Hellllloooo!!
This has been quite the adventurous week! First, last P-day
we went to Slug and Lettuce as a district. It's basically a really great pub
tha is half off on Mondays. :) And on our way there, we ran into the Manchester
Mission President! haha, they were in London with a sister who needed visa
things AND they had met someone who was a referral for us. So that was great.
:)
Tuesday, we went to Sister White's with Jane, and re-taught
lessons 3. It was GREAT! Sister White is the best, and the biggest help, and
Jane is truly one of the most converted converts. It's a joy to be able to work
with her! Then we called an Uber taxi and went back to the chapel! Driving in
London is slightly crazy but an adventure, nonetheless.
Wednesday, we taught Jefferson, our new investigator that we
met last week, in Acton with Rachel! (She's here with BYU study abroad, and
served her mission in the Philippines) It was...interesting haha! We taught him
in a Morrison’s cafe, and at first we couldn't take him seriously. We were
trying to do a major hot to begin teaching, but he kept saying crazy things and
asking why there were so many pretty ladies in our church. It was weird. So we
started teaching lesson 1 and it wasn't really going anywhere. But then Rachel
bore her testimony in Tagalog, and he stated BAWLING. It was incredible!
Suddenly, we all felt the Spirit so strong, and he told us how he was searching
for a church to go to, but he needed to know that it was true. We gave him a
Book of Mormon and invited him to church, and told him that we could help him
find truth. :) It was one of the strangest and best lessons I've ever had!
Then later, we visited a member, Jasu, and she is the
absolute sweetest and greatest thing ever. I love her! She's hilarious, and
just so nice. We talked about the sacrament and the spirit was strong. :)
After that, we taught another new investigator with Rachel,
in a Costa cafe in Shepherds Bush. Her name is Charity and she's incredible!
She has such a firm belief in Jesus Christ, and it so excited to learn more. We
love her already! She wasn't able to come to church, but should be coming next
week. :) We also call her every night and read scriptures with her. She is SO
good!
Then we went to Nando's with Rachel and Nando's is always a
good idea. (It's this REALLY good restaurant that serves chicken. Ah. So good.)
Thursday, we had fire safety training at the VC! So we
learned what to do in the event of a fire, and got to go into some places that
we had never been in the VC! It was great.
Friday, we had zone meeting! It was actually really, really
great. We learned about how we can make the Sabbath day special for us as
missionaries, so that we can help our investigators understand. We also played
a hilarious game that involved asking questions, and it got really random and
hilarious. :)
Afterward, we did family history with Jane and another
member, Meg. It was fun and I got to do some indexing, and it was just really
great.
Then afterward, we went finding in Chelsea!
Hahahahaahahaaaaahaha. We had some funny experiences. We sopped one guy and he
just looked at us and said "Uh, I don't talk to strangers." Then
another guy cussed us out. And another pretended he that he didn't speak
English. But we did have a really nice chat with a local police officer! It was
fun. :) After, the Clarks picked us up and took us to dinner! It was delicious.
And then we had gelato afterward. I loved it! They are just a wonderful couple
and a joy to be around. :)
Saturday, we had the VC meeting! Sister Griffeth and I gave
a training on our new online programs. Basically, every media referral that
gets sent goes through a VC sister first. We call them and confirm that they
want missionaries, and then keep in contact with them while they begin teaching
them, so that we can be an extra mode of support. They are trying to weed out
all the uninterested and prank referrals. :) (So for all missionaries out
there, treat media referrals like gold! They are being prepared for you by VC
sisters. :) Also. update missionary portal referrals. It makes our life 10x
easier..there's my soapbox for the week. :)) We spent the rest of the morning
finding in Barons Court, and ended up walking to Shepherds Bush. We stopped by
a bunch of former investigators and then talked to people along the way. No one
was very interested, and it got a little discouraging, but the Lord blessed us
later. :)
That night, we called a media referral we had gotten, and
she said she would come to church the next day! Well, Sunday came, and she
wasn't able to come at 9. So we get out of sacrament meeting at 10 and go to
call Jefferson to see if he is coming, and it turns out he was already there
waiting for us a the bus stop! So we got him and took him to the Tagalog class.
Then, Leah ended up coming!! It was such a miracle! (She's the referral) We
were able to take them both to the Hyde Park 2 sacrament so they could see what
it was like. :) After church we taught Jefferson, and put him on date for
baptism on the 3rd of April! It was another crazy lesson where he said weird
things, and then told us how he woke up in the middle of the night and felt
something tell him to read the Book of Mormon, so he did and ended up crying.
We're so excited to keep seeing him and see how it all goes. :)
Then in the VC, we had one of the best tours EVER. She came
in off the street to get warm, and we ended up showing her the Our Faith board,
I'm a Mormon board, History Board, AND God's Plan. She was incredible!
Something I have learned on my mission, is that the more prepared the person
is, the more natural everything flows. And this tour was the most natural thing
of my life. We talked all about the blessings of the Gospel, and how she was
searching for truth. She lives in the London South Mission, and she agreed to
meet with missionaries, so we have sent that referral along, and will also keep
in touch. She was AMAZING. It was just...so good and what we needed.
Today, some of the BYU study abroad students were able to
get us into Kensington Palace for free! It was INCREDIBLE. We owe them big
time. AHHH IT WAS JUST SO COOL!!!! Sometimes, I still can't believe that I am
in London.
Well! Sorry that was really long. I realized that I ramble a
lot, but I just love it so much here. This past few weeks have been the best of
my mission and I am so grateful for the tender mercies and experiences that God
has given us. I'm so grateful for my companion and this area. It's truly
incredible! I'm just so grateful for the Gospel and the people I get to meet
and work with every single day. :)
Hope you all have a great week!
Xx Sister
Moody
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