well. i'm not in nottingham anymore....
but. i'm in Heads of the valleys again
:)
sister Training leader. and my companion is my first American companion. from Pennsylvania. sister Mil.
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Starting from the dodge call last monday night...
life never really slowed down... i didn't even journal... for the whole
week. oops there were tears. and chocolate chip cookies, and random bits
of packing that first night. lots of tears mostly.
and if i thought that monday night had lots of
tears.... oh my... wait till the next day - saying goodbye to everyone.
To E!!!!! that was hard. she knew that the probability of one of
us leaving was very high. one of us. she never expected... all... i
never expected... she went silent and just stared... then came tears.
and once hers were going. mine were going. and the four of us looked
like blubbering walruses. :S Daniel did acrobats in the front room to
try to cheer us up... and i must say it was effective... he was wearing a
onesie night that had little orange dinosaur spikes... and he has the
biggest little grin! he is adorable!
saying goodbye to Jm was very
hard for sisters A and H... he is a miracle and they were excited to see
the changes the gospel would make on his life... it has already done so
much. He is solid on his baptismal date, and wants to serve a
mission. he said that talking to us has helped him more than any of
his counselors ever have and he has felt the spirit quite powerfully in
his life.
we got to merthyr and right as we pulled into the flat
we had a phone call.. we were already late for a dinner appt.... the
previous sisters (who both went home) told us that there weren't any
appts for wednesday.... so we unloaded and sipped right out. and it was
good to see the clares again. slightly odd to see everyone again.
We had our first mission council on friday... a lot of
driving. it was good to meet with other mission leaders and discuss
ideas to help the work progress. and we had lunch with sister
rasmussen... a BBQ...mmmmm.
So yeah. life moves on quickly... and i spose you
noticed that i got distracted with practice tests (for an international driver's license).... i took three...
and didn't pass any of them... i need 43/50 and i'm averaging 39/50
bother. i am nervous. and i think sister mil is nervous... cuz soon
she'll have to drive everywhere.... i have faith in her.... and we
will be doing a lot of driving this transfer... two exchanges a week on
average and most of them live an hour or more away ( i know that you are driving more than
that today... but still. tiring. you know how i feel, eh?)
just know that i am doing great and i love you all so much!!!!!!! can't believe how fast time flies!
Love you lotses!!!!!
~Ashley
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