Week 25 | Hamilton, Scotland

So, this past week was crazy! So much happened and I don’t have enough time or energy to write about it all!

I think I will just stick to explaining some of these awesome pictures I will be sending :)

We finally got in contact with a less active lady who sister watt and I had tried by multiple times, but she was never in. So she let us in and we started talking and she is such a cool person! Well, turns out, her son loves reptiles, like a lot! So she took us to this back room and there are HUGE cases filled with huge snacks and lizards and things like that. CRAZY cool! So THEN she tells us "this is just a sample" and takes us to this locked shed out back and guess what... they have crocodiles!! Like multiple crocodiles! I got a lot of pictures but the lighting is all pretty bad but I will send them anyway!

Funny story, I forgot to tell you but a few weeks ago a guy in our ward arranged for us (the 4 missionaries) to be interviewed by the Hamilton Advertiser. So, we all went and this guy took a bunch of pictures then interviewed us for a good 10 minutes each! At least! Well, one night last week we were in an appointment and we leave and look at our phone and have like a bunch of missed calls and texts from people in the ward like laughing and telling us we were in the paper and to go read it! Sister Dunconson said "the article title is 'members of American church in town for a visit.' hahaha I always thought you were preaching the gospel. Now I realize that you were just sightseeing different doors on different streets!" It was pretty funny! The picture is really bad, and the article is tiny and it gets the name of our church wrong and refers to it as an American church. It is just really funny all together!

It was Victoria's birthday on Sunday so we went over to theirs for a wee party with just the 4 of us. Sister Watt and I had ordered her a ctr ring a while ago and it came in the post just in time! She loved it! She got a lot of new clothes and things like that but my favorite was a new onesie she got for the youth overnight temple trip coming up! She is going to the family history center tonight to start getting her family names so she can take them down to the temple with her when she goes in a couple of weeks! Ah she is just too great! I told her I loved going on baptismal trips, even though I only had to travel 45 minutes rather than 3 hours, they were still the best trips ever!

I had my first Scottish fry up! Which is exactly as it sounds. we caught a bus over to sister ross' with Lynnmarie and her kids on Friday morning. It basically is just breakfast but with EVERYTHING fried and tasty! Some of the menu included, potatoes, tomatoes, sausage, olives, fried bread, beans, eggs, bacon, hagus, and black pudding.. yes I tried my first ever black pudding!! It was actually not too bad! It was good with all the other things I was eating that morning! haha it was really fun!

So... on a more spiritual note, district meeting this morning was really good. We listened to a talk and watched some good videos. I swear that whole meeting was just for me. I have had some stuff on my mind the past week and my district leader just taught the lesson like he knew everything in my mind and everything I needed to hear. Another elder even made a comment that struck me pretty deep. It was a simple comment and not even too serious, but it was honestly just what I needed to hear. If I have learned anything as a missionary, it’s that the little miracles matter. They honestly do, I can't tell you how many times I have had my prayers answered through random scriptures I read in my daily reading that I just come across and totally change the way I teach or think! I love being a missionary! It’s tough, don’t get me wrong, but I know its Gods work and I'm here for a reason. I love the gospel, I don’t say it enough in my emails, I don’t say it enough in general, but I do! The church is true! I love you all!

 

Love, sister hulet