8/26/12

if it is little it should be fine! :) Kirsti sent one to Exeter and i got it!! but here is my letter! it's real short but it's a letter!! :) I will try and be better and write better! sorry! but i have to go now! i love you very much and thanks for getting up early. Love and miss you all! i really love you so much and i will miss not talking to you next week!! thanks for all you do for me! love youuuu

Well this week has gone real real fast! We went and ate dinner at a lady's house and her name is Sister Blampey!! She wanted us to tell her our first names and so when I told her my name was Sydney she was like "isn't that a boys name??" haha and I said I actually know more girls with that name than boys.. and she was like 'well what do they call you, SYD!!' haha. She is so great. She doesn't mean it rude but it comes off that way. hahah she's way funny! And then she asked if I would like any more to eat and I was like 'I am good'. and she said  " are good like a good little girl? I think you are alright not good!!" haha It was funny! Hope both of those make sense lol. if not.. sorry. You just had to be there.

 And spiritual thought for this week is from the Book of Mormon. I was reading in 1Nephi 16 about Nephi's bow.. and Laman and Lemual and all them were out hunting for food..  Nephi's bow broke and they all flipped out and were complaining to God and about Nephi and everything  Basically feeling really bad for themselves because they weren't going to be able to eat because his bow broke. Nephi didn't complain once.. what did he do.. Nephi decides to try and make a new one and new things to hunt with and make the situation better.  I was just thinking about my life and how much I am complaining and feeling bad for myself for things that I am going thru rather than just getting on with it and trying my best to make the situation better. It made me realize that I need to be more like Nephi and be more positve while dealing with my trials. The gospel is great and I looooove it!!

 

You are so great and i miss you all like crazy!! love you so much!!

 

love syd

8/19/12

Hello family!!

 It has been a busy couple of weeks!! I have been traveling back and forth between different areas. I am in one area and the flat is right next to the coast. It is soooo pretty! I love it. The beach is very tempting in the heat. It has been about 77 degrees for the past couple days!! I miss having a proper summer. Basically it is either raining here or it's humid or it is just like having the deck misters on. Traveling is crazy but Luckily we have been able to catch a ride with the senior couple! So we haven't had to ride the bus. Yesterday was the first time we had to ride it but it wasn't a bad ride!

I love being on a mission!! I finally have my feet on the ground and am stable so that I can actually enjoy what I am doing. It is the best thing ever and it's so much fun! The gospel is true!!! haha. It's so fun working around all of the other missionaries. I seriously learn so much from all of them. It's so amazing that even tho we are all at different stages in our lives, from different countries, different places spiritually, we can all still come together thru the gospel!! It's a wonderful thing.

Robin, who was baptized 3 weeks ago got to bless the sacrament which was a way cool thing. I was glad that i got to be there when he blessed it. He is so solid. He just wants to know everything about everything which is so great!

That's basically all that has happened this week! love and miss you all so much! you are all so amazing!!

Loly, Syd at her baptism.

She did get to go up to the Olympics!

In her flat

love syd!

8/5/12

Well this week has been a super busy but really good week. Loly, Vivaldos friend, was baptized. We taught her everything in a week and she was baptized on Sunday. It was such a wonderful time. It's so amazing! Heavenly Father prepares all of the people we teach and all we do is find them and the Lord does the rest. Being on a mission is so amazing and I am starting to realize why everyone loves them so much. Just had to get adjusted and forget about myself to realize it. But it really is so amazing and I am meeting so many amazing people here and making so many good friends. I still can't believe that I am actually on a mission in England. It's crazy! I look in the mirror and it just doesn't seem real. But it is great. Time is just flying by and there just isn't enough time in the day to do everything that needs to be done.

Sister Binnie and I are done serving with eachother. We have seen so many miracles and we have been so blessed in Exeter. I will be getting a new companion on wednesday and I am excited and nervous about it. I learned so much from Binnie. She is a fantastic missionary and has blessed my life and so many peoples lives here. I will miss her but the Lord needs here somewhere else.

On a spiritual note I have learned how to rely on the spirit so much more these past couple of weeks. Usually we would plan our lessons and find specific scriptures that we want to use but we haven't been. We plan for the topic and study for the person but when the time comes we just let the spirit direct our thoughts to the scriptures and the things that we need to share. It's amazing how if we just listen that the spirit can bring all things back to our remembrance. The key thing is to just trust and listen and study so that we will have something to remember. And it benefits and helps the people that we teach so much more as well.

The gospel is amazing and I just love it so much! I love the book of mormon and I just know with all my heart that it is the word of God and it is specifically for us. Stay close to the Lord and the scriptures and to family! They are the very most important things in this life. I love you all so much! miss you!

 

love syd