah, I saw that you requested me. I can't accept it though. The rules are that you can't have anybody back home as your friend unless there's a real missionary purpose behind it, in the which case, it's fine. I do get on pretty often, we can teach lessons over facebook, and facetime teach lessons and skype teach lessons and all of that fun stuff! I haven't done much of it, but it's really cool, because it takes away all of your travel time! You can just teach a lesson right there! ". I can see how technology is being used for good.
Jed has been looking forward to meeting Elder Jeffrey R. Holland - a living apostle of Jesus Christ. He did get that chance. He says this, "I got to shake Elder Holland's hand a couple of weeks ago and tell him my name and where I was from, and while he was giving his talk, he said something along the lines of "I wasn't concerned about what your name was or where you were from. I wanted to have a little personal interview with each one of you. I wanted to look into your souls!" So that was pretty intense. "
He ends his last letter to me this way, "I don't have much time, but I love you. I hope everyone is occupied. I love training. I love being able to help my district. I love my mission! I love the Gospel! I love the Book of Mormon! I love you!
I love everything! haha :)
Alma 17: 8-12 are good scriptures.
I love you!"
I told my wife as were were looking thru them (and she was downloading left and right) that it looked like it was Christmas for her. As we were looking we found that each Elder and Sister has a Facebook page! Elder Jed Murri has a Facebook page! We found a few more photos on that page, one of Jed in London in front of some arch (maybe I should know what it is?). What fun this was to see some of his experiences. Even better ... in his recent emails, he sent us a photo of his new companion ... and a photo of his torn trousers (see the last post for more on that - duct tape is amazing).
So the photos make it feel like the world is a whole lot smaller. Jed said something like this in his letter to his mom, "We met a guy yesterday who went to Tooele for a little while and ran around with the US military for a bit actually! It was crazy to see how small of a world it is! We're helping him move a load of rubbish from his back yard. Hopefully that opens the door to share the Gospel with him."
As I mentioned above, Elder Murri has a Facebook page so his mother tried to friend him and he told her, "Yeah, I saw that you requested me. I can't accept it though. The rules are that you can't have anybody back home as your friend unless there's a real missionary purpose behind it, in the which case, it's fine. I do get on pretty often, we can teach lessons over facebook, and facetime teach lessons and skype teach lessons and all of that fun stuff! I haven't done much of it, but it's really cool, because it takes away all of your travel time! You can just teach a lesson right there! ". I can see how technology is being used for good.
Jed has been looking forward to meeting Elder Jeffrey R. Holland - a living apostle of Jesus Christ. He did get that chance. He says this, "I got to shake Elder Holland's hand a couple of weeks ago and tell him my name and where I was from, and while he was giving his talk, he said something along the lines of "I wasn't concerned about what your name was or where you were from. I wanted to have a little personal interview with each one of you. I wanted to look into your souls!" So that was pretty intense. "
He ends his last letter to me this way, "I don't have much time, but I love you. I hope everyone is occupied. I love training. I love being able to help my district. I love my mission! I love the Gospel! I love the Book of Mormon! I love you!
I love everything! haha :)
Alma 17: 8-12 are good scriptures.
I love you!"