Week 16 in Rossendale

Hello fellow Americans! Maybe... unless you aren't. Then I'm sorry. 

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!! 

This week was absolutely incredible. A lot happened. So in the beginning of the week we went to the Nashville Tribute Band concert with Lynn and it was AMAZING!!!! It was such a good thing to take an investigator to. Plus the Elders investigator and her bonded a lot. So much so that they even started joking about when they get baptized!!! Yup that's right she is already thinking about it. I know this for a fact because the day after we had a lesson with her and we happened to pop the question. And she said YES!!!! She said that she wants both of us here for her baptism if it does happen though... which is a bit risky especially since transfers are this week. She even came to church this Sunday(for all 3 hours) and a member broke to her the word of Wisdom. I wasn't there since I was talking to someone else and so when I walked into gospel principles and asked her if everything was ok. She said she was in shock since she had to give up tea. So hey she is already planning on giving it up!!! 

I will make sure to take a picture with her and her many dogs this week so you can all have a visual.

Also this week there was an event going on called 1940s weekend where everyone dressed up and there was music everywhere and cars displayed. There even was a plane that flew over. Funny thing was that there were more American uniforms than British. One of them I went up to and asked where he was from in America and he said Stockport. While there we stopped by our investigators restaurant in Ramsbottom and she gave us free drinks. It was Victoria Elizabeth. We are meeting up with her this week for a lesson which we are super excited for especially since her daughter is making us cakes.

I feel like these past few weeks we have just found so many prepared people. I just have such a strong testimony now of how much the Lord blesses us for our efforts. 

We also had the chance to go to Chorley this week for district meeting. It was a special one since President Mcreynolds did a training with all of the zone. It was so nice. He expressed the importance of the Book of Mormon and how we should teach from the Book of Mormon as our main source not from Preach my Gospel. It really is true. I love how my mission is really stressing on the importance of the book that really makes our church true. 

I love the mission and I love this gospel. The more I learn from it the more I have a desire to share of it's truthfulness. I love you all and hope all is well!

Sister Sever

1. Pictures at the temple

2. Chorley Zone picture

3. More pictures at temple

4. Elder Doria is dying this transfer so that's us.... killing him.

5. More temple

6. Our missionary ward leader's daughter Phoebe

7. Spot the difference, America and England version

8. Just cause

9, 10 and 11. P-day in Burnley

12. Just cause

13. Picture with Sister Hawkins who is from Clovis, California!!!! And some Filipinos in the background-haha!

Week 15 in Rossendale

Wow hey this week I hit my 4 month mark!!! So weird. Time flies when you're having fun I guess.

This week was pretty amazing! I had the chance to go to zone conference again! My 3rd one! I only have 2 weeks in this transfer😣 That is so weird. Sorry back to zone conference. Yeah it was great. I really love going to it every time because I  get so spiritually pumped up for the rest of the transfer. Something that really stuck out to me is just how powerful the scriptures are in teaching.  I can try to be as persuasive as I want, but the scriptures will bring the spirit and understanding far better than anything I could ever say. My mission president issued a challenge for us to read the entire book of Mormon in the month if May and it has substantially increased my testimony in the truthfulness if it. I have learned that I don't want to be a persuasive speaker but an effective teacher.(That rhymed)

We had a lesson with Lynn this week and it was pretty great. We went over to a members house and we taught her about how she was a child of God and she has a Heavenly Father who knows and loves her. She says that she didn't know she was a child of God but I just knew that this wasn't unfamiliar to her. The spirit was so strong in the room it was incredible. I really felt like we should have asked her to be baptized right then, but we didn't... I really wish we did though. We are taking her to an event this week in Manchester. The Nashville Tribute Band is playing. So we are really excited about that as well. She also came to church thus Sunday and it was so good. They talked about Heavenly Father and the Holy Ghost a lot which was PRETTY GOOD!!! 

Sooo, a tiny thought about some of the food here.  So far I've raved about the yummy stuff, but you don't know how jealous I am of the tacos you have in the Americas. The Mexican food here is..... non-existent. So sad. I cry whenever I think of it. I Hey, guess what!??  I did not lose anything this week!  Except I did get lost on the way to a tea appointment... But we did get SMARTPHONES!!!  It's super weird having one though and all the missionaries look like ignorant teenagers whenever they are on it. One sister I was on exchanges with actually tried to disguise it with a book of Mormon haha. will have no tolerance for spicy food when I go home.

And we had exchanges this week! They were so good, we had so much fun! We were walking to our tea appointment when there was this family outside of a pizza place that just came up and started talking to us. The dad was just sitting in his car watching us so I walked over and was just talking to him outside of his car, which was sort of awkward. But we got that family to go to a temple tour! So hey! 

We had a pretty good p-day today! We just went to a park and played on the basketball court haha. We also had a picnic which was pretty great. 

So we visited Victoria Elizabeth this week as well and her daughter is interested in learning more!!! They are so good and Victoria said that if we got to Ramsbottom this weekend she will give us free food. Its this big 1940s weekend there and there are going to be airplanes flying over and everyone is going to be dressed up. Lots of pictures next week.

Anyways love you lots and hope you have a fantastic week! Remember that God's loves you and wants to speak to you!

Sister Sever

Week 13 & 14 in Rossendale

Hello family and friends!!!

As you all probably know! I am getting terrible at my group emails. But anyways let me just catch you up. ...Still in Rossendale! But I have a new companion (😢missing Sister Limb).  But it's ok because it's Sister Pymm and she is pretty incredible!!🎉🎉 😊

So these last 2 weeks have been pretty good. It's different getting used to a new companion but she really is so motivated and positive! I am looking forward to my time with her this transfer. 

We had a good 2 weeks so far, what with our finding and everything. We had one person come to church!!! I was so excited. Her name is Lynn and she is amazing. She is a spiritualist that is interested in our church. She said that she would come to church and she did! She really bonded with one of the members because she thought he was hilarious. At the end of sacrament, he asked if she was coming again and she said she was coming next week!!! But that's not all... Her car was blocked in and she ended up staying for gospel principles!! She just said, "guess I was meant to stay". She didn't stay for relief society though because we found a way out for her car but it was enough that she now loves it and we are teaching her another lesson this Sunday.The first time we came over to her house she gave us really nice hot chocolate and cake😍

I have had many miracles these last 2 weeks but one that has stood out to me was when we were tracting one day and we were not having ....the best success. It seemed like everyone just slammed the door in our faces. I remember praying so hard in my heart that we would just find one person. And after about 20 houses Victoria opened the door. She immediately invited us inside and proceeded to tell us how she went to our church in Rochdale. Not only that, but she moved into Rossendale 6 weeks ago and was lacking reading material ...but she did have one book in her house.... the Book of Mormon. So BAM! the church is true right!?  We are super excited for her and are hoping to see her this week.

Anyways, I love you all and hope you are all doing fabulous! 

Sister Sever