Hello
friends and family! We're back, and a day late due to another British Bank Holiday. I hope it allowed the suspense to
build because I’ve got an exciting one for ya!
Apr. 25th
P-day was fantastic
this week! We started it off right with a pancake party at the Mcleans. It was
a little piece of heaven! They don't know how to make, or even eat pancakes
here for that matter, but Nancy made me proud! Later on we had some fun in a
wee town called Port Patrick. It was nice to relax and mess around the beach,
and one of Donald Trump’s mansions! We also had some crazy winds that
practically blew us to our next appointment with a less active.
Apr. 26th
Bright and early Tuesday morning
we traveled to Ayr for District Meeting, we had the zone leaders join us this
week! The spirit was mighty as we discussed the different aspects of
conversion. After DM we traveled up to Irvine for a Blitz/ exchange with the
ZL's I spent the day with Elder Martin. The best part of the day was when I got
to conduct my first Baptismal Interview with a little girl named Hanna. Only a
few weeks earlier her Mum had been baptized, and a few months before that it
was her Sister. It was really exciting; I remember teaching her sister on
exchange a couple months ago!
Apr. 27th
On Wednesday we
drove home from Irvine bright and early, then did some service gardening for a
member. It felt nice to get into some real clothes and into the sunshine, or
what little sunshine you can get in Scotland. I got to dig out a stump with a pick
ax! They also had us over for Mince and Tatties. Later on we chapped a whole
village!
Apr. 28th
Today we had two
appointments cancel, but it was okay because we also had two great ones that
held! The first was with Campbell, we had dinner with him at a members home and
then taught about scripture study and keeping the Sabbath day holy. After that
we taught our Czech friend about how Jesus is always there for us and is always
our friend. He gets lonely being so far away from him home and family but I
know this lesson helped him.
Apr. 29th
Today started off
great and ended pretty rough. First we had a lesson with Kevin and put a huge
emphasis on church, next we had some delicious burgers at a less actives home.
After the meal we had a very spiritual lesson with her about the sacrament. I
felt the spirit bearing witness to her; she is doing great and is right on her
way to reactivation! Now this is where thing went down hill... We go to one of
our investigators for our appointment and right away they apologize because
they had some friends show up, but invited us in for the lesson anyway. So I'm
thinking "Sweet, referrals!" But nope, as soon as we walk in a heavy
fog of weed hits us and we notice a massive box of beer. Our investigator is
totally drunk and the other guys are high. They kept trying to insist on having
us watch this movie but I pretended we had something come up on the phone and
got out of there. To finish of the night we found out that our other two
investigators are probably moving, and Vicky might be leaving to Falkirk! What
are the odds eh? We're staying positive though, they're not out of here yet!
Apr. 30
Today I happened to
run into this Scottish Paletiton on the street! I tried to stop her but she
wasn't having it, her body guards didn't seem too happy about it either... I'm
still trying to figure out what the junk she was doing in Stranraer though!
Today we also had a lovely Picnic by a loch out by the village where Kevin
lives, and later on I endured some weird Czech Republic food Martin made us!
May 1st
I'm not gonna lie, Sunday was
pretty disappointing. None of our investigators came to church! Not only that
but all of their phones happened to die! Those little fetchers. Testimony
meeting was amazing though, it would have helped Kevin and Campbell so much. Besides
church we were pretty much just knocking on doors the rest of the day. Chapped
this really angry naked man who was yelling for the police! That was fun!
I know that mission is
full of ups and downs but that’s something you have to learn to love. It was
never easy for the savor, and to be honest I hope it’s never completely easy
for me either. I know that no matter where we go, he's been there and can help
us through it.
That’s another week in
Stranraer, over and out!
Love, Elder
Cluster
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