Sister McEwan in England: The Very Best of My Life!

This weekend was by far the very best of my life!

We will start with the best:) AILSA WAS BAPTISED!!!!!! Seriously the miracle of this transfer considering we met her literally less than a month ago. She is amazing. Words can't even describe the day but I will try.

So first of all it's a Kidderminster tradition to do a free American pancake breakfast every first week of the month. So we advertised the FLIP out of it. The cultural Hall was the most full it has ever been there were kids running around everywhere it was the amazing. There were more investigators and less actives than members it was wow!!!!. Ailsa was ready and dressed for her baptism literally 1 hour before she was sooo excited it was amazing. There were loads of missionaries and the whole branch was there to watch. Sis nels and I spoke before and then she was BAPTISED!!!!! Spirit bomb she was so emotional it was tender. A true convert baptism. The whole branch has been on a high the last 2 days. Church yesterday was unreal the spirit just carried over. NEVER FELT SO MUCH LOVE FROM THE SAVIOUR.

Other happenings!!! We found 2 families to teach this week one from Poland! Super amazing. Think they might have given us tea but hope it wasnt lol. (Language barriers) We had a fourth floor last door experience except 11th floor 41st door HA! So literally NO ONE was answering their door in the entire building so we would knock 2 doors then just stand there and hope only 1 would open. Our last 2 doors both of them did HAHAHA SO AWKWARD but one of them was the coolest guy ever named Harley who we taught the resto to and he loooved it. Anyways. The next day our investigator Mandy had asked us if the elders could give her a blessing so we went over but the elders needed a third male and literally no one could come so we were like let's just call Harley cuz he lives in the building next door and then he came and sat through a blessing and then came to pancakes he is a LEGEND and such a sweet man. Mandy loved the blessing and said it immediately lifted a burden off her shoulders :)

Weird experience we knocked into a woman from Pakistan who just immediately no questions asked let us into her home and in the middle of teaching her resto some Arabian nights alarm went off and she wentstraight to her rug and did like a 10 minute prayer it was crazy. Still teaching English love the family we are working with. They are doing so well.

We took Aleisha to institute on Wednesday and she loooved it. Her and Mandy are both on baptism dates. Mandy is trying to stop a cigarette addiction so her date is further away but Aleisha is progressing so much faster than we thought!!!! She even went to the extent of getting work off for Sunday's and Wednesday so she can go to church and institute.. amazing. Every time we go to Mandy's to teach her she always brings more friends it's great and all of them came to pancakes. SO AWESOME.

Tuesday we got to go to Olivers funeral in Cannock. It felt like I was going home! It was amazing to see the members. The funeral was very special. They asked all the missionaries to stand up and come to the front and we all put our hands on his casket (this was in a Methodist church btw) then the preacher said a prayer it was really sweet.

There's a less active we are working with named divinia who is PREPARING TO GO TO THE TEMPLE STARTING YESTERDAY!!!!!!!! Both her and Ailsa bore their testimonies in sacrament it was the most touching thing ever. Ailsa was confirmed Sunday. She is loved by so many in the Kidderminster branch:) There's just so many good things I can't put into words.!

And HEY I got a call last night and I'm training a new missionary:) transfers are next week so that will be super exciting:) AND SCARY!!!! Keep me in your prayers xxxx

Love you lots xxx

Sister McEwan x