Wow,
it’s been on awesome week! We've had so many blessings these past couple days
it’s not even funny! Buckle up because I'm excited to share them with you.
May 23rd
P-day is always a blessing, but the biggest blessing of the day was getting to
do service for our Buddhist friend. I got to make another
massive bonfire, and to top it all off he made us this epic fruit drink from
the Netherlands that looked liked Pepto-Bismol!
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May 24th
The first blessing of Tuesday was District
Meeting. There were three people going home this transfer in my district so I
had them all instruct on what they felt would help us the most through the rest
of our missions. They were so wise! No joke, it was probably the most spiritual
District Meeting of my mission so far! So the rest of the day we did a blitz
exchange in Ayr, it was nice to be able to spend some time with my old
companion Elder Harman before he goes through the twilight zone and back to the
real world. Throughout the day I found five potentials!
May 25th
It was one massive blessing on Wednesday. We had a
stellar lesson with Vicky, the first we've had with her in a while. And
she's committed to baptism again! Something is different this
time, and I really feel she's ready now. So many people told me I was wasting
my time of her but I always felt prompted to keep trying, and now I know why!
Two main blessings of Thursday where
first, a fantastic lesson with Dayna and Tia in the McLean’s home. We taught
the Gospel of Jesus Christ and resolved some of Tia's concerns with
Baptism. Second was a Youth Activity where we played Badminton again.
Dang, badminton is my sport! I wish I knew I had these mad skills earlier in my
life, I could of been in the Olympics or something by now!
May 27th
A big blessing Friday was getting
to see Kevin again; this was the first time in a couple weeks. Sadly not much
had change though; he still loves to learn but just isn't
fully committing and willing to make the gospel a priority. He'll come
some around someday! We also got to help Martin out with a new bike he bought.
Do yourself a favor and if you ever buy a bike, make sure it comes assembled,
and if you don't, make sure you get the instructions in your language.
Today I ate a lot of
food... That's a blessing, and a
curse. It started with a sausage roll from the McGillvary's, then went to
Martin’s for Black Pudding soup, and ended the day with a munchy box from the
local Indian takeaway. We tried our hardest to keep ourselves busy today to help
keep our mind off moves call, but we were still pretty distracted. None the
less we still had a wonderful lesson with Emma and Rachel about the Book of
Mormon and committed everyone and their cousins to be at church!
May 29th
Sunday was perfect,
and full of so many blessings. I
don't think I’ve had a better Sunday since I’ve come to
Stranraer! Nearly everyone we invited to church actually came! We have four
investigators and two less actives there. I've been praying that people would
starting coming to church, I've also been thinking about what kind of a
difference I’ve made in this area. God really comforted me and helped me feel
that I really have made a difference here, and helped to push his work along.
By nearly tripling the size of the congregation, it really
helped me to keep my mind off of the moves call!
Throughout the week I
was really hopping that I would get moved to somewhere new and exciting
considering I've spend nearly a year in the Paisley Zone now. But
deep down inside I knew my work wasn't finished here in Stranraer. Elder Wilson
and I will both be here another 5 weeks. I'm excited to see what we
can do in that time!
It was an incredible
week, and this week is shaping up to be even better! Today is my Birthday. It’s
the craziest thing, but yesterday I totally forgot about it, I guess with moves
call and everything going on there was just more important things to think
about :) It’s been a blast so far though; I'm super grateful that my birthday
landed on a P-day! I’m loving all the birthday emails, and I'm sure my
companion, members and investigators will take good care of me today. We are
going to have a blast!
Most importantly,
Vicky is getting baptized on Saturday. Please pray for her, that
everything work out this time. I know this will bless her life more than
anything else ever could, and I'm so excited for that. I have been so blessed to have seen the change in during
my time here in Stranraer.
Thank you all so much
for your love and support.
Love, Elder Cluster
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