We were able to Skype Elder Murri for Mother's day. I guess we don't have photo skills 'cause this photo doesn't have all of us ... or even all of us in the photo :) - but Jed is in there!
Jed's little brother decided since the weather was getting warmer that he would take Jed's long board out for a spin. It didn't end the way he was expecting ... a few Steri-strips over the eye brow later and aside from some pretty good road rash he is feeling better. Jed found out, and the next email from Elder Murri had the heading "I'm like Sam" and this picture. No explanation.
However, in another email he told us a little about it. He says, "I sort of did that to my face as well ... There was young men's the first night that Elder Ammermon got here, and so they were grappling on the carpet .. so I joined them. #victory ... I ripped the scab off the other day, because it looked bad". From that we learn he is ok, and still enjoys a little physical activity.
We were aware that his companion had served a full two years so he was going home, and so his new companion (as he said above) is Elder Ammermon. "--- So, just a quick side note, Elder Ammermon and I just walked past the chapel, and there's a grand piano there, so he was like "do you want to hear something?" and then he KILLED it on the piano. I stood right next to it and listened and just about got weak knees. It was actually really cathartic, because I feel like I've been under a lot of stress lately, but that sort of released a lot of it and opened me up. I feel like music has that effect on a lot of people. Heavenly Father is really clever, isn't He? He can speak to us in all kinds of different ways! " I absolutely agree that music plays an integral part in our spiritual lives as I was touched so deeply this past week listening to a good brother play the piano solo of 'Oh How Lovely Was the Morning'. This song is about the young Joseph Smith deciding to go to the Lord in prayer for answers, and being visited by his Father in Heaven. Music can be powerful, and I, like Elder Murri feel that He can speak to us in all kinds of different ways.
As an full time missionary for Jesus Christ (or any of us) - you have a limited resource, time. As an Elder on the Lord's errand He will bless you to use that time for His purposes. Elder Murri shares this, "Here's a little miracle: Elder Ammermon and I were on our way to a dinner appointment, and we had 4 minutes to spare, so we parked the car and decided to dedicate those minutes to finding someone, so we said a prayer, and started talking to people. The first lady wasn't interested, so she walked down the street past us, but when she'd gotten about 10 feet, she turned around and said something like "you can talk to that guy cleaning out his car over there" (or something), so we did. And we talked about the Book of Mormon, and how it would help him and his family if he learned more about Christ from the Book of Mormon, and we set up a return appointment with him and we're seeing him on Wednesday! It was a little longer than four minutes, but the Lord blessed us nonetheless. That was our miracle."
There are good things happening in London.
Jed's little brother decided since the weather was getting warmer that he would take Jed's long board out for a spin. It didn't end the way he was expecting ... a few Steri-strips over the eye brow later and aside from some pretty good road rash he is feeling better. Jed found out, and the next email from Elder Murri had the heading "I'm like Sam" and this picture. No explanation.
However, in another email he told us a little about it. He says, "I sort of did that to my face as well ... There was young men's the first night that Elder Ammermon got here, and so they were grappling on the carpet .. so I joined them. #victory ... I ripped the scab off the other day, because it looked bad". From that we learn he is ok, and still enjoys a little physical activity.
We were aware that his companion had served a full two years so he was going home, and so his new companion (as he said above) is Elder Ammermon. "--- So, just a quick side note, Elder Ammermon and I just walked past the chapel, and there's a grand piano there, so he was like "do you want to hear something?" and then he KILLED it on the piano. I stood right next to it and listened and just about got weak knees. It was actually really cathartic, because I feel like I've been under a lot of stress lately, but that sort of released a lot of it and opened me up. I feel like music has that effect on a lot of people. Heavenly Father is really clever, isn't He? He can speak to us in all kinds of different ways! " I absolutely agree that music plays an integral part in our spiritual lives as I was touched so deeply this past week listening to a good brother play the piano solo of 'Oh How Lovely Was the Morning'. This song is about the young Joseph Smith deciding to go to the Lord in prayer for answers, and being visited by his Father in Heaven. Music can be powerful, and I, like Elder Murri feel that He can speak to us in all kinds of different ways.
As an full time missionary for Jesus Christ (or any of us) - you have a limited resource, time. As an Elder on the Lord's errand He will bless you to use that time for His purposes. Elder Murri shares this, "Here's a little miracle: Elder Ammermon and I were on our way to a dinner appointment, and we had 4 minutes to spare, so we parked the car and decided to dedicate those minutes to finding someone, so we said a prayer, and started talking to people. The first lady wasn't interested, so she walked down the street past us, but when she'd gotten about 10 feet, she turned around and said something like "you can talk to that guy cleaning out his car over there" (or something), so we did. And we talked about the Book of Mormon, and how it would help him and his family if he learned more about Christ from the Book of Mormon, and we set up a return appointment with him and we're seeing him on Wednesday! It was a little longer than four minutes, but the Lord blessed us nonetheless. That was our miracle."
There are good things happening in London.