Tew, Coleman T

Well, well, well... GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! We start this off with a funny door-to-door contact we had last night with some Irish men. We knocked on their door, and they were definitely drunk. It was really funny. Here's the conversation—I hope you can understand what was happening (this is all in an Irish accent): "Good afternoon, sir. How are you?" "I'm good, thanks. I am not interested though, but I really do appreciate what you guys do. I left the religion thing a long time ago." "Hey, Charlie, look! It's the Latter-day Saint boys." "Hi, guys. I'm Charlie. Nice to meet you." (shakes our hand) "What brings you guys here to the B.V.I (British Virgin Islands)?" "We are the missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." (sits there pondering)..."Is that the Jehovah's Witnesses?" "NOOOOO, THAT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!" (from his friend) "Oh, okay. Good. I accident...

Oh my gosh, island life is a different life. Yes, Puerto Rico is an island too, but Puerto Rico is like 400,000,000 times bigger than Tortola, and the culture is so much more Spanish than island. What is island time? Why is it that our church starts at 10? We didn't start church yesterday until 10:30, and we only went at 11:40. We had 30 minutes of sacrament and 40 minutes of gospel doctrine. It was really short and really off schedule. All I can do is grin from ear to ear because it's the best thing I've ever seen in my life, whether it's the island culture or the Virgin Islands. We met a girl who was like (22), so around our age, and she was so funny. She said, "So I was strolling on TikTok, and these people say that if you put a cinnamon stick in your purse, you get tons of abundance and riches." "It was just a scam; it didn't even work. Like, who would say such a lie?" We were about to crack up laughing. We were like, "Oh my gosh, this g...

I'd just like to give a big "ay, bendito!" I'm just going to jump into the highlight of my week, which was Friday. I have never had a crazier day on my mission. So, to start Friday, we went to Sea Cows Bay, which is kinda on the southwest of the island, and we met up with a guy named Franklin. And he is super cool. He really read the pamphlet, and he was begging us to convince him what it said was true. Sir, you actually just have to ask God. No convincing needed. Anyways, we were like, "Sweet! He actually read the pamphlet we gave him and he wants to learn, and he has a desire for it to be true. This is awesome." Then some dude named Gregory walks up and says, "Hey, can I join your Bible study?" "Sure, man, everyone's welcome." So we start talking for literally 30 seconds, Gregory says, "I have a question." "OK, yeah, what is it?" "What color was Jesus?" (When they ask this, you know it's about to be...

The disease is being 20 years old. We called a lady yesterday, and she was really upset with us for inviting her to church and to read the Book of Mormon so much. She was very upset we were "pushing her way too hard and way too much out of her comfort zone." Also, she really liked the last missionaries because they "didn't invite me to read this book or come to church; they just prayed and shared messages about Jesus." Look, if someone doesn't push you, lady, they don't love you. True love comes from someone who is willing to make you a better person. If they don't make you a better person, then they don't love you. It's a simple formula. Why do you think the gospel of Jesus Christ is so hard to live? I mean, it's not easy to come to church, to have faith in something, to repent and change from bad habits every day. It's very uncomfortable, very uncomfortable, to be baptized (and take the sacrament weekly). It's not easy, and the ...