DIET COKE MAKES YOU FAT

Learned a lot this week guys. First off, learned that it's true. Girls really are the absolute WORST. and so two faced!!! Ughhhh. It's ok. Then, I learned that DIET COKE MAKES YOU GAIN WEIGHT. IN FAT. What the.......... seriously you guys what the heck why did no one tell me this before. Dad you could have gotten me to stop drinking coke years ago if you just quit talking about the health concerns and told me instead that if makes me FAT which it DOES. Ughhh!! Ok lemme tell yall a little parable. So. For the past five or maybe even six weeks (yeah it's been six, almost seven). So for the past seven weeks I have been running every single morning (with a few exceptions, obvi), only eating one treat a day and sometimes not even that, not eating after 7 at night, eating so much fruit and veg, and drinking three litres of water a day. And do you know what happened??????!?! 🤗🤗😝😋😍😉🙃🙂🙂🙂🤗 I....... GAINED SIX POUNDS. SIX!!!!!!!! Such a sickening joke if I do say so myself. Not to be dramatic but literally the biggest letdown since Kim kardashian released a single. Ughhh. But isok because now I have leaned and repented and changed and quit the sauce cold turkey and so now I'm down 8 pounds. 🤗 also learned that blondes do it best 💁🏼 and also I went blonde 💁🏼. LOL!!! Ok well "went blonde" is a little extreme but I now officially have blonde highlights! Except you like can't even tell so I'm gonna go back and have her do more next week. But still cool and fresh and fun (@ chanler). 

Learned that I am officially living with my best friend and that she is way way way good at football (she played for her flaming uni) and that I'm not terrible at it!!!! Learned this week that I love my family more than anything in the whole world. I was able to Skype Clara before she left and that was just hashtag the biggest tender mercy and it was just so so so good and happy and fun!!! Ahhh!! Love that dang family so so much.

Then I leaned that there is a dang reason for the rule book. So basically really really really long story short we went and had to pick up this members kids from school cause she was really sick. I love her little babies so much but it was so so SOOOO stressful. Agh!! It was just like the most stressful time of my lyfe especially because we were on exchange and sister Searle doesn't know Ilford at all and she was so confused and I was trying to do teacher trainings and it was just a big mess. Oh well what can ya do. Then I had a really tough day slash exchange because we went to my ALL TIME FAV members house and just learned some really sad bad news. And I didn't know how to help her. So I just went to the body shop and spent a lot of money on her haha. (Leaned that I love the body shop more than my actual body. SIKE I knew that one already). I learned that I don't remember anything that I do unless I take a photo of it and sister Searle is less of a selfie queen than sister Soulier so I don't have as many pictures.

BUT! We found and taught one of my TOTAL fav people on my whole mission. Oh my heck seriously he is so cool. He is like basically a pro footballer and his name is Kelly but he is a man and he has such cool hair and he is just so so cool. Except he smokes too much weed. But we will work on that one. He seriously makes me laugh so hard but we also had suchhhhhhh a spiritual lesson with him. I am learning how to be more spiritual and a better teacher cause of sister Searle. Life is way good and so is Kelly. Then I went on exchange with my little daughter, sister Cobabe! Who I always call sister kebab!!! Haha!!! And we ate kebabs together!!!! So delicious but also made me so sick!!£ lol!!!! Learned to stop trusting cheap chicken shops!!! Haha!!!!!!! Oh yeah I was soooo sick so much this week. Oh well what can ya do. At least it's stopping me from eating McDonald's or cheap chicken or basically anything at all haha.

"Matthew, I love you so much!"  "....ok."  lol

OH!! We played football in the park with the Stratford elders on Saturday morning and it was SO GOOD AND FUN AND RELAXING AND FUN AND DID I MENTION FUN?!? We were just smiling all day. Basically I had just a bunch of amazing days right in a row, as I always do on a mission, and especially in Ilford, and especially with sister Searle. Life is way good and God is way amazing. Hahah ok cool story about Sunday!!!) so we were both praying so so so so hard and a lot that we would be able to have two inv at church even though it was like a 50 min bus ride away and we were watching some kind of weird broadcast. So Clifford came (of course❤) and he was late (of course💔) and the TFL was down (naturally💔) so we went on our merry way on the bus. We showed him a vid of the living day prophet and I read him all the funny quotes that I have written down. It was way good.

