Oct 27-Nov 3

Good Luck 🙏😅


I don't know why time is actually nonexistent. I can't keep track of the days at all! I will suffer through a recap though as you see how I try to talk to my sister Ashlyn while typing! 

☀️Monday I saw so many cows and we had p-day at a Brazilian Cafe no more to elaborate on 
☀️Tuesday I got to have 

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That was the end of my attempt for an email last week… apologies, I am deeply humbled but as they say, judge not or your trousers will tear on camera in front of an assisted living home full of grandmothers. 

You don't have to read the whole email, I just have to write it so that I can have some form of journal on my mission…

Attempt number 2 (previous week) 
☀️ still no comment on the Brazilian Cafe 
☀️Service with Monica and we got to do so much gardening! Then Exchanges with sister Sodalee! 10/10 curry 
☀️I return to my companion and we have an amazing lunch with the Summergills and then our phones decided to alt+F4 themselves and shut us out of absolutely Everything. Fun things. 
☀️ To much happened on Thursday. Final DC with Hayes, then at the chapel all day for English class, (to whoever decided to let me try and teach English, that's no very good of you), game night, and then stake meeting and rest 🙏🥹
☀️lunch with a Buddhist. Very insightful and I learned all about Kudelini yoga which tames the energy snake in your spine… then a lesson with our friend Alexander's who is so cool! Pray for him 🙏 😁
☀️crazy miracle filled Sunday as we had so many friends come to church! I gave a talk on covenant path and had a member who has not been there in 25 years come up and talk about the spirit he felt during the meeting. It was so amazing to see everyone there and was only made better by the wonderful lunch we brought with us of microwaved rice and squash. Sister Pereira got even more creative by eating a mayo, mustard, and ketchup sandwich…. She is a person who only fears God…

Current Week
☀️Windsor with the Sistas ✌️😁 that's about it
☀️ Service with M again and it was soooo much fun! I held a spider for the first and the last time and almost shanked sister Pereira with a screwdriver trying to get a spider off her shirt. I think I would have a hard time explaining that one at judgement. Chapel cleaning and lesson with Kacper who is one of the coolest people I've met on the mission (mighty prayers for him and his progression 🙏)
☀️INTERVIEWS!! Great as always and I attempted to do a musical number with the sisters. They sang like angels as I played guitar like I had cucumbers for fingers so more practice for me! Finding in Burnham and got someone's number through a ring doorbell ✊️🤨
☀️Finding in Windsor and got to see first hand from the perspective of chewed gum on a shoe as I collected looks of disgust. If I had a pence for every one, I could probably buy the castle. But honestly, I absolutely love finding it! It's so much fun and when you have just one golden conversation about the savior, it makes it all worth it! I taught English that night and had to tell the 2 people there (not including my wonderful companion who has no choice but to he there) to stop asking me why one and owl are pronounced they way they are, and let them know to ask chat GPT for the answers. 

Intermission- stretch your eyes, take a bathroom break, the show is almost concluded. 

☀️Friday I skip I don't remember 
☀️ Saturday so much finding in slough and I got lured into bible bashing as someone offered for me to take cover from the rain and then a group of 5 surrounded me and wont let me leave for 7 minutes... Never a dull moment when spreading the Word of God 
☀️ Transfer News…. the Doctor called, it's an STL. 

I'm moving on to a new area and sister Pereira is staying behind to die in slough. I'm so incredibly sad to be leaving so soon. Slough has been so amazing and the members are my family! I have my grandpa Alessandro and so many amazing friends who I will never forget. We had an baptism for Adefunke after the church service and it was a perfect close to this transfer. 

I am so grateful for my mission. I love every single second and if you're even thinking of going on a mission, in the wise words of Nike, “Just. DO. It” 

Love you all you're the best and don't forget that God knows you personally! 

P.S. 
What iceberg did say the penguin to radio?
  “ItS nOt FuNnEH I'vE GoT ShKewL” 🫵🤓

Don't forget to put cheese on the Mac,
  Sister Russell

If you've made it this far, have a cookie (only take one) 






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