Hello everyone

I hope all your Easters were great and that you were able to reflect on why we have this holiday and the sacrifices our Saviour made for us and the blessings that come from the Atonement He performed. I love my Saviour and I know He lives and loves us all!

This week!
We had exchanges with the STLs this week which was fun! I was with Sister Van Zyl and we had a lot of fun! Then, remember that Less-Active member from last week who said she wanted to come back to church? Well her daughter isn't a member and she said she would like to start taking the lessons!! Wooh!! Super exciting!!

TRANSFERS:
I am leaving Grimsby! I can't believe it. I still feel like I just got here. But, it's been almost a third of my mission here!! Crazy!! But I am leaving to a place called Pontefract!! The only thing I have heard about it is that is has a Haribo factory so it should be pretty sweet. I'm excited for this new journey and I know Heavenly Father has some good plans for me in Pontefract! I'm also sad to be leaving Sister Pinther but she is going to continue to do great in Grimsby!

I love you all!!!! Have a great week!!!!

Love
Sister Montgomery

Scunthorpe District ft. Zone Leaders and STLs

So majestic

We stuck Sister Tautkus in the boot of the car

My Kinder Egg toy collection

English Ice Cream Truck ice cream is so much better than American Ice Cream Truck ice cream

Hello!!!!!!!!

So this week was good. Okay so back story: the very first day Sister Lundahl and I were in Grimsby we met this guy named Steven. He was super cool and was pretty insterested. But his schedule was insanely busy so we got his number to contact him. Well we could never get in contact with him. So Thursday we Street contacted this guy and we talked to him for close to an hour and he was pretty interested so then we set up an appointment with and when I was getting his number it was showing that we already had it saved. So then I asked if we have met him before and he said no. But then when we walked away IT ALL CAME FLOODING BACK TO ME. THIS WAS STEVEN. THE SAME STEVEN I MET MY FIRST DAY IN GRIMSBY. We are seeing him on Wednesday and I can not
wait!!!!!

Next miracle: the next day we were on the bus and Sister Pinther was sitting next to a lady named Michelle. Michelle started talking to Sister Pinther and was like "are you a Mormon?" So she said yeah and then she was like "my dad is a member and I'm super interested to learn more about it!!" Unfortunately her schedule is super busy as well so she said as soon as she gets whatever it is sorted she is going to meet up with us!!!!

Third miracle: yesterday we went to visit a less-active we had never met before. We shared a message with her and she was like "I really need to come back to church. Yeah. I'm going to. What time does it start? I'm going to start coming again" ASDFGHJKL

This week was such a blessing. It's going to be even better this week so we are stoked!! And it's the last week of the transfer. I feel like I'm staying in Grimsby for a little bit longer but we'll see what happens. I hope I do!!

Anyway, have a great week everyone!! Love you and miss you all!! xx

Sister Katie Montgomery

But look at Grimsby's sunsets!

This tree caught on fire so they had to chop it down

We drew a picture for a member

LOOK I GOT SUNBURNT IN ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!!!! IN APRIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wooooooooow

What a week. So first, we had Zone Training and Interviews this week. It was so great!! I sang a song with some other missionaries and it was a lot of fun! The spirit was so strong and there was a line that really stuck out to me "here's my heart, take it and seal it". We need to live the Gospel with all our heart, might, mind, and strength most importantly our heart. We need to have our eye single to His glory.

Then Sister Pinther got sick so we had to stay in the flat for a few days so I have been pretty bored this week. But then we had GENERAL CONFERENCE YAY. And we are getting a temple in SARATOGA SPRINGS?! Ask me how excited I am. But it really made me realise how important it is for me to go to the temple as often as I can once I get home. Living in Utah, we are so privileged with many temples all around us. We really need to take advantage of that and hasten His work.

General Conference was so great and I received so much inspiration. Our leaders are called of God. The Church is true. I just want everyone to know that I know it's true. Jesus Christ is our Saviour and Redeemer and Heavenly Father loves each one of us perfectly. If you aren't sure of His love, pray and ask to know that He loves you. I promise you He will answer!!

I love you all!! Have a great week!! xx

Love
Sister Montgomery

We did service for a member

#YOMO (You Only Mission Once)

Elder Berndt (on the piano), Sister Mataupu, me, and Elder Shiew singing "Come Thou Fount of

Every Blessing/If You Could Hie to Kolob Medley"

Sister Pinther was tired after Zone Training

Yayyyyy General Conference

Hello friends and family!!

We taught Lisa again this week which went pretty well!! But she didn't come to church which was pretty sad but she'll get there. :) we didn't see Michael at all because he has been at the hospital for some tests for his heart so he didn't come to church either because of it. We met a guy named Paul who we talked to for quite a bit and he was really interested in becoming a missionary and telling people about God all around the world but he wasn't interested in learning more about our church so that was anticlimactic.

