I'm happy to report
this week’s better than the last! To be honest, there still wasn't loads of
excitement, but we managed to do lots of little things that I know will bring
great things to pass!
July 11th
Also known as 7/11, I
was trunky all day thinking about all the free Slurpee's happening in Utah. They
don't even use ice here, let alone sell Slurpee's! I'm going to get fat off of
those things the first week I'm back! All in all it was a pretty boring P-day,
Dalkeith doesn't have much to do, and by the time we get everywhere with the buses and get everything done, there isn't time to do anything anyway! The
highlight of the day, and one of the highlights of the week was a lesson we had
with our investigators Josie and Jonathan. We taught them the Gospel of Jesus
Christ and committed Jonathan to be baptized August 6th! He was so excited! His
Mum told us that he spent the rest of the day praying, what a champ!
July 12th
Tuesday morning
was epic. We had a Zone Leader Ship Conference in Edinburgh, and then got the whole
Zone together for a massive District meeting! It was all centered on the
Atonement. The spirit was so strong, everyone was in tears! Probably one
of the greatest meetings I've ever had! One of the best parts was when I
instructed on getting motivated with one of my best friends on the mission,
Elder Tullis. We threw it down had had everyone jumping up and down,
stoked to do the work! We filled the rest of the day with some solid
finding.
July 13th
Today was pretty rough
to be honest.... We did finding all day long and ran into nothing but
grumpy old people! We'll see if they're set in their ways in spirit
prison! The fun part of the day was this Addiction
Recovery Program we help with at the church. It’s the churches 12
step program and in this lesson we focused on Truth. Everyone we talk to
needs to start doing to this class.
July 14th
Alright today was
probably the craziest day of the week. We started by just walking around
the town Centre and talking to everyone, when all of a sudden we get a
phone call from this potential named Mikey that Elder Crockett and his old
companion had found. He sounded like a real nice fella so we set up an
appointment to see him on Saturday. He called back about five
minutes later and asked to talk to me. Apparently this old creep
saw me in the town and explained all about how he wanted to break
the law of chastity with me.... I hung up pretty fast and changed
his contact name to "DO NOT ANSWER!" he called about 20 times
throughout the day and now I have to live in fear every time I go to
town, not even knowing what this guy looks like! But on a brighter
note we got a new investigator today!! Her name is Tasha, we met up with her in
the town and taught a really powerful lesson on the Plan of Salvation. She
comes from a catholic background but committed to work towards baptism
on August 6th!! That's going to be a big beautiful day for us here in
Dalkeith!
July 15th
Friday was a bit
of a struggle, all of our appointments fell through so the day consisted of
knocking doors in the rain. What made it even worse was I forgot my jacket in
Edinburgh. Let’s just say…I got wet!
July 16th
More finding and
failed try by's on Saturday. We did teach a pretty
good lesson out of the Ensign to a less active though so it wasn't all
bad. He came to church this week so it must have meant something to him!
July 17th
Sunday was
probably my favorite out of the bunch! First off we had Josie and Jonathan at
church; they seemed to really enjoy it! Every time I see them I get an even
clearer vision of them in the baptismal fount! Next the primary president had
us in to teach a short lesson on the Pioneers and how they sacrificed to build
temples. Elder Crocket and I came up with the idea of helping them build temples
out of sugar cubes! I remember doing that back when I was a young whipper
snapper! They loved every second of it! I'm pretty sure they're parents all
hate us for the sugar, glue combo now though.... After church was an amazing
dinner appointment at the Campbell's. This family is like a classic Mormon
family, those are super hard to come by in this mission! It was good fun; one
of the best parts was talking to one of their daughters who is exactly like my
sister Ivy! It brought back some good memories. To finish the night out we knocked
a street where we got two solid potentials and a return appointment! I fell
asleep feeling like we made up for the last two days!
There you have it,
another week in the Scotland Ireland Mission. I'm excited to say the great ball
of missionary work in finally starting to roll in Dalkeith. These next few
weeks will be hard ones full of finding and preparation. However, next month
will be one of tender mercies and reaping the fruits of out labors! Thank you
for your love and support. I love you all!
Love, Elder Cluster
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