I LOVE LONDON!

This week has been the definition of receiving the blessings after the trial of your faith. But all I can say is how grateful I am for Sister Griffeth!! Seriously. I could not survive without her. She is such a blessing to me, and I am so happy that we have been together. I couldn't ask for a better companion at this time. :)

Monday for P-Day we went to the Victoria and Albert Museum, Natural History Museum, and Science Museum, with the other sisters in our zone. (Sister Grant and Sister Van Zyl) And we ate at an all you can eat pizza buffet with the zone. So that was chill, and delicious haha. :)

Tuesday was district meeting and I gave a training on The Power of the Spirit in Conversion, but I focused more on how to obtain that in our own life. Because as we become more converted, we can bring that spirit unto people's hearts, and then they can bring it into their heart. :)

Wednesday, our appointment with Angela fell through again. She is really having a rough time right now, but we are still in contact with her almost every day. She is SO strong. She just has a lot on her plate right now. But we are praying for her each and every day. She's amazing, and such a blessing to us. We are just trying to help her realise that now. We also saw Sandra, a super great less-active. Every time we go over, she is starting to open up more and more. And this time, she was happier than ever. She is so sweet, and I'm so glad that we have been able to reach out to her, and bring the Spirit and Gospel to her. You can tell that she is really starting to feel it in her home. Ah I just love her. :)

Thursday was another tube strike, which meant there were NO tubes ALL day. London goes into a chaos when that happens. They add 250 buses on the road, plus everyone takes their cars if they have them. Or walk. or cycle. There are literally people EVERYWHERE. Buses are JAMPACKED and everyone is angry and hot and sweaty... So we just stayed in Holborn and street contacted. :) And honestly? It was HARD. One of those "no one wants to listen, everyone is scoffing at us, Sister Moody almost got hit by a car, there are a lot of pigeons around, and no one wants to talk about the Gospel even though it will change their lives" days. But we kept pressing on. Then, we had to jump on the bus to head out to the VC. So normally it takes us about 30 minutes on the tube, or an 45 minutes to an hour on the bus, but because of the tube strike, we left 2 hours early. (We had to be there at 3 and left at 1) After sitting on the bus for 30 minutes, and only moving about a 15 minute walk away. We jumped off at Piccadilly Circus and just walked to South Kensington instead. (Like an hour? Not too bad. And we beat the bus) That was a fun adventure. :)

Friday we did exchanges in the VC! So I went with Sister Apiyo, and Sister Griffeth and Sister Croft were together. It was so much fun! I love Sister Apiyo and I learned SO much from her. Then later that night, we went over to Roses for dinner with Michael. And for dessert? WE HAD BANANA LUMPIA!! It's this really good thing that I had in Hawaii that is from the Philippines. I has in heaven and didn't dare count how many I ate. 

Saturday was the VC meeting. Sister Phillips and I gave a training on ministering with confidence, and it was really great. :) I just LOVE our VC family! I love being able to serve around these magnificent missionaries. I love being able to present a training to them every week, and learn from their insights, roleplays, and testimonies. :) 

Whilst walking down Exhibition road, a pigeon pooped on Sister Griffeth.

So Sunday, we were honestly feeling a little down. John didn't answer his phone, Kemi nor Angela came to church, we hadn't found any new investigators yet even though we had tried SO hard, etc...we shouldn't have, but we felt pretty low. Then as we were walking to church, we said to this sweet older lady, who seemed surprised, and just immediately told us how beautiful we were! She kept repeating it and then leaned in and hugged us. And that was when I smelled the alcohol hahahahaha. :) She was SO drunk. She kissed our cheeks and touched our faces and kept hugging us. She asked if we could live with her, if she could adopt us, etc...haha she also told us that she had looked for God last week, but couldn't find Him. It was SO funny. As we walked away, she yelled goodbye, and stopped some random person to tell her about us. It brightened our mood and made us laugh so hard. So that turned out to be a tender mercy. :) Then at church, a member introduced us to his non-member fiancee! She is SO sweet, she also wants to continue learning, and so we have her information, and she is coming again next week. THEN, during the last 5 minutes of church, Cliff showed up! We met him a few weeks back, but he hadn't been able to ever make it to church, or keep his appointments. But then he came! That was really cool. So we learned the lesson of continuing to work hard, even when it's rough. There are times where you try SO hard, but nothing every comes of it. But in all reality, you never know how many seeds you are planting, and how mean people you are helping. And as long as we continue to try out best, the Lord will bless us and consecrate our efforts.

Well! I love this Gospel, and I love all ya'll. Have a fantastic week! Thank you for all the support. :)

Cheers

Sister Moody