Sister Ellie Smith England, Manchester Mission

Wow. I am so proud of Sis Christensen. This email goes out to HER. I feel so beyond lucky to have been her trainer and it's been the biggest BIGGEST blessing to see her grow and become such a strong missionary. She always taught me how to keep going and not to be so hard on myself. Everytime I messed up with something she would just say, "It's okay! Maybe God just wanted you to learn from it." And AMEN I have learned so much. She is going to wiiiiiiiiigan, such a promised land. It makes me so excited to think about all the adventures and people that lie ahead of her. I'm honestly so jealous. Like super jealous.  Sister Souto is soooooo stinkin lucky to have her. She's gonna do so great. I love you Sis C!!!! This week zoomed by once again. Shocker! It was so good, we had an amazing chapel tour with our friend Chris, called 92749372 referrals, and even had thanksgiving dinner today. Let'sgetitttttttt. So good.  So this is it! I'm ending my mission in Cho...

  WHAT THE FLIP CAN WEEEEEKS SLOWWWW DOWN!!!! Gosh dang. Great week though! Some highlights... - Had exchanges with SISTA CORTEZ. She is actually incredible. She's from Argentina which has a huge special place in my heart. God's fingerprint right there! I love her so much and we had such a good time together. We chatted about a looooooot of things... lol. We had such a good talk about integrity and consecration and how important that is in our lives. Especially on a mission! She invited me to read one of the best talks ever. It was exactly what I needed to hear. Highly recommend! "Reflections on a Consecrated Life" by Elder D. Todd Christofferson. Here's a fire quote from it: "In like manner, future generations will take courage from your consecrated life, acknowledging their debt to you for the possession of all that truly matters" Don't forget how much your integrity and faithfulness blesses others too, not just yourself! - Yep. Sister C got comple...

Wow. This week was incredible. A good friend told me about God's fingerprints and how if we look we can see them everywhere and let me TELL YA I SAW THEM this weeeeeek. It was amazing.  First of all, this week I tried my very hardest to give it my absolute all, it's been a lot harder to do that recently because the end is soon! But I know it's what God would want me to do. So I'm here for it.  Here's the highlight of the week: (Back story we have been trying to find just anyone SOMEONE to teach in Chorley for so long) We got a referral for Chorley this week. His name is Alan!l. I taught him over the phone about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. He is going through a really hard time and is confused why his life feels so messed up. We set up a chapel tour for Thursday...and he never came. This happens quite a lot in Chorley  so we weren't shocked, just sad. Yesterday in the middle of ward council we got a call from Alan!! He said he's gonna try his best to make ...

Help!!! Do you think I will survive???  President Goode and some of the mission are doing no sugar November so pray for us!! We will see who lasts. But this kinda goes into what I want to quickly share and that is the POWER of sacrifice. These last two transfers have been some of my hardest but it still shocks me every time how close the hard times bring me to my Savior. Something that I've learned a lot is how the spirit speaks to me. Now this is something I have struggled with my whole life and I'm sure a lot of you do too. It takes experience to be able to feel the spirit direct you and a lot of the time it can be from doing the wrong thing so that you know what is right. There have been so many times I have fallen short on my mission but HEY we all do. I realize now if I had never messed up I would never feel the power of the Savior's Atonement. There is nothing more special than feeling that power. I am so grateful for Him and for the countless chances he gives me to b...