Week 33

Hello Everyone :D

This week's been a funny one haha the New Zealander's all think I'm crazy; "How are you wearing a long sleeve shirt in this heat!!??!?" "uhhh... it's not hot......" it was probably like 25 or something hahahaha or we'll be at dinner appt and they'll say its hot and get a fan and point it at us bc yknow we're the Elders to which I say "you're the ones who need the fan, I'm used to this heat in Australia" 

another night we had 'pudding' (dessert) first and then dinner... I don't know why they all say that here instead of dessert bc we weren't eating any pudding, it just confuses me; I think we're going to be eating pudding and then they bring out ice cream or some other dessert thing that isn't a pudding. anyway we went over and the chicken wasn't ready so we just had dessert first while we waited for the chicken to cook hahaha

Talked with a lady from Canberra was doing some gardening so we asked if she'd like some help "only if you're not going to charge me" hahaha we laughed at that "nah free" "but you're in nice white shirts" "it's alright" so we helped her out, she started asking us questions about the church but yeah she's from canberra just staying for a week so we can't really go back to teach her, but we left her with a Book of Mormon.

We caught up with that Chinese family this week, well the wife, the husband wasn't home so we couldn't go in, but that was a good thing..... funny story that.... they won't forget the Elders now that's for sure haha.  So we took our member who can translate, they had set up an appt and all bc well it's kinda hard for us to do that when we don't speak mando. (Mandarin) so it was in the evening and earlier that day my stomach was feeling a little off but yknow missionary life just get out there and stay busy so we ride to their place and meet the member there and we get there and I'm feeling a bit sick but didn't want to cancel bc we've really been trying to get to teach them. So we knock on the door say hello and we're talking for a little bit and then typical me when I'm not well or anything goes wrong with me, guess.... go on guess....... of course, I feel dizzy, so I sit down, that doesn't work so I keep going and lie down on their driveway (see, good thing we couldn't go inside) now Elder Morley, the investigator and our member we're probably wondering what I was doing but idk I'm not them, anyway I blacked out for like a split second (lucky I had already lied myself down in the recovery position) and came back round and threw up on there driveway...... yup they're not going to forget us Elders haha. she was ok tho, she got some tissues so I could wipe my arm clean we got the hose and cleaned up the driveway, but we gave a restoration pamphlet (in chinese) and asked her to read the first vision and pray about it and said she would. (well our member asked her). After that we went back to the flat and I proceeded to empty the rest of the contents of my stomach (I don't think you want me to send that photo :P (and yes there is a photo of it haha)) not sure if it was something I ate or a stomach bug but I'm feeling better now.

L liked church didn't come yesterday :/ we'll catch up this week tho, she knows the Hendersons so we've tried to organise a FHE kinda thing with them.

Yup I got part one last night hahaha got a call from Matt Tini's brother and he came and dropped it off to our flat hahaha. (Part 1 of birthday box!!)

Yeah Siale sent me an email " I'm so spiritually up lifted and have a stronger testimony it's not funny like I could break bricks with my testimony!" the man. hahahaha Good to know how he's doing. 

Elder Morley needed some pants and we found this ugly suit so here's a photo of Elder Phillips wearing it (they we're with us at the shop) the pic doesn't do it justice - its even uglier than it looks in it

Scriptures this week

2 Nephi 27:23 Here. a God of miracles

2 Nephi 28:30 Here.

2 Nephi 33:12 Here.

Romans 8:16-18, 31 Here.

LOVE YOU 

Elder Cox