In the words of Pocahontas, "Wingapo!"
Holy tilido, it's been a party and a nightmare combined into
one. And I LOVE IT.
So Tuesday Sister Mata'afa and I went to a cool Buddhist
temple so I could get to learn a little bit more about what a good chunk of the
people I'll be working with believe in. It was really cool and confusing. haha.
And then Sister Mata'afa and I went and had dinner with President and Sister
Back and the rest of the trainers and talked about how we can help our new
companions survive the culture shock. So that was fun. :)
Wednesday was good. We went and waited at the mission office
for all of the new arrivals to come. And there were so many! It was slightly
ridiculous how many people we jammed into a room! And then the moment of truth
came... Who would be my new companion? Well, there's this cute little blonde
from Rigby, ID named Sister Moon.
And we knew each other at Utah State. She's
been VISA waiting in California and finally made it to Australia. So I'm
getting the opportunity to culture train her into the Australia Sydney South
Mission and Australia in general. So that's crazy and fun! She's pretty great.
Thursday was a bit terrifying. Sister Moon had to learn how
to drive on the left side of the road.... But she did great! And then we headed
to Wollongong. Woo! We did our weekly planning and tried to figure out the map
for a while. Then we had a dinner appointment with the Stewarts. They are just
absolutely lovely! I'd met their mum earlier and so we had the appointment set
up so Sister Moon could get to meet some awesome Australians and try some good
food! Needless to say, Vegemite filled chocolate is not her favorite. :) I
actually kind of liked it.
Friday we had district training meeting. It's kind of funny
because there are 6 missionaries, and we all serve in the same ward. Two Elders
speak Mandarin, and then we have English Elders, and us. :) I am eternally
grateful that I get to be Palongi and not try to teach in Mandarin. After DTM
we went and saw Evelyn, a less active member. She is just lovely! She has
really bad health, so that's the main reason that she is not active. And then
we had a lesson with our investigator Thomas! He is Chinese and loves the
Gospel! His only problem is that his family thinks that if he gets baptized,
he'll never find a wife. So we are just praying hard for his family's hearts to
be softened.
Saturday was great! We went and visited a mother and a
daughter, Ana and Mele. I love Tongans so much! We chatted for a bit and they
invited us back for lunch and a lesson this next week. Woo! And then we were on
the train and met this guy named Ross and gave him our number and guess what...
He called. Which is great but what was freaky was his number was already saved
in the phone! o.0 Apparently he used to be an investigator. And he is Italian,
so that's cool. So we are starting to teach him again. And then we went street
contacting for a bit and we met this neat young man named Kieren, and he is
letting us come back as well. It was great.
Sunday was great! We were pumped to go to church and meet
heaps of people! But unfortunately due to the long weekend due to the Queen's
birthday, no one was at church. We seriously had maybe 20 people there. haha.
But after church was great! Sister Moon and I made delicious Mexican food.
Sister Moon even taught me how to make tortillas from scratch! Yup, I found my
new diet. We tried seeing a lot of less active members and active members that
afternoon, but they are really bad at updating the ward list the missionaries
we have. We knocked on a few doors where the members that lived there died a
few years ago... No wonder they're less active...
Monday was great! It was the Queen's birthday, hence why it
wasn't p-day. But we did heaps of tracting and visiting members and less
actives and we ended up getting two new investigators! We also had some
interesting conversations with incredibly drunk people, but it's cool. It's
always an adventure. :)
The work is going great! I'm happy, healthy, and ready to
work hard, play hard, and pray hard. It's going to be a great transfer!
Sending my love,
Sister Danielle Laree Stott
Look! Buried treasure we found at the beach. :)
Dad did some google earth stalking, here is her new home.
These pajamas are how I'm grieving with the fact that 90% of my loves ones have seen the new Avengers movie over a year before I will. They're also really nice for winter.
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