I can't think of a clever subject line.

Hey everybody!!

As you can tell from the subject line, I haven't even had time to
think this week... So hopefully this will make sense. 😂
It's been a good week! Lots of miracles and very few people yelling. 👏🏼

Tuesday we were on exchange with Sister Barnjak and Sister Gomes. They
are currently serving in Kings Lynn. So it normally takes about 3
hours on the train from Kings Lynn to Colchester (because they have to
change trains like 3 times) anyway, something happened, we aren't
quite sure what, but somehow on the way here they ended up in
London... Which is no where close. 😂 so instead of 3 hours it took
about 5. Bless them. But they got here.

While Sister Gomes and I were together we were out just stopping by
people and I remembered there was a part member family that lived in
the area. The sisters used to teach them, but I had never been to
their home. I looked up the address and we stopped by. The wife (the
non member) was home with her mother in law (member) we were able to
visit with them and share a powerful message on the atonement. The
mother in law said as we were about to leave, "I was thinking about
you today, thank you so much for coming, we both needed this." The
spirit was strong and we will see them again this week. I am so
grateful for the spirit placing us where we need to be when he needs
us there.

Funny story from the week: so we had a meeting called super MLC on
Thursday. It was for all the Zone Leaders and Sister Training Leaders
like normal MLC but it was super because all the district leaders came
as well. We got a call Monday night right before bed at around 10:00pm
from one of the assistants, Elder Steuer, who informed us we were
going to be giving a training at super MLC on "how to work with
sisters." 😂😂 needless to say, we had LOTS of fun preparing it and
even more fun giving it. And even MORE fun preparing it in like one
day after our exchange. 😂 Sister Matthews doesn't love speaking in
front of people but she did great!!

We had to wake up at 3:30am to get to super MLC so the rest of the
week has been a blur and we are desperate for some sleep... Still.

Oh I almost forgot, Macy was interviewed on Saturday and will be
baptised this coming Friday! We are SO EXCITED FOR HER!!! Keep her in
your prayers. And our Ghanaian friend, Kwame, came to church and is
preparing for baptism as well. Seriously guys, so many miracles in
Colchizzy.

I am so grateful for the Lord and all he does for us. I know there is
nothing He can't do. Still, somehow, I get to be lucky enough to let
Him use me to do it. I know He lives. I know He cares. I feel Him here
beside us everyday. I LOVE HIM. The Book of Mormon is still magic and
has all the answers to life's problems. I promise. I triple dog dare
you to read it this week if you weren't going to already.

Your favourite missionary,
Sister Wright

Sister Wright and Sister Matthews

Sister Wright only included 1... ONE picture with her email this week. She said her iPad was full and she had to get some space before she could email more photos home. I guess I will forgive her.

A whole new world 🌌

Hello everybody!!

I hope you've all had a great week!! We have! It's been a week full of
meetings and finding. Lots and lots of finding. We had been finding
all week and hadn't seen a lot of success. Lots of people yelling at
us, and telling us we are wasting our time, the normal stuff. We just
couldn't figure out what we were doing wrong, or what we supposed to
learn. Then on Saturday night one of the Elders shared a scripture
with us... 2 Timothy 1:7 "For God hath not given us the spirit of
fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." We recognised
that we have been called by God. And His spirit is one of power and of
love and of a sound mind. If we have those things we are doing what he
wants us to do. We are doing his work in his way. So we prayed a lot
then went out on Sunday and "hit the streets" (aka tracked for like 4+
hours.) I'll be honest, it was hot, it was long, and we were hungry
(fast Sunday probs) but we were so HAPPY. We were able to find two
people who wanted to learn more and one of them has 10 siblings....
PLUS WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE HER WHOLE FAMILY. God is so good.
He loves you and he loves me. He will ALWAYS provide a way... But if
not, we will remain faithful.

