October 20, 2014

Fam.

  Whats good?! How's the autumn time treating all yall? The pictures mum sent were wonderful! To be honest the only reason why I am looking forward to coming home next year is to see Keo. Not Frenchie. Just Keo. Frenchie is a diva, and really annoying. :) And then there is Keo who is full of life and just goes with the flow :) Keo > Frenchie.:) I am sorry to hear that Shananu lost her game, but you win some, you lose some, you just hope you win more than you lose. But don't you worry girlfriend next year when I am coaching with Steiner and Castle we will go all the way baby! :) haha The football game looked sooo much fun. Ugh. I miss going to those with you Poppy! It was a real nail bitter as well, that's always a plus :) Don't you worry though, next year we will go to one, just like the "good ol days" :) 

Alrigh fam, so there is a song that describes exactly how I feel, and it goes like this.... 

 I am so blessed. I have more than I deserve, I thank god for all I have been given at the end of every dayyyy, I am so blessed. -forgot. (some country singer.) ha But these few lines describe exactly how I feel. I feel blessed and humbled. We have had unusual success lately and it humbles me. ha That sounds as if we never have success, but we definitely are always successful just these past few weeks have been brilliant! :) haha 

    So last week as you all know we had David's baptism which was great and we had 5 people at Church. Which is a pant load for us. I think the most my companion and I have ever had is two and that is throughout my whole mission experience. Soo... I am so blessed. 

   This week though, was smashing! You know how Debbie is petrified of water? Well we talked to her about baptism and why she needs to be baptised and she accepted a date for the 15th of November, and she will receive the Holy Ghost on the 16th :) :) B.D.E. for that reason and another one. Their faith is improving so so so much! They came to Church again yesterday, that's three weeks in a row, they thought it was a bit long, but the primary did their programme and it was lovely! It reminded me of back at home how all the kids(Tate Anderson mostly) would always be up there waving at their parents and making silly faces, goodness, it's too great! I love the primary children! :) So they enjoyed that, and as well during the programme Debbie received a "witness" of why she needs to be baptised! They were talking about temples and baptisms for the dead and sadly her dad has passed away and she really wants to know if she can be with him again, so when the primary kids were talking about this the spirit touched her soul!! :) WEHU! I call it a wehu bar, you know like WEHU! :-) So that's Debbie and Shannon. We see them everyday and life is good with them. Oh by the way a miracle happened with them. Their cousin is a member of the Church :) Booyaa Baby! 

   We have this investigator that we meant on the street, by just offering him a free Book of Mormon and he said, 

Yes!

So we were like "Wait, why would you like it?"

Dan said, "Because it talks about God, right?"  

Yes, Yes it does. Do you have a belief in God? 

Then he went on to explain how he has this belief In God and all of that good stuff. But what really caught our attention was he only has one arm. So we taught him about the resurrection and it really touched him, so we set up an appointment to see him on Saturday.

Saturday comes along and no "one arm Dan." (that's what we call him hehe) #gutted.

That night we text Dan and say, "We will see you at Church tomorrow at 10. ya?".... No response. 

get to Church, 9.30 we receive a text from Dan saying, "I am by Stockwood park. Come pick me up." 

Boy were we buzzin! We headed to the park, but it took us 45 minutes to find him, but when we found him he brought his mother and father! :) :) #iamsoblessed So we talked about what would happen at Church as we walked and when we got there they loved it! The mum was participating in our Gospel Principles class, they loved the primary programme, just everything went great! :) It truly was a miracle, because we have been praying to find a 2nd counsellor for our bishopric, because there are not enough Priesthood men for one. And you never know Tony (Dan's Dad) just might be the one :) :) Yaa buddy! #humbled. 

   For two weeks in a row now, we have had five investigators at Church! Geez... That's crazy! Now you know why I feel so blessed, because it truly is more than what we deserve. But you best believe in every prayer (which is about 20 plus a day) we thank Him for everything. If there is one thing I have learned its that you need to rely on the Lord for everything. And not just ask for something, but ask specifically. We didn't just want any family, we wanted a family, with a "normal" dad who could be a 2nd counsellor... And you never know with the Lord's help we may have stumbled upon him :) Crazy! 

