The Atonement is REAL

Hello one and all from across the Atlantic. :) 

First lets just take a moment to realize I've been on my mission for 3 months now... how crazy is that...?!

Ok, now that I've gotten that taken care of this week has been really fantastic! It started off with a really successful and fulfilling Tuesday. Recently we've been having some cockroach/mice problems in our flat so we decided it was high time to call an exterminator. P the exterminator came to our rescue and Sister Apiyo and I ended up having a really great gospel conversation with him. It just goes to show that sometimes the person who you would least expect to be interested in the gospel ends up being very prepared by Lord. Heavenly Father definitely knows His children. Later that day another miracle happened. We were on shift at the visitors center when all the sudden a Nigerian family of 10 walked in the Hyde Park Chapel! We were able to teach them about eternal families, and the love that God has for each and everyone of them. It was really special to see a whole family so ready to learn and so anxious to go to church in Manchester that next week. :) They are now being taught by the missionaries in their area! 

The next day started out incredible with another amazing visitors center tour. A Taiwanese woman from Taipei walked in, curious about what the building was. We took her into the chapel and discovered that she had actually been taught English by the missionaries in Taiwan! :) The entire tour was a spiritual explosion and by the end she told us that she would definitely be meeting with the missionaries in Taiwan, and kept saying how amazing it would be to have a fresh start at life after Baptism! :) Elder Stuart and Elder Nolan- referral coming your way. Also on Friday a man named local named P came into the visitors center. Although we didn't know much about him we felt prompted to take him back to the Cinema and show him Because He Lives (a short film about Jesus Christ and how he is really here for all of us). As the movie ended we realized that he was silently crying. He told us that the last couple of years he had gotten into some bad things, but that he had been trying to fix his life and be a better person recently. Sister Apiyo and I testified that with the Atonement of Jesus Christ he could have this second chance, and be forgiven of these things. We are still in contact with him now! :) Oohh how I love the visitors center and the many miracles that happen in this place. 

This email is staring to get long.. .so one more story and then I'll be done. Promise!  

On Saturday we had someone cancel on us while we were in Fulham. Not being close enough to the flat to do something productive there we decided to try visiting N. N was someone we found tracting a month or so back, but we lost contact with him and hadn't heard from him in a while. We knocked on the door expecting no answer, but to our surprise N popped his head out the window and yelled down at us that he would be down in a couple minutes. We ended up having the opportunity to teach him a lesson about repentance. We planned to just give him a Book of Mormon and invite him to church, but after a few minutes the Spirit lead the conversation there. Just like P a few days earlier he expressed his frustration about trying to change his life, but not being able to, and just like before Sister Apiyo and I were able to share that we knew the Atonement was not only real, but that it works. In all honestly though, I know that the Atonement is real and the Jesus Christ knows exactly what we've gone through and are going through now. He loves us so much and is more than willing to help us! The atonement doesn't only just give us the opportunity to be cleaned of our sins but can also give us strength in times of trials! I have a strong testimony of this. :) 

Hope everything has been just fantastic in the U.S. of A. and that everyone is really doing great! I love you all. 

Love, Sister Rebekah Croft