Big ol' Brown Snake

 Hello to all my family and friends! How have you all been? So fun fact about the title of this email, you all know Australia is known for it's deadly creatures and stuff? Well one of the worst is the Brown Snake. Guess what I almost stepped on this week?! They aren't too happy of creatures I can tell you that. We were walking to a lesson and I was looking at Google Maps for directions and next thing I know, my comp is stopping me from stepping on this huge deadly snake. So yeah, that happened. 

   Besides the snake, this week was actually super beast. If I've said it once, I've said it a million of times, I love this area so much! The first thing that made this week amazing was I got to door knock! I was so so happy. We had a lot of appointments fall through, so we were able to door knock heaps. And let me tell you, when one door closes, another one opens. We were able to find so many people this week door knocking. It was such a miracle. One of the people specifically was Tom. He was one who was like, "I'm busy come back Friday." Not a lot of hope there. BUT, we showed up Friday and he was so happy to see us. We talked for about an hour and he had some amazing questions about what we were teaching. So excited to see what comes from the visits. 

 The second amazing miracle was Robin. So a little back story, the sisters there said there was this older guy in their area who used to take lessons, but because of missionaries he rejoined his old church. What silly gooses. But they said they think I could connect with him and to give it a try. So we called and scheduled a time to see him and when we showed up... nothing. Oh what a bummer. We tried calling and nothing. But a few days later we get this call and it's Robin! He felt awful about what happened, he was reading the Book of Mormon the day of our lesson and fell asleep. So he made sure to see us that day. And let me say, he and I connected so well! He had questions that were really on his mind that I was able to answer. And he was so happy with the visit and asked us to come back next week. That was a huge miracle.

 Some side miracles, we had an amazing lesson with John, Margaret who is still doing amazing and has a day set to go to the temple. And then we had a couple more lessons with some of our other friends. This week was joyful for me. 

 Now the random stuff: First, we had service for a ward member this week. Doing lots of yard work and what not. There was this crazy guy on the bus who was telling us about how wrong religion is and his times in the crazy people care place. I almost burnt down our flat by accident. I was cooking fish on a pan in the oven, and it looked funny and when I opened the door, flames just shot out. The whole pan was on fire. So we threw it on the ground and smothered it with dish towels. Almost started the second round of burning down Australia. But on a positive food story, I made my mom's seven layer bean dip and ate it in the span of 24 hours. So I feel pretty good about that. Oh and last thing, while we were door knocking there was this guy who came out with very little on but asked to show us something. Usually I would say no, but hey, you only live once haha. No he just showed us some super cool cars that he's been working on. He didn't want Jesus so hopefully the cars will keep him happy enough.

 Ok ok enough babbling, spiritual stuff time. The little spiritual thought I have is something I heard in sacrament. So a senior couple from my ward just returned home and gave their talks and the guy talked a lot on missionary work and how everyone needs to serve. And what he said which stood out to me was this, "Make the decision now to serve, and the Lord will show you how." It's very much true that missions can be hard. But the reason they're possible is because of the Lord. We do our best, and the Lord will make up the rest.

 

  Well, I love you all and appreciate all you do for me. And hey, if you're bored, shoot me an email. No promises I'll respond, but I sure will try and I sure do love them. I hope you all have an amazing week and thank you so much for everything!

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