Jeremy Carrigans Mission Leeds England
Saturday, December 5, 2015
November 23
This week was good, we got a
referral from some other missionaries in Leeds and we are going to see her
tonight. Her name is Stacey and she is 20 years old and also has a 2 year old
son. So it is going to be cool, she is super nice. Other than that, I am a bit
sick haha, it’s just a cough and a bit of a scratchy throat I’ll force my way
through it haha. This week was good though I liked it, it did snow a bit but by
the time we got out in it, only the ice was left haha. So it’s still alright on
that front. One thing I learned this week was that when teaching someone about
the law of chastity and the fact that they will have to get married to their
partner that is living with them before they get baptized, to make sure that
the person your teaching isn't drunk. That was an experience haha, he kind of
just like yelled at his partner telling her to marry him, then when she said no
he cursed at her and said "why not? I’m not going to get baptized
now!" That was pretty hilarious, we talked to both of them later when he
was sober and worked something out haha. He will get baptized eventually, she
just wants him to prove that he is changing his life before they get married. So
that was nice there haha. I know that we have a pizza hut near us haha, but
imagine how expensive that pizza hut is back home, then times it by 3. We will
not be eating pizza hut any time soon haha. We have our thanksgiving dinner
that the senior couples in the mission are making all of us, that will be
really fun, so yea I will have turkey this year, probably not as good as yours
but we will have it. Thank you for sending the package though I will get it
eventually. Also we got some cookies this week, and they weren't from Katy,
they were addressed to me from a lady down near London, with a message from you
inside. Do you know what that is about? Haha. So that museum we went to is
called the royal armories, it is basically a museum full of Armor and weapons
from so many different places and times. It was really really cool. I took like
about 200 pictures haha. I’ll send a couple with this email. but it seems like
things are still going good back home, just keep them going good for 10 more
months and I will be fine haha. I am excited for skyping on my last Christmas
in England as well. Oh by the way did you ever ask Spencer Missy or kc for
money? Or anyone else? Haha make sure you mention that I have dropped 6 inches
off of my waist and I need some clothes. Anyway I hope that you guys have a
good week this next week. I love you and I miss you. My scripture is 1 Nephi
17: 49-51, I think I may have told you that one already, but nothing is
impossible with god! If he wants us to do something, no matter what it is we
can do it, and he will help is do it. So on that note I will have to let you
go, but have a good week! I love you guys, I’ll talk to you next time!
Love Jeremy
November 16th
For the record no I haven't been
photo-shopping my pictures! And I have been eating enough haha and you can
hardly see me there. That’s a suit that when I bought it, it didn't fit me but
now it fits! Haha but yea I am aiming to go home for my mission having a 32
inch waist so there is still more to go. I gotta lose my gut still! But yea
zone conference was really good. It changed a lot of things for me right now
haha, I am noticing that I actually have a desire to help people so that is
good. my heart was really not in it haha, it got to a point that I was out here
pretty much only so that you guys back home would be blessed, but now I can
feel like I am staying out here so that I have the chance to help people. I can
feel like more of a desire to actually work because I want to help people not
because I need to. But yea it is good I am happy out here and I only have like
10 months left so I gotta keep going. That poem reminds me of how I felt when I
left, imagine like all of those feelings but like all at the same time and then
times that by 100 and that's about what it felt like. That’s how I feel like
now when I think about going home. But yea I am doing well out here, this week
was good, we got rained on all week. That was fun. Thank you for your advice,
that's all I need to do is keep on going forward. I am excited to see what
happens this next little bit. Today is going to be fun as well, we are going
into Leeds to go to a museum and also to go have lunch with Scot, the guy I got
baptized in Leeds. So it will be good. It’s good to hear that you guys are
doing good, let me know if I can get you anything over here. Also tell my other
siblings that if they want anything from here when I come home to give you the
money and then you can give it to me. Also like none of my clothes will fit me
when I get home, so I am thinking of going and buying some things in the
Christmas sales, but I would need money. But yea its fine whatever they are
willing to give and whatever I get I get, I am not too bothered. But money
would be appreciated closer to the Christmas season. but I am doing good so
don't worry about me, I still need to lose more weight by the end of my
mission, and I am sorry but I won’t send you a picture of me until you see my
on Christmas day so you will have to wait a month to see me. But yea I am running
out of things to say haha. I hope you guys have a good weekAnyway I’ll look out
for your package as well, I’ll talk to you next week! I love you!
