This one is gonna be short and sweet.
This week we went and did service. Heaps of service. Our days definitely felt a lot shorter, but it was its own type of joyful work.
Positives:-At the food kitchen we peeled SO MANY potatoes.- I started driving! They certified me to drive last time we went on exchanges with our Sister Training Leaders, and so this last week we got permission to switch drivers. New Zealand roads and cars are completely opposite to the ones in the US. I'm pretty used to it, but every once and awhile instinct takes over and I hit the wipers instead of my turn signal. It's all good and Sister Rich is basically a professional driver, so it's good she's my co-pilot.- The fleas are all gone and apparently heaps of missionaries have been getting fleas but don't have flea bombs, so we were able to help them out by giving them our extras.-Today we had P-Day with our Zone, and we played some fun sports games in the chapel. As always I didn't dress in exercise clothes because I wasn't planning to go hard, yet I went hard anyway. It was fun though! I know some fun games and Mangere Zone is awesome!- We went to an English church service yesterday with someone we are teaching! On the down side of that, she also is a little crazy (she tells us all the time about how she really likes little American girls and that people are controlling her TV), but we'll see if she keeps our commitments. I have faith if she does, she can come closer to God and we can continue to help her. We love her either way!
Downs:- It's my 3rd time emailing about Angel, and I think all three times it's been in the negatives of the week. We love her, but she's a little crazy. We are probably not returning next week due to seeing her track record and lack of interest/progression. °_° oof. Either way she gives us fun stories to tell. This week we went over to help her and she had us help clean her stuff. She's kind of a hoarder. We were going through bags (so that we could take the stuff she doesn't want to the Salvation Army, and one of the bags we open straight up was full of expired chinese medicine— herbs, dead animals, plants, wood chips, who knows what, but it smelled rotten and she had heaps of it. So then she proceeds to have us dump her weird herbs into the corner of her yard into a bush and as we dumped it, the dust blew into our faces. It was hot, and gross, and we had heaps of her junk in our car. I am happy we could help her move stuff out of her home, but it was a less-than-pleasant experience, and honestly not necessarily part of my purpose as a missionary. It was an interesting experience that I'm still grateful for, but I wouldn't do it again.
Simple Truth:We all have the choice to achieve joy and glory in the life to come. No one will be unhappy in the next life unless they make the choice to do so.2 Nephi 2:27“Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and call things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself.”
Food Review:Wine GumGummy lollies- harder, denser gummies. Don’t actually have wine. I have no idea why they are called that. NZ fruit candy flavors are really good, I just wish it had a softer chew. initial score/revised score 63/ 70
Happy Chinese New Year!!马姐妹Sister Martinez
Bonus Food Review/ Photo :)We went to Dim Sum this week to talk to some potentials (didn't seem interested but it was yummy!) and I tried chicken feet- it had basically no meat, and not my favorite flavor, but very interesting. Score: 19
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