I love Heavenly Father! This week was just tender mercy
after tender mercy! He is so good to me!
The tender mercies started on Tuesday. We had to drive
to Sydney by 9pm so we planned to leave around 5:30 or 6pm. But we went to
visit a less active sister in the morning and she was adamant that we left
earlier because of the danger of going through the mountain pass in the frost
and dark. So we cancelled our appointments and got on the road about 3pm
instead. Which meant we got into Sydney just after 6pm and needed to work for 3
hours! Well, remember Fairfield? When I was transferred back in November, I had
2 hours to pack and leave so I didn't get to say goodbye to the families I was
close to. So we decided to take advantage of the 3 hours we had! We went and
saw the Amones, the Mafoas, and Mama Fina! It was so good to be back in their
homes and to teach them again. It was definitely something that my heart needed
before I left Australia, and I'm so grateful Heavenly Father made it
happen.
Wednesday was another day of tender mercies! Have you heard
of Elder S. Gifford Nielsen? He's a General Authority and apparently a pretty
big deal in the world of Grid Iron Football. Well he and his wife came and held
a conference with us, it was so nice! And then after the all day conference,
the leadership in the mission were able to have dinner with them and President
and Sister Back. So I got to spend 12 hours straight with a General Authority.
That was pretty cool. He is definitely a man of God! Every word he spoke was
profound, as well as his wife! I definitely received answers to my prayers that
day. Also, I was able to see Elder and Sister Clark from Canberra! Which was a
huge tender mercy since I was afraid I wouldn't see them again until their homecoming
talk in Arizona.
Thursday we drove back to Bathurst from Sydney and spent all
of Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday running like mad trying to
make up for the time we missed while in Sydney. We ran like crazy! It was good,
I love working like crazy. Yesterday, Monday, was the Queen's birthday. She
didn't invite us over for tea though which I thought was quite rude. But it was
a good day nonetheless. :) I'm grateful for Sister Nansen, after a 6 hour
roadtrip in a car together and trying to make up a few missed days, you
definitely learn to love or hate your companion. Good thing mine is pretty rad
and I love her to bits. :)
In the words of good old Sister Teahe, "The church is
true. Heavenly Father is the best!"
Heaps of Love,
Sister Danielle Laree Stott
Mama Fina, The Amones, The Mafoas, The Clarks. :)
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