dear developing peoples of the current century,
the first line of my e-mails are probably the most difficult part for me to write because i'm never really sure how to transition from a blank screen to a letter of uplifting and ennobling experiences that you experience while doing missionary work. cuz missionary work is pretty great. :) (yay the gospel!) anywhays i think now would probably be an appropriate time to talk about the last week that we encountered. so probably the most notable experiences of this week all centered around helping yolanda prepare for her soon approaching baptismal date. it's a little bit tricky teaching her due to the fact that she doesn't speak as much english and we don't speak too much spanish. (side note, remember how i said that coming to england i wasn't going to have to learn any new languages, ya that was basically false because we definitely give out nearly just as many book of mormon's in different global languages than we do in english.) so the teaching process is slow but very rewarding because she just eats up everything we teach. she's gained a strong testimony of the power of the book of mormon and has been trying to get her family involved as well. one time when we were over there her boss stopped by who actually doesn't speak english at all. so while her boss was there yolanda basically turned and repeated everything we taught to her boss except that she would always exclaim ¿no es fantástico? after everything that she said. it's been amazing to see just how much power the book of mormon has in the conversion process. and this doesn't just apply to investigators. every person that reads the book of mormon consistantly and prayerfully will grow under the influence of its power. (i love this book !) yolanda is also very much engaged in the ward and absolutely loves church. There’s actually quite a large spanish community here in the staines ward so they all support and fellowship each other incredibly well. me encanta la gente de español! the ward here is fantastic and something i've really noticed lately is that every individual and family faces different and distinct challenges. even the best of saints will have troubles come up in their life that will try and test them more than anything else. but as long as we continue in the gospel of jesus christ and keep the commandments we are guaranteed that everything will work together for our good and that the lord will strengthen us through our dificulties. i love this gospel and i love this work. i can't tell you how happy it makes me when i hear about the different missionary experiance that you all are having back in the states and throught the world.
i love you all and i'm grateful for your support.
with love
elder jarman
ps. did you guys know that bear grills is the head of the scouts. . . .
pps. i've gained a new appreciation for cheese in the last few weeks. it may have something to do with my swiss zone leader
ppps. swiss cheese is not the best kind of swiss cheese. . . think about that one
pppps. i have good news!!!! the gospel is still true
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