So Swinton area is a town that's right by Manchester city, a 20 minute bus ride really. It has a lot of older buildings and has this weird system where one street is kinda ghetto then the next street over is super posh then there's high rise flat buildings. There's not a lot of organization to it so it makes the town busy. My new area is really big too and we cover three shopping centers, and two other adjoining towns called Salford and Eccles. There's a lot of African people here too. I know two families in the ward from Ghana.
Swinton Ward is super friendly too! They're smaller than Chorley but they are very united and love the missionaries. They always stuff us. I'm gonna get fat....
Another special thing that happened was the baptism of John! He is from Nigeria and his wife is a member. He got baptized this Saturday, and it was amazing to see how happy he was coming out of the water, and during his confirmation on Sunday
So this weeks spiritual thought is about change. So in our life, everything changes, everything. You cannot stop change. We know though, that God will always stay the same and the path to him is always they same. We, though, are carnal in nature and must change ourselves in order to get on the path to our Heavenly Father, so how do we do this? We change ourselves using the atonement of Jesus christ. When we repent (truly repent), we change out thoughts, actions, and habits, but Jesus christ promises that when we repent AND use his atonement, he will change our nature. This means that when we use the atonement, Jesus christ can take away the desire to sin. I've seen this work on people who had addictions, and people who just wanted to feel forgiven. I've also heard of it working on others who were trying to get rid of bad habits. I've seen it in myself in conquering my fear of talking to people. Jesus christ didn't die only for the big stuff like killing and stealing, etc.. God's purpose is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. If we want eternal life, we need to become like God, or as close as we can get right now. When we use the atonement of Jesus christ in our daily repentance, he promises us that he will make us the best possible version of ourself we can possibly be.
I want to bear my testimony that the atonement of Jesus christ is real, and no matter what your struggle is, no matter how hard, or how insignificant it seems:Jesus Christ knows and will help. All we need to do is repent and do our bet to stay on the straight and narrow path. And I say these things in the name of Jesus christ amen.
Funny stuff:
I don't know why German was so difficult for me. I never remember any German words sister Paschen would teach me either. Every time she told me to say something German I would just say stroganoff. That's not even German apparently
Things my investigators (friends) have given me so far: duck eggs (absolute heaven), sausages, letters, stickers, a kinder surprise egg toy, rock necklace, white tack, lots of pennies, a USA quarter (why? Idk), business cards, biscuits, chocolate, and lots of pictures. Mostly biscuits though. English biscuits rock
I found somebody's abandoned Nair so I tested it on my mustache. It works. Sister Sawatdee tried it too but it hurt all day. She's fine now.
My new flat is cursed. Apparently everyone there gets sick and I hadn't even been in 24 hours and I'm already sick.
I'm pretty sure sister Sawatdee is psychic. I get a song stuck in my head and she'll start singing it. She did this twice so far
Things members have given me: notebooks, bubble bath, loads of lotion, pens, cards, a tablet pen, an angel pin, stuffed animal, earrings, a Casio watch, bookmarks, an Elder Uchtdorf book, haggis, Disney princess stickers, a pebble painted to look like a pokeball, Duterra for allergies, and enough sweets to feed a small country
My first Sunday in Swinton, a speaker got sick so guess who was given a 10 minutes talk 30 minutes before sacrament meeting? #MissionaryLife this is why I tag all of my scriptures on my tablet. Surprise lessons/talks
I also did a brief solo for John's baptism, so guess who was dragged into choir (happily) --
*Pictures.. Haley sent a bunch of pictures of her new flat. Her captions are the funniest.. she definitely is adapting the terms and words from England!
-The dressing room! We have a closet and set of drawers each. The Hoover and dryer machine are in there too. Mine is a mess BC I'm doing laundry rt now
-Makeup mirror and bathroom. The shower has no shower curtain so it gets gross really fast we have to point the spout slightly to the wall so we don't spray everything. The toilet is good at least.
- The kitchen and our room. So the room is nice, I don't need a second duvet bc it's pretty warm in our flat. Chorley flat was cold. Sister Sawatdee is washing her sheets and I just don't make my bed. The kitchen is way better here and we have a stockpile of food from members. Also the washer machine for clothes is in the kitchen. They do that in England for some weird reason .
-Living room and desk. Mine is on the right. I also have some drawers I put my art stuff in. The couches are lit. Our desks double as a kitchen table too since the living room and kitchen are connected.
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