Howdy y’all 🙂

This week was one for the books(: we taught heaps and found heaps, even in the face of adversity. It was a hard week emotionally for me for obvious reasons (eg. going home in T-29 days 😩).. but regardless we found huge success in the work. We taught nearly 20 lessons this week which was a miracle for this area.. So excited!So we found a keen new investigator named Taya. She’s 1/2 Cherokee Indian.. here in Australia… what the?!?! we’re totally kindred spirits now because of our native relations 😉 haha.. nah, but she’s also 1/2 Aboriginal so she’s totally owning the indigenous thing 🙂 so neat to see so many different cultures here(: I love it! We found Taya while trying to contact a potential investigator named Sandra… come to find out, Sandra is actually a drug dealer and was recently put behind bars… #awkward hopefully God can touch her heart there and she doesn’t get mugged lol… #prayforSandra but that aside.. Taya is actually super keen and we are so excited to begin working with her(:

Also, I drove Sister Niu up Mount Panorama to see Bathurst in it’s splendor.. how beautiful is this country??? <3 While we were going up we saw a mob of HUGE as kangaroos just chilling.. so we took some photos (: it was Sister Niu’s first time seeing roos! alive anyways… hahaha so much fun(:

We had an incredible lesson with Naomi and with the Campbells I love these families and my companion is SO spiritual!! I love it(: we’ve challenged them all to come to church and start making changes to grow their faith.. so neat!

This weekend was also a beautiful baptism for Ross, Maree and Brianna 🙂 I taught them a few times up in Orange on trade-offs and they are BEAUTIFUL!! I love it(: the WHOLE family got baptised and I got the opportunity to sing at the Baptism.. I sang “Live Like You Believe” such a beautiful song for a beautiful day! I love seeing the Gospel in action <3

Love always,
Sister Swan
Australia Sydney South Mission
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PS we are currently putting into action the NEW MISSIONARY SCHEDULE that will officially be announced by the First Presidency on the 25th of January 2017… but man oh man is it SOOO different!!! So much excitement!! ​<3