Jesus Eh?!:
We found the cutest typo on the weekly newsletter that we
get from the mission. Our mission president writes a little article every week
and this week's article included his testimony of Jesus Christ. I was
peacefully reading and pondering his testimony when my eyes suddenly fell upon
an awkward typo:
"I know that he was crucified on the cross at Calgary......"
I shouted to my companions to come into the living room and
stood up and made an important announcement: "Hate to break it to you all,
but it turns out that Jesus was actually Canadian! So much for the whole
stereotype about this being an American church!"
I then read them the typo and they found it hilarious! So
our joke of the week has been to go up to all the members and ask: "Did
you know that Jesus was actually a Canadian eh?!"
M&M's Are Healthy!!!
Some members in our ward recently returned from visiting
family in Australia and shared with us the strangest thing!
Pineapple M&M's! They tasted different, but strangely
good!
So now I can justify chowing down on M&M's like a fat
kid at a chinese buffet because M&M's are officially a fruit (as far as I'm
concerned!!) Life is good!
Wales or Whale??!
Every night we call our district leader and report and chat
about the events of our day. Well, I guess you know that you've talked to
district leaders too much when you default to reporting in whale (shout out to
Finding Nemo--- best film ever!)
My companion was drinking water and suddenly decided that it
would be fun to just randomly start to talk/gargle into the phone and see what
our district leader would do! Not to any missionary's shock.... he gargled
back! So we had an entire phone conversation in gargling and whale talk! So if
you're looking for a way to jazz up your daily communication, just take some
advice from Dory the fish and Sister Martin the missionary and give a new
dialect of whale a try!
I promise that if you do so, that you'll have a whale
of a time!! (Har Har Har!)
Sticky and Stinky Situations:
I walk into the living room, where my two companions are
hanging out doing random arts and crafts. My companions 1st words to me:
"Did you know that tape stinks?!"
Huh?
Yup! Apparently tape smells bad! Fun fact of the week! Why
my companion was smelling her roll of tape, I have no clue! But so it goes in
missionary life!
The Greatest Gift:
Nope! Apparently to 2 random elders in this mission, the
greatest gift is not the one that is described in Doctrine and Convents
14:7!
We were at a multi-zone conference last week (i.e. a meeting
where half the mission is together at one time-- lots of missionaries!!) and a
couple of elders came running up to me so excited!!
They told me that some elders
who lived in their flat before them had set up a treasure hunt in the flat for
them! They spent like an hour going through the clues and what was the treasure
at the end??!
A copy of my EMM rap!
It's official! I'm famous! They even joked that next time
they see me, they want me to autograph it so it will be worth money one day
:P
How To Know That Your Chippy Is Too Authentic!
The standard rule is that a
real chippy (fish and chips) will be served to you wrapped up in real
newspaper! Well we can now safely say that our favourite local chippy is
certainly authentic......perhaps too authentic!
Sister Cross went to open up her chippy and noticed
something disturbing:
The crosswords and Sudoku's in her newpaper were all filled
in! Her food was wrapped in used newspaper!
:O
It was hilarious and disgusting all at the same time! Sister
Cross was a good sport about it and said as long as her newspaper wasn't used
for someone's puppy potty-training, she would be ok!
Quote and Spiritual Thought Of The Week: JUST DO IT!:
I heard the best quote in church, which has fueled my
thought for the week!
"If you pray to the Lord to bless you with enough faith
to move a mountain, don't be surprised if in response to your prayer he gives
you a shovel!"
Nike says it in simpler terms: "Just do it!"
I love the principle of this! With enough diligence, we can
accomplish anything! And faith is the fuel that allows us to work!!
It is so important that we remember to 'walk the talk'! It
is wonderful to believe in Christ, to enjoy hearing his teachings, and to talk
about how important his gospel is.....BUT....what use is it to us if we don't
LIVE it!
The purpose of the gospel is to help us to change! To put
aside our sins that weigh us down and pull us off the path leading towards our
loving God (Hebrews 12:1)! Action is what changes us! Just like I will not get
in shape if I just sit in the gym and admire the lovely treadmills and weights!
I actually have to pick them up and lift them! Sweat a little! Experience some
fatigue! And then when I have consistently done this over time, I will start to
change for the better!
James 2:17-18
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being
alone.
18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have
works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my
works.
James 1: 19-25
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be
swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness
of God.
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity
of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to
save your souls.
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,
deceiving your own selves.
23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer,
he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and
straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty,
and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the
work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
What more can I say! Pick something this week that you wish
you could be better at! Set a goal and do it! It will bring satisfaction and
joy in your life! It will draw you closer to your Heavenly Father! The pain and
struggles you may face while trying to make these changes will be solaced by
Jesus Christ! He has promised us that never ending support and love in our
journeys to change and follow his example!!
"Good, better, best, never let it rest! Until your good
is better and your better is your best!" A volleyball coach made us
memorize this quote when I was 15! I never forgot it! Religious or not, this
applies to everyone!
Change! Rise up! Be better today than you were yesterday!
I love you all!
Hope the time goes quickly for you and slowly for me!
Sister Martin :) xoxoxo
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