so remember last pday how I said I was going to windsor castle with some elders in our zone? we can get in for free sometimes because one of the members in the slough ward is a guard there. when we got to windsor there were tons of people dressed up all nice and wearing those crazy hats. we had no idea what was going on and then we met up with the guard to get our tickets and he said we would see the royal family!! the queen, will and kate...we had no idea haha apparently it was garter day or something...whatever that is. then we get escorted to our spots to watch the royal family parade. it was funny cause people had been waiting in line and in their spots for hours and then we randomly show up one pday and have no idea whats going on. it was great! there were guards EVERYWHERE and an orchestra. I tried to get some good pics but failed miserably but all of us are going to put our pictures on a cd cause combined we got some great shots so I'll send you some of those eventually. :) way cool right? lived in america my whole life and never seen a president but I've lived in england for 9 months and I saw the queen! haha so random.
well...any moves predictions??! cornwall? bath? penzance? jersey? NOPE!
I'm STILL in High Wycombe haha you know what that means? after this transfer I'll have been here for half of my mission!! I can't believe I've been here that long. I can't believe I've been on my mission that long!! I'm so excited to be here for another transfer though. I love it here. the best part is i get to be here for Jannie's baptism on saturday! I am soo excited for it! he is doing well and he's super excited. the Lord has big plans for him, he is so faithful and dedicated. it's been amazing to watch his growth. I've loved teaching him. I want him to go on a mission! he's 24 so he still could haha we'll see. oh! and I'm still with sister Keogh! maybe we'll be able to do some proper missionary work this transfer?
we've been teaching these two kids liana and andreas. they are a less active womans kids. they are so cute. I love teaching kids. it is so much fun. they came to church on sunday and they absolutely loved it and they really want to get baptized. it probably won't happen till august or september because they are going away. chance of me being here for it aren't great haha but I'm so glad we've been able to teach them. it is a blast.
robert is still being robert. it's frustrating but something in me refuses to give up on him. the hard part is I don't know what else to do for him. I don't know what else to teach him. he knows its true, you can tell. I think he's just afraid to admit it because that means he would have to commit to something. It's gotten to the point where I bug him about baptism every day pretty much haha yesterday he said 'maybe..' so we're improving. the first time we talked to him about baptism he choked on root beer haha in a teach with him yesterday I asked him if he sees the church in his future and he said yes and then I said are you a member? and he said yes! but something still stops him. he says he still doesn't fully believe God is there and his doubt outweighs everything....any suggestions? I want to see him join the church so bad. I've worked soo hard on him. how can I help him? he's a tough one. he's hopefully going to come to Jannie's baptism on saturday so hopefully that will give him more motivation/encouragement? i don't know... he's an eternal investigator...It's definitely testing my patience.
We're teaching a new guy Samuel. from africa. yes another african :) love them! he is so cool. he's preparing for baptism on the 23. getting him to church is tough though cause of his job so hopefully we can work that out. he is amazing. reads from the book of mormon almost every day.
this week was almost a normal one. Sister Keogh and I have not had a full week of work yet since we've served together. she was doing so well but then last week got really sick and passed out again. it was pretty bad. it was something different this time though cause I got really sick too. i didn't pass out though no worries :) I'm better now, she's getting there too. except yesterday evening she got pretty sick. It's been so crazy but I have had some amazing time to study and really think about the gospel and build my testimony so even through all this mess I've seen miracles and blessings.
Sunday was hard with fathers day. Just thinking a lot about dad. I miss him. it was fun though, the primary asked me to play piano for them in sacrament meeting so I was playing things I never had before. that was scary but I was able to pull it off though!
last night I saw a member of our ward and he wants me to teach him guitar so I told him if he would find me someone to teach I would give him a guitar lesson. 2 HOURS LATER he called me laughing hysterically because he had a referral for me haha I've discovered a new way to do missionary work that beats knocking on doors :) I'm supposed to use my talents right?
anyway, thanks for everything!!! love you guys so much, all of you are great examples to me in so many ways. I hope everything is going well. are you still getting tons of rain cause it won't stop over here.
I love you!!
love, sister gregson
2 corinthians 4:6-9
ps. president gave this to us in his email this week, thought you might like it!
'come to the edge' he said
'we can't, we're afraid' they said
'come to the edge' he said
'we can't, we'll fall' they said
'come to the edge' he said
and they came
and he pushed them
and they flew
Love ya!
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