Wednesday we had MLC. I LOVE THAT MEETING!! We received a great
training that we were able to give in Zone Training Meeting on how to
use our technology more effectively. We are encouraged to connect with
people on Facebook and to teach people over Skype and Facebook
messenger when they have busy schedules. Basically we are in a whole
new world out here. But we are so excited. Elder Bednar gave a
training to mission presidents that talked about this and how right
now we are doing a lot with technology, but it is only a small
trickle... And we need to turn this trickle into a flood. How
powerful!!

We had a great Zone Training meeting on Friday and were able to teach what we learned on Wednesday!

I love you all so much!!! I love being a missionary and I love serving alongside the Lord. I love serving these cute sisters that we are over and learning about each of them, their passions, their families, and their strengths. They make me want to be better and to do more. I love the Book of Mormon! Every morning when I read it I want to shout for joy because we are SO LUCKY!!! I am so grateful for the sacrament and the chance it gives us to start over.
May we all feel the spirit of power, love, and a sound mind this week and we earnestly and diligently seek the Lord.
I love you!!!
Your favourite missionary,
Sister Wright

Ps eat some ice cream for me this week. 😘🍦

MLC Training In London

Zone training 

Sisters in our Zone

☀️☔️

Hello all!

Sorry about last weeks email. We were running super short on time and
had to run to a lesson. But as you know, I'm staying in Colchester
with Sister Matthews! WAHOO! 👏🏼👏🏼 we are so pumped!

There was lots of excitement this week, but it was basically all to do
with a few events. First of all, Fe got baptised!! Yay! She is
incredible! She bore a very strong testimony at her baptism, she even
mentioned serving a mission! She has so much faith and has sacrificed
so much to follow Christ and she never wavers in keeping the
commandments. She acts and talks like a member already. There are
great things for her to do in this kingdom and we are excited to see
what the Lord has in store for her. I definitely wasn't that
spiritually mature when I was 17!

Another exciting event was that Cameron Dixon, son of a family in the ward, came home from his mission this week! He gave his homecoming talk on Sunday and it was incredible to hear. I think homecomings are some of my favourite meetings because the spirit is so strong. The missionaries bear such a powerful testimony of Christ. I hope one day I will be able to bear a testimony like that.

We have been having fun finding this week and I have gotten even more awkward (I didn't even know what was possible. Miracles haven't ceased.) The other day we stopped the cutest Turkish girl and I can't even remember what I did that was so awkward but I followed it up with "well this is really awkward." We laughed for a while and ended up teaching her a whole lesson, praying with her, and hugging her before we left. I guess God uses us however he can.

We are seeing miracles everyday. And we are so grateful for your prayers. We know the Lord is with us as we do His work. I love hearing from each of you the difference Christ has made in your life each week. I know He lives. I know He loves us. I know He will strengthen us and comfort us and lift us.
May we all try a little harder to be a little better.

I love you all!
Your favourite missionary,
Sister Wright

ps I cut Sister Matthews fringe (bangs, for you Americans) this morning. That was interesting. They don't look terrible though. 😂😂.

Fe's baptism

Colchester Zone

being silly

Teaching & Preaching

P-Day Fotbol

Jack and his parents came back to visit his mission, he served in Colchester as well. They came the Sunday that Elder Dixon was giving his homecoming for his mission. It was fun to see him but a little weird.  He called me Abby but then corrected himself to Sister Wright. He brought a package from home. Thank you Darrington's for bringing some Love from America to me here in England.

Jack Darrington and his sweet parents visiting Colchester England.
Jack served here and they came back to visit.

Sunday dinners just like back home in Utah

Jack sent home a snapchat to my sisters... same old Jack!

A sweet Facebook surprise. A sweet member from Colchester sent me this picture of Sister Wright and Matthews. They fed them dinner Sunday night.

👁❤️ 🇿🇦

Staying in  Colchester and with Sister Matthews! Sorry, I'll send a
proper email next week, we don't have time. But they say a picture
tells a thoughts and words, so here are some pics.

teaching

Love fresh fruit

Sister missionaries are so boring!

Cooking frozen eggs.... yup that's right. FROZEN!!

