June 3

HAPPY JUBILEE EVERYONE!!!!! oh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEN! I don't think I even told you last week! I'm sorry about that- I was thinking about you ALL week and I can even prove it! (I'll send another email with the proof) But here I wanted to share some of our jubilee madness. It has seriously been mad around here because of the jubilee but I LOVE it!! Every street has union jack bunting going all the way down the street and nearly every house is decorated as well! The tubes were CRAZY yesterday- everyone travelling to watch the parade on the Thames. We didn't go to the parade, the parade started 1 bridge OUTSIDE of our area. It started at Battersea bridge and ended at the tower bridge, we were GUTTED. But it was so good because we went and taught a guy called Ade that we met last week and taught him about the gospel of Jesus Christ and.. it was just amazing. :) He is so so cool. Originally from Nigeria and he has always known the importance of baptism and has always just been looking for a church where it felt right. Well Ade here we are!! ha ha We came out of the teach and it was pouring BUCKETS! This whole last week has been miserable and cold and rainy. Welp our week long summer was brilliant- but it's over and done! ha ha We are going to have a big jubilee celebration today as a zone and have a barbeque and probably play football- did I tell you last week we had a huge waterfight and then went to play football at a park across from the chapel to dry off? ha ha it was SOO fun! I don't remember if I sent pictures from our pday before that either- we went to the Tower Bridge and then walked along the Thames to Big Ben and just watched street performers and things- it was so fun. This is seriously the funnest zone of the whole mission! ha ha 

Ok though back to our jubilee celebrations- 

*Saturday we went to a stake service project at a park right by the Thames- we even got the Mormon Helping Hands shirts! It was so fun!! We cut away a bunch of vegetation so they can grow specific plants to attract butterflies (because of the pollution a lot of the butterflies and bees have left London! ha!)

- we also got to make mosaics in the cement- we made flowers with rocks and I even had a little green CTR ring that I stuck in there :D

-Us and some of the elduhs

* I thought this was funny- every single advert is for the jubilee and it is a brilliant time to be a tourist in England, you can find ANYTHING with the union jack on it!


then.... we went to a proper street party. It doesn't get more English than this! A woman we are teaching called Helen invited us round to theirs. She is a nanny for Kristina Branch, the member that gave us ALL that food- ya they are both amazing! It was so so fun.

-there was lots and lots of food, even a candy floss machine! (cotton candy ;)), doughnuts on a string- hanging from the trees, and everyone was wearing read white and blue and union jack. there was even a little dog with a jumper on (of course :)
-we decorated sugar biscuit crowns
-these are helens girls tanya and helena with all of our red white and blue puddings :)

it was exactly what i would imagine a street party in England to be. :) 


*Oh my goodness I forgot to tell you. There is a town in our area called Tooting. That's right, Tooting. ha ha
*Tons of roads closed for street parties for the jubilee :)
* GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!
*One more for Pen Pen :)