30 new sisters coming in this Monday...should be interesting!

Hello Everyone!

   This week has been pretty good! We've definitely seen the blessings as we strive to be exactly obedient. I also found out the Anne Nicholls (remember her from Kitchener/Waterloo? We found her and committed her to be baptized?) Well, she was on Sunday! Awww, sometimes i REALLY miss that area :) But good things have been coming here too. We have 2 baptismal dates for March coming up. . . Transfers are a week from today...haha go figure! Lloyd came to church on Sunday and really enjoyed it. He's the one from Jamaica. He's great. He even sent us a picture of flowers on our phone for Valentines Day! haha We also got a new investigator named Shawn who seems pretty solid, hopefully things continue to progress with him. Yesterday we dropped by a less-active in the ward that we had been told would be hard to get into but when we walked up to the door she opened it smiling and invited us right in! haha We started talking to her 15 yr old daughter and she wants to know more about the Book of Mormon! So things are picking up! Remember the inactive sister in the wheelchair? We run into her all the time. We met her at the bus stop yesterday and she reached out for a big hug. Hopefully her heart will continue to soften!

   We were dropping by a potential investigator's house yesterday and for the 10 minutes that we were at the complex, two inactive women (the only 2 that live there) walked passed us. It's great to see the Lord continually put them in our paths! Even if we can't teach them, they're continually reminded of the church and the promises they've made!

   You'll like this story- at a dinner appt a few days ago we were eating with an older single sister in the ward and all of a sudden we smelled something burning and she jumped up and was running all around the room looking for something. I stood up from the chair getting ready to help look for it (wondering what the nearest escape route was) It was on the 8th floor and a few days before that a member told us that fireman's ladders only go up 7 floors...haha but anyways, she grabbed her cat and was looking at it's fur- sure enough. the cat had brushed up against a candle and caught on fire! hahah we had a good laugh about that after we left her apt. It was one of those cats with long, shaggy fur and it was all black on the stomach. haha classic!

   We're getting the buses figured out more and more. We've made good friends with one of the drivers named Joe that drives a specific route passing the church. We got on a few days ago and he said, "hey! I've missed you!" He's soooo gonna get baptized ;)

   We visited a member this week who fed us some Sudanese food. If someone is from Sudan are they Sudanese? I'm not sure...but it was good! We've done a lot of walking, a lot of talking and a lot of bus riding this week. The search continues in London, for another week at least. 30 new sisters coming in this Monday...should be interesting!

Love Sister Messer