Life Across the Pond: The Living Water

*** We found out Sister Roscher's release date! She'll be home November 5th- that's only 51 days away :) ***

Family, this week has just been amazing. I don't even know where to begin! It started off with a fun district P-day and then Zone conference on Tuesday. Zone conference was back in Leicester! I've been so blessed. In the past 3 months I've been back to Leicester twice for various things.

Zone conference was absolutely inspiring, and helped me recognize just how amazing it is to be called and set apart from the world as a missionary. Miracles happen each and every day. We are not alone in this work!

This week was filled with constant spiritual nourishment. I can only begin to describe even a small part of the things I learned.

A couple of things I really liked from Zone conference : 'No pain, no gain' a common, but true saying. If we're not experiencing some pains, then we're not progressing and growing.

Another: 'Total conversion is total repentance.' A pretty cool statement which I think we all can benefit from.

From the European women's broadcast: Elder Bednar challenged/promised us that if we read the Book of Mormon and we look for (and mark) all the references to the Saviour and the Atonement "You will find Him, know Him and increase your dependence upon Him." What a powerful promise from an apostle of the Lord! My companion and I have taken this challenge and are reading the Book of Mormon from start to finish together, underlining the references we find. It's been amazing already and we're only on page 50!

Stake conference: Elder Massimo DeFayo from Italy was presiding, and it was amazing! All the speakers were amazing and had definitely qualified for the Spirit as they presented their messages.

Elder DeFayo talked a lot about having real faith. and something he said has struck me very deeply "Miracles don't depend on how big the problem is, but rather how real our faith is."

He then proceeded to give 3 steps to seeing the miracles in our lives :

1- Don't listen to the voices around you. Focus on you individual relationship with the Saviour.

2- Keep the commandments- qualify for the Spirit by obedience

3- Develop faith that is stronger than the circumstances of life.

It has been an uplifting and edifying week.

Along the way we have also seen miracles with some of the people we're teaching! N3, our very decided atheist, isn't going to be atheist for much longer if the Spirit continues to touch his heart like it did in our lesson on Wednesday. It was a powerful teaching experience!

D4 came to the evening session of stake conference and really loved it! He'd been having a bad day and didn't want to come, but we promised him if he came he would feel better and happier and guess what? He came. And at the end of the broadcast, he was practically glowing!

This week our schedule is already looking pretty full, so it should be an exciting one! Can't wait to tell you all about the miracles we will see as we apply our faith more. This is His work. And it is such a privelege to be serving Him at this time, to be an instrument in His hands.

Now, for some pictures!