Ireland....oh sweet rainy rainy ireland! I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH RAIN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. literally.

so travel
yea. yikes i'll start from the beginning because a: i'm an idiot and b: so funny

so i travel to edinburgh onnnnnnn tuesday night. get there check. sleep on the floor with 6 other sisters. got up at 5am and they took me to the airport beucase i was the only one travelling via plane i was alone.  SOO i'm like hey i have this print out ticket to this nice man. and he is like oh. you have to check in. um how do i do that? on a mobile phone or computer. ya. don't have that. well then it's going to cost you 45 pounds to do it here...well i really don't have another choice....sooo i pay the expense fee and get over it..then my luggage cost money and he is like they are over weight but he is so nice instead like 200 he charges me less than 100. YAY. so yea i thank him yay thanks! and carry on. i go upstairs and wait in line to board the plane and i realize oh my goodness. i don't have my passport it's in the suitcase i just packed..no joke. what i am going to do. i pray and PRAY AND PRAY  and they come up and i'm like um yea so i don't have my passport they are so nice and call down for them to hold my luggage and pull in out. i go to the back of the line and everyone is talking about me as the idiot who didn't bring my passport i get escorted down to the platform and pull out my suitcase and grab my passport. me: i am so so sorry. them: don't do it again. me; ya. okay thanks. get on the plane get to sit next to no one becuase they were lots of seats...so i'm like cool. worst is over! BOY WAS I WRONG! so i get off the plane. find my luggage pulling it and go through customs, oh my goodness.
m=me
p=passport control RUDE man

p. why are you here
m im a missionary
p. why are you here
m. voluntary work
p. why?
p. go to the back of line. i'll deal with you after this people
m. ummm okay
(goes to the back of the line.)
p. why are you here
m. missionary?
p. where are you going to live
m. in cork.
p. what's the address
m. i don't know the church owns a flat there and....
p. go to the back of line. i'll deal with you after this people
m. ummm okay
(goes to the back of the line again..)
p. why are you here
m. voluntary work p. when are you leaving
m. may 31
p. to the uk
m. yes.
p. do you have you ticket?
m. to go back not on me?
p. do you have it on email on your phone
m. i dont' have a phone
p. how mcuh money do you have?
m. umm what?
p. how much do you have to live here
m...ummmm...like 200 a month
p. so you're getting paid?!
m. noo! i saved up and..
p. you are getting paid.
m. no.
p. leaves and goes talks to some other people.
comes back
p. what you are doing is illegal
m. what no. it's not.
p. you are getting paid for this
m. no ugh my parents send me money and
p. thats a good way to cover it up
p. i'm only giving you 90 days then you have to leave
(stamps passport)
m. okay?
p. it's illegal.
(me walking away. angry)
p.you're being illegal
(repeatedly as i walk away)
UGH.
so yea. made it to Cork good after that experiance in Dublin YIKES
it feels like i've been travelling all week!
on friday we had to take a bus to dublin for a conference with someone from the quorum of the 70 presidency Elder Hullsturm(sp?) it was really good! we then travelled back on saturday!
The branch is really small about 20 members! and 8 missionaries! the elders are really nice though they are funny! andddddd it rains a lot did i say that!?!
oh my but I LOVE SISTER SKAGEN. SHE IS SO FUNNY
I've never laughed so hard in my entire life. literally! we get on really well, she is crazy!!

we've had mcdonalds twice, subway once, and star pizze twice....yes. we have a problem and SHE LOVES DIET COKE! #meanttobe

i am the branch pianist, and have felt that cork is where I am supposed to be with sister skagen. It's been amazing!

IRELAND!!! HERE I COME READY OR NAE

well time has come for me to leave Aberdeen, I am going to miss it. 9 glorious months here and i'm leaving:(( But i'm excited for Cork, Ireland!

monday: we went to the gothers for dinner, my last dinner:( sad goodbye to all 7 dogs 

tuesday: district meeting....the last one...aka this week was full of last times....i know sad sad sad day. we did finding and had our meeting with the ward

wednesday: we did more finding spoke to a really nice guy named tudor! then we went to the Davies for dinner! 

thursday: we saw Maree and Alyssa they are so fun! I am going to miss them tons- they are getting all ready for the wedding!

friday:taught michael about prophets, he has some learning disabilities and so we are struggling to get him to understand! It was Elder Treases birthday so we had a surprise lunch for him at pizza hut, it was pretty fun

saturday: saw the Lamas, and met with Jude, saw Elsie and did finding in the FREEZING COLD! seriously it is freezing!!!!

sunday: church and saw rena and the geekies.

Now ye see that this is the true faith of God; yea, ye see that God will support, and keep, and preserve us, so long as we are faithful unto him, and unto our faith, and our religion; and never will the Lord suffer that we shall be destroyed except we should fall into transgression and deny our faith.

so this week!

monday: we made cookies and peanut butter bars and it was amazing! then we went to the gothers for dinner and then saw maree and alyssa, maree has her wedding dress and it's beautiful! i love weddings!!! 

tuesday: felt ill, yeesh I know! talked this really nice girl named Hazel, who we are meeting with in a week! Had a meeting in the evening!

wednesday: took a train down to Dunfermilne and spent the day there! Had lots of laughs with sister stewart and pennock, some of the best sisters ever! we did chapping, ate mcdonalds, went to the broadcast of the missionary fireside! which was really amazing!!! then we exercised with an olympian and personal trainer for an hour........i thought i was going to dye....literally. I have never ever been so sore in my entire life!! Yeesh she is so fit to do it all! but it was really fun!! 

