We are just puttering along here in London :) We went Antiquing last Pday...and I found "my mother's favourite machete"! Thanks for the letters and the package! They brightened my day! It has been quite the week! We had Zone training, Exchanges and Zone conference all within the last couple of days. My head is just swimming with things I need to work on and how we can uplift the ward here! I can hardly believe that summer is over and I've been out here for 4 months already! Time is really just flying by. It seems like so little time has passed and then I see pictures of the Grant, Benson and Jackson and realize how much they have grown and all the other things that have changed over the last few months. I certainly have seen a change in myself.
I read a talk by Brad Wilcox about the Atonement last week and just poured over it. It was like a feast! and then it showed up in the Ensign this month! You all need to read it! It was a devotional at BYU my first summer there. Sister S. and I have been talking about how we can become consecrated missionaires- and so we are going to begin a "purification" of ourselves. We are going to fast on Friday and ponder on what things are holding us back from being the best we can be.....not that we aren't being obedient or anything like that...but just things like....thinking about sleeping, or thinking about our next meal, or complaining and when we are feeling really awesome and we walk out of our appointment ready to conquer the world....AC/DC back in black comes to mind rather than Called to serve :)....so we are each going to make a list and then have a 40 day fast from those things. I'm excited to see the change it will bring.
Oh and at Zone conference and Zone training I saw Elder Teancum Carter! (From Williams Lake). It was awesome to see him!
So we are still working with W. on being baptized...we are working so hard to try to get him there and ready for Sunday...he is just a funny guy. He is so ready for baptism but just lacks the commitment to just do it! haha he is waiting for a sign or something. :) He is still Wonderful W. though! I'll try to get a picture of him this week, he is seriously the cutest old man ever!
We are teaching another Jamaican! His name is C., he is 36 and is amazing! We contacted him on the street...we almost didn't go and talk to him..I'm so thankful we did! He came to church last week and we are continuing to teach him. He is so genuine. We really think he could be baptized quickly.
Our Jamaican friends are the apple of our eyes right now! THey make us so happy! Meeting C. was a real testimony builder to be able to really find someone who is so prepared to hear the gospel! If I tried to tell you all the great things that are happening I would be here all day!
Alright so here is my embarassing story of the week.....it's really embarassing......
So we were on speaker phone with our District Leader last night....and I was getting ready for bed...and I couldn't find my cotton pads to take my makeup off...so I yelled to Sister S..."Hey, where are those pads!?"......then I realized what it must of sounded like to him.....hahah oh well! I dropped on the floor laughing for about 10 minutes.
Anyways, I love you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sister Allred
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