Sister Ellie Smith England, Manchester Mission

What's up!!!! Still in England don't worry.  Can't believe I've been a missionary for 3 weeks already but also can't believe it's only been 3 weeks. The craaaap.   Another awesome week!!! Gonna make this short but awesome okay. This week was full of so many spiritual experiences! I wanted to start off with Sundays. Sundays are the BEST day of the week and especially here at the MTC. They are so spiritual and a great break from classes. In Relief Society us sisters got to talk about our divine identity and read over our patriarchal blessings. It was such an amazing experience reading for the first time as a missionary. The spirit filled that room and I know this is exactly where I am supposed to be!!! If you guys have your patriarchal blessing, GO read it. Right now. We are so blessed with that amazing gift and each of us have are so special to our Heavenly Father. Remember your divine identity!  Yesterday I was sitting in class and staring off into space and lit...

WAZGOOOOD FAM AND FRIENDS! Made it to England and it feels so unreal!!!  This email could be a book long because there are so many amazing things about this place but I will just highlight a few!   The MTC here is so beautiful it's kinda hard to describe how amazing it is. Everything is so green here. The view from our room and classroom is craaazy I will add photos. The weather here has actually been so good. I was expecting it to be raining every single day but it only rained right when we landed. It's been super sunny so ayyyyye. Don't miss Arizona weather right now sorry bye AZ.  Everyone here is INCREDIBLE. MY district is so amazing and full of mostly sisters so it literally feels like all best friends, I love them all so much. I'm so grateful for my whole district. They all bring something amazing to our classes by each of their awesome personalities and insight. There are only about 98 missionaries here at the England MTC which has actually been so fun becaus...

  HELLOOO! You guys are all so awesome. I know this is a wee bit long but I NEEDA SHARE with ya.  First thing I wanna say is I. LOVE. BEING. A. MISSIONARY. WOWEE! I feel sooo blessed it is crazy. The amount of times I have seen Heavenly Father's love for me this week is crazy! Second thing I wanna say is guys guys guys I know how hard it is to read emails but I seriously would encourage all of you to read those friends you have out serving's emails because missionaries hold sooo much amazing insight and have such a sweet spirit with them (aka all my friends out serving right now you guys rock) They can help each and every one of you! I hope throughout the next 18 months something I say will stick out to you because I love you guys! This week has been seriously incredible. I got sick this week which was so stupid. Thanks a lot satan. But I just pretended I wasn't and mooooved on! The amount of powerful things I have learned is craaazy, never filled notebooks so fast. ...