But yes this week has been lovely! Our companionship is doing great! I love the people we are teaching, but most of all "I am so blessed, I have more than I deserve, I thank God for all I have been given at the end of every dayyyy! I am so blessed." :) Thank you family and friends for all that you do! It's because of your prayers and your support that Miracles are happening in Luton :) Cheers. 

Love you! Have a wonderful week! 

Love,

Elda Dayton Wright

Mumsie Popsicle

   My dearest mumsie and popsicle, -Wicked

 Lets start with the one and only Shananu! Happy frekin late birthday! AHAHAH that blows my mind that you are now 17... Kinda hate it actually but whatevs. what can I do? You looked g-r-8 in your dance get up :) that dress was very suiting for the time of year :) point for you! I definitely got some b-e-a-utiful sisters :) Keep it up and good luck at state! KICK TIMPANOGAS' bootaaae! Be on them like white on rice, be on it like a car bonnet, Nothing gets past you. you got that?! :) cool.

Seems like the rest of the fam is doing well. :) Nothing to really complain about. So cheers for that. Now its on to me. (Im prideful)  

 We have had a stupendous week! It flew by, I don't even know where the time has gone... I think that's a good thing though :) haha We had many miracles and wonderful things happen in Lovely Luton this week! First off the baptism... WEHU! GET IN SON!

David's baptism went over so so so well :) Elder Nielson baptised him, and did a wonderful job! My little son is all grown up *tearing up :) I will definitely send you some pictures, because he took some and I sent them to my e-mail that way you could see them. See how thoughtful I am to you lot? Aren't I the best? haha Funny story about David, so we bought him a white shirt and a tie and give it to him the day before his baptism and right when we gave it to him he rushed into the room, threw everything on, grabbed a Book of Mormon, and started preaching to us! Saying "My good brudda's I testify that this book is true. You need to read and pray about it!" haha And he was preaching to his friends! It was well funny :) :) So that' David.

   Debbie and Shannon.

   Good ol Debs and Shannon. They are wicked! We connect so well, it seems as if we have been best friends all of our life and only 2 weeks ago we started teaching them. We go over to their house every day. And it makes every day worth it! Every time we come over she says, "Even if this day was the worst day of my life all I have to do is open that door, see your smiling faces, and all of my worries go away! Thanks for being my guardian angles" :) Cute innit? haha They are so good. So this week Shannon (who is the 15 year old daughter) received her answer that the BoM is true and that God is there! WEHU! She was so excited! She doesn't really know what that means but we are slowly opening up her mind to what it means. Every time we go over there the spirit is so dang strong! They will get baptised really soon. The only problem is Debbie is petrified of water. Full stop. She won't get in. She came to david's baptism and the whole time she was like, "No way! I feel ill right now. There is no way I am getting into that water." And I turned and said, "GET IN THE WATER!.... Babe, please get in the water?" -Notebook I actually said Don't worry Deb if we have to knock you out to get you in that water we will. hahah :) Seriously I would do anything to baptise her. She knows it needs to be done. So one way or another it will be done. If we have to use force, so be it. haha So that's them. I believe the only reason I am in Luton is for this family. So ya that's pretty cool innit? :)

   Yesterday we had five people at church. Five. Oh My DAYS! That is a butt load. In my whole mission I have never had that many people at church! For some reason this week, everything just worked out! It was the best feeling ever. But the whole time Elder Nielson and I were so stressed! After Church we just sat down for 5 minutes to take deep breaths to recollect our selves.

So  we had Debbie and Shannon at Church. They thought it was okay, just really long, which I don't really blame them. It was there first time at Church.

David who was Baptismed. :) haha

Joan- Who is just like G'ma File. THe only difference is this Joan is a bit cookoo in the head. haha

John- Who we met Saturday night and invited him to come, so he did. ha We even set his alarm on his phone. That was pretty cool. Story about it. When he came he smelt like alcohol and fags. He told us that he had been up til about 3 smoking and drinking. But one of the best quotes I have heard is, "The best smell you can smell in sacrament meeting is alcohol and smoke, because you know people are trying to change their lives." Pretty great quote innit? ha But that doesn't mean you can go out every weekend and just start smoking and living up the weekends. ha In the words of colonel Hall, "DON'T DO DUMB THINGS" haha

  Ya life is good family. I say this every week but I will continue to say it. I LOVE MY MISISON! It's the best thing that I have done. Thanks for constantly being there and being so supportive. Means the world! Love yous to bits!

