Share Sista Pope's adventures as she serves a mission in jolly ole' England. I (Mama Jane) will be posting excerpts from her letters. Check back often and leave some love in the comments! I'll be sure she sees it.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Madison is an Aunt
"I'm so excited about Morgan and Sadi and the baby! John Henry Pope - how adorable is he!!!!!! I love him so much!"
The higher law
The last mission president was very “law of Moses” (hard core rules and crazy numbers), but we are moving to the higher law. When I came in we still did some of the things he started - talk to someone within the first 10 min of leaving the flat, speak to 10 people a day, give out 10 books a week, and have 15 hours of finding. We've done this my whole mission. Last zone conference we dropped it. We were losing focus on the real purpose of doing these things. President Ogden told us, "You are not here to give out Book of Mormons. You are here to bring people to an understanding of the atonement of Jesus Christ." We are responsible for helping people feast upon the word, not just giving out an easy book with little thought to the poor Polish guy who doesn't really understand what you are saying but takes the book just so he can keep moving....It's pretty cool. The spirit is a lot stronger - the mission is changing. We are focusing on finding through the members. 1 in 3 member referrals get baptized. 1 in 1500 doors knocked gets baptized. 1 in 4 of those member referrals make it to the temple. 1 in 6,000 doors make it. wow. Life is pretty good - God is good! I'm grateful for everything. I love you guys tonz!
xoxo
mad skillz.
xoxo
mad skillz.
Monday, November 8, 2010
the bees knees
Missionary work is the bees knees. I've never been so exhausted, but I've never been so happy - evidence that it's truly God's work.
The work is going great. We are praying so much, it's insane! We pray before we get out of the car, to teach, or go tract, and it's changed everything! It's really cool how that all works.
The work is going great. We are praying so much, it's insane! We pray before we get out of the car, to teach, or go tract, and it's changed everything! It's really cool how that all works.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Fall is in the air
*Note - I thought I had published this post for Madie last week but it's been sitting in "draft" mode - oops!
So, it's been fall for quite some time here - the leaves on a single tree gradually went from green to yellow, and then the tips started to turn red. This week they finally started falling off the tree. They held on for a long time!
We live near the River Avon, so we've been walking up and down the banks, talking to fisherman, punks, people walking their dogs, people feeding ducks, etc, etc. And.....there's quite a few rowing teams that come out on the river. It's fun to watch them - it reminds me of my Lesley crew days! Speaking of rowing, we were at one of the other sisters' flats and Sister Clark and I spied a strange work out machine in the corner. We pulled it out and realized it was a rowing machine! They weren't using it so we lugged it out of their flat, down some stairs, put it in our car, and now have sweet morning work outs! Solid!
I took my driving theory test this week - a bunch of multiple choice and a "hazard perception" segment that shows video clips - you have to click anytime you see a potential or developing hazard that would cause you to change speed or direction. Now that I've passed that I have to take some driving lessons and another practical driving license test. Phew!
The heating in our flat are these weird radiator things on the walls. They produce heat by heating up coils and realesing the heat through the top of the radiator. They take 24 hours to turn on and warm up so you have to plan ahead. It's a little sparadic but we try!
The work is going well - we are doing tons of finding! I have always hated finding, but I'm starting to love it now. We've made some hilarious friends and bump into some great people. To help people come closer to Jesus Christ, to help them come to a position where they can now fully access the atonement in their lives, is something that took me a long time to understand, and the poignant significance of that is something that I still marvel at. Godspeed and the Lord moves mountains! Sweet.
So, it's been fall for quite some time here - the leaves on a single tree gradually went from green to yellow, and then the tips started to turn red. This week they finally started falling off the tree. They held on for a long time!
We live near the River Avon, so we've been walking up and down the banks, talking to fisherman, punks, people walking their dogs, people feeding ducks, etc, etc. And.....there's quite a few rowing teams that come out on the river. It's fun to watch them - it reminds me of my Lesley crew days! Speaking of rowing, we were at one of the other sisters' flats and Sister Clark and I spied a strange work out machine in the corner. We pulled it out and realized it was a rowing machine! They weren't using it so we lugged it out of their flat, down some stairs, put it in our car, and now have sweet morning work outs! Solid!
I took my driving theory test this week - a bunch of multiple choice and a "hazard perception" segment that shows video clips - you have to click anytime you see a potential or developing hazard that would cause you to change speed or direction. Now that I've passed that I have to take some driving lessons and another practical driving license test. Phew!
The heating in our flat are these weird radiator things on the walls. They produce heat by heating up coils and realesing the heat through the top of the radiator. They take 24 hours to turn on and warm up so you have to plan ahead. It's a little sparadic but we try!
The work is going well - we are doing tons of finding! I have always hated finding, but I'm starting to love it now. We've made some hilarious friends and bump into some great people. To help people come closer to Jesus Christ, to help them come to a position where they can now fully access the atonement in their lives, is something that took me a long time to understand, and the poignant significance of that is something that I still marvel at. Godspeed and the Lord moves mountains! Sweet.
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