We had Zone Conference this week again which was a lot of fun! I got to see Sister Lundahl again which was fun! And also my MTC companion Sister Farnsworth! We learned a lot about how we need to use the Atonement more so we can really teach people about it authentically. I really enjoyed it and appreciated all the instruction we received! We met some cool less actives this week as well and we are excited to start working with them! Yesterday was Mother's Day here so the primary children sang a song and it was adorable. Then a cute little girl bore her testimony and said she missed her mom who is in Spain (I think?) and she started crying and I started crying as well because I'm the same little girl.

Then today we played Laser Tag as a zone and it was AWESOME. So that was my week. I'm stoked for General Conference this weekend!!! It's going to be great to hear from our wonderful leaders.

Love you all so much!! xx

Love

Sister Montgomery

Man, Sister Tautkus, those are some scrumptious-looking snickerdoodles...

Zone Conference

Fun fact: this was President and Sister Turvey's idea

LASER TAG

Heyyyyyyyy

This week flew by!!!!! But we saw some pretty cool miracles!! On Wednesday, Sister Pinther and I decided we were going to find someone new to teach. LITERALLY the last person we talked to before going into our flat was that someone. We set up an appointment with her the next day. So Thursday comes ANNNNNNNND she cancelled on us....So that was great. BUT THEN we decided to try by Lisa who we have not been able to come into contact with for like a month. We were talking to people on the way to her house and we were getting into the longest conversations with people which is pretty rare in Grimsby so the fact that it was almost every person we stopped was crazy. We finally got to Lisa's and we knocked a few times with no luck BUT JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT ALL HOPE WAS LOST!!!!!!!!!!! We turn and GUESS WHO IS WALKING UP THE STREET?!?!?!? LISA!!!!!!!!! So we talked to her for a bit and she invited us in for a cup of juice and she told us she had something pretty big happen to her and that that was the reason she lost contact with us but she is still interested!!! So we set up another appointment with her for Tuesday!! It was amazing because literally everything that happened that day leading up to that moment was timed so perfectly so that we could get back in contact with her!! Man it was awesome.

Then yesterday Michael came to church again! And Sister Pinther gave a great talk on service that got the ward misty eyed a bit. I was very proud of her she did awesome!! It has been such a great week and this week is going to be even better!! I hope you all have a great week! xx

Love you and miss you ALL!

Love
Sister Montgomery

Elder Cunha stole my iPad during District Meeting and took a selfie.

Ask me how much we walk.

Ah man this week was long. It was really good though!! Just a lot of things happened. 

Tuesday...I GOT PROPOSED TO. There was this guy we stopped to talk to who was named John and he was about 60. He randomly asked if we had children and we told him no so he told us about his kids. We told him we eventually will have kids once we go back to America and find a husband and so he starts telling us that he is single and that he's a great guy so he turns to me and goes "will you marry me?? Will you please marry me??" I told him no.

Yesterday Michael came to church again! And he even stayed for more than just the first hour! It was so good! We basically have just seen a lot of less-actives this week and waited in anticipation for yesterday because we had TRANSFER CALLS. No one in our district changed though so it wasn't anything too crazy. At the end of this transfer I will have been in Grimsby for 6 months. AND I will be half way done! CRAZYYY.

I hope you have a great week and I love and miss you all! xx

Love

Sister Montgomery

Zone P Day last week at an international buffet

South Side District

South Siiiiiide

South Side + Zone Leaders

ZONE CONFERENCE

Man this week was good!! 

We had Zone Conference which was amazing!! It
was focused on finding through the members and since that Zone
Conference we have received 3 referrals from members. THAT HAS NOT
BEEN HAPPENING THE WHOLE 7 MONTHS OF MY MISSION SO THANK YOU PRESIDENT
TURVEY FOR BEING INSPIRED. It feels so good to know that we are going
to have actual solid investigators. It's funny because we'll ask
members who they know and they say "no one" so then we make them think
more and we kneel and pray with them right there and then they always
think of someone. Every time. And we are still continuing to find more
people through our own efforts as well. 

Also Michael came to church
yesterday and stayed longer than he usually does. YAY FOR PROGRESSION.
Anyway that's about it for this week. I love you and miss you all!! xx

Have a great week!

Sister Montgomery

There's a lady who has a room full of cool costumes she made

Sister Pinther and I accidentally matched...

Sister Wood is leaving me for Utah next week!!!!! feat. Sister Mataupu

:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

Sarah's mum wanted proof that she was with the Sister Missionaries. feat. some chav

Look, those clouds look a bit like mountains...