So this week was great! We taught a lot and we got 2 new investigators! Yay! Their names are Douglas and Beryl White, and they are just lovely! They love the gospel and they believe its true, they feel they're in the wrong church, they're just afraid to change in their older age and with their situation of being active elders in the church of Scotland. I'm not sure how to help them overcome their fear with faith. We shared with them a 7-step card on how to study the Book of Mormon prayerfully, and talked about 1 Nephi 3:7, which went well. We're hoping to see them receive that strength of testimony to make a change for the better!
We felt very motivated by our district meetings recently to raise the bar, and particularly Elder Ballard's talk "Create Success" that Elder Christensen shared made an impact on us both. I definitely felt there were some things that I personally needed to change, and I have a greater desire to work as hard as possible and to do a little bit more than required. I know the promise that Elder Holland expounded is true: "Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don’t come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come."
Family History at the church this week head-lined the Ladles, from Rexburg :) They gave a lovely, well-attended presentation on navigating Family Search. I think it was really good for a lot of the members. The YW were a little over-whelmed, so we're going to look at it really simply with them this week.
Oh, and we're getting bikes this week. Don't know how much they'll be useful, because town/villages in the area are so spread out from each other that they're pretty busy/narrow roads between, but they belong to the mission, and none of the other sisters need them, so for what little they may be used here, we'll use them!
Tracy is still stuck, not being able to attend church. We weren't able to see Lesley this week either, but hopefully we'll get to meet with her and her son Johnathan this week!
We're also teaching Fred, who is an older man with mental disabilities, but he seems pretty independent, and feels the Spirit, so we're not sure how to teach him. He'd need to be interviewed by the mission president if he gets baptised, but we're not sure if he'll be able to give up smoking and be reliable enough to make it that far :/
We had Stake Conference this weekend which was great! We got to sing in the choir, and I got to see Sister Skagen on her birthday! She and the other sisters interpreted the meeting in BSL and then afterwards we got to have lunch with the other missionaries :) It was great :)
Hope you're all doing well! I love you all so much!!! Seriously. LOADS. Its ridiculous how much I love you :)
<3 Always Yours,
Sister Mary Kirkpatrick
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