Dear mom papa, and family,
Thank you for the letter! This week has been really good. The last week of the transfer. Wow, crazy how fast the time went by! It seems like I just became companions with sister N, and now we have been with each other for 6 weeks. So fun!
So to answer your questions first, I have no idea where the pounds went into. It was only a contest for that week, and now I have no idea. We never even gave our district leader our money because our whole zone and district were switched around this last week. Now we are in the Rugby district. And our zone leader Elder Davies is now an AP. it's crazy, he will be an AP for the rest of his mission, which is more than 7 months I think. Wow, that's going to be hard. But he will be so good for the mission! He is an amazing missionary.
We are allowed to listen to Disney songs, and sister N has a few cod’s to listen to them in the car. At home, we can listen to my iPod (thank you thank you Uncle Ray to get my iPod set up so wonderfully for me! I love it) at home, because we have speakers for it. It’s great!
We are still working our way through seeing the cool things to see in Banbury. We still need to find a time in our schedule that going to a vespers would be good. But both of us want that, so we are just trying to figure out a time. Today we are hoping to go to a beautiful catholic church just up Oxford road from the St. Mary's church with the bell tower. It's funny. I think sister N and I are the ones that know the most about catholic worship services in the whole mission. She used to be a catholic, and I have been to mass lots. So we are excited to do that!
I can't wait to see the finished product of Matthias and Rebecca's quilt! I am sure it will be absolutely lovely! And I am excited to see pictures from Yosemite. I can't believe you are all having fun without me there. Definitely not ok! Ha-ha. It will be great! Is anyone hiking half dome this year?
I loved Lucy's blog! You guys sound like you did some awesome work! I told sister McF and K A about Lucy’s blog, and they have fallen in love with it. They say that they wish they could be as creative as you are Lucy, to redo your house so beautifully! You have vision! Lucy, when I get home, I will have to come visit you in Oregon. I want to see this house for myself! (And I want to see you WAY more than I want to see the house. of course!)
Ok, so onto this week. We have had an awesome week, which was completed by an AMAZING Sunday!
So B, the man that Brother G was prompted to go talk to is absolutely amazing. We have had two lessons so far with him, and he came to church yesterday. We have three more lessons planned for this week. The first appointment we had with him, he told us that he knows that the Book of Mormon is true. He has thoroughly read the bible, and he cross referenced the bible and the Book of Mormon, and he told us that he feels the spirit when he reads it. He is completely amazing! You should see his scriptures. They are highlighted, and he practically teaches us. Wonderful. We have had such a fun time getting to know him, and I know at church yesterday he loved it. He said that he loved the feeling in our ward, and was excited to start coming! He is SO amazing! We are really excited about him.
C is also doing very well! We met with him twice last week and he is doing really well. He says things like "when I get baptized" and things like that. So I know that he will get baptized. And we asked him to pray about a date for when to be baptized, and it should be by the end of August. We are really excited about him. We are working through the things that he questions. Before he met with the missionaries, he didn't really even believe in God, so this is a huge step, and he has come a long way. It’s awesome, because we have lessons with him at Bishop A's home, and first we all have dinner there. And it's great because he has become friends with the Augers, so the Bishop can speak to him plainly about everything! He is so great. We are really excited about him. He also came to church yesterday! We get so excited when our investigators come to church. It really makes or breaks our week, depending on if our investigators are or aren't there.
So we haven't met with the A's in a couple weeks now, because they have been super sick. But they have been at church for the last two week in a row, and we are seeing them tomorrow! We are really excited. We really want to get past their concerns, so we are able to move on with them. Because they know all the doctrine, and I know that they feel the spirit. They are happy when we come and teach them, and they like coming to church. But they don't feel like they have been given an answer to their prayer on whether or not they should get baptized. So we are still happily working with them. I love them so much. They are absolutely hilarious, and they do all their homework, and they really do want to know. It’s obvious.
Basically, we have an incredible teaching pool at the minute, and we are very blessed. We have high hopes for this next transfer, and will work really hard to achieve those goals that we have!
I love it so much here in Banbury. I love England so much, and I love teaching these people the Gospel. I am grateful for the gospel in my life, and I am grateful for my chance to be able to strengthen my testimony and bring others unto Christ. I know that this church is true. I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer, and because of him, we are able to return to our Father in Heaven. I am grateful for that knowledge, and the happiness that it brings to me.
Thank you for all our love, letters, support, and prayers! I love them all! Keep them coming!
Love,
Sister Annie Clark
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