yo mom and dad!
this week has definitely been a good one except the fact that im realizing
this last few mths , everything is my lasts my last summer in England my
last Christmas and etc its crazy time flies by so fast. but hey its all
good. Things are going good and elders before us left us a good teaching pool.
We are teaching this awesome girl called Cindy and her best friend called
Donna were going to give them dates this week hopefully they will accept.
and were teaching this guy from Sierra Leone, he's called Ishmael. He's so
awesome one of the coolest guys I've met in a while he is so nice and sensitive to
the gospel.  He's struggling with a few things but he'll get over them this
week that's what were focusing on. I love the Reading ward its really cool. The
people are so nice and welcoming and they love missionary work. I've been
thinking this week a lot lately, how much my mission has changed me and how
much I've learned. I'm so happy I made the decision to come out here. I see
the world going downhill and I needed these experiences to help me as i
grow. I know for a surety that the gospel is true and this week I promised myself
 that I would always put God first in my life, no matter what.
I cant deny that this church is true because I know it is.
I realized this week that time is flying by. I miss you guys like crazy, its weird,
 like in the mission im getting really old. There are all these new misisonaries out and
 I'm like " who are you"? haha I've been out longer then a lot of the elders here haha its cool though.
I like this area in Reading cause everybody is friendly although there are dodgy
characters here as well most people are open to talk to us. Last week at
church guess who I met, a guy from Arizona , from tempe haha he was over
here on business I didn't know him but it was cool and ironic to meet someone
from Arizona in Reading of all places ha. So yeah, this week has been great
guys. I'm happy and doing good .I miss and love you both so much!

Elder Armijo

The baptism went amazing. basically she was struggling to get Sundays off and they told her that she could get them off but then the day of her baptism the manager told her that if she wanted Sundays off then she would need to find a new job so she quit on the spot she told them going to church was most important to her! We got the call during stake conference telling us that and I started crying.  Seriously how much commitment does that show? Her baptism went so good. There was awesome support from the ward which was really good and everything turned out perfect. I'm very grateful to have been able to baptize her but Elder Corca gave her an amazing blessing and now look what the pay-off is of her getting baptized.... her 6 kids will now be able to grow up in the gospel and I guess there's no other feeling that compares to that one. Knowing we changed someones life! Also, drew my last baptism made me a scrap book entry and bore his testimony to me in it and seriously we changed him and the life of his family.  He wants to serve a mission and its so awesome. mum i love you everything with me is going great I'm happy and time is going by fast! Elder Corca is the bomb! I have lots of pics to send you so ill definitely do that tomorrow! i love you mom

Pictures April 12, 2012

hey mum and dad sorry i didn't have time to email yesterday it was such a
> hectic day but yes i am staying in Maidstone!!  I got called to be the
> District Leader! I'm so excited it will be so amazing and a great growing
> and learning opportunity for me! Elder Morgan is in my district so I get to
> see him every Monday and Wednesday and talk to him on the phone every
> night he only has 11 weeks left so hopefully ill be his district leader
> until he goes home! lol but guess what happened yesterday , we were waiting
> for my new companion who is called elder Corca hes from Romania! but
> somebody jumped in front of a train!! and got electrocuted and really hurt
> so the trains were all backed up for four hours we waited at this train
> station! but Elder Corca is a cool kid! were going to have
> some fun together! also Elder Snow is the other district
> leader in my zone so ill see him every Monday and Wednesday as well! this
> next transfer is going to be sweet!!

 

Slip n Slide on P-day

After a hard days work:)

Ahhhhh Love this!

Conference! 4/1/2012 in England!

 Hello Mum and Dad!
this week has been a sweet week.  It was conference weekend and we had a blast listening to the Prophet and his apostles.  I know for a fact that they are called of God and that they are inspired men. The sister missionaries in our district came down to watch conference at our chapel and we all went over to a members home yesterday to eat after priesthood session then later on in the day we made homemade pizza it was a blast. not very many people go to watch conference at the chapel so there was only a few people there probably like six or seven  but conference on a mission is a great experience!  I know when I was at home and I struggled to stay awake for one session now I am out here watching 5 sessions!  It's sweet!  I loved it. We are teaching this girl named Emily.  She's a friend of drew and she came to conference yesterday and was asking so many good questions were going to take her to the temple next Monday it should be really amazing!   i love you guys so much:))
thanks for everything!

Pictures 3/14/2012 P-day

"Through disapointment comes another answered prayer"......Elder Armijo

February 27, 2012

Hello Mother and Father:) The baptism went amazing. the spirit was so strong and everyone felt it. I was crying the whole time beause I  was just so happy. Then he got confirmed by his uncle and afterwards, Drew said he wants to go on a mission when he gets of age! Awww I'm so happy!  Transfers is tomorrow so I  find out if I'm moving probably late tomrrow.  I think I'll be moving but we will see. Here's a few pics. Also we had a basketball tournament and it turned out great.  It was stake Young Mens and was the ref!. lol it was a blast here's some pictures for you ! How is everything going for you guys back home? Drew is the one on the right in the white! His friend is the one who my arm is around!
Love you!

-Elder Armijo-

January 31, 2012

Things with me are going very well. We have a baptism on the 25th. Drew is getting baptized!!! I'ts so exciting! He is such a cool kid and were even hanging out with him today! His family is very supportive and his Dad is less active but he was in on the teach this past week and I feel that he'll return back to church which would be really cool! We have found some really cool people this past week. we need to get in contact with them and then they should all be progressing! were very excited!  Love you ALL!
-Elder Armijo-

Pictures January 31, 2012

Pictures January 9, 2012

Hey there mom and dad! Happy New Year to the both of you! I'm doing great I had a really good week and time is just going by so fast! My companion and I are getting a long great still and were working very hard! We have found a few good people that we are teaching but other than that were doing a lot of finding! How is everything back home?  We had some good miracles this week. We were on the bus and we started talking to this lady called paula and well she seemed semi interested but we gave her a Book of Mormon and then got off the train, later that evening we got a text from her telling us thank you for the book and saying how we came to her at just the right time in her life so we should be meeting with her this week sometime hopefully. then we went back to this potentials house and we knocked on his door and he didn't answer. We left and went about our day, then we got a call and its the guy whose house we knocked on telling us he'd like us to come by and give him some encouragement because his wife left him right before Christmas with his five yr old boy.  So were going to be teaching him this week sometime.  He's a great guy with a good head on his shoulders! well I hope everything is going great for you guys back home I'm doing great its a new year and  I hit my half way mark in 3 months!!! so crazy I love you guys!!
Elder Armijo