Week 1, Transfer 6
Hull...
Hull, Hull, Hull…what am I going to
do with you..
I've honestly had more marriage and date proposals here than I
ever have my whole life (and that's not saying much because I never got
many/any anyway). We met a lovely DRUNK Rob at the bus interchange last night,
he even got on the same bus as us and then blamed us for telling him it was the
right bus for him when we had no idea where he's even going. You meet a lot of
really interesting people as a missionary, especially at 8.30 at night (Rob
being one of them). Haha oh bless them all.....
ANYWAY..
So, last week..well,
Broken boiler, no stove or oven for 2
weeks, no hot water, no heating + winter = the life of a missionary :)
It's not as bad as it sounds, but
since we moved into the flat (which used to be the Elders flat and they never
told the mission office about ANY repairs) there's no stove
or oven, the boiler is broken (it worked up until yesterday but that's another
story), there are doors that have fallen off so they simply just didn't use them
and they rest up against the walls wherever there's space, and it's also been
freezing the past 2 weeks.
So yesterday the cooker FINALLY came
and the people hooked it up to the gas and everything. It's great. We can
now cook normal food. I don't know how the Elders survived A WHOLE 6 WEEK
TRANSFER without a cooker. They survived on microwave meals. Yuck. Anyway, the
gas man had to turn the gas on to hook up the cooker, and he went to turn it
all back on but the boiler wouldn't turn on, so he tried to do it manually and
the switch doesn't work which means the pilot light didn't turn on which means
no hot water or heating. So we call the mission office and tell them the
situation, they find us somewhere to stay last night (which was AMAZING by the
way). We stayed at a members’ house a bit out of Hull called the Graffs. They're
from Orange County, California. Here for 4 years, been here for 6 months so
far. Brother Graff works for an oil refinery company. They're GREAT. I LOVE
AMERICA! They have a huge house. Indoor huge swimming pool, a slide, a backyard
you could fit like 3 tennis courts on and a lovely big kitchen (most
important!). We basically had our own WING in the house haha so we stayed
there last night. Might have to stay there tonight as well if the boiler
doesn't get fixed today. So that was the last 2 days.
Rewind to the start of the week. We
had District meeting on Wednesday which was great. Elder Pollock from Arizona
is our District leader. We are the only sisters. I can't even remember what I
wrote last week so I apologize if I repeat. I have a bad enough memory as it is
:)
We got like 5 referrals last week as
well. Mostly from members. It's been SO good! Brett didn't come to church this
week because he was called into work but he's coming next week. We still
haven't been able to meet with him outside of church but hey at least he's
coming on Sunday! That's usually the hardest thing to get people to come to. We
keep calling and scheduling appointments with people from our area book -
former investigators and potential investigators. We have 2 new investigators
:) Danielle - she referred herself to mormon.org
in December. We got the referral and visited her on Wednesday last week. She
wants to be baptized. She goes to Salvation Army and is pretty involved in
it, but she wants to be baptized and Salvos don't do it and the Church of
England won't do it for her because she's been christened and they take that as
baptism. Danielle knows what a legit baptism is meant to be so she googled
BAPTISM CHURCHES and she found ours :) So we're teaching her and she's come to
Institute on Thursday and a YSA activity on Saturday AND a double baptism in
Hull 2 Ward before the YSA activity and a CES broadcast last night at church
and we're seeing her on Tuesday and Wednesday and she's just great :) There are
a few concerns but nothing that can't be explained and sorted out.
We also got Joyce, who is from
Africa. We met her the first 2 days we were in Hull. Sister Pacis and Sister Shmidt
went to see her while I was on exchange with Sis Scott in Louth. They taught
the first lesson and she said she'd be baptized if she found out the Book of
Mormon is true :) She's so great ..we love Joyce! We're seeing her
again on Friday and she said she will come to church this Sunday, same with
Brett and HOPEFULLY Danielle but she's still very involved with the Salvation Army.
Hull has so much potential.
We have ZONE P-DAY today. We're a
little behind schedule since we slept at the Graff's house and all had to
shower and get ready and drive back into Hull etc. but hopefully we'll make Zone
P-day for a little bit! Sister Scott and I are also going on exchange today to
York because the assistants didn't want us to wait until Thursday to go. So
we're off to York after P-day finishes! We will take the train and Sis Scott
and I can talk about the 15 minute instruction we're giving at zone training this
Thursday about Finding. So many things to do! But as a missionary you just have
to take it in your stride and go with whatever happens knowing that
everything will be ok and to not get stressed.
Church was great, we met with
the Relief Society president and she ran us through all the sisters who
need help or could do with visits. It was good to touch base with her and know
what we can do to help the ward here in Hull and to help the members.
I don't know what else to say but
there was so much that happened this week. Church is great, the area is great,
going on exchange is great…hard and challenging, but great. Opposition is what
makes us grow. The gospel is there to help us against opposition. But just
because we're obedient doesn't mean life gets easier. It's just like in Mosiah
24:13-16 ..the Lord will EASE the burdens. He won't take them away. He will
either ease them or help make us stronger so that we can overcome the trials.
Just like weight training..the weight doesn't get lighter, YOU get stronger.
That's how it works. That's life. We just need to try our best to keep our feet
planted firmly in the gospel doing all we can to fulfill our purpose as members
of the church and to share the gospel with other people so they can have a
better perspective on life and challenges. The gospel is for everyone. No-one
is exempt or doesn't qualify.
I'm out. Love you all! Thank you for
the letters and emails everyone. They're SO appreciated xxxx
Sister Kuhn
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