Hello!
And happy late 4th of July!
This week has been way cool! Its been hard, but it's also been good. On Tuesday I ate fish and chips for the first time at a proper "chippy" and it was pretty good. Not my favorite, but apparently we were at a low class one. Then we had an appointment with a less active family at 6 (a regular appointment) and when we got over there they had a 3 course meal made for us. It was delicious Indian food, but MAN. I thought I was going to keel over and die! It was pretty funny. Even at buffets I don't force it down like I did then. We ended up having to run off the bus to the chapel to go to the bathroom because we felt so sick. It was fun though :)
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| At the "chippy". She's starting to sound British ;) |
I also bought a bike on Wednesday! It is a pretty nice bike. I got it used at a kind of ghetto bike store, but it came with mud runners too. He also had a really nice used bike lock I was able to get. I even got the dreaded helmet for safety. I'll have to send you a picture... I look like a legit NERD! But its fun to bike around a little instead of busing all the time! On our ride back from the bike shop we rode by the Canal and it was a very picturesque ride. I was laughing the whole time!
Anyways, we had a grand-ole dinner on Thursday night in celebration of the 4th. We made tacos, baked onion rings and had ice cream. It was pretty fun, and it was a beautiful day, so we ate it outside on our grass!
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| Aren't they just the cutest missionaries?! |
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| It just wouldn't be the 4th of July without fireworks. |
Saturday we were biking around and we were going down a hill to a round-a-bout. I was following Sister Miller and so I saw the whole thing... her brakes went out on the way down and she was going too fast to turn safely and not get killed by cars. So she ran into the back of a work van. The van didn't even notice because she's slowed down some, but it was SO funny to watch. I didn't know her brakes didn't work so I didn't recognize it was dangerous at all, but it was just SO dang funny to watch. I just wondered what on earth she was doing and then saw her bump into the van.
This week we had a hard time meeting with our investigators which was really depressing, and we only had 2 at church, but I have faith this week will be better. Having 2 at church was still really great though/ they are still amazing!
W is doing well. We meet with him once a week and he loves the Book of Mormon. He has missed church for the past 2 weeks unfortunately. He is learning so much though. In 2 years, he will be solid!
T, from China, is absolutely astounding. Definitely a golden investigator. We talked about a belief in God and he basically said, I just believe God is there and that he wants me to be happy. And he has lots of really good questions. We didn't fully explain the sacrament before his first Sunday, so when we met with him this week he asked us about it and why there were men sitting in the front. He thought it was a small refreshment, but couldn't understand why it was in such small portions. Haha oops! I now know to always explain that before the come to church, especially people without a Christian background. T wore a suit to church this Sunday and was beaming. He even pre-read in the Gospel principle manual. We could not be more blessed. I am so grateful to teach him!
This week I have learned so much about the blessings we receive from keeping the commandments. We have taught a lot of lessons about keeping the Sabbath day holy, and other commandments. It was cool to realize exactly how much the Lord blesses us when we keep his commandments. This week was a struggle in realizing my lack of experience teaching and in scriptural knowledge. The most important thing is the spirit though. I will learn more as time goes on. I will work hard to learn it and to work on communicating with others better.
I Love you all! And miss you so much! Thanks for your wonderful emails! We're running short on time today.
Love you!
Sister Roscher
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| If I hadn't seen the picture of Sister Roscher stuck in a tree, this would be my favorite. This picture is a solid 2nd place ;) |
P.S. If you happen to figure out what a mud runner is you should let me know. Google only pulled up races where you run through mud :)
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