Don't hurt me.

I talked to president about coming home on November 30th or December
26th. He said because it's the middle of a transfer I can't come home
on the 26th so that it is either November 30th or January 11th. I
thought that would make the choice really easy, and it did.... But not
how you think. I'm going to extend until January 11th. School starts
on either the 9th or the 6th, I can't remember. But President said as
long as you register me I can go back and just go to classes a couple
days late. It makes sense because people add and drop classes for the
first couple weeks of a semester anyway.

Well, that's all I have to say about that.

the group at Colchester Zoo

Yes, I know I'm a day late. 😬😎

Hey everybody!!

Hey!! So sorry, we had interviews yesterday, so our p day was today
and we have been at the zoo all day. :) I'm alive don't worry!

Interviews with President and Sister Stevens

Me and Sister Matthews

teachin at the Zoo

Colchester Zoo

Morning football & sunshine ⚽️☀️

HAPPY MONDAY!

I hope you all are doing well. We definitely are! ☺️ I considered writing an emoji story for this weeks email... But then I realised that some of you probably wouldn't be able to view the emojis so I changed my mind. Sorry. One day I'll come up with a way to make these more exciting.
This week has been pretty normal, so this might be short.
Update on Fe: she is doing phenomenal!! She loves the gospel and is willing to do anything, ANYTHING to follow Christ. The faith in that 17 year old girl blows my mind. We met with her a couple times this week and then she came to the ward camp win us on Friday. (We obviously didn't sleep on the beach with the rest of the ward, we just went for the campfire on Friday evening)

Sister Matthews, Fe and Sister Wright

Sadly she wasn't able to make it to church because she got really sick Sunday morning. But we will see her this week. Keep her in your prayers!

Tuesday we had an exchange with the Gorelston sisters, Sister Tavares and Sister Batjargal. Mom, you're definitely going to hurt me for this, but we forgot to take a picture. 🙈 So sorry!! They are great though! I was with Sister Tavares. She is 28 and is the only member in her family. I learned a lot from her!! I meet all these sisters who have come out here with little to no support from home and I really don't know how they do it. I couldn't do this without each of you! I guesS it's just more proof that the atonement is real!

Friday we had zone meeting in Ipswich. I always love getting together with other missionaries and seeing their faith and strength. I realised this week how much I learn from the people around me. I know that we are exactly where we are supposed to be.

Oh and I guess I should give you some info on the subject line... ITS FINALLY ALMOST WARM HERE IN THE SUMMER OF ENGLAND. Like almost all week I didn't have the thought, "I'm freezing" so hey maybe summer does exist.

We also decided we needed to get creative with our morning exercise cause we were getting bored. So we have started running to a park that is between our flat and the elders and playing football with them every morning. It's usually just two on two, but when we both have exchanges it gets a little more fun ☺️

Well I love you all! I am so lucky to be able to be doing the most valuable work in the world. I love this job. I would do it for the rest of my life if I could. I know the gospel is true. I know God lives. HE LOVES YOU AND ME! Today we read the parable of the lost sheep, I was reading the institute manual and I just want to share a quote with each of you that I love! 

“The lost sheep are not just the people who don’t come to church. … The lost sheep is a mother who goes down into the valley of the dark shadows to bring forth children. The lost sheep is a young person, far away from home and faced with loneliness and temptation. The lost sheep is a person who has just lost a critically needed job; a business person in financial distress; a new missionary in a foreign culture; a man just called to be bishop; a married couple who are misunderstanding each other; a grandmother whose children are forgetting her. I am the lost sheep. You are the lost sheep. ‘All we like sheep have gone astray.’ (Isaiah 53:6; emphasis added.)

“The times of feeling lost are not always times when we have wandered from the straight and narrow path. Not at all. We may be precisely where the Lord would have us be." (Bruce C Hafen) 

We are all lost sheep, and how eternally lost we would be without the Saviour and His atonement. 

Love you peeps!

Your favourite missionary,

Sister Wright