Love,

Elder Dayton Wright

DID THAT JUST HAPPEN?

   Dear Family,

 Sounds like the whole lot is doing well :) Going to concerts, football games, school, just living life really. Good stuff. ha Can you believe its already General Conference this weekend?! GET IN SON! This weekend is going to the best weekend ever!!! :) :) :) You best believe we are inviting everybody and their cats to General Conference! Who else can say they have a modern day prophet on the Earth,... Nobody. And that is what is so special about our Church! I freakin love it!! Cool. Enough about that.

   Okie dokie. This week... Whoa. What a week. 

   I believe it is story time. >:) 

   Here we go. 

   Monday.

   After writing you and talking about "What about Bob" and what have ya, we went to teach this family who is comprised of a mum and twins. The twins are 13 years old and wee lil lads. haha (I don't talk like that.) We went to their house with our Ward Mission Leader and taught the best lesson ever!! We shared with her "Hope of God's Light" and oh my days! The spirit was so strong and so we invited her to be baptised on the 26th of October and she accepted!!!! :) :) Geeezzz. Kip. WE FOUND A FAMILY! And the way we found her is a testimony of how you need to be exactly obedient on your mission! So we were on the bus about 2 weeks ago and Elder Nielson and I sat down, and across from us was this mother with a son. And inside of me I was having a little angel and devil moment. The angel was saying, you need to talk to these people. And the devil was saying, You are way too tired there is no reason to talk to them, you have been rejected all day. Just one won't matter. But I am happy to say I chose the angel and that was the best decision of my life! hahah When we first talked to her she said, "I am not interested in God." So we being cheeky lil monkeys said, "That's okay we are sharing a message about strengthening families, would you be interested" And so she agreed for us to come over. :) Angel >>> Devil. A little side fact she even cancelled our first appointment. But don't you worry we followed up and now she is getting baptised!! FOLLOW UP! :) And she even came to Church on Sunday and she is coming to G.C. as well :) You best believe when we came out of that lesson we were thinking.... Whoa. Did that just happen? 

   Next.

   This story starts about two months ago. Elder Harding and I stopped this mother and a daughter who were walking there dogs and for some reason we immediately clicked. We started talking about God, but she was not interested in the slightest, but we still scheduled to go meet with them. And for about six weeks straight we made appointments, we got there, with a member, and they were not in. And so on Saturday we just stopped by with a member, because a different appointment cancelled. hahah  So we get there and she is outside, and I was thinking, "AHA we got you now!" hehe But after doing a bit of chit chat we were welcomed to come inside and watch a quick video. And guess what Mormon message we watched for somebody who doesn't believe in God? HOPE OF GODS LIGHT. :) Best video ever! And while we were watching she started to cry.Afterwards we asked why she was crying, and she was being so tough to crack. She was saying things like, I don't know. Just feel like I want to. But we testified that what she felt was the spirit. Then she slowly started to open up. She then asked, "Why does God take all the good people?" "He took my dad, mum, and a few others. Why doesn't he take the murderers and those people?"  Then we testified of life after death and I threw in the Kalena experience which is always a tear jerker. And oh my days! The spirit was just so strong! We invited her to Church but she declined. But we are going to see her tonight! And she is sooo good! She would make such a good member of the Church! And her daughter is asking questions like, "How do I come to know that God is there?" And just brilliant questions like that, and so tonight we are going to try to answer their questions, invite them to G.C. and to be baptised on the 26th of October! Please pray for us, and pray that the spirit is as strong as it was last time. Because the spirit the first time was so strong you could practically grab it. It was almost as if it was thick... don't even know if this is making sense, but it was crazy! And after the lesson Elder Nielson and I looked at each other and we were in amazement and thought, "Whoa. Did that just happen?" 

  Some remarkable things are happening in Luton. The Lord's hand is being revealed to us. It's amazing. To be honest though, its more humbling than anything. And to think that I might leave this area next transfer is sad. Transfers are next week already! Time flies! And Elder Nielson and I are prophesying that I am leaving.... So if you are sending post, make sure to send it no later than tomorrow. K. cool. Love you. 

