Baptism!

The baptism of Iris was great! Her uncle Dennys practised with us so he could do the baptism and confirmation in English. It was awesome. Her mother (also named Iris, not a member [yet]) really enjoyed the baptism and confirmation. I taught about the restoration for the gospel principles class for her and other members of the family. In spanish (that was interesting). There was probably some divine aid going on there, because my spanish really isn't that good. But I was able to bear testimony with all my heart about the truthfulness of the restoration. One thing that's really cool that I have learned from being able to teach in another language is that the Gospel and the Spirit are still the same in different languages.

Chris has disappeared for the latter part of this week, hopefully we will see him tonight. There are some other people we're working with too, and there are always more people being prepared. We're going to make these last few weeks amazing.

Love,

Elder Seth Poulsen

Missionary Work!

This week has been great, Chris came to church with us for the first time yesterday! He is so awesome. When we went to see him on Saturday, he basically bore his testimony of The Book of Mormon to us without even knowing it. He really feels the spirit when he reads The Book of Mormon. Also on Saturday, Iris passed her baptismal interview! She will be baptised by her uncle on Saturday. There will be a primary activity right beforehand, so hopefully all the members will stay for the baptism. 

On Friday I got to go to the mission home in Birmingham for a District Leader training meeting. It was great! Our mission President is so inspired. He taught us about how the love for the missionaries we lead and the people we teach is shown through how well prepared we are to help and serve them. He also told us that we were all foreordained to have the callings that we have. How cool is that!?

I'm so glad I have the opportunity to be a full-time missionary and to share the Gospel with God's children. It is a great experience that helps both myself and the people I meet to be better equipped to face the challenges that we all have in life. God is so good.

Love,

Elder Poulsen

I think Elder Poulsen is getting lazy......

*mother's note*  I questioned Elder Poulsen about his lack of a general email this week.  His reply was, "I thought I sent one."  Well, maybe he forgot to click send.

It's Cold Here

People didn't really want to talk to us the other day while it was snowing. Thankfully, it stopped pretty quickly haha. Things have been going great here. On Wednesday I got my new companion, Elder Palu from Tonga. He has a huge burning desire to do the work of the Lord. This transfer is going to be amazing. Crazy story--he has a cousin that plays for Newport's rugby team and for the Wales team and apparently he is one of the best players in the World for his position. Also the Rugby world cup is here in the UK later this year.

We have been teaching Iris this week, she is really bright for a 7 year old kid. Hopefully she will be ready for baptism on the 21st.

We also have a really cool guy named Chris who we have been teaching who I also think will be baptised. He has been reading The Book of Mormon and loves it. He hasn't been coming to church yet, but he has been trying to convince some of his family members to come with him when he does! He's so awesome. He works as some sort of engineer. We met him just by knocking on his door a few Sunday afternoons ago.

Thank you so much for all the love and prayers all the time, I love you all a ton.

Love,

Elder Seth Poulsen