Hello Everyone,
This week was crazy with Halloween! You would never guess what I dressed up as, a missionary :) We had a ward activity; trunk or treat which was a lot of fun. We bought loads of candy for the kids, and ended up taking most of it home with us. We had our Spanish friend Mario come with us. He doesn't really know English but he is trying to learn and is doing really well. Even though there was a language barrier and he couldn't understand English, he had a smile on his face the whole night :) So I think he had a really good time.
We also had a returning less active family come to church. They got baptised in February and haven't been out for awhile. but we visit them this week and introduced myself and invited them to the party and they came. They are an amazing family :) I love them already. They came to church this Sunday and the ward welcomed them in so well. They are happy to be back and they are having us over each week now. They want to have the missioanries in their home!
We had an opportunity to do a bit of finding on Oxford Road the busiest road for university students in all of Manchester. It is were the new YSA building is and WOW it is so busy! You have like 20 people tell you no before someone listens to you. And that is in a matter of a minute. So many people! And because I know so much Chinese, not really, I tried to say a few Chinese phrases. they laughed and started talking to us. Even though I can't speak it, it doesn't matter as long as the spirit is there.
I did have one crazy experience happen this week! Elder Vaquera has been telling me about this super start named Mike. He told me we needed to stop by. So on Saturday night we did. And boy was it mental. He answered the door without a shirt on and he is like 300 lbs. Warmly welcomed us in and then I started to gag. A very strong smell hit me! He breeds ferrets and there is 18 in his home right now. He sat down and started talking to us. He said that he has the gift of tongues and started to speak in some crazy language then I said the closing prayer and he kissed my companion hand. I laughed pretty hard. We left the house and I told Elder Vaquera we needed to burn our coats ;) it was an experience for sure!
I hope your experiences weren't as crazy as mine. Have a great week I love you all,
Elder Hammond
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