I'm glad you liked the video. It is super funny, and we still laugh about it. We didn't do much New Years Eve. I slept, and apparently the fireworks went off at midnight and woke Sister Oriaku up, so she watched them for a bit. The next morning she asked me about them, and I was like, "What fireworks? I didn't hear anything." She just looked at me and said, "I was even talking to you while they were going on and you didn't hear anything? Were you dead?" Any opportunity I have to sleep, I will take it, and only the alarm will wake me. Speaking of our alarm, we usually just use the phone to wake us up, but we can't do that anymore because I lost the phone. :/ I dropped it on one of the buses, and now we have to get a new one. Oops. Note to prospective missionaries: Don't lose the phone! It will make missionary work very difficult! Now we get a taste of how it used to be. I will never take the phone for granted ever again!
So, about the holidays.
The holidays here are just different. There is holidays for the Queen's
birthday, and a lot of bank holidays. Those are just when the banks and
library and whatnot are closed. But I think that's about it really.
Congrats to Lindsay on her marriage! That is really exciting and I am so
happy for her! Biology is not that hard you guys. If I was allowed to, I
would help you out, but you'll have to use Grace in the meantime.
She'll take care of it. In our mission we have approximately 300
missionaries. That is including the senior couples which are 28 people
total for them, so we have 272 young missionaries in the mission.
We had transfers
this last week, and I am still in Purley! However, I got a new
companion! Sister Oriaku was transferred and my new companion is Sister
Laineenkare, from Finland! She has been out for 6 months, and I
absolutely love her already! We are gonna have such a great time
together! So to pronounce her name just say it like this: Line-en-car-a
(the "a" is not -uh, or -ah, it's just "a") One day I will say it for
you guys and then you'll figure it out better. So, that is the exciting
news for this week! No one up for baptism yet, but we're hoping,
praying, and trying to get a few dates this week!
Our mission president, President Millar, has
come up with a new motto for our mission: "Forever Faithful". I love
this motto! Faith is definitely something that I have been working on,
and I was actually studying in the Christlike Attributes chapter in
Preach My Gospel, about Faith in Jesus Christ this morning. In that
section it says, "Faith is a principle of power. God works by power, but
His power is usually exercised in response to faith." (PMG, pg. 116)
Faith precedes the miracles. Especially in missionary work. We have to
show Heavenly Father that we have faith before we can see miracles
happen. There is a chapter in the Book of Mormon that talks about faith
and miracles. It is Moroni chapter 7. I suggest that maybe for FHE you
guys read it and talk about it and also study that section about
faith in Preach My Gospel on page 116 too. Study those together, and I
can promise you that your faith will grow and
you will grow by spiritual leaps and bounds. It will also help Sam to be
able to prepare for his mission by studying Preach My Gospel, and it
will help all of you to be better member missionaries. I know that you
are all trying, and Heavenly Father is very proud of all of you and the
work that you are doing for Him. I challenge you all to be forever
faithful to our Father in Heaven and to our Savior Jesus Christ,
especially in bringing about the great work of salvation!
I hope you guys have a great second week of the New
Year! Be good, work hard in all things, and be forever faithful! I love
you and pray for you all every day!
Love,
Sister Connery
Me and Sister
Laineenkare
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