Between a daughter and a mom

Sister Rose sent me this picture while on her preparation day. 

She thought it was a bad picture. 

I say she is beautiful :)

Love you a whole bunch, Sister Rose!
Love,
Mama Rose

The Mission Life :)‏

Gday Everyone!! :)

I can't even begin to tell you what a week it has been! There have been so many miracles and so many hardships about this week that I don't even know where this week went! It was an absolutely amazing week! :)

To start off, we got dropped by an investigator on Sunday....and then again on Friday! It was crazy as! I couldn't believe it and we both were really sad that they had chosen that but we can't force people's agency. BUT we were able to pick up a new investigator!! His name is Peter and he is Bonza as! We met him at the bus stop trying to figure out how were going to get to our dinner appointment...it was quite the story. But he cam over and we were trying so hard to talk to him and then when we finally did he told us that his wife had passed away a year and a half ago. He had just came back from picking out the headstone. We shared with him the Plan of Salvation and asked if we could come visit him! He gave us his address and had a return appointment with him for the next day! We saw him 3 times this week!! He also came to church!! :D best moment ever! He keeps telling us that he isn't looking for spiritual change but the spirit is already working through him I know it :) He is just awesome!

We have had such crazy weather! We had this huge wind storm and rain storm on Tuesday!! We were talking to someone at the door on Tuesday and while we were talking...Sister Bennett and I got blown into the side of the house!! It was hilarious! :D We were all laughing and couldn't keep our conversation. It was the greatest thing ever!

I have learned heaps this week and I wish I could share with yous all that I have learned! But the biggest thing is that the BOOK OF MORMON IS TRUE! We had someone bash with us about the Book of Mormon and Bible and I just kept thinking...why? Satan finds ways to tear apart the Book of Mormon because it is true. No one ever tears at any other book. I have gained such a strong testimony about it :)

I hope yous all have a great week and are always striving to keep the spirit with you :)

Love yous!

Sister Rose

This is what happens when you aren't home and the Elders really need to use the toilet....they broke into our flat haha

Week 15 - Transfers!‏

Gday everyone :)

I hope yous all have had a great week! This week has seriously flown by and has been full of heaps and heaps of miracles!! I DIDN'T HAVE TO KILL ONE SPIDER :) haha jokes that isn't the greatest thing that happened this week!

This week we have been struggling finding a way that we can work better with the ward and meeting with members. I love my ward so much but finding investigators through them is really difficult! With the new transfer brings lots of changes....mostly the changes mean...buying more food because I am staying in Narre Warren :) 

We have been working with 3 investigators that the Elders before us were teaching and 2 of them are doing  great!! I am so excited for them :) Fono is a 30 year old woman who has been investigating the church for over a year and we finally committed her to be baptized!! :D She needs 2 weeks to fix some personal matters but she promised to let us know when she wants to be baptized!! I love her so much!

Another is Phoenix. He is BONZA!!! He is 14 and has a baptismal date set for december 3rd....ages away but he wants his grandma to be here for it which is understandable but he is so ready!! I am so proud of him! He is hilarious and just loves the gospel! He is just great! 

This week I have felt so much love and comfort from the ward! They really do look after us here and are so loving to us :) It is nice to have them because they are our family and are always looking after us :)

I have done heaps and heaps of studying Christlike attributes this week and I am striving to become more christlike in everything that I do :) We are so blessed to be able to have the gospel in our every day lives and to always be aware that our  Heavenly Father loves us and has a plan for each and every one of us! Isn't it amazing?! We are so blessed! I want to challenge each and everyone of you to go to the temple! We are so blessed to have a temple so close and to be able to recieve those blessings as often as we'd like! Go once this week :) It truly is a blessing!

I hope yous all have a great week and always remember to share the gospel with everyone although you may think that you all know. Someone is in need to hear it from you, so talk to everyone :) Have a great week!!

Te Alofa Ia Te Oi

Sister Rose

Not the best picture but this is my Zone doing bubble soccer :) narre warren is the best zone!!

Isn't Australia beautiful!

We actually got some sun on a day this week and we just had to take a picture! It was so warm :)

July 3, 2016 - Missionary Life :)‏

Gday Everyone!

How have you all been? :) This week has been a really cold week! I can't believe how much rain Melbourne can get...its incredible haha!

This week I have done heaps of studying. I feel that I have definitely grown closer to my savior as I have done that!  It is amazing what the Atonement can do for each and every one of us :) I feel truly blessed to be serving a mission!

We got the opportunity to meet President Vidmar this week! He is BONZA!! Man I love him! He is so energetic and is so much fun! I can't wait to start serving more with him and to see what miracles he brings to the Australia Melbourne Mission! He is incredible!

