Hi everyone! I'm so happy! P-days are the best! (don't get
me wrong, I love doing missionary work, but it is soooo nice to have some much
needed relaxing time :P)
We did a lot of finding this week. Congleton is very hilly
so my legs got a good workout! ;) It is ridiculous how quick the week goes! And
If I didn't have my planner in front of me, I struggle to remember what even
happened!
Sascha came to church again on Sunday! and she stayed for
all the meetings! It was so good! Sister Tolman and I will be teaching seminary
this Wednesday night and she wants to come along to that too! She is the
best!!!
Also yesterday at church, Bro Poulton came up to us and
asked us to teach half his class (last minute!!) but we're missionaries, so of
course we said yes! It went quite well, considering we had 5 mins to prepare
haha! At the end of the class a big spider crawled into the room and the girls
were freaking out! I tried to act all tough and said I would get rid of it (but
we all know how terrified I am of spiders!) I don't know why I said I would, but
it had something to do with the fact I'm Australian and all the brits think
that we see huge spiders every day and it doesn't faze us... anyways I grabbed a
cup and a bit of card and did what I've seen Luke do a few times back home... I
was super scared but I did it and let it outside!!
Friday night the Relief Society sisters had a meal at a Chinese restaurant, and our investigator Wendie came along. We had a great
time, even though the main course came out 5 mins before Sis Tolman and I had to
leave... so we shovelled it down then ran home... not a good idea... haha. But Wendie had a great time, and she and Sister Boswell get
along really well, so that is exciting!
The week had a surprise ending! We had another movie night
at the Moss' home with Paul, and guess who came along... ZANE! We haven't had
contact with him in weeks, so it was so good that he is back in the picture!
God answers prayers!!
We have a new district leader, and he has been giving us a
scripture to read each day, which I've been loving cos as much as I love
studying in the morning, sometimes I struggle with what I should
study... anyways... I'll share with you some of my thoughts:
In Enos, as I read verses 12 and 13, It struck me how
important it is to have righteous, unselfish desires. God promised Enos that
he would be blessed with the desires of his heart. Now if God promised me this,
I bet I would ask for something for myself! But not Enos, what does he ask for?
For God to bless the future generations and to preserve the records so that
they can be saved! What an example he is to us! It really made me think about
the things that I ask God for, and how I need to put others before myself. That
is what Christ did, and this is the way to true happiness. If we are always
thinking of ourselves, we will never be truly happy.
Well, I hope you all have a wonderful week, and really take
some time to ponder the scriptures. There are so many lessons to be learned!
Love you all so much
xoxox Sister Riley
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| The monkeys are very violent here |
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| One of the old buildings in Sandbach |
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| A dead badger |
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