Welcome to the Jungle

What can I say about this week of miracles? We had stake Conference
this weekend and it was especially exciting because the Watford Stake
Presidency got reorganised and we had Elder Saban of the Seventy speak
to us. We were able to attend on Saturday night and Sunday morning and
it was among one of the more spiritual experiences I've ever had in my
life. Elder Saban is a godsend! There are no words to even describe
that man. His talks were some of the best ever. (He spoke in General
Conference this past month) And our dear President Bettridge was
released and the Lord has called President Fu to now serve the stake.
It was so spiritual and emotional for everyone and it was so fun to be
reunited with the other missionaries in the zone, President and Sister
Stevens, and also all of the people who we met in Hayes! Serving in an
area for two weeks is so awesome because you get to know even more
brilliant members! Sister Cook and I sang in the Stake choir and loved
it so much.
This week we had exchanges with the STL's and so we travelled to
Hatfield for that. I was with Sister Lamb and she is amazing! Some
really cool things happened, first off we stopped this lady who was
holding her son and also pushing a baby, we chatted with her and she
really wanted to learn more about the Gospel! We found out she lives
in Luton, so we referred her to the Luton Elders and as we were on the
phone with them we found out that they have been fervently praying
specifically for a family of 3 for many weeks. Elder Botta said,
"Sisters, write this down in your journal. Heavenly Father looked down
on you today and chose you to be the answer to someone's prayers." It
was so cool!
Also we were getting pizza later on that night and the worker at Papa
John's couldn't really speak much English, but as soon as he saw our
name tags he took out his phone and showed us a picture of his baptism
in Romania!!! Amazing!
All in all it was just a week full of miracles like always. I'm so
thankful to be here. Today we went with our awesome district and we
played games at this place called the Board Game Cafe. We sat by the
window in the rain and played a card game about being in the Wild West
and it was probably the most fun I've had in a long time! These
missionaries I serve with are the coolest people in the world. I
really love them! We were all just so happy and laughing so hard for
hours! And we all bought matching animal masks at Poundland (like the
dollar store but we use the good old English pound £) and entertained
ourselves for awhile with those. I don't know why you guys, but I
don't ever think I have laughed so hard in my life. Truly. Life is
good!

Love you all so much!
XOXO
Sister Barnes