Week 27!! I almost died by elevator

I'll just start with the lift(elevator) story first. So the trio (me and comps), the stl sisters, and Blackburn elders went to our flat to pick the stuff for our street display. We decide to all take the lift down and so we all pack in. The lift acts normal until it's time for the doors to open, and they Just Don't Open!!! There's seven missionaries, a folding table, and a box of book of Mormons in this tiny lift. There was also no signal so we couldn't call anyone. After about 20 min of hitting the emergency button, someone outside tries to use the lift. And we get him to call maintenance and the zone leaders (who were waiting for us for the street display). We are told that maintenance  is on its way so we wait......for another 45 minutes. At that point it's getting really hot and stuffy since there's no ventilation, so we decide to try and call 999(911). Our flat building is right across the police station and they manage to send some firemen 10 min later (who came at the same time as the elevator maintenance ). So we were stuck there for around an hour and a half. It sucked 

For the rest of the week not too much happened. We tried calling by a bunch of people in copple (an area hard to get to bc we have to play for bus fare). Just lots of tea appointments and finding. We got our transfer calls: sister Wilkinson is going home (she's done yall!) Sister colinares is leaving for Manchester (she's been here forever) and I am staying! My new companion will be sister gillyean( I hope I spelled that right). I'll meet her on Wednesday so I'll write next week about it. 

For the spiritual thought: repentance! When a lot of people think of repentance they think of punishments and consequences, but that's not true! Repentance is change and turning back to God. When we repent, we sacrifice our sin and shortcomings in order to become more Christlike. For more serious sins we do go to bishop and have a longer repentance process. Repentance isnt just an occasional thing, but it is something we need to do daily. It isn't just saying sorry, but it is willingness to change, and actually doing so! I know that as we repent we can become more like our savior and feel so much better about ourselves! 

And now the funny stuff: 

I was stuck in an elevator with 7 other missionaries for an hour and a half. Videos and pictures will be included

I'm a quotes addict and I had to delete over 80 pretty lds quotes to save space on my tablet. It was so sad 
My companions are afraid to use the elevator in our building. (My laziness has overcome my fear, so I don't care, but they won't let me)
I got a letter and it came in the girliest package ever, so I assumed it was from my aunt Krista or Jennifer, but it was actually from grandpa Scott and grandma Saundra! (Thank you, I loved it!)
In our flat, we have a monitor for our water, heating, and electric use. When we leave, we put in on away mode to save power. (In away mode it turns off heating and hot water). We came back on Wednesday night and I forgot to turn off away mode, so long story short: I took the coldest shower possible because I couldn't figure out why the hot water wasn't working.

Also since sister Wilkinson is leaving, sister colinares and I have been claiming her dresses that she's leaving behind. We almost fought over the red one (it's mine bc I'm fat and it fits me better) 

*Pictures

Missionary selfies and pictures of the lift incident Lunch selfie and our investigator Stella!

So this is two of the ysa(Natercia and Esther) who took a selfie when I left my tablet at the chapel. The other two are with the beverlies. They have the cutest kids 

The older couple is the chadwicks and the YSA is Katie. I love Katie bc both of us like Steven universe. Also one of the members let me hold thier lizard.

*Lift videos of them trapped