Hello everyone! This past week was great... and very busy! 

We had a lesson with our friend, Courtney, on Tuesday. It was awesome to teach her again. She's progressing right along. On Wednesday we did a work over in Plymouth along with the elders from Redruth. It was great! It was my first time in Plymouth. It's a pretty cool city! Then we headed up to Bristol after that. We went to The Book of Mormon musical again which was so much fun! I love going there! People always come up to us instead of us going up to them. It's the best! 

On Thursday we had Zone Conference. It's always great to see other missionaries and hear from President Hughes and his wife. They are both so amazing! President Hughes presented such a great training! He was telling us a story about how when the twin towers were still standing, a man walked from one top of the tower to the other on a tightrope. He then called up a missionary to be an example. He had him stand on top of a chair which was on top of a table. There was also a rope tied to another chair on top of another table about 10 yards away. Then on the projector there was a picture of the top of the towers. President Hughes then asked the missionary if he'd walk across the rope for 1,000 pounds. The missionary said "no way". Then President Hughes said "1,000,000 pounds?" And the missionary said "nope". Then President Hughes said "What about 2,000,000 pounds? That's life changing!" And the missionary said "still no". Then President Hughes pulled up a picture on the projector of this missionary's little sister and he said "If I was holding your little sister over the edge of this building ready to drop her, would you walk across the rope to save her?" And with tears in his eyes the missionary said "yes". The point that President Hughes was trying to make is that the strongest motivation we can have is love. Money and fame won't motivate you to do that much, but love will motivate you to do just about anything. So as missionaries our motivation to keep going and serving has to be because we love God and his children. It was such a powerful lesson to me. I thought you all would appreciate it as well. I wish I had a video of it, but unfortunately I don't. 

I hope you all have an amazing week! Love you all!

Pics:

1. Elder Sims and I on exchanges in Paignton.

2. Some dude gave me a vegan cook book. I don't think I'll convert to veganism, but maybe I'll try a few of the recipes.

3. My favorite African elder, Elder Konan. This man is an absolute legend.

4. Me and my companion, Elder Fellows. What a stud!

5. We had a great time at The Book of Mormon musical!

6. My favorite Mexican elder, Elder Morales! I love this guy!

7. Here is a classic missionary name tag photo. This is in the great town of Falmouth.