Oh my good heaven. I don't think I can fully explain how
much my head is spinning this week. I'll just start off with the nice slow
start we had...
Monday we had a few lessons after p-day with some members.
Tuesday was pretty slow as well. We saw some less active members and tried to
do a lot of finding. We went and visited an investigator with one of the Relief
Society Presidency members. Wednesday was good, semi-slow as well.
I know my email seems boring and vague up to this point but
it's so you get to the good stuff faster... Trust me.
Thursday was Thanksgiving! We had some appointments that
stood us up, but the night was AWESOME! We had a Samoan Thanksgiving! I made
sweet potatoes with marshmallows and mashed potatoes and gravy to bring some
America into it. :) It was so fun! Then we went to another part member family's
house. They're Fijian and made us curry. So it was truly Thanksgiving since I
was waddling by the end of the night. :)
Friday is where the twist came in! I was sitting there
writing in my journal while Sister Toailoa was finishing up getting ready...
Then a phone call came in... from President Back... And he said, "Sister
Stott, you're the kind to like adventure, right?" "Yea?"
"And you're a good missionary, right?" "Ummm... I guess."
"Good! Well... I need you to move to Canberra... this afternoon." So
yea. Some stuff happened, not sure 100% on details, but there needed to be a
change and it needed to be fast. So I threw all of my bags in the car, said
goodbye to some other missionaries, called some members to say goodbye, hopped
in the car, and drove for 4 hours. We switched companions, and now here I am! I
have the sweetest companion! Her name is Sister Verances, she is from the
Philippines! She is so beautiful, humble, and sweet. I'm so blessed to be with
her here in Woden! (Woden is our area in Canberra.) We went and got to know the
Bishop and saw a part member family as well. :) Nothing overly crazy!
Saturday was so good. We stopped in and met some members and
some investigators and shared short messages after I got to know them a bit.
They're all so lovely here! I absolutely love Woden! We even had a member
family invite us over for dinner and invited four nonmember friends as well!
Whoa! It was awesome! I was bearing my testimony and answering questions right
and left. It was great! I loved it!
My first Sunday in Woden was beautiful! Church was great and
the members are beautiful. There are a lot of American diplomats in my ward and
so it's really interesting adjusting to white people with familiar accents
again. Hahaha. :) There's even a senior missionary couple in our ward
named the Clarks! And Elder Clark grew up in Idaho Falls and is a Bonneville
graduate! :D I LOVE WODEN! We went and saw some members we didn't get to talk
to much after church and they're all so lovely! Aaah, I'm so happy here! I ate
horse too which is actually yummy. Just a side note. :) And I don't know what
else to say. There's an American member here who looks, acts, speaks, and
dressed like my mum so I'm kind of mildly obsessed with her already. But I told
her so it's okay. She said she'll be my Canberra mama. :') I just really love
it here. The work is a lot slower than it was in Villawood but my heart is
doing so well here.
Sending my love,
Sister Danielle Laree Stott
P.s. I'm over halfway through my mission now, so I'll see
you all in 8 1/2 months. You're closer to seeing me than you are to when you
said goodbye. :) So yea, that's cool.
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