thursday: train back to aberdeen!

friday: taught michael, who is doing good, he really wants to be baptised! then we took dinner to a lady who just had a baby and has the cutest baby ever! crazy i was here when she announced she was pregnant! crazy 9 months in aberdeen! 

saturday: the elders had a baptism! Zsolt is super cool and excited about the gospel!! then fraser took us out to lunch. We taught Rena! Then we went to a Scottish burns night! they even addressed the haggis and there was dancing it was really exciting! 

sunday: i spoke:( booooo. We had dinner with the Geekies

I am going to miss Aberdeen. I found out I will be leaving and find out where on sunday. sad to go but excited for a change.....mixed feelings

ponderize this week Alma 44:4   Now ye see that this is the true faith of God; yea, ye see that God will support, and keep, and preserve us, so long as we are faithful unto him, and unto our faith, and our religion; and never will the Lord suffer that we shall be destroyed except we should fall into transgression and deny our faith.

love you all! have a great week!!

sister buhler

Alma 5:38 "Behold, I say unto you, that the good shepard doth call you, yea, and in his own name he doth call you, which is the name of Christ; and if ye will not hearken unto the voice of the good shepard, to the name by which ye are called, behold, ye are not the sheep of the good shepard."

 

Monday: we played pictionary with the Elders and went finding, we talked to this old guy who said he'd come to church in a couple weeks, haha.

Tuesday: We taught Nick...he is doing.....okay....he is not reading the book of mormon so that is frustrating! Sometimes I just wish people knew what I know.....ugh...agency...then we taught this man named David he is from Africa and moved to Scotland to get away from things at home, he is really nice. We taught him just about what we do and invited him to be baptised! We had dinner with Hope and Leon Aldred, we had beans and toast=bomb. And then went to mission coordination, which went good?

Wednesday: we had our conference, and our interview with President Donaldson, I spoke to him, he is so kind. He told me I was definitely leaving Aberdeen at the end of the month...sad but true...I told him I don't like boats and don't want to go to Ireland, he said if the lord calls me to Ireland he'll fly me over...no complaints there....spoke to his wife about medical stuff (boo). Then we had dinner with the Gothers, the family with 7 dogs (Daisy, Marely, Jack, Coco, Rodkie, Pepper, Grace) it is insane, but awesome!

Thursday: Did some planning.....(boring) we taught Elsie who is just so funny, she told us to start looking for husbands, then proceeded to list people in the ward...no stop...please stop. Then we saw the Lamas, they are doing well! All enjoyed the baptism and it was a great experience!

Friday: We saw Michael we taught him the Restoration using objects to help him understand, it went pretty well, he understood it much better! 

Saturday: sick........Sister Cheve and I spent the day in bed dying (i'm exaggerating here)

Sunday: Church....it was really good, I played the piano in primary...(always fun) then home in bed....we had a member from the other ward in Aberdeen call us, she asked if we went to church...yes? then she proceed to tell us how we should not have gone, etc. It was pretty funny. 

All in all a pretty darn good week! 

Love you all!

Sister Buhler

Alma 36:27 "And I have been supported under trials and troubles of every kind, yea and in all manner of afflictions, yea, God has delivered me from prison and from bonds, and from death; yea and I do put my trust in him, and he will still deliver me."

Jorge Lama Fuentis was baptised!!! YAY! It was such a good service. His father Jorge Sr. spoke he talked about how baptism is like a passport to God's country, it was really good. Then his twin brother spoke about the Holy Ghost. It was nice for Sister Cheve and I to see because we have seen such a huge growth in this family! What a blessing! Jorge Sr. baptised Jorge Jr. and the spirit was so sweet and so strong! 

In other news.........................in rained.................and rained...................AND NEVER STOPPED

FROM SUNDAY TO FRIDAY IT DIDN'T STOP RAINING..............AND IT POURED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

buses, cars, taxis, etc all caught in the rain and stopped because of the floods

rivers higher then they have been in over 40 years!

homes flooded and madness EVERYWHERE!!!! 

crazy and grateful that we all are alive!!!!

LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!

I know without a doubt that God lives.

I don't have a lot of time to write....but as I have pondered this week over 2015...considering all of it I was on my mission...lots of changed...and not changed.

I wanted to talk a wee mintie and share my testimony.
I know without a doubt that God lives. 

Because He lives, and loves us He sent his son. Jesus Christ, my Saviour and Redeemer, and friend. Christ did what he was sent to do, that is to atone for us, so we can find joy and return to live with our Heavenly Father. 

Joseph Smith was a man, called of God to do great things. He translated  the greatest book, by if man reads they can draw nearer to God, and find more peace and happiness.

 My testimony has not necessarily changed, however it has deepened. 

I am grateful for this Christmas Season that we have to reflect on the first gift ever given, to all of us, from a loving Father.

 May we Remember that "A Saviour is Born."

Thank you for you support and prayers. I love this work! I love being a missionary, and love you all. 

Merry Christmas! 

Luke 2:10-11

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a SAVIOUR, which is Christ the Lord.

Mosiah 23:21-22

Anyways 

Not a whole lot to report on because i am typing at a members and its on an ipad and its hard ahahha

Ponderize 

Mosiah 23:21-22

Santa float aka sata on the back of a truck with music raising money for charity 

And zianchi is good he is amazing 

Maree and  alyssa are  well too 

Rena came to church

Michael is good

Alesandra is a new investigator she is super cool

We met elder kieran and he was amazing!!!!!!

It was so uplifting !!!

Anyways sorry for the short note

LOVE YOU!!!!!!!