What an eventful week it has been. We had some really great miracles and also got stuck in some funny situations - never a dull moment. The first of which was on Tuesday after making an hour long bus journey down to Blandford. Blandford is the small city just south of Salisbury and we went there to visit a member and work in the area for the day. After our lovely BBQ lunch with Sister McGowen, we knocked in the area and were told that the bus would take us back into Blandford town (3-4 miles away) at 4:25pm, after which we could catch the bus going from Blandford town into Salibury at 4:45pm. It was a perfect plan, until we got to the bus stop and our bus never turned up! We double checked the bus time and realized we had been give Saturday's time instead of Tuesday's! Because we missed the first bus, we'd miss the second one taking us back to Salisbury. Stuck. Sister McGowen had left for work and was no longer in the area to give us a lift. So our only option was to walk 3 miles back into town and catch 3 buses for a total time of 3 hours on the bus before we'd get back to Salisbury. It was CRAZY. It was at this point that I realized the drawback of public transportation. Never once have I had this problem yet on my mission! As we discussed our new plan to get home, Sister Taylor, a fabulous member in our branch, saved the day and called us to see how we were doing. We explained how stranded we were and she offered to drive down 45 minutes just to come pick us up and she did! We were so grateful for her. Not only did she give us a lift home but she fed us dinner and came on a teach with us right after that. She's an amazing person and we couldn't express to her how thankful we were. One day I hope to be as supportive of a member for the missionaries in my ward as she is for us. After that experience, Blandford may or may not be our top priority of places to visit. :)
On Thursday we were invited to play football (soccer) with a less active in the branch and his friend! It was a blast! It even started raining as we played and we had a grand ol' time sliding, kicking and chasing the ball around. It's fun to be able to do missionary work in a way that's not always tracting and knocking, but working with the members always brings some great results.
We were most excited this week about Carly coming to church!! We were so happy for her and she's now planning to be baptized on the 5 July. It was truly a miracle to meet her in the chip shop and we're excited to continue teaching her.
I've learned a lot this week and I've realized how much improvement each day requires of me. There are always attributes, characteristics, habits, skills, gifts, and talents for us to be working to attain and develop. We can't achieve all that Heavenly Father wants us to if we don't rely on Him to strengthen, help, support and teach us on a daily basis. I am forever grateful to my companion and all I'm able to learn from her as well as the great example the other missionaries set for me. I keep telling myself ,"There is so much to read, so little time. So much to learn, so little time and so many people to talk to, and so little time!!" I appreciate every second I have to be a missionary and hope I can improve to spend my time how the Lord wants me to while I'm set apart to do His work.
Scripture of the week: "For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors." -Alma 34:32
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