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July 7- July 14

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  A Series of Fortunate Events What a week! Don't remember half of it, the half I do remember was radical! Here's your recap!  MYLLON'S GETTING BAPTIZED ON SUNDAY!! Super excited for him and stay tuned for photos and updates!  Tuesday was great and we went finding in a new area and got to do some service with, you guessed it, more spiders.  Wednesday: 4 hrs of finding and we got miracles ‘over and over and over again’. There are no coincidences when it comes to God's work and we ended up talking to so many amazing people, and seeing so many of our friends who we were already teaching! It was great and we got ice cream     Thursday visiting with people and I can now say I now know exactly what it tastes like to drink a glass of crushed tomatoes… I don't want to talk about it  Friday visit with Vera. She's amazing and I love our visits with her!  Finding with sister Horton again and had so much fun running around the highstreets talking to peop...

June 30-July 7

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  The Blessed Land of Bracknell Quick one this week cause I'm feeling lazy today. Find it in your hearts to forgive me because I know how anxiously you all await my email each week! Last comp p-day with the wonderful sister Keeler. We went to a park, scavenged for rocks, and I got to buzz her undercut for the last time    Transfer day! I am devastated that I had to part ways with sister Keeler. God apparently thought she needed a break from me but I'm so looking forward to our reunion in the states coming summer of 26’ and getting to know my new comp sister Shanmugam (I have yet to pronounce it right and it's been a week…). She is so funny and is very excited about missionary work so its going to be a great transfer!   Finding with sister Horton and it was so fun with lots of stories to never forget. She got bashed and we had to do the tactful bail out, I got half-hugged by a drunk man and he thought I was very funny (I'm going to say he was in the right state o...

June 23-30

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  "I Never Thought I Was a Beauty Person Until I Met You"   And so marks the end of another transfer for me. This will go down as one of the best times of my mission for sure and it's all thanks to my sister from another mister sister Keeler, the cracked out Canadian. We got transfer news and you'll never guess what's happening… and I'm charging 5£ for the information  Highlights:  We died from a stomach bug and sister Keeler got to experience the joys of the first resurrection as she slept for 6 hrs straight and then revived.  Drug party in the tunnels during the middle of the day that apparently we weren't invited to and not welcomed to stay. Needless to say we got out of that place pretty quick.  Walking to district council in the rain and met a cool guy named Sam on the way back.  Our friend Myllon is preparing for baptism and we're so excited! He's really looking forward to it and has been making incredible progress!!   Heat Waves been f...

June 16-23

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  I. SAW. THE. KING   Yes, you read that right… I, sister Russell, on Saturday the 21st of June 2025, not only saw, but waved at the King… and he waved back! I am now one step closer to inheriting the crown! Weekly story time  Spider-topia… as well as being closer to becoming the next queen of England, I also came closer to acquiring the web-slinging powers of Spiderman during a service project on “Chews-day”. We were helping take down a shed for Bishop and let the record show the trust this man has in me as he handed me a crowbar and let me get to work. As we were tearing the roof off though, the city of spiders that was established in the walls began to riot and started crawling from all directions. As many of you know by now, sister Keeler did not miss a beat in running to the furthest corner of the yard and I got the honor of having spiders the size of a baby's hand, crawling all over my hands as we moved the walls and roof. An experience I will never forget no matter...

June 9-16

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 " It's not wallpaper, it's silk" -castle worker man Hear ye, hear ye, another email has arrived. Quiet the wailing, dry the tears, If you've got horses, hold em. I shall begin the recap  Monday was one of the best P-days I think I'll ever have in the mission. Sister Keeler and I took to the road early after errands to, I don't know, just casually head to a massive, gigantic castle that apparently just exists here like the local Walmart… we went to the Windsor castle and as I walked across the grounds and through the 20+ rooms (only half of the tour), I got to feel broke in every way, shape, and form. It was really such a fun place to go and I only got yelled at for taking pictures once (I suppose that's what happens when you miss the no photography sign). I also learned that when your rich enough, you don't have to have the same dining room as your spouse and you can have a carpet that weighs as much as 20 baby elephants. Though who was responsibl...