Lee's Baptism and Adventures In Preston.

Heyo everyone, greetings from Preston! Life is so good right now. The 5 of us are super tight, and we are conquering and having radventures in this historic place. It's been one of the continuously happy times in my whole mission, and I am trying to savor every moment of it.

So here are some of this week's deets:

 

Many times this week we have discussed..."if we were not on missions....we would never experience things like this". For example, we knocked on a door and 2 sketchy, shirtless men came to the door and started harassing us. Then their lady friend came to the door, cussed them out, calmed them down, invited us in...and soon we found ourselves in a random home with 3 catholic, alcoholic heroin addicts, their ex-mormon mother, and their Church of England friend, who kinda reminded me of an old, wise hermit and his dog Bonzo. At first, it was a bit dodgy. Then, everyone got to know us, and we got to know them, then Elder Moljanen, Schofield and I were basically teaching 3 separate, simultaneous lessons to the crazy crowd. After a while...everyone meshed together, we had a final spiritual thought, and they agreed to come to church with us. It was all just so...random. But it was incredible. Would I ever go inside a home with those people in it if i wasn't a missionary? Answer=heck no. 

We have had so many things like this happen, from an insane dog-loving Irish lady, to a whole Ecuadorian family who barely spoke English, to a Sikh man who attempted to foretell our future while sitting at the bus stop. Out of all of it though, it just proves that the gospel is for everyone, and it connects us all.

On a different subject, Halloween was pretty fun. All of us played some intense chair football at the chapel, then we put on the "haunted hallway" for the church halloween party. Us three were zombies who chased after the kids...until one of the kids got brave and punched Elder Schofield right in the gonads. He dropped...haha and it was flippin hilarious. The ward is really good though, and I am already growing to love them. 

The best part of the week though was Lee's baptism! He finally made it! Seeing him come out of the water, and do a double fist pump of pure happiness made all the stress and persistence worth it. Lee will be a friend forever. 

Other than that, the week has just been full of work, and pulling pranks on Elder Candland till he almost poops himself. This is such a good adventure right now, and I am surrounded with such good friends, and I am so happy and at peace. 

I love you all, stay fresh, and peace out!

Elder BA

Lee, Elder Plumb and the Patton Family