September 9

Hello family!!! What a wonderful wonderful week it has been. Last week one of my faves was that it was a sunny day in the midst of some wintery feeling days, well every day this past week was BEAUTIFUL and sunshine!  We have loved it. We have been able to teach so many cool people this week, we took Ezekiel to the temple yesterday- it was so lovely. Oh and Jana-Leigh is engaged!! A wedding I get to go to, YAY!!!! :) I'm so excited for her. Oh this last week we went to a park called Battersea park and we had heard about it so much but were never able to go, so we went with Ruth Lorenzo and taught her there and it was so incredibly beautiful. Because it was a sunshine day it was PACKED full of people too. It was great. We are going today as well with Ruth and we are going to do some Yoga in the park in front of this big Buddhist temple ha ha and the elders are meeting up with us later today there and we will probably just end up playing a spot of footie. Oh last week the Wandsworth vs. Maidstone zone football match- it was great. The sun was shining so... that's all that really matters. ha ha

 

Oh and we had a Barnes day! We love Barnes, it's so beautiful. We have been trying to see a less active woman called Carol Kelly for months here but she has never been available, well this last week we decided to go see some other less actives and referrals there in Barnes and as we were walking down the street guess who we bumped into- that's right Carol. It was so perfect. She invited us round to help her do some gardening on Saturday and we went and then taught her and it was so lovely! I love when that happens. God is so good to us and knows where to place us exactly when we need to be there for the benefit of his children. I love being an instrument in His hands.

 

After we went and saw Carol on Saturday we went to Wimbledon Park for our stake sports day. We had our own Wandsworth Olympics. It was SO MUCH FUN. Alex and Braulio, 2 of our investigators, came and they loved it so much. They participated in so many of the events and everyone there just loved them. :) And THEN they started talking with eachother and becoming such good little friends. That is definitely one of my favorite things. When our investigators fellowship each other. :) Blessed beautiful London.

 

I love Sister Boman. She is an angel. We have so much fun together! Just a little side note.

 

We had fast Sunday yesterday as well because last week they were recording for a local newspaper here and I am so glad it was. Fast Sunday's here are just magnificent. The spirit was so strong and then to top it off we got to take Ezekiel to the temple. He loved it. We walked around the beautiful grounds and then had a tour and then watched a little film about how families can be together forever. It was so sweet. I am so so grateful for the temple, for the priesthood that makes it possible for families to be together forever. I am grateful to have this knowledge and to SHARE it with others and I am SO so grateful for OUR eternal family. I love you all so much. I am so grateful for our family.

 

Well I feel like this has been really random but it is just what is on my mind at the moment. :) I'll go ahead and send some pictures now olright?!

 

Love forever, Your Sister Mills

 

Oh wait! A few of my favorite things: :)

*Old school English cars (and the itty bitty English cars!)

*Washing our hands after a long day in the city... the sink turns BLACK!

*Hearing "Please Mind the Gap" 50x a day.

*Train Recordings "The next train will arrive in 2 minutes to High Barnet via Bank"

*When investigators call us to tell us that drinking is rubbish. :) I know right?!

*A girl called Becky that we were teaching in Bracknell wrote me and said she is getting baptised next week and asked if I could come! YAY!!!!!!

*Barnes, London. It is God's garden.

*Eating lunch on a bridge over the Thames.

*A man playing the harmonica at Clapham Junction. Like Burt from Mary Poppins!!

 

*Ruth and I looking over the Thames

*Sister Boman and I last night driving to the temple.

*Some of us from the Wandsworth Olympics! Elder Moulin, Alex, Aaron (our ward mission leader) Me, Georgie (where her mums trousers because they couldn't find hers ha ha) Barbara, Braulio, and Elder Atwal! (Sister Boman was speaking with her fan club :) - she ran one of the races!)

*Sister Boman, Ezekiel, Aaron, and Marjorie walking around the temple grounds