On Monday we had district P-day, which was so fun! We have an an obedient, hard-working district but it was fun to do some fun things too. Monday night we taught M2 and S3. They are really epic. They are from China and I love them! They read Alma 32 and said like 5 times in the lesson they were so grateful for us being patient with them and teaching them about God and Christ, because they "know so little," in their words. The whole time I was thinking how easy it was for me to be patient because I love them and I see they care and want to know.
We had the opportunity to do a lot of service this week, which was actually really nice! Its only the 4th or 5th time I have been able to get into my trousers during proselyting time. SCORE! We did service for a non-member who is friends with a member of the ward. It was cool because the member is going to give her a Book of Mormon and we are going back to do more service this week too! You never know what can happen with service, love and the Spirit!
We handed Q over to the elders this week, because she lives in their area. It was really sad, but she will not be hurt from us being obedient to the area boundaries. During the handover lesson her answers were SO good. We team taught the plan of salvation, and it was so cool. We talked about how the plan of salvation helps us realize there is more than just this life and it was really cool because after we went through it she asked "What are the most important things then?" I LOVE it when investigators ask good questions like that. Her mind was blown at the end of the lesson. She said if it is true, which she believes it is, then she needs to rethink her life. She is so good. The elders will take good care of her; they are really good missionaries.
We had a first lesson with Sa this week. He is a masters student from Iran, although he's been in England for 14 years. He is really cool, and he committed to reading the Book of Mormon. He is so dedicated too. We committed him to be baptized on Nov 17 and he said yes, I should give him time to read though the whole Book of Mormon and know if it is true haha what a champ :)
The weather keeps alternating between being really cold and just nice. Having some nice weather days makes me so grateful!
On Saturday we had a "work over" in one of the areas in our Zone. This is when missionaries leave their areas to help the missionaries in a specific area find more people to teach. There were 16 missionaries that went in for the work over. It was in Solihull (you can look it up on the map). It is a really hard area because it is pretty posh and the missionaries get shut down all day every day. It taught me a lot about how different areas are and I feel so grateful to have served in Harborne for 6 months! The dynamics of the areas were very different, because we work mostly with University students and they are very receptive to the gospel. After the work-over, the members of the ward had prepared a thanksgiving feast for us to eat. I love ward members! These ward members really really want to see the missionary work improve in their area which is so touching. The first step of member missionary work is to actually care, and then to act. This ward is doing both! There are people to find there although right now it is hard, but with the members and missionaries working together, things will take off.
I love you and hope you are all well! Thank for your continued prayers and support.
sorry, no pictures today, I forgot my cord!
LOVE YOU ALL!
Sister Roscher
Sister Roscher
I'm curious... was "trousers" in her vocabulary before going across the pond? ;)
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