12/16/12

hi!!

Sister Harun and Sister Pitcher

 Yes things are good! I am in Hastings now so I am on the coast and on the other side of the mission. My new companion is Sis. Harun. She is from Malaysia!! She has a hard time with the language but she is so sweet!! I already love the area. The ward is awesome. We had a ward christmas party on saturday so I got to meet a lot of the ward so that was really good!! and then on Sunday I got to meet everyone else! They were so lovely and so welcoming. I have fallen in love with the area already. We knock every single day.. It is not so nice but we are determined to turn it around and start finding and teaching people. We went to the bishops house for dinner last night and he is hilarious and I love their family! He is giving us the key to his chiropractic center so that we can skype there and not worry about members.  I will probably call you and organize a time the night before so keep the phones handy. I don't know if we will be able to email on christmas eve because everythign will probably be closed. Also will you set me up my own skype account so that we can do it because I won't be able to use anyones skype cause we will be alone. but I am excited to skype you! Our flat is soooooo big! It has a balcony as well and a really nice view! We can see the sea and a lot of Hastings! I took pictures but it doesn't look as good in the pictures!!

THE VIEW FROM THE BALCONY

 Also yes i got patty's letter. and I don't know if I have the presents yet! I will know on Thursday when I go to the temple. I did ask President but he didn't reply so I will talk to him at the conference. I am kind of hesitant to ask because it's not something I should be worrying about ahah except that I am. but i will ask him! Can't believe I am halfway done.

 It is soooooooooooooooo cold!! I am dying!! haha it is horrible. ha and every morning when I get ready I have been bathing in cold water because I would turn the tap to all the way hot and it would just be cold it was not nice. But then today I figured it out! If you turn it halfway it's hot. So I have been having cold showers since I got here haha. Also on the way up to the temple when I was moving the Elders and I took a little detour and went to Bath. It was cool I got to see the Bath Abbey and it was really pretty!! but anyway things are good and I am loving it here. my address is

Flat 1 Rosehill House

44 Mt.Pleasant Rd.
Hastings, Sussex
TN34 3SH

 put it on face book please so that people know haha

 other than that not much has happened!! love you and miss you!!

 love syd

12/9/12

Hi

Birthday Present

My birthday was so great! I loved it! thank you so much for the toms i love them!! ahah and yes I got the card and everything from Laura!! It was so great. My favorite part was the video.. and yes I did cry. I loved the card and the egg things as well haha and I can't wait to make cookies, but I have to find a spice cake first. But the video..... it was my favorite gift. Also Nathan sounds flippin weird ahah. i can't believe he sounds like a man. It made me really excited to Skype you all. I am so blessed and the members made it so good! I got Mexican 2 days in a row so that was pretty awesome! and I got like four birthday dinners so i am definitely being takin care of!! we made cake with Xi Brenda and Louisa and then watched Joy to the World, and the cake was so rich. Xi loved it. She had a second piece and after a couple bites she was like iIcan't eat it and we were just kidding around and told her she could not waste it, So she just shoved the whole thing in her mouth at once haha I took pictures of her face because she was in pain eating it haha. it was so funny! she is hilarious


In church on Sunday we learned about talents. It was a lesson that I didn't know that I needed. We talked about finding and using our talents. I have never really known what my talents were but then I never really did all that I
could to find them. But they mentioned that sometimes we are told what our gifts and talents are in our patriarchal
blessing and so I got mine out to look at it and to see because I was pretty sure that it had told me but it had never really sunk in. Sure enough, in my blessing it told me. It doesn't necessarily mean that I have perfected them
but they are things that I need to develop and it just really helped me recognize my worth and that I am
important and that Heavenly Father really does have a plan for me and for all of His children. It was just something that I needed to be reminded of and it strengthened my testimony.

Yes it is reallllllllllly cold here! I am trying to stay warm haha. Transfers are tomorrow and so I will know if I am going. I have been told that I am most likely moving but I will know for sure!! If you send letters send them to the temple! so that I will get them at Christmas ahah The more letters the better. I think I might be able to tell you if I move or not on Wednesday or tomorrow but if not you will find out on Monday!

Bree's baby is so cute! I love the pic. and I am really glad that your surgery went well.  

I sent Karli's present so it should be getting there soon! Don't let her open it and will you wrap it properly for her or just wrap what it comes in so it's a surprise for everyone. Let me know when it does get there so that I know it's not lost.

love you all so so much!

love syd

12/2/12

Hiya!!!

Yeah sorry about the letter I was really quite depressed but I talked to President and that really helped! I really don't know why I get sad! I just think it's cause I'm not focused and think about home too much so I have tried to stop that and just think about the people we are teaching and it has been a lot better so no worries :) but no I can't believe that it's December already!!! crazy!! It is freezing here and there is no snow, it's just freezing cold. Also yes I have had my hair trimmed once!! I am scared to go to the hairdressers plus it's really expensive to get you're hair cut. I have trimmed my own bangs more than just the once tho! and it's getting really long! I want to color it but I am just going to wait till I get home. No I don't know if I will be transferred we will know on Monday or Tuesday of next week! I am ready to get transferred. I wish it wouldn't be before Christmas but I will just deal with it cause I want to go to a new area!! so I am hoping I leave. I love the people but I am ready to leave the area :) I have got my birthday package and I have not opened it!

 But things are good this week! Sister Adam got some bad news about her uncle. He just passed away so she has been having a rough time!! I don't really know what to do to help her! This week is going to be bomb because we have loads of dinner appts and they are going to throw me lots of birthday parties!!

The conference was so good! It helped me so much and I learned so much!! And also we had a fun zone pday .  We got to watch The Best 2 Years so that was a lot of fun and some other sisters got to stay at our flat!! We had so much fun! also I got to see loads of people at the conference and that is always so good! Elder kearon from the seventy spoke to us so that was pretty awesome! Also Patty said that she was going to send me a package so can you give her the info about the money limit and everything else!!

 Sorry this is a rubbish email! you all sound like you are doing good but the elders are all here and they need to email as well! I will hand write a letter as well! You are all great and I Love you so much and I can't even wait to be able to see you on Christmas!!! You are the best family ever! tell Nathan I will write him next week and sorry I couldn't email him. Tell him I got his letter and I loved the spiritual experience he shared with me. All is well here. just the same old same old! love you

you got a rubbish letter but at least you got some good pictures today!

love syd