The Walls are there for a Reason

"The brick walls are there for a reason... they give us a chance to show how much we want something" (Randy Pausch)

Hello Loved Ones! 

It has been a CRAZY week for moves! We left Sunday night for Dublin, arrived just in time for my moves call from President, saying I'd be getting Sister Morrison on Thursday. 

I was out of my area Monday until Friday afternoon... DX death to numbers. 

But, I really enjoyed Dublin, even if it felt like Limbo. I was with Sister Henkel and Sister Riesen going between their two areas, Terenure and Clonsilla, respectively. All of our companions "died" and went home, leaving me to await Sister Morrison, Sister Henkel to await Sister Cannon, and Sister Riesen to fly to Edinburgh early Thursday morning to get her new trainee! 

Monday we did shopping and cleaning in Terenure and had a lesson with an investigator named Clare there, who was a quite interesting old lady :) It is definitely different teaching in a trio! 

Tuesday, traffic was TERRIBLE in Dublin, so even though we had the STL's car we were running late all day. I got to meet some great members, Babs, in Clonsilla ward who is great at brunch ;) and Sister Winters, from America who is so willing to help out! We taught some SOLID investigators, and it made me so excited to find someone like Jen or Mayara here. I had some really great spiritual experiences in our lessons this day! 

We went to Clonsilla Tuesday night and woke up the next morning to a clamped car.... There was a mistake in the text we sent to the apartment complex, so they didn't recognize the license plate number as a visitor, so we got clamped. Expensive mistake.  We were able to have a good day though, had an awesome lesson with Clonsilla's investigator James who is so ready and excited to get baptized in the next couple of weeks! It really built my faith to see that, and I really really want to find someone! 

The bus from Belfast was late, so we got into Cork Friday morning, and despite our best efforts, only had one lesson, but we saw Hannah and we have a game plan moving forward to gain the members' trust, work with Recent converts and less-actives and to find new people!! 

I'm so happy, even in the face of fear! This is what Heavenly Father is talking about!

Stay Strong, I love you all!

Sister Kirkpatricki