Yesterday was stake conference. I got to sing in the Jogja choir, which was really cool and got to see all my Jogja peeps again, which made me so happy! Elder Wu (I think) gave a really good talk about ovrecoming our challenges and understanding why we have them in our lives. This week was pretty good. We found a couple that had been meeting with the missionaries a while ago but got lost when the missionaries moved to other cities. We went to their house a couple days ago and they said they want to get baptized. So, we asked if they want to get baptized on the 12 of june and they said yes! That's one of the coolest things that've happened on my mission. This is me at one of the members' house. They have a dear thing on the top of their door and I thought it was pretty cool... I got to see my 2 favorite new members in Stake Conference. Merry and Sister Endang, one of the best moments of the week! Sister Xiao also got some pretty awesome Indonesian makeup for choir. Yay!
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Life in Solo is pretty great. It's a lot like Jogja but flatter and the area is so much smaller. Not much else to say about it. We don't have a large amount of investigators and there's a lot of work to be done here, but I'm excited to serve in Solo and strengthen the members here and find others to teach!
I can't upload any photos this week but that's ok. Next week there will be plenty. This week we visited a new family, a new member and not much else, but next week our schedule is filled! See you next week! Sister Stringham This is Pasar Condro, the market right by our house. We usually come here ever morning to buy fruit and breakfast. SOmetimes the Javanese drink lady makes me come over and have some of her concoctions. Not sure what exactly they are, but I'm not dead yet! Us and our most-awesome Monica. I aught her for the last time today but she's coming to Stake Conference! Woop! It's in just 2 weeks and she's just AMAZING! This is the guy fixing my flat tire. This was from a few weeks ago but the girl wearing blue will be my new companion and this was taken at the church I'm going to serve at. We will actually be serving in 2 wards, so we get t go to 6 hours worth of church every Sunday. Woop!
This week was a really great week. I've decided that the decision to go on a mission has been probably the greatest decision I have ever made. Maybe it was almost unbearably hard at the beginning, but I've finally found it to be one of the most rewarding things I have ever done. The people are absolutely amazing here. Their love and endurance amaze me every single day. The miracles just keep coming. No matter how things have gotten or how bad things might get later on, it will always be worth it. Nothing will be more awesome than these 18 months that I will be a missionary. I've fallen in love with Jogja, it is the coolest place ever and I'm going to be so sad when I get transferred (whenever that may be). Yeah, life's not perfect, definitely not easy, not even a bit, but I wouldn't rather be anywhere else. Thanks to everyone whose supported me these last 7 months, I miss you guys all so much and can't wait to see you in LESS THAN A YEAR! This is Sister Ingersoll, who was the Sister Training Leader when I first came to Indonesia. She went home in December but came back to Indonesia to visit. It was good to see her and see how far we've gone in the last few months. This is me and Mbak Monica. I met her on the bus and we hit it off from the very start. She's only a few weeks younger than I am and is going to college studying English. She's pretty much the coolest person ever. She came to church for the first time this Sunday and it's amazing to see how much the members helped her and already love her. She bore her testimony in Relief Society about how good she felt coming to church and how everyone welcomed her. I hope we can continue to teach her the gospel, she's so cool! For those of you wondering where Yekbar Vahl is. He is on my desk, chilling in a paperweight in the shape of one of the Buddha things at Borobudur temple. He doesn't get out much because I keep forgetting to put him in my bag. I'm also afraid of losing him. But wait a little longer, Yekbar Vahl will be making a return appearance here shortly. We went to the Christian bookstore today and saw 3 LDS pictures for sale. We thought it was kind of funny because a lot of Christian faiths here aren't the most friendly towards Mormons, but they apparently like our artwork. hehe. The far left one is actually one of the pictures on our pamphlets. hmmm.
I won't be emailing next week because it's SKYPE week with my family, but I'll hear from all you guys in 2 weeks ya. Saya mengasihi kalian. Tuhan memberkati. Sampai dua minggu. Jangan takut percaya saja. Sampai bertamu lagi. Sister Stringham |
AuthorHOLLEY STRINGHAM: Salt Lake City, born and raised; returned missionary from the Indonesia Jakarta Mission.; a simple folk aimed on changing the world Archives
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