- seriously, just love people
- be yourself. more work happens that way. no one likes talking to a brick.
- read the book of Mormon. its got some great stuff
- repent everyday. its worth it.
- public transportation is the worst (the music is so much better in cars)
- "when Jesus says yes, nobody can say no" (favourite song- sing it beyonce)
- there is a ridiculous amount of languages in Africa.
- how white i am (although I can now do some Zimbabwean dance moves)
- what sadza is.
- your mission area is what you make of it, not what other missionaries tell you it is
- numbers are only important for the people behind them
- repentance is change
-what kangaroo tastes like, and how guilty I feel for eating it...
i dont know if I can actually put my finger on when i learned these things, maybe this week is just the moment I was able to put them to words (and actually most of them are really old lessons I learned at the beginning of my mission)
I also learned a lot about mosiah 18:9-10. and how to apply it. I think that's why i came out in the first place, to learn how to live this promise i made when I was baptised.
another thing i learned is how much I love being in the Stamford area. It can be and incredibly hard area, with a LOT of "im not interested, no thank you" (which is some seriously polite rejection, have I mentioned this is the poshest place in england?) but only if you look at it that way. we have been having a lot of success lately.
a cool moment I hope to never forget is that sister mwoyosvi and I taught one of our investigators how to repent, and considering how long she has known missionaries, it was surprising that it was a pretty new concept to her. but a good one. :)
love you all! hopefully I will remember to send pictures later.
cheers!!
-Sister Wadsworth :)
i am so glad to be in england now. can you get ally's dorm address for me?
I met a guy who lives in ely.... i would visit but its in kelsie's mission.
my companion already speaks english, though she has a hard time understanding because everyone speaks fast and she speaks really quietly.
the biggest driving adventure was that we drove for almost an hour to the edge of our area, drove all the way back, realised we left our phone in holbeach and drove all the way back for it! it was awful.
I'm trying my best to ignore the fact that I've been out for so long. it doesnt really feel like it at all. I'm reading a little ahead of you right now, in alma 22. maybe you can catch up, because i seem to be taking my time, marking everything up.
also, if you were wondering why my emails were so short, I really didnt have much good stuff to talk about...
and I dont think I will ever get that song out of my head. thanks mom. all of my companions should have learned it by now.
On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 6:19 AM, kelly wadsworth <mkwads@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Rachel,
Guess what???? It's peach time!! Yeah!! (sigh) This year there are 20, yes, count them, twenty, boxes of peaches sitting in the kitchen . Actually, there are only about 15 now, but we (I) started off with 20. Aren't you glad you are an ocean away this year? I will send you a picture.
So, in other news, school started on Wednesday. So far, everyone is doing ok. But it has only been 2 days, so I know it can't last. Natty is liking middle school. She is still in band, and has Mrs. Zierow as her home room teacher. They should start real school work this week, so we wil see if she still likes it next week.
Ally made it home Thursday night. Ellen Pearson brought her home. It was so nice of her, especially with all that was going on with school and peaches and YSA activity for Chelsey. Ellen was a life saver for sure. Cami was pretty sad that we didn't come up, but mostly because she left her Harry Potter blanket here last month, and she really wanted it back.
We will be heading up to Reno on Wednesday, to take Ally to UNR. She has to do an orientation and get moved in to the dorm, then I will be coming right back home. Peaches. sigh.
It has been fun having Reiko and Ryder back. I suddenly feel so much more needed. All my kids are grown up and don't really need me anymore (even Natty gets along fine without me most of the time). but the extras need me to feed and clean and wipe them. So, yea!! I am necessary!! And I get so much more done when they are here. I don't know why. All summer long, we pretty much just chilled. And now, I get things done. Of course, it's only been 2 days, so we will see . . . .
Benson started his job out at Echo on Friday. He weeds and cleans. He is already planning how to spend his money.
Jacques is playing football. They had a scrimmage in Ely on Friday.
This weekend was Stake Conference. I stayed home last night to do peaches, sigh, but Dad and Chelsey and Ally went. Today was the day the Children's choir sang, and they were so good. Each time they started a song, I would get chills. I'm not sure there will be another children's group any time soon, but it was really neat to have them this once.
Tyler spoke in conference today. He talked about temples, and related running hurdles and just plain running to going to the temple.
So how are things going for you? I don't put everything on your blog, so if you want to tell me things, I will edit, or just not put it on. You don't need to always be brave for me. I know things get hard.
How is training going? Did your companion need to learn english, or did she already speak it? Any driving adventures? Can you believe that you have been out for almost a year? Time has been going so fast over here, is it flying by for you, too, or just us?
We just started up scriptures in the morning again. If you want to follow along with us, we are at Alma 12 tomorrow.
Well, I need to get to bed, so I can be bright and cheerful tomorrow. I love you.
Mom
ps I am happy today for the sunshine, for skies of grey or blue. for within my heart is a song of love, I'll live, I'll work, I'll do! No cloud can cast a shadow, over courage such as mine. And I'll sing my song as I go along. I'll live, I'll work, I'll do!!
--
-Sister Wadsworth :)
1. Really old church
2) branch walk
3) I notice this in the new temple pamphlets
4) more branch walk
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