Mitcham Ward

Last Sunday night we met with the Stake President of the London wards. All of us girls from our study abroad have been split up into different ward assignments of where we are supposed to attend church. I have been called to attend the Mitcham Ward, which is about an hour and a half away from my house. To get there, we ride the tube for 20 minutes, board a train for 40 minutes, board a tram for 15 minutes, and then we have a 15 minute walk from the station to the church. Altogether it takes us about an hour and a half to get there if everything goes smoothly and it costs $15 to go to church each week.

Although it's exhausting just to get to and from church, the minute I walked into church I knew that it was going to be the neatest experience in my life. Everyone in that ward is so warm and welcoming! It is by far the most diverse ward I have ever been to. It is about 70% African from Ghana, 20% Asian, and 10% white (which include the two Elders and the one couple missionaries). As white BYU girls, we really stuck out! The chapel is the smallest chapel I have ever been in--with two medium sized benches next to each other and about ten rows of benches.

Sacrament Meeting was so spiritual and it was the best meeting I have ever been to. The spirit was so strong and those people are amazing! I bore my testimony in both Sacrament Meeting and in Young Womens. I actually got called to be a Young Womens teacher so I am really excited about that! There are ten girls in there and they are all way cute! I am so grateful that I have been called to this ward because I know that it will be such a life-changing and learning experience for me!