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Once upon a
time, in a beautiful land of windy/rainy Scotland, there were two princesses.
One was named Sister Ricks and the other was named Sister Jackson. They were
having some great times when suddenly Sister Ricks started feeling a bit under
the weather. She was "loaded with the cold," as they would
say in Scotland. As they went out to continue their work (but took naps in
between) Sister Jackson told Sister Ricks some nice stories. They involved
going to be jesters at the king's court, Sister Ricks meeting her future
husband, Braidley Jeff Josh, and a town where nobody ever smiled except on
Smile Day. Sister Ricks was so happy that Sister Jackson was so patient and
told her weird stories that made her feel better. And they all lived
happily ever after.
Haha. So
that's nice. That was the worst story I've ever told. But my brain is not
functioning, so that's all I could think of the now. (People say that here. Bye
the now! Ta the now! it just means "for now.")
So the real news is
that we got moves call and I'm staying in East Kilbride with Sister Jackson! We
are so happy to stay together! It was pretty funny though, because this week a
member told us that we were getting whitewashed out by elders because we
weren't baptizing anybody. That made us feel pretty bad. And then our moves
call didn't come until 10:20 from our district leader because our zone leaders
forgot about us staying together. So funny.
We met loads of cool
folk this week! On Tuesday, I had forgotten my bus pass and we were talking to a
nice lady and realized that we should head home and grab it, and then she just
gave me money for my ticket! She wouldn't take it back either. It was so nice
of her! There really are good people in this world, loads of them. And they ALL
need the gospel. How cool is that?
On the street we met a
less active lady who never wants to meet with us, and she was getting soaked.
Pure drookit. So I gave her my umbrella and then she didn't know where to go,
so we chapped doors and street contacted people asking where Frankie and
Bennie's was, instead of talking about the gospel. That was fun, but then she
didn't take our directions and got on the wrong bus, using Sister Jackson's
money, so that made it a little less fun. Still. Service is the best.
Speaking of service,
we are volunteering at a Charity Shop that is really fun! When we went in, the
lady asked what my name was and then saw my badge and was like, "Oh,
Jessica!" but then realized that she'd seen "Jesus." So now she
calls us Jessica and Christie! Don't know how appropriate that is, but it's
pretty funny at the same time.
We've had a really
great week, apart from me being sick, and have gotten some good work done.
Brother S-- is still doing well, although he didn't come to church because of
the weather. Church attendance was sparse yesterday; I think we had fewer than ten
sisters in Relief Society! But. There you go. These things do happen!
In Sunday School,
where Sister Jackson was playing a special viola number, they were telling
us about the Pioneers and the Camp Grumbler. They assigned somebody,
so that if anybody wanted to complain, they had to go complain to the camp
grumbler. So, I think we should have a
family grumbler. If you want to complain, you have to e-mail me. :) How cool
would that be?
Also, at church, one
of our favourite members brought some of their friends that we've met
who are visiting. When I went to
shake the hand of the 70-year old guy, he kissed me on the cheek. It was weird.
The son of the member--Steven McNally, who is a recent RM--laughed his head
off. It was so funny and so weird at the same time.
Spiritual thought of
the week: Alma 13 tells us that if we "watch and pray" continually,
we will not be tempted above that which we can bear. Sometimes we think that we
won't be tempted or be given anything that we can't handle. I don't know that
that is true. If we watch and pray, we won't have anything that we can't
handle. We play a very active role in
determining what we can handle and what we can't. If we don't pray or
watch, changes are good that we won't be able to handle it. Prayer is vital. So
are the other basics of the gospel.
The gospel is true! I
love it! And I love you all!
Sister Amanda Ann
Ricks
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