But then, hahah! Then we had to get off and switch buses to go to the church and I almost never sit next to English guys but I sat next to a white English guy!!! My nightmare!!! Haha!!! But basically to cut a really really long funny but maybe boring story short I was explaining all this stuff to him about missionaries and the church and stuff and basically it was time for our stop and we had to get off so I was like jack! Just come to church with us right now! And he was like ok. So we had two at church. Hahahahahaha. Such a testimony to me that God really does hear and answer prayers. Way cool and amazing. GOD IS GOOD.

Our friend from the bus!  

I also got a super super super powerful blessing that just once again cemented my testimony of the priesthood. How lucky I am to have it. Wow. So, so, so lucky.

And then my fav members who are my literal hashtag goals (but I'm way too white and unfashionable) gave us a lift home in their RANGE rover and gave us a lot of mission advice.

"Pocahontas anyone?"

Life is so good guys. I'm so happy and I hope you are too, and if you're not--- CHOOSE TO BE!!!

getting highlights at my fav studio

"I am babooshka!"  

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(Team ups with my fav sister Cobabe!!!  Also my daughter sister Cobabe!)

SD

My fav animal is a shamu 🐳

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I don't know how God is so good to me to give me two absolute angels
in a row. Sister Searle is honestly perfect and adorable. Guys like I
really can't tell you how much I love that woman. One of my all time
best friends for sure. I can't wait for you to meet her, mom/rubes.
Seriously she's so good. She is helping me with SO many things. She's
helping me learn how to teach (seriously I've had 3 of the most
spiritual lessons of my mission in the 4 days I was with her), she's
helping me be calm and chilled out.   Thank the Lord for Audrey Searle. Boys you are gonna want to
date her SO bad but oh well. Seriously she's so beautiful that she
seems like she'd be mean but she is SO SO SO NICE AND SWEET!!! Ahhh I
just love her.

Ok back to basics. Transfers were rough cause suitcases are heavy and
I missed my life/love sister soul :(. BUT, cool thing, I navigated us
from Central London back home without a map and I only asked someone
for help once!! Ahh I was so happy!! If I wasn't so loud and chatty
and happy I could be a real Londoner!!! So cool.



We also had lunch
with two of my fav elders and I tried to convince one of them to marry
Clara. Then we taught some of our fav inv and went out to McDonald's
with one of them ❤. Even though he called me fat for it ❤. Life is way
too good. Then we had district meeting and it was good and I'm trying
to convince my ZLs to steal the training that our DL gave. Oh sheesh
then I saw my ITALIAN ANGEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I wish I was
joking when I say that sister Epicoco kept me on my mission my second
transfer. I will be forever thankful for that beautiful woman. I love
her and I was so so happy to see her back in her home, Ilford. (Even
though I am the self proclaimed queen of Ilford). Ahhh I just love
life.

Then my TOTAL FAV Stratford elders had a baptism and sister Searle and
i sang! Due to the advice of sister soul we got our fav Welshman to
play the piano and it was just so fun and good and I wasn't even
nervous because I already sang it in front of a general authority at
MLC so what can ya do. Oh man I just love the Stratford ward and those
elders and those two cuties who got baptised. It was so good. Then we,
of course, went to McD's with the elders cause they beat us in our
finding competition.

Then we had CHURCH in my fav ward (sorry PA1) and I sat next to my fav
girl in the world ayo and it was so good and fun and happy. 

We taught
YW and I think it was SO good. I almost started crying (gross) when I
talked about how much I love my mission and how much it means to me.

It was so good. And then we went to Hyde Park with Bukky and it was so
fun to travel and see allllll of my friends!!! Esp my fav Chinese
girls! Life is just way too good and God is just way too good.

At then
end of the night we were SO DEAD(!!!!!) but we somehow managed to
teach a professional croquet player (he won a gold medal and tried to
show us croquet poses lolllllllll) and Skype our dumb Zone leads. Life
= still good tho.

Love you guys way too much. God is good. Church is true.

LOVE YOU!!!!!!!! Xoxoxoxxoxo

Sis Gainez

Rando Guy: I don't want to be.... how you say... missionariezed.

