It’s been an incredible week that
ended with quite the surprise! Unfortunately I am particularly short on time
today as I still have all of my packing to do... This week’s
email is going to be sweet and to the point! :)
Aug 8th
Today I had one of the best
P-days of my life! The Campbell family is amazing and took us out partying
all day long! First we had a blast at the trampoline park called Rize (it
is owned by a super rich member in California, so that's cool.) Next we
got some party sweets from the local Tesco and played an epic game of
Monopoly (I won) and we finished it all off with some fish and chips!
Aug 9th
District meeting was just
grand this morning. I had a real heart to heart with all the
missionaries and discussed the things we need as individuals, then as
a companionship, and then as a District. My District is full of
a bunch of boss's! We got rained on a lot today.... Another highlight
was going to Young Mens with Jonathon, we got to teach
everyone ultimate Frisbee, it got pretty intense!
Aug 10th
We re-taught Jonathon the
restoration today was a new member. This kid's learning super fast, it’s so
excited and rewarding to see it happen. We got fed some amazing mushroom
spaghetti stuff at our ward mission leader’s house, food is always a blessing.
To put a close to the night, we hosted the Addiction Recovery Program
at the church. It was a good experience as always. I love being
around a group of open and honest people, all trying their best to
change their lives!
Aug 11th
Today we had even more rain then on
Tuesday. We got wet!! We did some work inside by doing our weekly planning
and area book stuff; we also had the plumber up to fix our sink! He was an
interesting guy.... The best part of today was probably a lesson we
had with our recent convert named Annette. We went into detail on
patience (Something everyone can work on.) We also talked about the experience
Job had, and the attitude and the way we reacted to everything in
life. Job is a real champ.
Aug 12th
Not really much to report on from
Friday, we had a lot of lessons fall through and a lot of chapping. I did find
this one funny old lady though, she believes her dog was shot in another life
and got reincarnated... she'll get baptized for sure though!
Aug 13th
Saturday we had more
appointments fall through and lots more finding. We ran into a lot of
trouble making hooligans today.... it’s hard not to hurt people sometimes.
We got some pretty great Kebabs to celebrate the upcoming transfers
and anticipated moves call coming on Sunday! That's always fun, I'm still not
convinced Kebabs are safe though....
Aug 14th
Sunday was definitely the craziest
day of the week! Church was wonderful, we had Jonathon's Mum and Aunt join us
for the full three hour block, and a linger longer! I gave a talk in Sacrament
on "My Faith Hath Made Me Whole" I felt like it went really well, and
everyone seemed to enjoy it. It was great studying all the times Jesus said
"Thy faith hath made thee whole" when he was going about performing
miracles, and then relating that to my own life and how my faith has made me
whole. I looked at the miracles God has performed in me. After church the
Campbells' had us over for dinner, mash tatties and mince. You can't go wrong
with mash tatties and mince. We also got our moves call while we were at the
Campbell's, that was the real surprise! "Elder Crockett, you will be
staying in Dalkeith, and Elder Cluster. The Lord had a new calling for you to
be the Paisley Zone Leader." Flip! I don't know what's crazier, the fact
that I'm going to be Zone Leader, or the fact that I'm going back to Paisley!
I'm excited for it all though, Paisley is my home, and I will officially be the
Paisley King! It will be hard to leave Dalkeith, I was blessed to get to know a
lot of amazing people in my short time here. However I know that our
friendships will last long beyond this life. I also trust that the Lord needs
me back in Paisley for a reason. I’m excited to see what new experiences and blessing
are in store for me there!
Please continue to pray for the
investigators, members, and missionary work here in Dalkeith. You're prayers
are heard and answered. They make such a huge difference here in the SIM
mission!
I love and miss you all!
Love, Elder Cluster
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