   The more you pray for things to happen the more it does. I don't know if that is because you are looking for it more so, but I think that is one of the ways God shows his love for us. If we just simply ask for something we will get it. "Ask and ye shall receive." Its just that simple. If you want something ask. Then do all that you can do to get it, and the Lord will make up the rest. :) 

  I love you family. Stay strong. don't doubt. Have faith. Do something spontaneous this week. Do something that helps your spirits grow.

  keep calm and read the Book of Mormon. :) 

I love you! 

Love,

Elder Dayton Wright 

GQ Missionaries

Dayton and his Companion in Luton England...Looking GQ as always!!! Somethings never change!!

Lets Go round 2!!

WEHU! Family,

  Year 1 accomplished.

  Year 2, bring it on. :) 

This is so crazy to me. Can you believe it? I have now officially been out for a year... That is mental. I can think to what I was doing a year ago and its things like I was in the MTC... that doesn't even seem real. LIke what the heck?! ha This is a love hate relationship, I love how fast the time is flying by, but on the other hand it is going by too quick. I just can't believe it! Ugh. But at the end of the day the love of this relationship out rules the hate :) haha Pray that this year goes by even quicker :) haha 

   That youth spectacular event sounds pretty neat. And the temple is b-e-a-utiful. Dang. It's like extreme make over home edition, but with a temple. haha :) Somebody looks FABULOUS! -Grinch. But ya thats cool stuff. 

    I miss you guys. I love you. (Just thought I would throw that in there. Kinda like a surprise :) ) This week was good... as always. Like seriously compare what a missionary complains about to what you have to deal with in real life.

MISSIONARY complains about- We don't have anybody to teach. Im tired. Why is nobody progressing in this Gospel. I hope those people pray about the BoM. I hope they make it to Church. And the list can go on and on.

REAL LIFE people complain about- School sucks! I need a job, need to support a family, why do we have to work so much? What am I going to do with my life? And the list goes on and on. 

  Missionaries have it so easy when you compare it to real life people. ahah All we complain about/pray about are our investigators to grow and progress. We don't need to worry about family, money, job, any of that stuff. That is given to all of us. :) Im not complaining, but you have it a whole lot harder than missionaries. Missionaries complain way too much, and they don't realise how great this work is!!! Wake up and smell the roses! You know what I mean?! Work harder! You are only out here for 18-24 months, then you have an eternity to think about how you did in those months. That right there is a scary thought. So you best believe that I am trying to do all within my power (with the help of God of course) to do my very best. As you can tell I am not looking forward to real life, I know that is forever away, but to be honest I would be content if I could live this life style longer.... haha 

   This week Elder Nielson and I realised that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass. For a bit we stopped focusing on the small things and things got CRAZY! Everything just went out of control a bit, but I was told by a wise man, "That if you remain calm, nothing bad will ever happen." -Adam Melaney. So I took to that wise man's counsel, reflected on why these things were happening and changed them. And we continued to give thanks to the Lord for everything we have, plead with Him for help and for investigators to find out that the book is true, and what have ya. And by doing those small, but meaningful things, things changed. :) It was a very good lesson to me. I constantly need to do everything with in my power, especially the small things in order to receive the great things. Now compare this to your life. Continue to focus on the small things, and everything else falls into place. Continue to say your prayers, feast upon the words of Christ, spend time with Family, pretty much just have your priorities straight. Do things that make a difference in life. "Our usual worries can be classified into 5 categories, 1. 40 percent never happen. 2. 30 percent are in the past and can't be changed. 3. 12 percent are needless health worries. 4. 10 percent are miscellaneous problems. 5. 8 percent are real problems of which 95 percent can be solved." -Forgot who said this. Focus on that 8 percent, and as it says, 95 percent of those problems can be solved. I leave that other 5 percent to the Lord. Its just like Bob Wiley. He did the simple things, he tied himself to the boat, put on the life jacket, then at the end of the day, "He just let the boat do the work, that was his secret." :) We need to be more like Bob Wiley. Just let the Lord do the work. But don't forget that you need to do all that you can do. :) :) hahahaha Dang. That was such a good comparison. POINT FOR THE KIDS! Point for me? :):) :) haha I think yes. 

