Monday, August 13, 2018

Most dramatic train ride of my life!  So we had to run to catch our train to get to Dundee last pday.  The train only takes about 20 minutes, but about halfway through we stopped in the middle of nowhere.  They came on the PA and told us the train in front of us broke down.  They said we would continue to Dundee, but at a reduced speed.  Then they said we would be going back to Perth, then they said we would continue to Dundee.  Anyway...we sat there confused and bored and antsy.  Our 20 minute train turned into an hour and a half ride to get us there late, but it was fun and we went to the beach again.   

So unfortunately, ____ met with us and told us he felt like it wasn't for him.  We are supposed to meet with him again tomorrow, but he hasn't texted us back or answered our calls.  Sad to see that happen.  

Exchange: We took a train to Aberdeen on Thursday night (about an hour and a half) for exchanges.  They were lots of fun and we got to have dinner with Sister Milne (she's basically the mission grandma and you have to check it off your mission bucket list at some point).  We played frisbee and talked to a lot of cool people.  We taught this awesome guy named ___who's 19.  He asked amazing questions.

We pranked the elders so good this week on exchange.  We all played ultimate frisbee together for morning workout and Sister Hammond and Sister Lough stayed in the car saying she was 'having a hard time and just needed to talk.'  We went over to the elders car and were just casually talking to them while Sister Curtis opened the back door to the car without them noticing.  We went to play frisbee and then Sister Hammond and Sister Lough toilet papered their car.  It was so good and we got a video of their reaction too.  Gotta love it.  

Now for something a bit more spiritual...

This week I was reading about Moses, Aaron, and Hur in Exodus 17.   But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.  If Moses dropped his hands they would lose the battle.  Aaron and Hur couldn't take the rod from him, but they could support him.  This is how God answers prayers.  He won't take what we have to do from us, but he will send us our own Aaron and Hur to support us.  We still have to face these things, but the people that surround are able to bear us up and help us through the things we need to face.

God is good!