Blessings

This week: It was a bit of a crazy week to say the least. Ended up in hospital in the middle of the night, but things are working out and we met with another doctor later on in the week and are continuing to meet with them to figure out what is happening with Sister Sargsyan. Won't go into detail about it all, but it is so hard to see someone in pain and not be able to do anything about it. I really wish I could switch with her or just get a giant pain vacuum. 

Crazy guy: There was this man we met on the street that we invited to church and he ended up coming. Well, turns out he just wants to marry my companion and I have never prayed so hard during a church meeting for him not to do anything crazy. 

Blessings: Seriously on my mission it seems like the hardest of weeks the Lord blesses you the most. He is so very kind and I am so grateful for prayer. This week it seems like I am in continuous prayer in my heart and really know that my Heavenly Father is there and listening and helping me and the people I am around.  We were able to find some really cool new people to teach that are really interested and almost every dinner appointment we had we were able to bring an investigator and teach them. Mike is planning to be baptised in August and he is doing so great. He already loves the members so much and has felt the influence of God increase exponentially in his life these past 3 weeks of meeting with us. He is in the process of quitting smoking and I love hearing his prayers. You really can tell if a person is progressing by their prayers. Mike's are so humble and pure. So beautiful.

I love you all so much and am grateful for your prayers. It seems like everything in the gospel comes down to prayer. Grateful for this simple, yet profound blessing in my life. 

Love,

Sister McLeod 

Busy, busy

Zone Conference: Since our trains aren't working until April, they hired a mini bus to get us to zone conference to Poole. Zone conference is a time that is so nice to see other missionaries, but really to help me see what I need to work on and what I need to do to help the people I am teaching. The AP's spoke about talking to everyone and it has been something I have been alright at, but not always consistent in. Sister Andersen and I knew we had to get better about consistently talking to everyone and so we prayed for the courage and faith to do it. That morning we talked and taught amidst our travels to literally everyone and on our way back for lunch we met Paul. We taught him the restoration, committed him to read the Book of Mormon and to meet with us on Saturday. On Saturday he voiced that church has been on his mind and he was eager to learn. He accepted April 5th for baptism, a date we had prayed about and planned earlier in the week to extend. Tonight we are having FHE (family home evening) in a members home and he is planning to come to church this Sunday! It seriously is amazing that as we listen to our leaders and ultimately the Lord's counsel he will blesses us.

Members that help us = Angels: I love Teignmouth so much! And the members are doing amazing in their efforts to help us. For example we taught Kim on Friday and committed her to come to church. She has a newborn, 4 and 5 year old and no car or car seats and the member there, Susan, was so willing to help. We mass texted the ward for car seats, found 3 and Susan went and retrieved them and was able to take Kim and her family to church. The kids loved primary and Susan took the initiative to make sure they sat next to her in church, and other members even helped with the kids too. So amazing, and so blessed to be teaching so many people that the Lord is preparing. We have 6 baptismal dates and love them all so much. They are all so different and unique, but the gospel is blessing their lives. Kieron passed the sacrament on Sunday like a champ and we are going to do a family home evening with his family this week! Oh man so good. We are so busy!

Dartmoors: The prettiest place ever. Felt Like Lord of the Rings. We went with Maxie, our investigator who I love to death on p-day. We got drenched, but so beautiful and so worth it!

Maxie had a hat from Copenhagen - so obviously Sister Andersen rocked it!

Maxie and I

I look so scary, I don't know what I was doing