No Unhallowed Hand

Hey guys!

Yes, we did have fun in Brighton last week. I have several new bruises though, haha! It's fun though. I'm okay. :)

It does sound like you guys have had a busy week, but that is good! You guys are getting a bit of the missionary life, with all this moving around! Join the club! I do love the church and the way that they are handling the situations with the Book of Mormon Musical. We actually had a TV segment air here in the UK that followed around a missionary on his mission. I've heard that it makes us look really bad, but I'm not sure. Some people say it's brilliant and others said it was bad. Oh well. “The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done.” (History of the Church, 4:540).

Nothing much new to report around here. We set a goal as a mission to have 200 investigators at sacrament meeting mission-wide a few months ago, and we keep getting close to our goal but it never actually happened. However, we all have fasted and prayed together, and this weekend we had 203 investigators at sacrament mission wide! :) It was great! So, that was our highlight of the week! :)

Anyway, I hope that you guys have another good and I hope and pray that the Lord will continue to bless you all! I love you all and pray for you all the time! :)

Love,
Sister Connery

Treking On The Pavement of Eastbourne

Hey guys,

So, not lots of time to write today cuz we're traveling to Brighton to play volleyball with the other members of our district. So, I will reply to the email more fully next week. However, nothing much new is happening around here. We're still really trying to find lots of people to teach. Last Monday though, Heavenly Father really blessed us! After P-Day is over (ends at 6pm) we have to go proselyte for three hours until 9pm. So, the blessing was that in three hours we managed to teach 6 lessons, have 2 potential investigators, and 1 new investigator! :D So, that was super cool! Heavenly Father was really blessing us! We were so happy and the rest of the week went alright.

Trek sounds like it was awesome! I will reply to each of you about your experiences next week when I have time to think about some really good things to say to you, and to let the Spirit really work through me. But I am so glad that you guys had fun! I loved it when I got to go, and I can't wait to be able to go again sometime! While you're out treking in the prairie, I'm treking on the pavement of Eastbourne, and also on the beaches. lol.

That's all for this week. Sorry it's so short. But I hope and pray that you guys have another good week! Love you guys so much! Have a great week! :)

Love,
Sister Connery

We'll Get There In The End

Hey everyone,

 

It does sound like you have been and are very busy there! I hope you guys love trek! How I wish I could go with you, but while you're treking around the prairie, I'll be on my own trek down the streets and on the beaches of Eastbourne!

 

Well, I honestly don't know what to tell you guys about this last week. Because we are opening an area, we are slowly getting off the ground. It takes some time because we have to do a lot of finding as we look for people to teach. We're getting there. It's just gonna take a lot of hard work but it's alright. We'll get there in the end! :)

 

What I can tell you is that we had a fun P-Day last week! As a district we went to the Seven Sisters. They are a set of seven cliffs, and it's really pretty! I'm attaching some pictures for you. We also got soaking wet! Just as we were leaving to walk the few miles back to the main road to catch the bus it started to chuck down rain! The heaven's opened! But it was fun anyway. We all enjoyed it. haha. :) I also found out today that a young boy I was teaching back in Croydon was baptised this weekend! Totally made my day! I love it! :) It's a great day when you know that someone you taught has made it to baptism, despite you not being there. You still feel the joy of it! It really creates such a joy in your heart to teach the gospel to people and see them accept it. That's the best part of missionary work. Seeing people change their lives completely to know the Saviour and His love. My hope and prayer is that you guys always remember that too! 

 

I hope you have an awesome week! Thanks so much for the email, and be safe on trek. Have fun! I love you and pray for you always! :) 

 

Love,

Sister Connery

 

Just some awesome pics of the cliffs! And Elder Reed got in the way of some of them. lol. :)

 

 

Amen

Hiya!

Well, I have been moved! I am now in Eastbourne! It's down on the coast, so that is really cool! I'm seeing the English Channel every single day! We can see it from our flat too. This flat is huge as well! It's really nice! The area is great as well! Lot's of people to talk to, and that's good because we need new people to teach. Because my companion and I are whitewashing again, we are starting with basically nothing. We had no investigators but we managed to get 2 in the last few days so that's not bad. One is just amazing! We love her already! She and the other new investigator came to church yesterday and that was so cool! She really enjoyed it and felt the Spirit for sure! Church was good, and there were 5 less actives that we work with there, and 2 investigators so that was really cool! :) I've also got a really cool story to tell you. I keep laughing about it every time. haha

So, the other day we taught this guy a lesson on the street in the town centre. Before he left I asked if we could pray with him (cuz we pray with people anywhere, including on the middle of the street). So I started saying the prayer and in the middle of it this lady less than 5 feet from us started freaking out for some reason. She was going a bit crazy and then the police showed up and arrested her right on the spot. And then I said, "Amen." I had said the prayer entirely while all that was happening next to us! I didn't even realize what was actually going on because I was focused on what I was saying in the prayer, and then come to find out, the lady had gotten arrested! The prayer was only between 30 seconds and 1 minute! It was crazy but so funny! Good story too! haha!

Well, that was my week. It was really good for our first one here. Looking forward to this next one! :) I hope and pray that you guys have a good week, and that all is well! Love you all! :)

Love,
Sister Connery

  This is my new companion and I! Her name is Sister Smart and she is from Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire (that's northern England)

These are the other Elders in our ward. Elder Fa'aoso, from Tonga, a brand new missionary, and Elder Trowbridge, from Ohio

Exciting and Scary

Hiya,

Okay, I will answer your questions first, before I say anything else. 1) I only hurt myself a little bit playing volleyball with the elders. I have small bruises running up the length of my forearms, some bloody scrapes on my hand, and bruises on my knees from diving for the ball. Other than that, I am okay! :D 2) Yes I am being transferred. I am going to open a new sisters area in a place called Eastbourne, down on the coast of the English Channel. I'm excited but that also means that I will miss baptisms and I will be close to water during the summertime! But it is exciting and scary to be opening a new area. I'll let you know how it goes! :) 

 

This last week was good. We obviously got the transfer call so that is exciting and scary. We also have been working on something for the Area Presidency (all the missionaries here have to do it), and part of the assignment requires us to knock about 20 doors in specific areas. We had to knock on the doors of these really posh homes! Like the houses that you find where Wendy's parents live, but these have lots of property and huge gates! We had to ring the buzzers instead of knock on the doors to get in the gates,and the second house that we buzzed just opened the gate before they even knew who we were and they actually let us come in and teach them! :O It was so cool! Such an awesome miracle! :)

 

Well, you'll hear from me next week from my new area, and I'll tell you what it's like! Hope you have another great week! I miss you guys, and love you lots!!! :D

 

Love,

Sister Connery