mission for a whole year woohoo I did it! Praise the Lord! Let me tell
ya nothing this last year went anything like I thought it would but
you know what that's ok because I have met so many people who have
left an impact on me and I am so grateful for that I'm also grateful
for all the many disappointments and the plans that definitely didn't
go according to plan because they have shaped me and taught me things
and I'm excited to see what will happen in these last six months!
Because after that I'm coming home! Woot woot! I'm not trunkie just
excited for this milestone to happen! I'm a bit proud that I can say
I've done this for a whole year but any ways on to the stuff that made
up this week!
So this November I've come to realise that the Poppy's that we wear
back home are bigger deal over here leading up to Remembrance Day and
I've got to say I think England wears it best. There are literally
poppies growing out of people's ears here the streets are being
painted with poppies and it's been really cool to be a part of it. As
missionaries we have been volunteering our time during the week to
help with the poppy appeal but it's actually been a bit harder then I
thought I originally thought oh this will be fun we will sit in a
booth for a few hrs and people will buy poppies. But because we are
acting as volunteers we aren't allowed to proselyte and a lot of
people who come and talk to us about the poppies have been affected by
loss in some way and it was really frustrating to not be like hey you
are going to see your family again and here is how!! call me!! Sister
Chenna and I are going to try and figure out a better way to be able
to get across the point that we are missionaries with a life changing
message for these people in a none proselyting way.
So far on my mission while biking I've had zero flat tires and in a
car I had one. This week I got two flat tires in a row and the first
one happened at quite possibly the worst possible time. We were biking Tuesday
morning to get to the train station to get to Zone Conference
and we were trying to catch the 6:45 train. But only a few blocks from
our flat my tire went completely flat I suspect it was from shattered
glass on the pavement left over from someone's Halloween festivities.
Because we had no time we had to lock our bikes to a dodgey pole and
start running until we found a bus stop that could take us the rest of
the way. By the time we got to the platform we were both almost
coughing up our lungs but we caught the train just in time and still
managed to totally beat the elders there so that's all that matters
haha.
On Halloween we had to be in our flat by six so we decided to make use
of some of that time by decorating our flat for Christmas! We cracked
open a couple of Terry's chocolate oranges played all the Christmas
music we had between us and went to town on our tree with Christmas
decorations we bought at Poundland the day before. So needless to say
things are looking very merry and bright at our little flat at 3
Westonbirt house.
It was Guy Fawkes night in short it marks the day that Guy
Fawkes tried to blow up the parliament building, keyword he tried they
took Guy Fawkes to a bonfire and through him in to it. to show that
you don't mess with parliament in this country. Naturally this has
become an English holiday now where leading up to that day they have
fireworks and bonfires and will through a fake person into the flames.
All in good fun though! Didn't have a chance to go to any bonfire
parties because we are trying to serve the Lord and obey our curfew
but we could definitely hear the party happening... every night....
the whole week...
While walking this week I found the greatest representation of England
in a car. It's both patriotic and accurate in size haha. I also found
an ape in the park that's pretty much all for this week.
Love,
Sister Talia Brown 🇬🇧
3 westonbirt house
21 woodcutters mews
SN25 4DP
Swindon
England
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