The week I learned that I can't golf 🏌‍♂️and More Rain == More Rainbows 🌈

Happy happy January where does the time go? At this season of my mission I am 🤏 close to hitting 6 months and that is mind boggling and also so devastating to know I only have 2/3 of my mission left. I"VE ALREADY TAKEN EVERY SECOND FOR GRANTED. Especially this week because it's counting down till transfers and this was SERUIOUSLY a good one. So much happened I can't even include it all. There was more rain than ever but also the most breathtaking RAINBOWS ever. So... I'm learning that more rain == more rainbows and more trials == more growth. We have to be tested and tried or else we would stay the same person and not given a chance to learn and for opportunitites we wouldn't have otherwise. This whole week was full of them.. https://photos.app.goo.gl/btkDY6hNfKPBTj3Y6 highglights -> and many more not listed - We finally got a media refferal that wasn't a new FRIEND. GOD IS TRULY HASTENING HIS WORK and it's a struggle in the best way to keep up with all the new and potential friends coming our way. :) 💨 - Had another piano lesson and she brought her friend along too!!! hehehe 🎹 - LAMBROSE. So we drive past this car and basically he's outta gas and his partner left 4hrs ago.. we basically were able to get him some from our member and then we shared a verse from 2 Nephi and as I was explaining about the verse he just started crying because unbenounst to us his best friends name was Nephi and it was just a neat experience and I was like how did I get here on the side of the road with this man I just met in the middle of New Zealand..? I LOVE MY JOB. Got his contact info sadly he's in the other sisters area though.. ⛽️ - Burritos. I probably made myself like at least 8 to get through the week. The mexican food cravings are hitting HARD right now ig. 🌯 - ** our consistent efforts have finally started to snowball 🌨 and members trust us more and are wanting their families down in Auckland to have missionaries over. We also helped close up our members cafe that we've been cleaning dishes at and made a new frirend with Kay one of her employees she's super cool and want's her family to come to church hopefully next week! Also got to learn from the customers and play kings corner..🃏 (solitare witih multiple people) it was really good talk with everyone experience which is hard to get over here ** Also talked with a super cool lady there who was WOLFING where she like works at this place so they pay for her accomadations while she travels... definitley gonna have to check that out when I get back 🏝 - having a quick catch up / spiritual thought with one of the first new members I taught Shamiah (or as I learned child of God) via messanger which was so cool since she's moved to Australia now. 🇦🇺 - one of our Sweet friends ARTHUR keeping America in his prayers for the storms right now and keeps giving us updates he's a legend and he's also letting us teach his 3 mokos (grandkids) which is exciting!! 🙏 - We got to do our neighbors girls nails!! Story time so basiclaly we've been having car drama so we have a gel nail kit and were like lets go nail finding!! Ok we rock up to our neighbors who we've given goodies and dropped in before but they always just kinda were like thanks but no thanks however... once those girls heard nails they were hooked.. Even though she turned us away and we started walking back to our FLAT.. we heard her call out the window and be like yo actually can you do my girls nails!!! Whooop so yup never done nails before but a quick meta ai and we were golden :). 💅 - Went "trash finding" where we took our recycling and ended up meeting a cool less active lady named RAH she also likes burritos and is super cool 😎🗑 lowlights -> just gonna be so for real - parking our car for a few days and realizing we can't get anything donnnneee.. our area is all driving and given 3000ks but most of that was used for transfers and car servicing and they are giving us no grace period.. 🫠We work to hard or what..? - Elders being Elders..🙈 - my phone almost crashed out and having our car servicing be our pday :( - having our missionary standards get bashed by a lady at the cafe she thought we should ask the church to not be so strict lolol - finding out some tough news about one of our new members :/ and also weekly planning was roughhhh - some of our peeps are still in AUCKLAND and so I probably won't get to see them before I leave :/ lollights - got the best back massage feel like a new woman props to @SisterRowley!!! couldn't stop laughing for some reason..? - laughing at myself for trying to golf on pday after everyone made it look so easy.. oof 😅 - watching my comp tweek out about the elders saying we have to do a hike at 9am lol - the weather has been CRAZY here holy cow we were sitting outside doing our comp studies in the sun when our of no where the winds start pelting rain at us sideways and we were running for our lives to the car THE ADVERSARY WILL DO EVERYTHING he can from having us open our mouths and be missionaries and this is truly once in a life time. Had an epiphany while shopping for tortillas and talking to this guy in the aisle and just being like wow this is so special!! This week during our missionary meeting we learned about Mathew Cowley but basically everything that we're doing is thanks to him.. super cool guy and neat story definitley look him up!! "When life is cluttered and purpose isn’t clear, when you want to live better but don’t know how, please come to God our Father and Jesus Christ. Trust They live, love you, and want all things for your good. I testify They do, infinitely and eternally. " I too add my testimony to Elder Gong's along with another quote I found “Please remember tomorrow, and all the days aft sherra.kana@missionary.org er that, that the Lord blesses those who WANT to improve.” Give Mosiah 15:14 a read this week it's in regards to missionary work and is super cool!! Love you all Sister Talbot 💕