(Monday April 23 2012)
I got my angry birds package yesterday
after church. We haven't been near the mission office in a few weeks so our
zonies Elders Mata and Ramirez brought us our mail. India mentioned she
could imagine all the mischief I could have with them, I’m still trying to
figure out how I can get maximum enjoyment from them without throwing them at
my companion while she sleeps haha. Actually, I’d be too tired to wake up and
waste my precious sleeping time.
We played supa golf last Monday and it
was ok but I didn't particularly enjoy it. Although I was rather proud at the
fact I was the only one on my team who didn't have to go hiking in the bush or
near the billabong to get my ball. I didn't so much enjoy the golf itself but I
did enjoy spending time with Elders Moore, Gurney, and Mata and Sister Fakatou.
Karen is a lot happier lately. She came
to all 4 sessions of general conference last weekend AND stayed for all 3 hours
of church today. We shared an article from the April 2012 ensign called "My Search for Motherhood" and asked her
to read it as well as the footnoted talk Are We Not All
Mothers? Which she printed off and gave me a copy. They are
both really good talks.
Don’t worry about me getting my Easter
package late. I’m just glad I got it. I like getting it late.
I probably didn't communicate about
Elder Bennion very well. He was fine and happy he got a package. He just
thought it was strange to get it off you even though he didn't even know you.
Here are a few of the talks that stood
out to me from conference weekend that impressed me concerning my family far
away in Sydney:
Mountains to
Climb (one of my favs)
The Laborers in
the Vineyard (another fav, I love Elder Holland!)
I know it looks like the entire lot of
conference talks but it's not :) please, I know you don't have a lot of spare
time but I know that you and dad will take a lot from these talks. So when you
guys have the time, have a read of them and share what you think is appropriate
with India and Gabi. Actually, you could do a talk each week as the lesson for
FHE. There you go, I did my turn for family home evening for the next 10 weeks.
We got the thank you paper at the
sisters specialized training to write a thank you to a woman who had been a
good example to us in our lives. So I thought of you. Sure, I’m surrounded by
good examples in my friends but you were a good example in bringing me up and
teaching me. The others continue to expound that.
I’m glad Dad got his certificate. I know
dad deserves it and dad loves giving his all in work but it is also nice to
receive recognition and I know sometimes others don't always show dad that, but
heavenly father sees what we do! And he's thankful!
Go ahead and laugh at the cat attack. I
did. I’ve only got a few small scars but one is a little infected. It’s slowly
healing and NO I will not go to the doctors to get it checked out. Prayer and
ointment is all I need.
We have been putting in a lot of hard
work in our area but to be honest, we don't have a lot of investigators. That
means we have to put even more work in. It's not about the numbers, but we do
need to make sure we are finding as we teach so we don't run out of people!
I may be a good teacher in some things
but I am still an amateur when it comes to teaching the gospel and with the
spirit. And i've noticed I really need to improve on being humble and thinking
before I speak. Sometimes I say things which come out the wrong way :/
At the moment, I would not like to live
in WA. Yes, I could fall in love with my next area but I miss Sydney. Here
THERE'S TOO MUCH FLIIPIN SAND AND NOT ENOUGH WATER. Plus, because it's so flat
here, the sun blinds you all the time especially when the sun is setting. I’m
going to have damaged eyes more than when I came out.
The sisters in WA stay relatively close
to the suburban areas. I think the furthest is like 2 or 3 hours away. Which
sounds far, but when you think that in comparison, the furthest you can get
sent is to Broome which is a airplane ride for your transfer, it's not that
far. We have transfer calls next Monday so I wonder where I’ll go? They usually
keep one sister and send the other away, usually keeping the newest sister in
the area so Sister Mohring thinks I’ll stay but I reckon I’ll go because I
can't drive and Ellenbrook has a car. True they could send a driving sister to
be my companion but I don't think that will happen.
Thanks for not taking my money out. I
might need it for an emergency like if I need my bike fixed or something.
We had Chris' baptism on Saturday
morning at 10am then had Emma-lee and Teahurei's baptism at 5pm. It was a very
spiritually uplifting day. I marveled when Emma-lee bore her testimony and
said:
"I know god lives. I know Jesus
lives. I know because I have felt it."
Emma-lee comes from a non-religious
background and from a very different lifestyle. To change so much, and to be
able to say that, I marvel at God's power and the Spirit.
Maddy says she emailed you the other
night about them coming to Sydney. I know you guys will have fun with them,
they're sense of humour is very similar. They are planning to get sealed in the
Perth temple 1 year from Chris' baptism, I’ll still be on my mission so I’ll
hopefully be allowed to go to their sealing!
Sister Stoker said there's a guy in her
ward who got his mission call to Perth and was coming out sometime this year
right? Who was it again?
Your birthday is coming up. So to
celebrate your birthday, I’m allowed to call you! Not really, it's actually for
mother's day but coincidentally it's close to your birthday. So I’m warning you
now so you will be ready for when I call. I’ve only heard from Sister Mohring
what she did with her family from Christmas so I have to check details with
leaders but what Sister Mohring told me is that we are allowed to use skype if
a member let's us use their computer otherwise we have to buy a phone card and
use that to make our call. So I know there is a couple in our ward who has
skype so I’ll ask them if I can use it. And then we have to organise the time I
will call so you will actually be home and answer the phone. And we're 2 hours
ahead of Sydney I’m pretty sure so we've got to make sure we don't muck it up ha-ha.
I’ll be going now. We’re over time on
the computers (again) and I want to send your email before I type my
president's email in case it crashes again.
Love Sister Parsons
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