Week 64: Let it Rain!

Hola people in the outside world. This week was pretty amazing, and full of glorious miracles. This week I don't have much time remaining because we are going to the zoo, and we are leaving soon so I apologize in advance for a shorter email!

We started off nice and rainy. Every night around 8:30 pm for the first 3 days of the week God decided to let the heavens open and pour buckets on top of us. Of course, it takes us 30 minutes to bike home, and so each night we would get on our bikes, bike home, and arrive with our shoes full of water and ringing out our skirts. At least we could change our clothes!

Let's get to the point, the miracles. Two weeks ago we stopped by a less active family we found on our map, the father opened the door and said we could come back, but that that his wife especially wasn't too happy with the church, and wouldn't be able to come anytime in the near future. That's alright, we can work with them. In talking to the ward we realized that this family was being constantly prayed for and missed dearly. 

We returned back on Friday for our return appointment, to a great surprise! The father and his daughter were there at the door, and he started off with "Well, I told my daughter that you were coming, and she let the cat out of the bag to her mum." In my head I was thinking, "Oh no... they won't ever want us to come back!" and then he continued with "She was pretty angry with me, and not too happy about things. Just a few hours earlier today though, my wife called me and told me that she had been thinking about it and came to the conclusion that we should all go back to church!"

My mouth fell open, and we couldn't stop smiling! This Brother was beaming, and his daughter was so excited as well. They then told us they would be coming back this Sunday, and that his wife would return in a few weeks to church. It was incredible! He then said to us "Prayers do get answered."

It's so true, Heavenly Father loves us so much and answers our prayers. Sometimes it takes longer, but it is ALWAYS worth it in the end to wait for His perfect timing.

That same day we went to another less active family, who also decided to come to church after 4 years to have their 6 month old baby blessed! MIRACLE. And all of their children have not been baptised yet, and so we are going to hopefully being teaching them the lessons. They are all such bright kids and they have brains like sponges!

Church on Sunday was amazing, the ward really embraced all of the returning members and made them feel so welcome and happy. Sundays are always amazing, but it's always special when people you've been working with decide to come as well. I love this gospel. I've found out for myself that it is more than just a group of good ideas put together, but it is a perfect package of eternal truths leading us to happiness.

Till next time!

Much Love,

Sister Slack

PS we had a ward activity where we walked through the park, and that's where the first picture is from :) 

 Photo from the park! 

 District meeting - we had to bring things that were patriotic and all I had was a dollar bill

Post rain

On our way to zone meeting

Week 48: "Oh, it was just heavy."

Hey hey hey everyone! What a wonderful week we have had. Miracles galore!

This week one of our favourite people, Grace, took of for holiday. Before she left, she took us out for lunch. It was amazing to talk about her journey with us and getting to know each other! She told me that when we first met and learned that I had come from Swansea, she was willing to go with me everywhere! God definitely is inspired to put us where we need to be in the right time. We also got to show her how to do family history. It was brilliant to see how excited she got and when she found out she could look through Chinese records, she was so excited! She got her temple recommend and plans to go there in the near future. She flies off to China today. 

Recently we have come back in contact with some investigators who have been scarce, and some of them came to church this week! It was amazing to see how the spirit can work on some people. Tony (remember him? We took his watch last week) met up with us again and it turns out life just got crazy last weekend. We gave him his watch back and in the closing prayer of his lesson he said "Father, please help me to wake up on time for church on Sunday, this is really important to me right now, and I need your help." It was so incredible to see his faith in the Lord in helping him wake up. Another one of our investigators, named Costa, turned down a job offer that would require him to work on Saturdays and Sundays so that he could be able to come to church. Who does that? People who have their priorities straight!

We also got to see our wonderful friend Kristina a few times this week. One evening we told her we would have to come later due to a dinner appointment. It was delicious and we were sooo full (as we usually are after eating at members homes) that we just wanted to lie down. We walk into Kristina's house and she says "oh I'll be with you in a minute, I'm cooking." We thought she meant just for herself, but then she asked if I could eat some of it. Oh no. 2 dinners right in a row is never good, so she was kind enough to pack it up for us (phew!). We didn't have to explode. We also got to watch some parts of General conference with her, and while we watched Elder Holland's talk from last conference she told us "He uses posh words, but the meaning is so simple." We talked about how she felt the spirit, overall it was amazing. 

We got to see our friend Joyce before she headed to Australia for a week and a half, and she showed us a picture of her holding a foal! Oh man it was the most adorable thing ever. When we asked her how it was, she said "Oh, it was just heavy." There ya go everyone. 

This week we had exchanges with the lovely sisters in Nuneaton! I got to go with Sister Mousley in Nuneaton, and it was pretty awesome. When we were walking to an appointment I saw this really tall guy, and I said to her "This guy needs the gospel." So here is how it went... we followed the guy for two minutes walking behind him just out of reach (his legs are long, ok) and then finally we run a little bit and catch up and say "Oh hey! We just feel like we should stop you." He was way nice and wasn't freaked out! So that's good. He was glad we stopped him, turns out he has been praying for God to guide him to a church. BOOM. We got his number and stuff, it was pretty chill. Miracle.

Everything is awesome over here in England!!

Love you all, have  an amazing week and keep on keeping on.

Love,

Sister Slack

 Last meal with Grace

 Teaching Kelly

teaching Joyce with Sister Randhawa

Exchange with Sister Mousley and Sister Scherf