Hi Loved Ones! December 3, 2014
Life is good here in Preston England. We have put 2,000 miles on our car since we
have been here. We still dislike driving
here in England but we are willing to do what needs to be done. When our mission president or zone leader
calls and needs something done we always say “Yes”! We love the people here. The missionaries are fantastic and are
energetically serving our Heavenly Father as best they can. The missionaries are wonderful examples to
us. They serve with great faith and
dedication as well as have an amazing knowledge of the gospel.
We had a multi zone conference last week. Elder Dykes and his wife taught us for two
hours, as well as President and Sister Ulrich.
We were taught for a total for five straight hours before we had a
break. Oh, they gave us a minute to stand
up and stretch but then we went right back to work learning how to be the best
missionaries that our Heavenly Father needs us to be. During our training, if you needed to use the
rest room you had to sneak out quickly and get right back as soon as
possible. When we finally had lunch we
had been spiritually fed and really didn’t notice that so much time had gone
by. It was a wonderful day!
Visiting the less active members is a special
experience. There are many reasons why a
person goes inactive but the most difficult to deal with are the ones who just
stopped caring. We have found it
difficult to encourage them to return to activity because nothing seems to
touch their hearts. We have talked to
people who have been offended, have had major health problems or their lives
have just gotten too hard to manage to get to church, such as no car and major
financial problems. We are not sure how
to help them but Heavenly Father knows.
He can cause miracles to happen in their lives. We are just reminding them where to look for
the miracles they need and how to ask for them.
We met a sweet nineteen year old girl who became sick a year
ago and is house bound. She grew up in
foster care and when she turned 18 she had to move into a very rundown
apartment building. She has migraines
and her joints become dislocated at random times. Sshe is in a great deal of pain which causes
her to be on major painkillers. She
passes out often and so she cannot cook or do things for herself. She walks with crutches and is so thin, yet
when she met us at the door she had a huge smile and was so happy to welcome us
into her home. We are looking for ways
that we can help her and look forward to meeting with her again soon. The Elders and Sisters want to do a service
project for her on Christmas Eve but we need ideas. Do you have any?
All the senior couples got together on Saturday for a
Thanksgiving Dinner at a Pub in Warrington.
The food was amazing as well as the conversation. It was nice to finally meet and talk with the
other couples serving here. They all
complain about driving here and even told us to expect a fender bender or
two. Our mission president talked to us
about how the mission is growing. He
said that Heavenly Father is sending people from other countries here to
England so they can learn about the gospel.
He said the three top baptizing ethnicities are the Asians, Muslims and
then the Brits. It is surprising how
many Chinese and Japanese people are being baptized. The University here brings students from all
over the world whose hearts and minds have been prepared to learn the gospel
and when they hear it they recognize the truth.
We are doing well. We
have been blessed with health beyond what we were experiencing at home. We have energy and strength to do the work
that Heavenly Father needs us to do.
We pray that you are being blessed in all that you do. We love you all so much and miss you! Keep smiling and working hard to learn the
Lord’s will for you and your family. He
knows you and He loves you! He is
blessing you to bear your burdens so that you can accomplish the things that will
bless you and your family. Trust in Him
and all will work out for your good.
Love,
Elder and Sister Blunck
