Sister Marlowe...Week #16
March 26, 2017
Wooooooooo wee. Wow.
Tuesday was the most hectic, insane day of my life.
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I got all of my bags packed and put all my belongings and my life in the boot of our car and left my birthplace of Moorabbin to head off to the crazy, hilly world of Mooroolbark. YAY. So we went to the office and said farewells to a few missionaries, (CRY) including Sister Schaub, who is staying in Moorabbin with a sister who I pretty much switched areas with! She is also going to be training a new golden, so I'M GOING TO HAVE A BABY SISTER!!!! Alsooooooo I (we) got a car! The new area I'm in, Mooroolbark, recently had another branch in the Stake dissolved into it. So it's a huuuuuge area. And there haven't been driving missionaries here in ages. So this will be quite the transfer!! Man, the vehicle coordinator just gave me a set of car keys and asked if I thought I'd be okay driving and then sent us off with a printed paper of directions to get to our flat half an hour away hahaha..... Yeah so we totally missed the SECOND TURN and drove about 45 minutes in the completely wrong direction. and 5 minutes into the drive, it started raining soo hard that the streets were almost flooding. So I've got a new companion who speaks about medium english, I'm driving for the first time in 4 months, completely backwards, in the middle of a monsoon storm and I can't figure out which side is the turn signal and which side is the windshield wipers, and we are lost in Australia with no gps and no map. SO THAT WAS AWESOME. But, I tell ya what, people, our Heavenly Father answers our prayers. After going into 7 eleven (the first time) and trying to get ourselves un-lost with help from a cashier who also spoke minimal english, I finally just sat in the car and said a prayer that we would please eventually be able to find our flat. And that's how prayer works! We didn't just open our eyes after the prayer and automatically poof into our driveway at home, we had to get on the road, get lost one more time, ask for directions again, struggle a little more with those dang windshield wipers, and THEN we made it to the flat. Heavenly Father absolutely answers all of our prayers. But not always immediately. Sometimes it's when we're just about to give up, quit and throw it all away. (or when we're just about to pull over and give up and cry on the side of the road instead of finding our way home.) BUT. For the people who pray for help and do their best, Heavenly Father can always make up the difference.
That's kind of what's driving me right now. I think I got it veeeery easy my first two transfers: I had a great ward, a fantastic companion who I consider a sister and one of the best friends I've ever had, a district who really supported me as a new missionary and were my best best buds.... It's very different now. BUT. It's okay! I just get to become a little (or a lot) closer with my Heavenly Father this transfer.
Wednesday was a great day! We got some tracting in and met this awesome guy named Darcy who just turned 21 and we got another appointment with him. Hopefully we'll be able to help and see him progress with this gospel! I also have gotten to meet a few members and I'm excited to meet more! I think I've been on the verge of tears more often in the last few days than any other time in my life... It's a good thing I've got a God to pray to :)
Also, I have the most sweet as companion! Sister Chang is from Taiwan, speaks Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese and even though she's been out for 8 transfers, this is only her 3rd transfer teaching in English! She is shorter that me, (hehehe) Slight tangent off that fact, Yes at home I'm the shortest person anywhere and everywhere I go, but I'm taller than so many people here hahahaha. It's the weirdest thing. Anyways, back to my companion. She makes me weird fruit smoothies every morning for breakfast and she is soooooo organized about everything that sometimes it freaks me out and she pets my head. Like all the time. And sometimes she pinches my cheeks. Or pokes my dimples when I smile. She's wonderful. It's fantastic. She taught me how to introduce myself in Chinese and tells me that I have a really good chinese accent..... Hehehehehe. Also, (believe it or not) Call me Mr. Pest control because I kill allll the bugs in this joint. Man the other day I caught a cockroach that was huuuge as. Like bigger than an average size paperclip mate. I'm a little sad, because there are only 2 train stops in our area, (in Moorabbin there were about 15-20 ish) so that's a slight bummer since train GQ-ing is my FAVORITE, but it's A-okay! We just get to be creative and find different ways to share about this great gospel! As long as we do our best and give the glory to God, things will work out and be okay in the end. :)
I ALMOST FORGOT THE BEST PART AY
GUESS WHO LIVES ON MARLOW STREET. Yeah that's right. and yes I know it's missing the E, but sometimes we just take what we're given ;)
Also I have never been so tired as in my lifeeeee mates. I think I have fallen asleep on my knees praying at least three separate times this week hahahaha. And like deep enough asleep on my knees that I was dreaming! I have a better sleep schedule right now than I've had at any other time in my whole life and I'm still heaps more exhausted than any of those times.
The adventure continues!!! I love you all!! Have the greatest week and try not to completely totally forget your favorite Sister Marlowe in Australia on Marlow Street.
LOVE YOUS!
76 Cathies Lane
Wantirna South, VIC
3152 Australia
My favorite quote from the week:
"The only difference between missionaries and angels is that they serve on different sides of the veil." --our ward mission leader//he said one companion of his never wanted to spend time with the other missionaries on Pday. A mission is your only chance to hang out with those "angels" as one yourself!! So yes we got up at 5:15 this morning to go exercise in Wantirna with our zone. Onwards and upwards kids!!
PS. The roundabouts in Australia are ridiiiiiiiiculous. Yes, down the block from us, there's a triple combination roundabout hahaha. it's like riding a small rollercoaster.
This redheaded boy parker begggggged to eat next to me. Then he kept giving me his spaghetti noodles after licking them.
Proof.
Sister Chang
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