I can't. I simply can't. I absolutely can't tell you how perfect this
week was. I wish I had the words to describe wicked to you all. Let me
try a few. SPECTACULAR. RAVISHING. PHENOMENAL. MIND BOGGLING.
ASTOUNDING. TEAR JERKING. MESMERISING. UNFORGETTABLE. IMPACTFUL.
BEAUTIFUL, LOVELY, OF GOOD REPORT, PRAISEWORTHY. AMAZING.
AWE-INSPIRING. LIFE. CHANGING. seriously that last one is not even me
being dramatic (ok my whole life is me being dramatic but what can ya
do)



Seriously guys, on the real, real talk, not even jk, in all
seriousness, SERIOUSLY.... it was fantastic. Sister Soulier cried in
the first 10 minutes. I wouldn't change a dang thing (except for those
freaky monkeys) about the whole day. It was so, so, so, so, so good.
It might have trunked me out just a teeny bit, but it was SO good. We
waited for our tickets (while I emailed you guys) and then went to
Hyde park and got to see some of my all time fav APs and ZLs. Then the
core four went to Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament and I spent way
way WAYYYY too much money at a thing called the Camden market. Google
it. Game changer. Mom, it's safe to say that my 8 year aversion to
spending money has now passed. Then we went out to eat with the ZLs, I
got the best news of my whole mission, and spent £70 at shake shack.
Then we went home and taught my fav stoner about the word of wisdom
and how to believe in God. LOL. Then the next day we had DM, I got
seriously rebuked and learned I need to change essentially everything
about myself lol, got a sweet hat, and hat KFC and a bomb priesthood
blessing. God is way good. Then had exchange with my fav Chinese
(sorry sister benson) and got really sick (what else is new. Lol).
THIS IS WHERE IT GETS GOOD!!!!!!!



I got to go back to where I started my mission: Canterbury. It was the
most magical day (no one better make fun of me for saying that
phrase). It. Was. So. Good. I got to see two of my favourite sisters,
one of my all time favourite elders, and I got to see my angel BFF
Jade!!!!!!!

Oh sheesh you guys she is so amazing. I'm not exaggerating
when I say she is almost the perfect human. Beautiful, humble, so so
so kind and considerate, polite, so strong in her convictions and
beliefs and testimony, independent but trusting, beautiful,
fashionable, honest, keeps me grounded, did I mention beautiful??? Ok
I'll stop cause this is just sad how obsessed with her I am. One of my
all time BFFs for sure. Had to say goodbye to one of my favourite
sisters in the whole world, someone who I really consider an actual
sister. Sister Batjargal changed my whole life and mission even though
she eats way too many apples. (This is the girl who, 100% seriously,
prayed to the Lord God Almighty that I would "follow the word of
wisdom and stop overeating so that she can lose weight". Yes). Anyway,
I was so happy and they were so happy and beautiful and it was so
weird but fun to be in Canterbury again and life was just way, way,
way too good. also got to eat a delist hamburger. Yes again. YES YES
YES. Then, THEN we had to go into London to switch trains and look
what we saw:! Actually I can't show you cause Ruthie told me not to
attach pics with the text! But it was Big Ben again!!! Then we went
back home and had dinner with our all time fav elders at a really
REALLY yummy burrito place. Bless x10000. Core four pt 2.

Then so many people came to church and I
discovered fake eyelashes and I got to spend so much time with my girl
Ayo. Life is so good. God is so good. Missions are so SO good. To
quote C$, "church is true".







Gonna go to an all you can eat buffet and go play football (lol I will
go lie on the grass) with said fav ZLs.

BYE!

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 WE HAVE A MOUSE IN OUR FLAT!!!! 🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘!!!!!!!! I LITERALLY
HATE IT SO MUCH!!!!!

Blessed w/ the Best

Guys. GUYSSSS!! Happy WICKED WEDNESDAY!! Can we just take a second to
think about how flipping blessed we are? To quote the legend Ruby J.
Neff, "SFB. So flipping blessed". Seriously, just take 20 seconds and
list 3 things you're blessed with. Then you will have to list 1000
THINGS BECAUSE GOD IS SO GOOD!!!!!! And #GODKNOWS!!!!!! (That's the
theme of this transfer for sister soul and I. #Godknows).

I'll just make you a little list of WHY life is so dang good.

