Cake in England: It snowed!

Just FYI last year it snowed 1 day maybe 1cm. This year so far it has

snowed 4 different days. Each bringing about 3 inches of fluffy

goodness. I LOVE IT. Well I did until I had to shovel the parking

lot at church. Let me give you a hint. England's snow shovels are about

as good as any other snow shovel. Spent almost 2 hours and had little

progress so we just gave up lol. Put some salt down and prayed it would

rain before church.

We had a little exchange action on Tuesday with the elders in the district.

I was with Elder Mills from Idaho (near Boise). His fastest 5k is 16:48.... Anyway, 15 minutes before we left, our lesson cancelled. Then a miracle... sorta. A member in Scotland called the mission office and asked if some elders could give her mom (not a member) a blessing as she was ill. Boom. So I managed to find our way to the nursing home via bus 🚌. We rang the bell and a nice lady let us in and asked who we were visiting. Turns out Ivy Dunkley is quite ill. Like non- responsive and just sleeps. So we weren't really sure what to do as we had never met the lady so we just said a prayer and waited awhile for her to wake. Then left. Fast forward to the next day. The daughter called and asked if we could go over again. So this time with my actual companion we head over. The nurse said she's doing better today. Well not exactly true haha. We still didn't feel comfortable, it was awkward and stuff. So fast forward to Sunday. Finally mission accomplished and we had a visit with her. She still never knew we had ever visited her at all. But I'm sure her spirit was touched.

So rewind Tuesday we had some time off to watch president Nelson's address and press conference! Very cool! Ate some Krispy creme donuts 🍩 Elder Joe Pilling, we thought of you ;) Remember kiddos "stay on the covenant path"

I love and support the new first presidency. President Nelson definitely is a PROPHET. I'm extra excited for general conference! Also excited to see the new apostles. P.S. exciting news coming Feb 3!!

So last week whilst emailing I just sat there for like 20 minutes pondering how lucky I am. I just had all of those testimony moments flash back and I loved it. Seeing all the people I've met and the times the spirit testified to them. It's so great to be out on a mission. Ya, so many of you know my little brother Joe is serving a mission too! How neat is that :)