   David who is on date for the 28th is still on date.... Sorta. I don't feel like he is ready, but the Zone Leaders are pushing so hard to have him stay there. But he just has way too many questions and Elder Nielson and I feel if we were to baptise this man, he would fall away instantly. So we will probs push his date back to the 12th of OCtober. Wow, that is 2 days after Shananu turns 17.... My wee lil sister is growing up :') ha LOVE YOU! 

  But ya thats my life! Pretty good innit? :) We also have a 34 year old man on date for the 26th of October so thats sweet as well :) :) The work is truly hastening and now its time for the members to come into play. If the members will do their part, this work will hasten quicker. And that is what Elder Nielson and I are focusing on. We are trying to start a family night at the chapel 2 times a month, and the do sports night the other 2 times in the month. That way members can invite their family and friends to these activities and the work will hasten. :) :) 

  Thats my piece. That's my life. From Lovely Luton to Ogden Utah. Hope this week is better than last and continue to be like Bob Wiley. If you learned nothing from my letter BE LIKE BOB WILEY! :) hahah

That man has no worries or problems. Just remember kids

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

I'm a schizophrenic,

and so am I. 

Love you!

Elder Dayton Curtis Wright

ps Be like Bob Wiley! 

September 15, 2014

  Dear Family,

 So life is good, the grass in green, the good Lord smiling on you and meeee. Better knock on wood :) Don't know who sings that song, but I am pretty sure I sing that every single day. :) Cuz life is so DANG good. I don't think there is one thing I could complain about. Nothing is wrong. Whether that be at home or in lovely Luton :) haha

  But onto your life. Sounds like its the same ol' same ol'. haha no big changes or news, so you could say that's a good thing :)ha Sounds like the dance was totes magoats a smashing time! I love stag dances. You get into the dance and your like, "K, lets go get it ooonnnn!!" Then "your song" comes on and you look at your friends and your like, "This is my song!" Then you go finna hard. (Is that used in the right context?) haha :) :) :) I miss school dances. Those were my pride and joy :) Live up your high school years Shananu cuz they go by way too fast. In fact when I get back I will see if I can't sneak into a few of the dances, because I miss them so much, and I look like I am still in high school so I could totes sneak my way in :) We would make that dance Legit. Actually 2 legit. :) Hope life is treating you well Marae and Dad. No e-mails from either of you.... That's okay, because I am kinda used to Marae forgetting about her only brother, but DAD, seriously? haha Jk love you anyways. Mum sounds like real e-state is improving and that you are having a fun time with that so point for you :) :) Everybody you are all really neat :) Every time I write I get this extra energy and my heart starts beating proper fast, and I get really giddy so that's why I am always all over the place :) :) ILY
   K. My life. You could call this week a week of miracles. :) And don't worry you will get all of the info about these miracles. There are three stories/people I need to tell you about so her you go. :)

Story 1.

David is his name, 29 Nigerian, we have taught him before and he seemed somewhat interested, but he wasn't progressing. So last week we saw him at ASDA, which is just the British Wal-Mart and he asked If we could come over, and of course we agreed so we scheduled to see him on Tuesday. Tuesday rolls around awfully fast and we go in thinking of dropping (not teaching) David, because he has kinda wasting our time to be honest. So we get into the lesson and we ask him about how his reading of the Book of Mormon has been and he says, "I have read what you wanted me to read, and I have prayed about it. And I have received a divine revelation that the Book is true." And Elder Nielson and I were like, "pardon?" haha not really, but inside I wanted to give this man a kiss, but I kept my composure and we taught him about Joseph Smith and what have ya and then asked him to be baptised on the 28th of September and he accepted :) :) :) :) :) :) GET IN SON! And he also was willing to come to Church and willing to follow the Word of Wisdom. Get in! So that was the best thing ever! Story number 1.

Story 2.

