Elder Jake Wray

Hey everybody!

How are you all doing? I hope you all are doing well. Things are going pretty good over here in Wales. We had mission leadership council last week. It was the best one that I have ever been to. I learned so much from everybody. There are some great missionaries here! We are trying to fire up the mission and have the best transfer yet. I'm excited to see how it goes!

We've been doing a lot of social media finding. At first, I didn't really like it that much, but I'm starting to actually enjoy it quite a bit. It is honestly really fun talking to new people from different places, even if it is just through technology. I started friending people in Cardiff social groups, and I met a lot of cool people. There is this refugee from Iran who lives in Cardiff. He is a Christian and wants a Book of Mormon from us. We only had 5 copies of the Book of Mormom that weren't in English. And one of them just so happened to be in Persian which is his native language. So we will try to meet with him this week to deliver it to him. I also met this lady who is from São Paulo, Brazil, but she is living in Cardiff now. She came to the U.K. 20 years ago to learn English, and she liked it so much that she decided to stay. She said that she met with missionaries when she was a teenager in Brazil. They gave her a Book of Mormon and taught her English. But she wants to meet up this week, so that is exciting!

We also got to go to church this week! It was my first time going to church in nearly 6 months. It was great! Elder Tang and I got to pass the sacrament and give the opening and closing prayers. It was definitely one of the highlights of the week!

I'm really grateful for the gospel and for Jesus Christ. I love how simple the gospel is. The gospel is really just about loving God and loving one another. It's not always easy to do, but that's why we have Jesus Christ to help us along. Love you all! Have a great week!

Elder Wray

- Nothing beats a burger and fries!