This week was completely crazy. Not slightly crazy, completely. It was awesome! I absolutely loved ever second of it. I thought the best way of filling you in would be sending 6 things that haven't happened the previous 16 months of my mission, but only in Bathurst.
1. On Wednesday we
traveled out to a place called "Trunkey Creek" that is about the size
of Koosharem, UT. It's so cute. We met a lady in a petrol station closer to
home and she said to come visit her so we did! How did we find which house was
hers? Well, the Pub and the Police Station are both in houses right next door
to each other, so we just knocked there and asked. There's only one islander in
the whole village, so she was easy to find. We had a nice visit with her and
we'll see how interested she is.
2. I was trapped by a
dog. This MAMMOTH dog was chasing our car and when we got to our investigator's
house it just waited for us outside, barking and biting our tires. Sister
Nansen and I were both freaking out. Then I remembered one time when Sister
Davis and I were tracting and she told me how this one Sister was attacked by a
dog and the owners ended up getting baptized. So I thought, "Okay, why
not?" and said a prayer and jumped out of the car! I didn't get eaten by
the dog, but we did make it to the lesson. So that was nice.
3. We had two sets of
exchanges this week. For the first one Sister Tau from Tahiti and Sister Mafi
from Tonga came down. That was heaps of fun. It was Sister Tau's last exchange
so I made Tahitian food. It was fun to watch her get so excited. For the second
one Sister Creel from California and Sister Panana from Samoa came up. That was
hilarious. Neither of them had left Sydney before so President Back sent them
up here for a day since Sister Creel is going home soon. We took them Kangaroo
spotting which was really fun. It's going to be weird not seeing Roos every
day. I didn't even think about that until I saw them freak out seeing them for
the first time. It's been a common daily part of a huge chunk of my mission.
4. IT
SNOWED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh happy day! I started to cry when I saw beautiful
white falling from the sky. Sister Nansen and Sister Panana had never seen snow
before so I drove up into the mountain where some was sticking on the ground.
It was so fun to see them experience snow for the first time. It was freezing
though, Australia thinned my blood for sure.
5. We had an
experience about following little promptings yesterday. When I was getting
ready I felt like I should wear both my badges, one on my sweater and one on my
scarf. So I did and when we got to church, Sister Boogaard had forgotten her
badge! So she borrowed mine. :) But she forgot to give it back, so she dropped
it off to us that night before we headed to an appointment and as soon as we
pulled away but before the Boogaards did, a man walked up to their car! And he
asked them to please call the ambulance because he was sick, dizzy, and
confused. So they did! It was neat to see how all these little things added up
to them being able to help someone in need.
6. We read the Book of
Mormon with an investigator family last night and as we read Alma 5, the dad
began to cry as he expressed how grateful he was that God brought us into each
other lives. His heart was so hardened when I came here, but the Gospel can
change anyone. It was a neat experience.
All my love,
Sister Danielle Laree
Stott
Pictures:
Our two sets of exchanges, and Sister Panana and Sister Nansen's first snow!
:D
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