Love Jeremy
November 11th
So yesterday was zone conference and
it is also Remembrance Day today, so president wanted us to email our parents
and tell them what we learned. The main thing that hit me after this last zone
conference was that I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME! Now don't get me wrong I love you
guys and I miss everyone back home. But I have a work to do out here and as of
yet my heart hasn't been in the right place. So for this next year on my
mission I am going to work on that the most. That is learning why I am out
here, and working to achieve that goal once I find it out. At zone conference
we watched a couple videos one was about a man who had a stroke after running a
business for 30 years and helping the poor with food all the time and the bill
for the stroke his daughter couldn't pay, but one of the people he helped 30
years ago was a kid who grew up to be the doctor that operated on his brain,
and the debt was forgiven him by the doctor. So that kind of hit me mainly
because these good things that we do in this life come back around. When we
seek first the kingdom of god, all the things that we do will be given to us at
some future time whether that be on the earth or after. But that was really
good. Most of this zone conference was on the heart and having your heart in
the right place. So yea that's about what stuck out to me, sorry I can’t write
a lot to you but just know that this next year, things are going to change for
the better, both out here and back home for you. But I love you and I miss you
and I hope you guys are having a good week, I’ll talk to you next Monday!
Love Jer
November 9th
This week was pretty good, the guy
we scheduled is still going for it, it was pretty funny he was a bit drunk when
we set the date, so when he woke up the next morning he said I agreed to
what?!?! Then his wife, who isn't too interested as of yet, said well you might
as well get on with it! So that is good. He needs to stop smoking and drinking
and smoking and as well we need to get them married, but he will get baptized I’m
not gonna let him give up! But yea haha we also found a new person when we got
in knocking, and we scheduled her as well. Her name is Wendy, she is pretty
cool as well. The main scripture that kind of stuck out to me is this, its 1 Nephi
17:49-51, I shared that scripture with the man who we have to get him married. His
name is Peter and he is a recovering alcoholic as well and he smokes all the
time. It kind of puts it into perspective that when god wants us to do
something he will give us a way to do it. No matter what it is? But yea haha. So
that was good. But I am running out of time, this week was good and it seems
like your weeks should be getting better. I gotta go I love you and I miss you
a lot. Just keep on pushing. I hope you have a good rest of your week. And I’ll
talk to you next time!
Jeremy
Monday, November 2, 2015
November 2nd
Can you believe its November already? Jeremy got transferred to Dudley Hill which is by Leeds.
England does celebrate Halloween but
not as big as America does. Missionaries aren't allowed to be outside passed 6
o clock on Halloween so no I don't get to do anything. I will give you my
address at the end of this letter, uhh I did get shoes and I got them with the
money that I’ve been pulling out of the card. I don't need any money right this
second but eventually I will need some haha. I got Katy’s spice package and I
gave her my address last night so she can send me the stuff she wants to send
me. Hopefully she doesn't sent me English q tips, those things suck! That’s why
I wanted you to send me some haha, but yes just send this package to the
mission office, just make sure you mark it as not a Christmas package haha. My
new area is pretty cool, I like it a lot. My companion is a pretty cool guy he
is from Australia, and his name is elder Boynton. He’s a good guy, a bit shy
but everyone is haha. The ward is good I like the flat as well. We are teaching
some people, we actually scheduled one of them for baptism last night, he is a
great guy. He like shook my hand and looked me in the eye and did like a prison
stair down with me, and he asked me will this make me clean? It was pretty cool
that I could actually not look away at all and look him dead in the eye and say
yes. It was a good experience anyway tell Kevin to send that letter! Haha I am
still writing Kayla, I am waiting on one from her right now. So yea haha this
week was good and next week will be good as well. But I better close up I’m
running out of things to say. But yea I love you and I miss you and if you need
anything let me know. I hope you have a good week!
Also my address is,
Flat 5 Behrens Warehouse
26 East Parade
Bradford, BD1 5HD
England
Well there you have it, haha. I’ll
talk to you next week!
Love Jeremy
October 27th
Things here are good, I did get
transferred to Dudley hill, I don't know the name of the guy I am serving with
but I do know that he is from Australia so that's kinds cool haha. But this
week has been good, hopefully I when I go down to Dudley hill (which is back
near Leeds by the way) I’ll be able to stay there for a little while haha. I
don't like packing! I’m good at it but I still don't like doing it. But yea
this last Monday we went to the peak district and did a good 12 mile hike
around there, it was really fun haha. I took a lot of pictures but ill sent you
a couple. Today we are just going to go into town and look around for the last
time, and I am going to go by some shoes because I was never able to earlier. But
it will be a good day today and a good week as well. It will most likely fly by
so it will be fun. But let me know if I can do anything for you, I love you and
I miss you. And I’ll talk to you next week! I’ll try not to forget to send
the pictures as well haha. Have a good one!
Love jer
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