WEEK 22: The Temple!

So I can't start this week with anything but the events of Saturday! I had the most amazing experience. The temples in England, for those who do not know, are not in the Leeds area. This means that they are not in my mission boundaries and I was expecting to not be able to go to the temple for two years. It had made me really sad because the temple is amazing and as you are in there, you can feel so close to God. This week, the Slovak members were taken on a temple trip and they needed translators. Elder Buckhoff and I were invited to be there. As I was inside the temple, we were unable to go further than the front desk with them as they do not have recommends. Even though that was as far as we went, I felt such strong peace and the Spirit of the Lord filled me. It was so refreshing. I don't know how to describe it.  (He didn't say but I believe this is the Preston England temple which looks to be over an hour away from Leeds.)

The church has put out a campaign called Light the World. I would invite everyone to look at the video and take the challenge. The dad of a friend of mine I met in the MTC created the videos and they are great. They share a quick message about the life of Christ and invite us to perform a simple act of service to spread the light of Christ this Christmas season. These simple acts go farther than we think.  They often touch someone who is hurting inside and we wouldn't know otherwise that they needed help.

The rest of my week was pretty normal. I am out of time so I will spare you all the description of it, but I did translate again in church. It has been happening more frequently these days, but it still stresses me out.

Love you all,
Elder Pace

Side Note:  Their zone leader, Elder Rhea, was transferred and the new zone leader is  Elder Boswell who is 6'8" and is going to be playing baskeball at BYU when he returns.  Tyson says Elder Boswell is a nice guy and he's glad to have him but "he isn't Elder Rhea.  It will take getting used to."  Tyson gets attached to people and is sad Elder Rhea has been moved so far away (Billingham) so they won't see each other at their big meetings.  Elder Rhea is no longer doing the Slovak language so President Turvey has mixed things up a bit.  Elder Poggemon was also transferred away from the Slovak branch so who knows what will happen over the next 1 1/2 years!