First off, before I get into all the new changes for these coming six weeks, go and check out the latest video on Finding Christ in the UK! We got it finished in the nick of time, wrapping up the captions just last night! There is also another video on that same page coming out tomorrow featuring a unique song written by a sister who just went home. So check that one out too!
Elder Costello, one of the AP's from Exeter just barely went home yesterday. At the beginning of the week, all the AP's were crazy busy preparing for the new missionaries coming in, and Elder Costello wanted to end his mission proselyting rather than building furniture for flats so while his two comps went on a roadtrip, I went on exchanges with him for two nights doing lessons, transfer calls, and some service. It was amazing, but the day I got back to my own area was the day we had our trip to Birmingham to film a video with Rising Generation representatives for the area. Birmingham is a two hour trip from Bristol that included a bus ride, two train rides, another bus, and a small walk.
After filming for a couple hours, Joel (the Rising Gen rep) bought us kebabs. We were starving so we hurried back to the church and were just about to tuck in when a lady came in and said her car got a flat and she wanted to know if she was okay to park in our lot. We offered to fix her flat and she said she hoped we would help but didn't want to ask. I would like to say this is the third flat I have changed as an elder, but I really just watched my comps do it as I got the lady's number and talked about the Bible Study she was going to when she got a flat. We have been messaging her since then and are hoping to have a lesson soon! It is amazing how God leads us to people and puts us in the right place at the right time.
Anyhow, after all the filming we stayed with a couple elders at their flat in Solihull. We got up at 5:45 the next morning to catch our 6:22 train which got us back just in time to drop Elder Hopkins off at the church since he was leaving. We then picked up a couple new missionaries from a hotel who got left behind, dropped off a couple other missionaries at the train station, and then trained at a stake wide meeting over zoom. The meeting was cool since I knew most of the ward mission leaders. I have only been in the Bristol Stake my whole time here in England, but it has been in three different areas, two of which Elder Hoopes and I opened! Either way, it has been a great week and we are looking forward to this coming transfer!
Sorry for the long one, they will probably be shorter for the next couple weeks!
Elder Killian
Pic #1 - the original SMS crew, sister sowby and elder Hopkins both left this week
Pic #2 - filming Joel in Birmingham for a video
Pic #3 - service with Brother Arnold, a really cool member from Australia who does major landscaping projects. He goes home soon though, great guy though
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