Friday July 18th 2008

Letter from Rachel to her Mother.

hello, mother. thank you for the informative letter i loved it. thank you and it sounds like everyone is doing good. i am doing wonderful as well. the work is really progressing and i am learnign a lot. though i think i will look haggard when my mission is through. we work hard becuase people need this in there life. but i have a lot to tel you and the family. i hope you are still sending these emails to everyone. well to start the 4th of july was wonderful we had a chocolate fountain it was so delicous and all this fruit and shortbread. we stayed up late and even got all dressed up it was great. we were so sick afterward though. then last thursday we had zone confernece. it was a special one because we were welcoming and meeting our new mission president for the first time. his name is president bullock. his wife is the daughter of boyd k. packer. but they didn't even mention it the entire time. he is amazing. he reminds me mitt romney he is a ceo of all these companies and so intelligent but humble at the same time. and sister bullock is beautifula and abosolutley wonderful and the sweetest women in the world. they are wonderful examples of a true servant of god. but as missionaries and leaders or anyone it isn't like you look at them and feel bad baout yourself. we are doing the same work we are united and equal. our mission is special something great is about to come about in england. the lord has really sent his most faithful here. then on this last monday we had exchanges. i was the senior companiion for the day. and sister gueierrez from preston came down to be with me for the day and i had to do everyhting myself. i wasn#t worried though, the lord has really prepared me. in actuality she was learning from me. she kept saying she felt so amazed at how much i knew and how much she admired me. but i have to admit the lord really carried me that day we saw a lot of miracle s happen i felt like angles were beside me and the spirit was overpowering with every one we taught. it kind of scarded me because it wasn't me i was just literally a tool in the lords hands as hhe led me and spoke through me. i have been very blessed. also, we were switched to the south ribble district randomly and our new district leader is elder shull. i think he has a crush on me. btu nothing really. btu i miss my old district but this one is good too. it was my first real change since i have been here and really elder shull is amazing. he is a convert and came on a mision 2 years later without the support of his parents and his was in this really prestigios medical school before and he gave it all up to be on a mission. he has a strong testimony. oh and last wednesday we went to the lake district in lake grasmere. we hiked up to a man made cave weere they carve the slate ourt of to build the country english walls and houses. it was beauitful. and it was funny our ward mission leaders wife sister fawcett had to go to the bathroom so bad she just went behind a wall, it was veery funny. we dont have a lot of investigators right now jsut our main four chris, xing ma & linssy and nicole. we are very close to all of them . particularyl nicole. they all came to church for the first time last sunday. which was a huge step for nicole she has major trust issues. she is 23 and gorgeous and she is a single mom. her daughters name is chanaed. and she has jsut been used a lot. it is sad. but we became very close and she is a different person. she is so happy. but at church she had a terrible trime. she weas so uncomfortable. and she dropped ;us. the next day we went over and it was so sad i was crying because i love her so much. but she said she didn't feell worthy to be there or baptized. she was crying and just accepted misery. it was so hard for me and her. but she is still a close freind. she was going to be baptized on the 26th of july now not at all. bu;t i hope she will changer her mind. chris is amazing he just need s to get married he is a reliougious and philosophy major. very inteligent but i think he will be baptized soon. and xing ma and linssy are from china and we have to teach them like childeren they ddidn't even know what god was when we started teaching them. but they now know about god and joseph smith and the book of mormon and that trhere true. they hoopefully will be bapptezed too. i love you mom i am typing so fast because i have to go but i will talk to you again wednesday. love sister coleman