W5: I laughed so hard I cried...

Hello everyone! Hope you are doing well :) Raise your hand if you are excited for general conference??!! Whoop whoop 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️ Also I totally forgot to drop the photo link last email... my bad here it is https://photos.app.goo.gl/btkDY6hNfKPBTj3Y6 Guys it has already been another week and we are nearing the end of September boy time is flying by... ahhh!! WHAT A BUSY WEEK.. we have a couple baptisms in our next few weeks and will be keeping busy prepping our friends for those as well as exchanges in early Oct.. So to start things off.. - pday included magic tricks and a game of around the world that lasted over an hr + 2v2 bball which i wasn't thr best at 🤣 - sleepover in kaikohe lets gooo - Taught first DCM Training - the wedding was AMAZING (truly the humblest I've ever been to) - Zone CON + Mission Tour with the Higgins (got to twin outfits with my comp of course!) - 1st Singing Duet ahhh (vid is on gphotos) - We cleaned the car and there were literally rocks that had to be vaccumed it gets sooo dirty here.. - We had a really good member lesson and they are so sweet kind and humble and brought us lunch too which was super nice hehe since we just were gonna scrounge - A BOM scripture study went really well and I actually was able to answer one of the quetions she had!! - Driving to and from Auckland (plenty of time to jam out in the car to sacred music of course) - The BEST STIR FRY member dinner - Butchering yet another piano song for church (the piano does not work i swear) 💀😁 * The running joke we have when staining our clothes is that "you look distugsting" which is what one of the memebrs told us for our meal after some muddy paws got on us lol we think it's hilarious * 🤣 This week's spiritual thought is that in "archery, if you want to hit the target, you have to aim for it. Looking beyond the target will cause you to miss. That may be one reason the word sin in the New Testament comes from the Greek word hamartia, which means “missing the mark.” Although we can fall short as long as we are founded on Christ we can be anchored to what matters most just like what it says in Helaman 5:12.. "And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall." My invitation for everyone this week is to FORTIFY your FOUNDATION!! (You could start by reading this... https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2021/10/47nelson?lang=eng) 😏 Uh also remember "Clark" from last week I meant Carl apparently I can't get it straight in my head haha but we knocked on his door again and although he didn't answer I was just dying that I got his name wrong right after asking my comp what it was just to be sure anyways tears of laughter were shed. I think things are just funnier here. There is ALWAYS joy to be found especially when our lives are centered on Christ never forget it!! (see quote below..) Love you all so much, Sister Talbot 💖 1. The newlyweds!! 2. Hangi in the car.. 3. "A daughter may outgrow her father's lap but she willl never outgrow his heart." ** As in we can choose to seperate ourselves from Christ and our Heavenly Parents but they will welcome us back every time!! **