 On Friday Elder Nielson came up with this lovely finding idea of showing the people on the street all of our pass along cards, and asking them to take a card, and doing some sort of magic trick. So I decided to try it... heheh So the first guy we stop, we say "Pick a card, any card." He picks one, and we ask, "Why that one?" And he says well it was the centre one. And we reply, "Well just like how that card was central, Jesus Christ is central to the message we share with people...." And continued to teach him about Jesus Christ and God. And this man, Lee is his name, told us that he didn't have a strong belief but that he was willing to meet with us on Saturday. So we met him the next day, and taught him in a local park where all of these kids were playing football, and I was getting so distracted! Thinking of my "glory days" hah :) But the lesson with Lee went amazingly well. He said all of the right things and by the end of the lesson we challenged him to be baptised on the 28th of September and he accepted!!! :) :) :) GET IN SON! Yup. Big gulp huh? Alright, see ya later.

Story 3.

Donia is her name, and it starts with a prompting to send a text to everybody in our phone to see when the missionaries could teach them again. And she calls and says, "What about Saturday at your Chapel?" SO we see her on Saturday after the amazing lesson with Lee, and we give her a Chapel tour, then show her a Mormon message, "Rescued through Christ" (which all of you should watch if you haven't) and start talking about Christ and the Godhead, because she is a Catholic and so she is really confused about the Godhead, so we told her about how God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, are 3 separate beings, but one in purpose. And she was like, Oh that makes perfect sense. So we continued on about Jesus Christ's life and started talking about baptism, and she thought that she needed to be baptised. So we said, "Well there is actually a very special room in our Chapel that we saved last to show you. And that is the baptismal font." Which was right behind her, so we open the doors and the first thing she says is, "That is the proper way it is supposed to be done." So we invite her for baptism right then for the 12th of October, and she accepts!! GET IN SON! :) Crazy innit?! So many miracles!! Random fact about Donia is she is from Pakistan, and is Christian... Weeeirdddd, but she has a family and wants all of them to be baptised!!! GET IN SON! :) ha

So that is my week. Crazy! But so lovely! This week flew by. Cannot believe it. It doesn't even seem real. But on Thursday I went into London (I bet you lot wish you could say that) hehe for a Leadership meeting and I received the package :) :) When I opened that package mum, I think my heart pooped. I ate 6 of those fast breaks right away. No hesitation. I regretted it afterwards, but Oh my days!! It tasted like heaven :) :) hahahah Thank you so so so sos much for everything! It was just what I needed. CHEERS! ILY

 Well fam damily. That is another week of the best 2 years. Stay tuned. In another short week, I will back at it again. :)

Love ya to bits.

I need to buy some bits and bobs so don't be surprised if some money comes out of the account. :)

I LOVE YOU.

Love,

Your brother, son, grand child, friend, or whatever else :)

Elder Dayton Wright

 

British Vocab for the week.

get in! - Heck ya!

Vexed- Mad

Stroppy- Moody

Pronounce your t's and you will sound British. Or don't pronounce any t's for example water is actually wuhher. :) ha That's that.

September 8, 2014

   Dear Family,

  So this is going to have to be reeeall quick. I have like no time whatsoever. We were at a BBQ today with President and Sister Jordan. They went to Costco and bought us all of these american foods!!! OH mY DAYS #! I miss american food :) haha Bought don't you worry, I definitely took some selfies with Sister Jordan and President Jordan. :) #getin! President was a bit reluctant, but I was bold and so he cracked under the pressure ;) 

   This week has been incredible! The main reason why is, because we had a family come to Church! :) It was a mum and three kids. So great. The only problem is that we can't see them this week and they are not able to come to Church so we will have to wait til next week to see them. You should pray for them. Just pray for Maggie and her family, pray that they come to Church, get baptised in September, and that we can find somebody to speak French to them :) ha Cuz they speak French and we don't (go figure) so we need to find somebody who can. ha Cheers. 

   Elder Nielson is doing great! We are the same person. I can't get over it. But whatever. We love each other which makes the work a lot easier and goes by a whole lot faster :) 

  Pray that we continue to find "elect" families. Not just any families, but elect. K. Cheers. 

   TO be honest there isn't m,uch more... We are doing well in Sunny Luton. I love it and it loves me. I cannot believe it is September, like what the _____! Crazy! :) Hope you have a great day! And a better week! Love your guts :) 

  Love your son, brother, friend, cousin, bestie, and whatever else I fit under,

 ELDER DAYTON WRIGHT!