Easter
week has been a great! I totally forgot how “Catholic” the Republic of Ireland was
until this week!
First
things first, P-day on Monday was a blast! We went on this beautiful hike with most
of the Zone to this place in Bray called Glendalough. The trail lead us up to
this amazing lake where we played some hard core ultimate Frisbee! We stayed
the night in Dublin so that on Tuesday we could have District meeting around all the other missionaries, it was
a blast to just be around some good old friends again! After DM we traveled
back to Mullingar with the Sligo Elders and I went on Exchanges with Elder
Blettenberg. It was his very last exchange before he left for home. (In fact,
he'll be on a plane right now!) Elder Blettenberg is actually in my group but
his visa expired so he had to go home a transfer early. He was the first
missionary I met. I remember feeling sad as I was going up the escalator after
just saying goodbye to my family, but I felt so relieved when I got to the top
and saw Elder Blettenberg and Elder Tullis waiting to catch the same plane. It was sad to watch him go.
Later
through the week I got really sick and had to slow down a little, which was
really frustrating! Then on Friday (Good Friday)
we had lots of good conversations with Catholics about Easter, they honor the
whole week for Easter, not just the Sunday. It’s great!
Saturday we found ourselves back in Dublin on exchanges with
the Zone Leaders. I was with Elder Woodfield, We had a lot of fun and did lots
of solid work! I taught a Mexican!!! That was exciting for me considering I’ve
only met two on my mission. I miss Mexicans and their food.
We
also got to attend a baptism; you’ll never find a trunky missionary at a
baptism! And to finish off our night we got moves call. To my great surprise
the call came from the mission home... (This means that someone is getting
transferred.) And as even more of a surprise the call came that I was the one
getting moved! To whitewash an area in Dublin nonetheless! Elder
Summersgill will be holding down the fort here in Mullingar. I'll be honest, I’m
way sad that I won't get to finish training Elder Summersgill and I’m really
going to miss the members here. They are complete legends and I hated saying
goodbye to them on Sunday, but this moves call was also an answer to my prayers in
some ways. I've been praying to be able to give my everything for my last
transfer and to work as hard as possible, and by whitewashing an area and
starting from scratch there will be plenty of hard tiring days with long
finding hours ahead of me!
Easter Sunday was wonderful, apart from all the sad goodbyes and the Easter Bunny forgetting my basket again... I loved reflecting on the Savior on this special day. He truly made a great and everlasting sacrifice for each of us, that we may find eternal peace and return to the presence of our loving heavenly father.
“He was
the world’s greatest conqueror, yet He ruled no nations, led no armies, never
raised a sword. Took no spoils. His only crown was made of thorns. He won
victories, no one else could. He defeated death. He conquered sin and offers
peace to all who follow Him. He can calm troubled seas and troubled souls. He
can heal broken lives and broken bonds. He can turn water into wine and
heartache into hope. He lived, died and lived again, so we will all live again.
His resurrection brings us peace, now and forever. He is Jesus Christ, King of
Kings, Lord of Lords, the Prince of Peace”
Love, Elder Brycen Cluster
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