Hello! Last week went by fast as usual. The heat has come back today and it feels good. Luckily we got the air conditioning in the car fixed just in time for the next heat wave this week. We had our trip to London, spent a lot of time in the sun in Northampton, and met a lot of good people.
It's been unusually sunny recently, which has been great for missionary work. People are generally happier, and at least more willing to stand there and have a conversation with us. As summer is coming to a close, we are starting to get more University students back in town. We got permission to use an app called WeChat for our area. All the Chinese students use this app to chat, so we use it as well. We have had a big push in the mission to use technology more, including Facebook. We are one of 15 missions in the world piloting a new program for the use of technology, specifically with our iPads. We have been setting up group chats with our investigators and members, using more videos, and more. We can't use our iPads for planning yet because of the data protection laws for Europe.
Last weeks trip to London was for something called Super MLC, which is a big training meeting for all leadership in the mission. It's an all day thing when you include transport. We have trainings on all kinds of topics, including one at the end to help us work better with the Sisters. This is very important. Just because we are on a mission and we get used to talking to people does not mean we know how girls work.
I will probably never understand it fully, but they try to help us.
With Elders, you can tell them to go do something and they'll do it and life is good. With sisters, the process is completely different. It's a lot more listening, patience, more listening, asking the right questions, etc...
This trip to London this week is for an exchange, so Elder Parkin and I will stay the night in London and work there for a day. We also have some exchanges this week in our area, district meetings, finding blitzes, and lessons set up. It will be another busy one!
Cheers!
Elder Spencer Ammermon
England London Mission
64-68 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road
South Kensington
London
England SW7 2PA