From the United Kingdom to the Celestial Kingdom: HAGS ROFL LOL

Family and friends,

I cannot believe this transfer is almost over! I have loved being a trainer and especially training Sister Carvalho; she has taught me so much. I would be delighted to get to serve with her again!

Our investigator, Stephen, is progressing so well! He is still scheduled for baptism this Saturday. It is so wonderful to see the blessings of the gospel touch lives. He had his baptismal interview yesterday and passed!! yippy.
Yesterday we had a miracle. Sister Carvalho and I have been praying and even fasted yesterday for a family to find and to teach. A few days ago we were tracting and knocked on the door of a woman who was not interested but we asked for referrals and she gave us two. We contacted one day day and they were not interested and the other was not home. Yesterday we went back to the other and a little boy answered the door. He then went to get an adult and the adult was a man, the uncle of the boy, and without even asking who we were he let us in. We looked at each other a little hesitant but we could see two other women in the home so we took a leap of faith and went inside! In the home there was a mom and son and husband and wife; the husband was the brother of the mom. We ended up teaching them lesson 1 and placing them with a book of mormon and scheduling a return visit! The mom does not understand why there are so many churches and she wants to know which is true.
the other day we visited/taught a man named allan that we met tracting a few days ago. allan is in his fifties, lives on his own, and is stuck in his home due to health problems. Talking with him really got me thinking about how lucky i am to have the life that i have. he told us about how he was nearly beaten to death by his step father many times as a child, how his health is incredibly poor and he cant leave far from home, how his family never comes to visit, how he has died and come back, and the list goes on! here i am, with a mom and dad who love and support me, with siblings who are my best friends, with a healthy body that allows be to walk, run, climb, play, etc., with a solid education, and most importantly with the gospel of Jesus Christ in my life! now, i dont wish to sound prideful as the zoramites were in their prayers to their God, ubt i wish to be more thankful for all that i do have. i am so blessed. i cannot understand how i got to be so lucky. i was born in to a family that handed me the gospel on a silver platter! i am so grateful for this and i shall never take it for grantid! what was so strange to me was that, for the moment, allan and i were only a few feet aaway from each other, talking about the same thing, living in the same situation in the same moment. but how, when he would close the door, our lives would be almost completely opposite; he would go back to his dirty, lonely home and i would go about preaching the gospel. Strangely, this was my favourite (my spelling has been warped out here! o's are now ou's and s's are now z's) part of the day. Not at all because it made me feel better or special in any way, but because it make me feel thankful. It was a good reminder of how much i do have and how i need not ever complain.
Halloween was great! We had a zone training in North Hampton and at night we got to go to a trunk or treat! Really fun! I have attached a lot of pictures of halloween. Also, we got told right before bed the night before that we could dress up for zone training. We are poor missionaries with no time so we had to improvise. I had the idea right before we left the flat to be temples! Our bodies are temples! haha. i attached a pic/ Lets be honest here, you're all jealous.
Hahaha guess what i did the other night? i was saying my prayers and 5 mins in i fell asleep! i woke up like 15 mins later still kneeling by my bed. it felt like i was there for an hour! i felt so bad when i woke up because it was 10:34 and the lights were still on! haha gosh, definitely feeling the tiredness lately. Gotta love missionary work!
So on Monday guess what happened!?!? We got invited over to Davids home (the investigator that went all less active on us) to direct a family home evening! You dont understand how great this is. He has made so much progress! We got to meet his partner and share an fhe with them him and his kids!
So yesterday i was at church and there was an unfamiliar face on the stand (i can say this because i know ALL the faces of the mk ward pretty well due to the fact that i have now been here 4 months!). Anyway, he got up to speak (he was a stake pres or something i think) and he sounded exactly like sam and luke!! my goodness it was so strange. THEN he came up to me after and told me he had met my brothers before! Well, turns out it is the brother of sam and luke! and obvisously, with that, the son of Terri Clayton. So great! very strange that my whole life i have known the claytons from a US perspective and it was always that they had some family back in england. Now i know them from an england perspective and they have some family back in the states! anyways, really nice guy!

Dad-hahaha you are too witty. Who is your component, or was i should say, by the way? Is it that BYU student? How much did you win by? also, makes sense about sending the actual journal. if you type it and send it that would be cool too!
Mom-ya there was supposed to be a huge storm and there was i guess but definitely exagerated. It was just really windy and some thunder and lightening oh and houses all around our flat that got sucked up in a torndado and demolished and thats all i really know about it. Im ok though!
Josh-so cool about your grandpas mission journal! ps i eat cooked carrots without fail ERR day here. sister c laughs at me for it but guess who is the one laughing in reality? me. def me on the account of she has gained 10 kilos since she has been here! thats 22 lbs. its so funny though cuz she is still so small and she just laughs and it so we have a good laugh about it togeder. you cant even tell she has gained weight. those brazilians...

Kirsten-i cried when i read your email and missionary experience. Truely truely a miracle. Keep me updated.
Zane- wahoo! How exciting that the Jazz get to do so bad on purpose while i am gone! keep losing! By the time i get back the team will be all set with our top draft picks! keep me updated. Go Jazz!
Mary- i love your emails! Couldnt see the pictures:( but i will be praying for Janelle and Hannah! Happy birthday!
Gil-how is sister marchant? what part of brazil is she serving in? happy 4 month aniversary sarah and gil!
Sarah-there are 2 temples in england! one in preston (i have been to this its by the mtc) and one in london south mission.
Jacob- dang. you look good! glad you went bowling. also glad you atleast think about me twice during a week.
Pokie- hahahahah i LOVE that picture! I am going to print it out even though it will cost me money and i never print things out at the library cuz its too expensive but it makes me so happy so printed it will be! Also, i cant believe that you still have not written me back. If this were a yearbook and i was writing in it to you write now this is what i would write: you suck, please change. HAGS! LOL
Jett- i love the picture because your in it and you gave me a hug! awww.. am i still your favourite aunt? sure hope so! i heard you were a speaker in the primary program! i bet you did great. good job!
Jane- Hiya!
Bandit- jacob says you smell bad. Tell him that its not your fault on the account of no one ever washes you and now that they decide to it is too late. 1 bath is not going to get rid of 15 years worth of dirt build up. How naive...

pictures; lots this week!:
1,2, 3: our bodies are temples! halloween costums