Yesterday Sister Smart and I experienced one of the greatest things in our mission so far! It was such a blessing. This is mostly what I wrote to my mission president today in my letter.
Earlier in the week on exchange, Sister Smart and Sister Macaluso contacted a young lady and got a return appointment. We didn't realize til last night that her address was outside of Salisbury and we had never been there before - we didn't even really know it existed. We caught the bus out but the address she gave us was no good. The house was empty and up for sale. We knocked the rest of the street, but with little success. As we finished we looked across the street, trying to decide where to go. The building across the way looked a bit like a church but we decided to go find out if someone lived there. At the first door we knocked on the other side of the road, a tall slim lady answered the door. We introduced ourselves and she asked us if we were Latter Day Saints. We told her we were and she then replied "I am too..." What?! This lady was not on the directory or any record that we had seen! She invited us in and went on to tell us she had been married and sealed in the temple 20 years ago, but then had been divorced 10 years later. She ended up moving here and fell away from the church because a C of E chapel was just around the corner from where she lived. She told us multiple times how she had recently been thinking of whether or not she should have her name removed or if she should come back to church again. She explained how great the temple had made her feel and how she longed for that Spirit again. Amazingly, we had just been told earlier that day about a branch temple trip coming up on the 22nd of this month. She found her diary and eagerly wrote it in. She doesn't want to miss it. As our conversation came to a close, her eyes welled up with tears and she told us how grateful she was that we came in. She recognized that she had lost her way and wanted to make her way back. I will never forget the hug she gave us before we left -full of gratitude and appreciation. The words of a song haven't quit running through my head yet, "Dear to the heart of the Shepherd, Dear are the lambs of his fold; Some from the pastures are straying, Hungry and helpless and cold. See, the Good Shepherd is seeking, Seeking the lambs that are lost, Bringing them in with rejoicing,saved at such infinite cost." I'm so grateful we were led to find Pam. It really is true that the Lord loves each and every one of His children and He wants them back. I was grateful to be a part of Pam's rescue that night.
Scripture of the week: "And that same sociality which exists among us here will exist among us there, only it will be coupled with eternal glory, which glory we do not now enjoy." -D&C 130:2
Sister Smart and I at the top of the Salisbury Cathedral today! What a beautiful view we had! 
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