Week 33

 It sounds like the Christmas season has had a beautiful start for you there. Yay for Christmas! We have been seeing so so many Christmas miracles. This morning for example.... Antony accepted a baptismal date for December 31st!!!!! I don't think I've told you about Antony. Last week we were teaching someone in the library and a guy walked past and I looked up and he waved so I waved back and Gregson was like who is this? I told her I didn't know ha ha but I have seen him before quite a bit in town and then the next day (Saturday) we got off the bus to go contact walk Queen street and we turn the corner and ran right into him! He stopped us and started talking to us so we arranged to meet him this morning. Well we met with him, taught him about the restoration of the gospel and he was SO PREPARED to hear this. Oh my goodness. The questions he was asking and the comments he was making, he really understood it all and he was feeling the spirit so strongly, we all were! And then after he said he wanted to be baptised he asked if he could say a prayer. :O ANTONY! Man it was so great. We are well excited to continue teaching him. I hope I get to at least, you asked when transfers are, they are on Wednesday so we will get moves call TOMORROW. Yikes.

 

Anyways this last week has been so fun. We started out by having a zone pday, had a thanksgiving dinner and just played all day and then we drove up to Reading. Remember I told you we were praying for a normal car ride? Ya it certainly wasn't. ha ha the sat nav told us there was a petrol station where there wasn't one so we got lost for a while and were convinced we were going to run out of petrol and have to walk but we FINALLY found a station and then things were fine, we got on the motorway again and 15 minutes later we got pulled over because Elder Parasso was speeding... oops. 20 minutes and £60 later we were on our way again. ha ha but the sisters conference was fantastic! We practised a lot and talked about core conversion. That has been something we have been talking a lot about lately. Not just having a testimony but being converted. I love The Book of Mormon. We have been teaching so many evangelical christians and jehovah's witnesses and... man everytime my testimony of The Book of Mormon and the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ is strengthened so much. THIS IS TRUE! Oh and Sister Fekete was at the sisters conference of course and she was walking! Without crutches! 2 1/2 weeks after having an ACL reconstructive surgery.. that's why we call her bionic knee. ha ha she says hello!

 

Oh mum I was going to tell you- Annukka Costello met us in town this morning and took us into a store and told us to look around and pick out what we want for Christmas. She took us Christmas shopping! It was so fun. We felt pampered. ha ha Sister Gregson was like my mum is going to be SO happy when I tell her about this :) so just know we are being taken care of here. :)

 

Is cousin Bryson in the MTC yet? Will you make him homemade chocolate chip cookies and send them to him? Because if I was in the MTC in Provo and had cousins close... that's what I would want. ha ha

 

Oh another really cool miracle! We got a referral last week and we tried to call this lady and she never answered but we finally got ahold of her on Saturday and she was SO excited. She took a few discussions with some friends in the states and wants to know more about the gospel, so we are going to meet her in town tomorrow and teach her more, she was seriously so happy when we called, it was so cool. I love this.

 

Well I think that's about all for now, I'll send some pictures though! ... Scratch that, I can't get it to work! Sorry. Rain check. I'm pretty nervous about moves call. I really am fine either way, it will be fun to start a new adventure, but I would love to stay here for Christmas where it feels like home! Well I'll know tomorrow! And you will know next week! ha ha I love you guys!

 

I got a birthday package from cousin Emily and a really nice letter and some money from Uncle Chris this week. Thank you!! I love our family. 

 

PS Corbin sent me this and I thought it was so funny because it is so true. THIS is what a mission is like:

 

A mission is a strange experience
It is a trial and a test.
A mission throws at you the worst
Yet, teaches you the best.
I've never been so happy,
I've never been so depressed.
I've never felt so forsaken,
I've never felt so blessed.
I've never been so confused,
Things have never been so clear.
I've never felt my Heavenly Father so distant,
He's never been so near.
I've never been so discouraged,
I've never been so full of hope.
I feel I could go on for forever,
I think I've come to the end of my rope.
I've never had it quite so easy,
I've never had it quite so tough.
Things have never been so smooth,
Things have never been so rough.
I've never traveled through more valleys,
I've never ascended more peaks.
I've never met so many nice people.
I've never met so many freaks!
I've never had so many ups,
I've never had so many downs.
I've never worn so many smiles,
I've never had so many frowns.
I've never been so lonely,
I've never had so many friends.
BOY, I hope this is over soon,
GOSH, I hope this never ends.