Day 40

Church was an adventure today! For the first time ever we go to church with no problems! We only had to take two tubes and a train instead of three tubes, a train or two, and a bus. Only three of us ended up going because everyone else wanted to go to the Jubilee celebration. For those of you who don’t know this year is the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee which means she has been on the throne for 60 years. The only other time that this has happened is when Queen Victoria was on the throne, so it’s kind of a big deal. Anyways, we got to church and another girl and I went up to primary. None of the other leaders showed up so it was just us two. At first we thought we were going to be pretty ok because we only had three kids, but not for long! Eight more kids came for primary and five or six more for nursery. Between the two of us we had to sit and watch all the kids, do sharing time, singing time, the classes and make sure the nursery kids weren’t crying or running out of the room. I ended up taking the nursery kids in the other room because they were way too distracting to the other kids in the primary. The other girl got left with the rest of the primary kids. I was in the other room with about five two year olds, but in the class room  next door she was breaking up fist fights and attempted chokings. Luckily, my friend Lauren came up about halfway through and helped us out. By the time we got to Sacrament meeting we were exhausted. Testimony meeting was wonderful. A few people even got up and said how much their kids loved coming to Primary which made us all feel a little bit better. We were all so glad we went though, because we knew that they really needed us.

I can’t believe how fast the time has gone! I only have about a week and a half left hear in London. I have gotten so used to being here. I know how to get around anywhere, which museums are best, how to sleep with earplugs, the best places to eat, how to share a bathroom with fourteen girls, and the closes gelato places to the center. This has been such a great experience; I have loved it.