Days Go By

Cheers to another week! By the way, Happy belated Valentine's Day my loves! It was definitely one to remember only because i had a hot date with the pouring rain! It rained ALL day on Friday and guess who went tracting?! We were drenched to say the least. It's been the rainiest winter England has had in over 250 years. I'd love to give some to AZ right about now. But when we go knocking we always seem to have three different responses:

1. *opens door* 'oh i'm not interested. I have my own beliefs...' *and shuts the door*

2. 'Hi we're missionaries for the Church...' *is holding a phone* 'sorry i'm on the phone' *points to the phone and shuts the door*

3. the best---->>> *barking dogs going crazy they open the door holding them back* 'sorry these dogs...' *shuts the door*

Nothing like being rejected! We spent most of our time this week finding some less actives who weren't interested and more time finding more people to teach. We did find one guy called Craig yesterday who wasn't interested at first but once we actually got to say what we wanted he agreed to meet with us next week!

We were able to teach a Church of England preacher in training on her doorstep about the Book of Mormon which was AMAZING. She even accepted one and said she'd pray about it. Even though she doesn't want us back it was worth it. She did not want to listen at first, which is weird that people don't even want to share what they believe, but then the Spirit took over and she learned about the Book of Mormon. (:

As we were driving to find some less active members i just thought to myself how lucky i am to be living in England. It was one of those moments of disbelief. <<<Is that even a word? Anyway, how did i get so lucky?!

Rex didn't show up to our lesson at the VC and didn't come to church and we found out later that he was watching his son run a half marathon.

Sarah is still in India but we haven't heard from her which makes me a little nervous. I guess we'll see what happens in 3 weeks when she gets home. I'm counting down can you tell?

A couple of weeks ago i went to the Ward in Crawley and met a guy named David. It was his first time at church and was just starting to learn. He came into the VC and recognized him straight away. The missionaries came and Sister Berati and I gave them a tour. In the beginning he didn't know if this was the path for him and afterwards the Elders set a baptismal date for the 15th of March! It's amazing to be able to see the Spirit work. I hope i'll be able to attend his baptism.

I've been called as a Sister Trainer in the VC and was able to give my first weekly training with Sister Ylisaari on tuesday. The Pinegars have come up with a new motto for us all which are the 4 C's

No Complaining

No Comparing
No Competing

No Critizising

I think it's pretty dang good!

The Fowler's, the senior couple that were here in the VC for a couple of weeks in October, came to do a fireside and it was SO good! Elder Fowler is so funny. He talked mainly about how fun the gospel can be and told his conversion story that i will never forget. One day you'll have to remind me to tell it to you.

All in all it was a pretty good week. (: i'm grateful for the opportunity that i have to serve in the VC. It's such a blessing to be able to see the Christus statue everyday and be reminded of the sacrifice my Savior went through for me. I love and miss you all! Have a good week!

Sister Stewart