On Tuesday, we did get to watch the First Presidency conference for our District Meeting. I wasn't really that surprised. I loved the conference! It was so fun to get to see them interact with each other because we don't normally get to see that. And I love that President Nelson and President Oaks are best friends. It's so cute.
We had ward conference in Dublin too! It was really cool because the counselor that did the sustaining pointed out that we were lucky enough to be able to sustain the President Nelson, his counselors, and the Quorum of the Twelve the first Sunday that they had been announced and organized. How special!
We had ward conference in Dublin too! It was really cool because the counselor that did the sustaining pointed out that we were lucky enough to be able to sustain the President Nelson, his counselors, and the Quorum of the Twelve the first Sunday that they had been announced and organized. How special!
We had a good week and the highlight was definitely Archie's baptism! He was so excited and so happy after. He was baptised with an Irish man named Conor, and a girl from the Canary Islands named Veronica. They were all so excited. Each of them made/brought food for refreshments after. Veronica made a cake with the shape of angel Moroni on it and it was amazing to see how enthusiastic each of them were!
A lot of our lessons fell through this week, but that just means there are other opportunities to find new people to teach. When one fell through this week I talked to a girl from China. I asked her what made her happy and she responded "my faith!" She told me she was Christian (very rare in China) and that she really wanted to be close to God. We are meeting with her tomorrow and we never would have met her if our lesson hadn't cancelled on us! Blessings come in all shapes, sizes, and forms!
Another thing that impressed me this week was that the Spirit does not speak a language. We had met and taught a man from Brazil who spoke very bad English. He came to church and we taught him once. We decided that it would be best to pass him to Elder Valiati (from Brazil) so he could be taught in his native tongue. Elder Valiati was the only missionary that spoke during the lesson, but the Spirit was so strong. I understood the general idea of what he was talking about, but really had no clue what was going on. The Spirit was so strong and he accepted the invitation to be baptized almost immediately.
This next week we get to go on exchanges. I will be with Sister Kim! They are always so fun and you get to learn a lot from being with a different missionary to see how they approach things, teach, etc.
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