•    It hasn't rained once last week. Not ONCE. Nor last week. And the
week before I think it only rained for a few hours. Everyone says this
is the mildest winter they've ever seen. #Godknows His little
California girl couldn't handle more than this. Srs guys I feel like
I'm back in Palo Alto.
•    It's so warm that I have forsaken tights for the rest of my mission!!!
•    I have bought sooo many cute clothes this transfer and only had
mild panic about spending so much money
-I really had to go to the loo (classic) and it's one of those ones
that makes you pay but I didn't have any money (cause it's the LOO!)
but the doors were open so I got to go in for free!!
•    Im currently in the que for wicked tickets and it is SO short and
we are like 4th or something and it's NOT raining and I'm sitting next
to two really nice not too loud Americans!!!!!!!

•    Only like two people were creepy to us on Valentine's Day
•    My boyz ay ay Ron and mikash were born this week!!!!!!! Happy
birthday babes!!!!!!! Luh you way too much!!!!!!!!!
•    Did I mention I get to see WICKED?!
•    We went to an all you can eat place for v-day and it was so good
I could have cried
•    The dumb zone lords forgot to look up which tube stop we were
supposed to get off at for wicked so we called our fav member at 9:29
and he googled it for us even though he was at v-day dinner with his
wife

•    My family and I are happy and healthy and safe
•    So, so much more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BLESSED!!!!!!!


Also, update, just found out we got front row seats!! For £30!!! Major
max blessed.

This week was just such a good one (once again). Last p-day we got
McD's (of course) with my fav elders in the whole world. Seriously
love those two.

Then we had ZONE CONF!!!! We gave a training and so many people called
us afterward to tell us how much they liked it (who the heck knows
why-- probs the spirit or something cause it was not us lol). I also

saw my fav person in the world this guy with autism who spends all day
every day at the VC. HE IS SO FUNNY. he told me all he knew about
California was that it was really warm, people don't wear shoes, and
everyone eats burritos. I told him that's all he needs to know. OH!
When we were traveling home I really really had to use the loo (what
else is new) and we hopped off the tube at BIG BEN!!!!! Lolllllll! I
love serving in England!!!!!

Then the next day I had a rough morning so I got McD's with some more
elders that I love and got a blessing. It wad the most powerhouse
blessing of my whole entire life. It was amazing amazing amazing. I am
so blessed to have such a strong testimony of the priesthood now
because I really do. Mom and dad remind me to tell you about it
someday cause it was just soooo amazing. #thankselderdalley

Then, because of the schedule change, we can do comp study whenever we
want to during the day, so we walked into the chapel and did comp
study with my FAV elders in the universe!!!!! Lol it was so fun and
actually really really spiritual. It was crazy good.

My fav member gave us these sick SnapBacks and I automatically fell in
love with him, and then we had exchange!! With sister Batjargal!!! The
one who eats all the apples!!! Hahaha I love her so so much. And we
had THE most powerful teacher training I've ever had on my whole
mission. I cried and I haven't cried in like 7 months. It was amazing
amazing amazing. OH also this week I rebuked one of my zone leaders
(with love, and a scripture, obvi) and he cried for the first time in
3 years!!?!!!!!!!!! This week I really felt like I was God'S vessel.
It was way cool.

Oh ALSO!!!!!!! I saw my main man!!!!!!!  The self-proclaimed trap
king!!!!! Remember him?!?!? Such a tender mercy I got to see him. I
seriously LOVE that fool.

Then I defrosted our freezer, found out I look like hermione after
having my hair in braids, Bukky came to church and looked like a
GODDESS!!!!!!, and we went to the best Welsh mans house in the world.
I told him he needs to come to CA so mom and dad can treat him and his
wife real well (because we all know I am a rubbish hostess).

Then we got to teach a guy that I met my second week here and have
been trying to contact ever since. I'm pretty sure he was in rehab.
Blessed. This is an exact quote from him "I am looking to find the
true church and I am committed to finding it. I hope God tells me it's
this one" LOL.

Then we taught the GREATEST lesson ever to the greatest fam ever. I am
so blessed to teach fams. Soooo so blessed. And now it's wicked!!!!!
God is so good!!! Love you all!!! Write me and send me presents!!!!
😇😎

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