Hiya Family!
It is seriously freaky how fast time goes. Can you believe I am starting my last transfer?! crazy!
ok
Nathan I hope you are ready for your English culture 101 seminar: First
of all, I am still trying to discover the meaning of wotcha that you
asked about awhile ago.
Second :Money.
p is in reference to pence. quid is in
reference to pounds (don't ask me why). I have no idea what guinea is.
They have the following coins here: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2.
And they have the following notes(paper money/bills): £5, £10, £20, £50.
Yes, they don't have £1 notes, so there are always lots of coins in my
wallet. Hardly anyone uses £50 notes, but I have seen them (one of my
companions had one).
Third: Food
In summer (the whole 2 weeks of good weather
we get here.. haha jk it's been a great summer) they eat lots of salads.
IT's not like an American salad all mixed up. Everything is separate.
Usually lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, boiled potatoes, boiled eggs, etc.
and then you mixed it as you eat it (if that makes sense). All the other
time it is hot cooked food. Roast dinners are really popular and the
common SUnday
meal: meat, cooked veg, mash, Yorkshire puddings (which I learned to
make from scratch!!), all covered with gravy. They like sausage rolls
(I'm not a big fan of them), Kiesh (no idea how to spell that),
pies-like chicken pies, steak and kidney pies, etc. baked beans
with toast and mash and sausages, lasagne is popular and spaghetti
bolognaise (minced meat with spaghetti sauce).
I will definitely miss a good roast dinner. And I love how much veg
they eat all the time, but mum is always good about feeding us veg :)
They
consider American cuisine to be anything unhealthy: too greasy, too
sugary, and far too large of portions. haha. Hamburgers and hot dogs are
definitely American.
Hopefully I answered all your questions :)
Wow. Not too much time left, but I'll try and sum up all the great things from this week:
All
the missionaries in King's Lynn decided to do a musical number to build
the member's trust. It was a bit shakey every time we practiced and the
person accompanying us could never practice with us beforehand.
Thankfully we were just singing a hymn and mixing it up with parts. I
don't know if you can actually believe this but I sang Alto. Yup. And it
wasn't completely horrible. I am definitely not nearly as good as the
rest of you, but it turned out ok. The ward really loved it. It was
great to see how excited they were after (and how reverent during!). We
had so many members come up and talk with us afterwards. ANd one of the
youth came up and said she wanted to spend the next day with us, so that
was fun!
I had a great workover with Sister JAcobsmeyer! She is so fun!
We've already set goals and made plans for all the lessons we'll be
teaching together on our plane ride home. We're hoping for a miracle
member present. And I found out that her cousin works at Disneyland and
is going to get us all in for free! Sweet! (BUt don't worry, I'm not
getting trunky-thankfully sister Jacobsmeyer is taking care of plans so I
don't have to even think about it). During our workover (we were in
King's Lynn this time- the last few times I've left the area for it) we
went to follow up with the family that we met at the bus stop with the
member. They are great! THey will be the best kingdom builders.
In less exciting news, we went to a LA's house and her dog had peed
on the duvet that was on the couch and the LA didn't know and guess who
sat on it? yup, me. So gross. Thankfully it was the last appointment of the day so I could take care of it right after.
Ok.. the news we've all been waiting for:
So, last night
was so stressful. I had talked with Sister Jacobsmeyer in the morning
and she informed us that 4 sisters areas would be closing because so
many sisters are going home this transfer and not as many coming in.
crazy. So basically we had no idea what would happen, because sometimes
it's the most unexpected moves but I was really hoping they wouldn't
close KL for sisters. Well, we were having a lesson with a member and
then we realized we had a missed call from the AP's. yikes. But then
they wouldn't answer their phone. grr. We were freaking out. Finally
they called back and said President wanted to talk with us. He spoke to
Sister Couper first. She is going to Romford. That's right next to
Ilford. She will love it. I'm sad to see her go and she is really sad.
Then President was saying goodbye and almost forgot to tell me what was
happening with me. haha Well, I am getting to stay in the blessed land
of King's Lynn AND I'm getting to follow-up train... a Sister from
Japan! She is the only sister from Japan in the mission and SIster
Maurer (the one I was in a trio with) was training her. I'm getting a
Japanese companion!! President said she's having a hard time with the
language and that I'll really need to help her. yikes. I have no idea
how to help people learn a language, but I know it will be great. I'm so
grateful that the Lord and President trust me with this. I'm going to
make every moment count!! IT's going to be great and I know we'll see so
many miracles!! CAn't wait to share them all with you :)
I LOVE YOU!!!!!!
Love, Sister Davis
