Sister Ellie Smith England, Manchester Mission

Hi!! Back at it! Ready for the quickest update ever? I am about to fall asleep. AMI GOT BAPTIZED THIS WEEK! YAYY! It was such a special day for her. She felt so much love and joy and said she couldn't even sleep that night YEEEWHOOO! We are so happy for her. She is such a strong member and has always just fit right in. God was so aware of her that day, the ward made her baptism SO special. I love Ami so much. The Lord is blessing Chester in many ways and I am so grateful that He is in control. It makes my heart hurt to think that there will be an end to my mission, and I have been trying not to think about it, but God has really helped me feel excited this week about being able to apply all the life lessons here when I get home. And.... I got into BYU Hawaii so I am grateful for that miracle this week and I am excited to go back and live there YEEEAZZZZ so if you are still there lmk  Also I am turning hungarian because the food is so good I love it. Judit is the BEST and keeps maki...

I'm gonna spend more time on this email... because MAN I just am so grateful. God is just throwing blessings at me  even through the challenges?!?!! Yep. He is that good.  MIRACLE MOMENTS I LOVE DAILY GOALS AND MARGINAL GAINS!! This week there was so much joy and success because of both of those things. It is so easy to think you are not doing enough but when you see the Lord magnify your desired efforts it's SO AWESOME! This week we had two days where we set specific goals. On Tuesday we made a goal to make 1 friend. That day, we received a referral that was SO interested. She has a family with 6 kids and 9 grandkids that are ALL interested. WOW!! Then on Saturday we made a goal to invite a specific amount of people to church, we were running around all day to talk to absolutely EVERYONE we saw. It was the best feeling in the world. At the very start of the day we saw this man walking his dog way far down the road and he was the EXACT person we envisioned. We sprinted down th...

That is the best way I can describe missions right theeeeere  in the title, booya. This week was FULL of ups and downs. Like crazy. I have learned that the opposition is always there but also it always leads to joy and miracles. Weird how life works.  This week I had probably one of the best days of my entire life. I was able to go to the temple with my STRETFORD FAM. Goodness, it was fabbbbulous! I already know when life gets really hard in the future I will constantly remind myself of that day to help me feel better. That day will be an anchor of joy for me forever. It was such a blessing to see everyone again from my last area. ALSO can I just say, JACK BAPTIZED ME!!!! Absolutely crazy full circle moment. So insane to think that 6 months ago Jack didn't really even believe in God and look at him now...... makes me want to explode of joy. I will treasure these moments forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever. Do you want me to keep goi...

I am grateful for the spirit that I felt this week! We had some very special experiences. We are teaching a friend from Hungary, her name is Judit. She is an older lady and is heavenly sent and prepared. Because she speaks Hungarian, we are working with the elders serving in Hungary and they teach her over zoom. She likes the support so we meet with her in person and sit by her the whole time. On Friday we had a lesson with her and we planned the invitation for her to be baptized. We told the elders that they can follow the spirit as well and do what they think is best. We sat through this lesson that was in full Hungarian. I was worried because the place that we were in had super loud music and I didn't think the spirit would be felt. I gave her my headphones and I realized how powerful the Holy Ghost really is. She was completely tuned out from the world. Towards the end of the lesson I looked over and saw tears running down her face, then I looked at the elders and TEARS running...