I have tried very hard this week to be a more urgent missionary and we have done HEAPS of walking! We would come home at the end of the day and just collapse...haha we were dead as! We actually had a expereince that was crazy as!! We were walking towards an appointment and on our way there these people went sprinting into a house screaming WHAT HAPPENED!! We stopped and listened for a bit and decided to go see if we could help in any way. As we walked over there the people continued to scream what happened and we walked over to the neighbor who was outside as well and she said that she didn't know what was going on but had heard the people say that someone had stopped breathing. Then a woman came running out yelling ambulance!! My Husband is Dead! She was yelling this and we were trying to ask her if there was anything we could do. She was so inconsolable that she wouldn't respond to us! The ambulance came and everyone that was there was just sobbing...We had no idea what to do. A daughter came out and said that is was for sure, he was gone. Everyone there just started sobbing even harder. I felt so bad. I had no idea what to do so we left them with our number and got out of there before we saw the dead body.

CRAZY AS!! I didn't sleep good that night haha! 

It is truly amazing the knowledge that we have with the gospel and the plan of salvation! We are so blessed :)

I hope yous all have had a great week!!

Sister Rose

I am getting braver! :) I actually killed a spider!!

Australia is so beautiful!!

This is what the weather does in Melbourne! If you don't like the weather, wait 15 minutes. Literally!!

New mission president!

"They're Here!" - Sister Maxwell facebook, 6/29/16

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Week #13 - Missionary Life :)‏

Dear family, I am attaching pictures of your missionary taken in front of the mission home.  Enjoy.  We love your missionary.

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Gday Mates! :D

How is everything going for yous all? I hope great! 

I don't even know where to start for this week because it has gone by so fast! I guess to start off...I CAUGHT MY FIRST COCKROACH!! That was scary!! It was MASSIVE!! It took a lot of courage because boy those things are fast!

Anyway on a more missionary note :) President and Sister Maxwell leave this week :( It was so hard to say goodbye to them last night at their last fireside and many tears were shed but President Vidmar arrives on the 30th and I get to meet him on the 1st :) I am so excited but yet sad! It will be a lot of transition this week and a lot of adjusting but it will all be great :)

This week has been so INCREDIBLY COLD!!! I never believed people when they told me that Melbourne was cold but man...this cold just gets under every layer of clothing you have and just stays there! It is interesting! But it makes me wear heaps more layers! Definitely a learning experience! Everyone always asks me isn't Idaho cold?? Yeah...but it is a different cold!

Sister Bennett caught a cold this week and so we have done heaps of staying warm inside and out of the cold! We also have had a gang going through our area and we have had to be very careful where we go because we travel by bus and don't have a safe car to just get into but the members are awesome and will take us anywhere we need to go :)

I finished the Book of Mormon also this week! I started reading it in NY and am so grateful for the Book of Mormon. It truly is the word of god and testifies purely of Jesus Christ. My testimony has definitely strengthened because of the book and I am so grateful to be able to share it with everyone I meet :)

I hope yous all have a great week and are enjoying your warm weather ;)

Love yous all!!

Sister Rose

This is my lovely cockroach that I caught in my handy cup...

Man Elders can definitely make a mess! All of this rubbish came from the elders before us in the flat...(no offense elders ;)

Since Sister Bennett was sick she was not very happy that I made her stay warm inside all day long

The Idaho Represents of the Australia Melbourne Mission :)

The best mission mom ever!! :) We love her so very much and will miss her!!

Have a great week :D

Week #12 - Missionary Life :)‏

Gday Everyone :)

What an incredible week it has been! 

We have been blessed with 6 investigators from the 3 weeks that I have been here! We had found 3 that the Elders before us were teaching and then a Part Member family who we are hoping to start getting more interested in the Gospel :)

An Interesting thing happened this week!

We were tracting and my companion said the next house we stop to will open the door and talk to us. So we went to the next house and knocked. An older man opened the door, looked at our nametags and said I can't talk to you...you don't believe in Blood transfusions. I had to try and not laugh...I said oh no you have us confused with the Jehovahs Witnesses, we are the missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We continued talking and he was telling us stories about his life and they were very interesting....but at the end of our conversation he looked at us well it has been nice talking to you but I am NOT interested. Go Back to your own countries and civilize them....We don't need you here and no one wants you here so Leave.

HAHAHAHA I was dying!!! We left his house and busted up laughing. People here are so nice when talking but they let you know that they don't want anything hahaha Oh how I love tracting!! It is the best!! :)

This week we had zone conference and it was amazing! President and Sister Maxwell are preparing to leave and so we had to say a lot of good byes this week..all is well though because I will see them on Wednesday :)

I slammed my first Tim-Tam this week :)

At zone conference they asked us all to take selfies and look at the picture. We were to see that we are all children of God and that we all represent him with our nametags :)

I hope yous all have a BONZA AS week!! Just a quick note :)

In 3 Nephi 22:7 I learned a great lesson this week with trusting the lord :) I recommend you to all read it!

I love you all!!

Arohanui

Sister Rose

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