We are in a ward - the Finglas ward. It fills the whole chapel, but the chapel is little so I don't know how many members that is. We are also the only ward that meets in our building, but it is also the Stake Center for like half of the country hahahah. It is kinda funny because pretty much all of the members are Irish and all of the people that are recent converts or investigating are from other places. Right now we are only teaching one Irish person. The others are from BRAZIL, Croatia, Italy, The Congo, Argentina, etc etc etc.
It got very cold here. On Monday the "hurricane" was so fun. Literally all of the stores in the city center were closed and had signs in the windows saying "We are closed due to extreme weather and will be open again tomorrow." Good thing we got our food for the week before everything closed. None of the buses were running and all of the bus signs said the same thing and said RED ALERT. It wasn't even that bad, just windy. We were still out and talking to the people that were out, which wasn't very many hahaha. The next day was fine, but on Friday it POURED. We tried to use the umbrella, but it didn't do anything. We were soaked and could wring out our skirts. We ended up going back to the flat for lunch and comp study and put all of our clothes in the drier (because we are smart, resourceful missionaries). Then we went back out and got soaked again. It was very cold, but luckily one of our appointments actually held, so we got the chance to be inside McDonalds as it was pouring. When it's raining all day we just keep on keeping on.
One thing we do always is say "Woohoo." It started as a joke because one of our zone leaders always texts us woohoo, but now we say it constantly. I don't know why it's so funny, but it is. We use it all the time, especially if we are having a rough day. woohoo.
THE PRIMARY PROGRAM WAS THIS WEEK AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING CUTER. Just a bunch of cute little Irish children talking about choosing the right and following the prophet. There were probably about 13 of them if I counted right. I also started crying in the first song, but had to get it together so my investigators didn't freak out. What a good week for two of our investigators to come to church for the first time!
We just walk into the city center. Technically we live in the city center. It takes us like 10 minutes to walk from our flat to the spire, so no need for a bike.
We are teaching a few people right now. One is ____ from Brazil and he loves the church, but can rarely get work off to come to church with us. If all goes as planned he will be baptized Nov 3. We are teaching ___ who is also from Brazil. He was supposed to get baptized the first week I was here, but works three jobs, so we could never meet with him. He just quit two of them, so hopefully he can get baptized soon. Another man we are teaching is named ____. He is from the Philippines. He LOVES coming to church, but never has time to meet with us, but hopefully he'll be baptized Nov 10. Another is named ____. He is from Italy and loves God. He actually called us over to him one day as we were finding and told us he wanted to be closer to God. He was supposed to come to church yesterday, but overslept, so we'll see how that goes. They are all wonderful and just need to get baptized already!!!!!
Pray for sunshine, so I don't freeze.
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