July 25- August 1

Family,

Elder Jager and I have been so blessed and so busy. Everything is

going amazing. We have had 2 exchanges this week, meetings both stake

and missions related, swapped the car, and continue in our everyday

proselyting efforts!

Beverly is just one in a million. Just a couple weeks ago I spoke to

her on a bus stop and this week, Saturday, she will be baptised! She

is the only investigator I have had that has progressed to their

initial baptismal date. Everything we have taught her she has accepted

and begun living immediately. Last night we taught her tithing and she

told us about how she was excited to get her pay check in the next few

weeks so that she can pay it! It has been a wonderful opportunity to

teach her.

Rowell Santos is also now dated for the 20th of August. There

anniversary is the 18th of August and his wife committed him to read

the book of Mormon by then and make the first step to being an eternal

family. It is exciting. He has had hesitation because of Joseph Smith

but as we have shown him the significance of the BOM he is beginning

to develop faith in him. What we have been doing is meeting him on his

lunch break and reading with him. Tonight were going to have FHE with

them.

The car swap is a funny story. The missionaries in Ashton had their

car Sheniqua stolen. Out of all the cars in the mission sheniqua would

be the one to turn up missing. Some thief’s crawled through the window

and took the keys. Eventually the police found the car a few days

later but not the keys. So sheniqua has been relocated to Chester with

the spare keys!!! She is wonderful, true to her name. The car we gave

was automatic and we are back to manual and it is a nice change.

This week we had a few minutes to tract before we went in for the

night. Whilst driving past a row of cottages we felt prompted to stop

and knock them. Once we began knocking we felt as though the homes

were dark and looked empty, no one was in. Instead of picking a new

street to tract we decided to walk down the road and stick to the

initial prompting we had. At the end of the row of cottages we saw a

little old window with a light on and decided to knock. Misses Lawson

as 78 year old grandma answered the door and responded “I was

wondering when you were going to turn up.” As a young woman, misses

Lawson attended the church and even contemplated baptism. Due to

family objection and moving she had lost contact from the church.

However, she kept the fond memories. She told us that as the new

chapel was built in Ewloe she was contemplating attending, waiting for

someone to knock by sometime. The time finally came and as we taught

her she explained to us her desire to be baptised! She has some

hesitations because of her health but knows that there is a special

spirit in that church, one that she hasn’t been able to find anywhere

else.  I know truly that revelation is real and that it comes from

God. As we listen to the promptings we receive we will be blessed to

find those who are truly prepared and be the instruments that he needs

us to be!

Alright I love you and am glad to hear about all the exciting thigns

going on. I love all the pictures and love getting emails on Monday!

Hope you have a great week and know that I love you.

Love, Elder Cunningham