WEEK 66: Nikolas

We had a good week. Our friends made some sad choices and nobody came to church even though they all loved it last week. Anyways, Elder Palmer and I are having a good time  and getting a lot of work done.  We will be working with a few more missionaries this week and I'm excited.

Nothing too crazy happened this week here, but we are getting ready for a Slovak lad named Nikolas to be baptized. It will be on Saturday.

Love you all,
Elder Pace

I asked him several questions.  Here are his answers:

1. I use my Slovak more because Bradford has Slovak investigators.  Several of them have dropped us since Elder Buckhoff left. It is always a rough transition between missionaries with them.

2. (I asked for a picture with his new companion)  We'll see mum.  (Must not have been a priority since I didn't get one.)

3. (I asked If he was warm enough) Yes

4. (I asked if President Turvey still reminded him of dad and if so, how)  Yes. He has a similar sense of humor and when he has an idea, you can tell he is way proud of it in a way that reminds me of dad. He teaches in a similar way where he reminds of the rule and then encourages our own choices. I have loved getting to know him more while being here in Bradford.

5. (I asked what his favorite thing he learned this week was) My favorite thing to learn was that the Lord is very aware of the work here and that as long as we do what we can to help, anything that goes wrong will be fine. We don't have to worry even if situations come up. He is in control of this work

6. (I asked how it was going with their new technology) It's alright. I don't use it much though. I definitely don't overuse it. I should probably use better though

WEEK 65: Kebabs Galore

We have been super busy this week with meetings and traveling around. I have had the privilege of meeting many of the people learning about the church from around Leeds. There are so many great people that are looking for hope and closure and direction in their lives. I am so glad that we are able to help them find that through the message of the restored gospel and a living prophet! 

I met a Portuguese lady named Vania and her two sons Logan and Ewan. They were able to be baptized this week in one of the wards in Leeds. Logan has already told me I am his favorite so I was super happy. He is this pretty chill 9 year old lad that likes football. He is so cool. I love getting to see how happy the people that try out the message become. It really impacts their lives forever.

We got a nice kebab today and Elder Palmer wanted to make sure I let everyone know. I am eating tons of kebabs right now. We never have time to go back to the flat for food.

Love you all,

Elder Pace

Facebook Picture

I think this is Tyson's first leadership council meeting.  Facebook said it was on October 6. 

WEEK 64: Conference

I got transferred to Bradford. It will be an interesting time. I am driving now and am serving with Elder Palmer. He is a great guy and I am excited. One of our friends, Katie, will be baptized on the 13th. I met her on Sunday and she is wonderful! I am replacing Elder Buckhoff,my mission dad. I just drove him to the mission office so that he can go home. It was pretty sad.  (Pictured above from left to right a 4 generation Slovak missionary picture:  Elder Buckhoff who trained Tyson who trained Elder Campbell who is training the new guy (I don't know his name) who just arrived in September.  There were no explanations with the pictures so I'm not entirely what they are all about but looks like some P-Day fun was had!)

This week was general conference and the leaders of the Lord's restored church spoke to the earth. They taught about receiving strength and hope in the trials of life, the power that the Book of Mormon on can bring to our lives, and growing closer to Christ. It was so great! I know that my questions were answered. I wrote down seven before the conference began and each of them was answered. Very few were directly answered, but the Lord spoke to my heart and mind and told me what I needed to know for each one.

If you didn't get to watch it, take some time and read the talks. God knows your hearts and has an answer waiting for you.

Love you all,
Elder Pace

(Mom's note:  I am reading between the lines but I am thinking if he is driving and he replaced Elder Buckhoff then he may have been called as a zone leader?  That would also explain his comments to me that President Eyring's talk about believing in the callings of the Lord was his favorite and how knowing we need to support our leaders even if they seem unqualified was comforting to him.  He probably is feeling unqualified at the moment.)