This week is apparently supposed to be FREEZING. There is an arctic vortex that is supposed to go straight over Scotland. That means lots of snow this week and the highs will be below freezing. So PRAY FOR THE MISSIONARIES WHO WILL BE OUTSIDE IN THAT WEATHER FOR 11 HOURS EVERY DAY. Other than that this should be a really good week.
In Oban and Dumbarton we usually just GQ during the day and chap at night. We do that because there aren't enough people out and about at night. In Oban sometimes we don't have to chap, but it depends on the night.
This past week in Oban we found two new investigators! That is HUGE for the area and we were super excited. One we met and asked "What makes you happy?" He said "would you like to hear about the last 6 weeks of my life?" YIKES. Generally that is a very bad sign. He told us all of the horrible things that have happened to him in the last six weeks. We invited him to learn more about the gospel and he accepted. We sat down with him right then and taught him. He was extremely grateful that we prayed for him at the start of the lesson. That stuck with him. He expressed his gratitude to us during the lesson and later that night he texted us about it. It was amazing to watch this man's heart soften as we were able to talk with him. We are excited to meet with him again and help him find healing through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
The members here are awesome and they feed us every night. We challenged the members to come up with a family mission plan for how they can do member missionary work, so hopefully referrals will start coming in. They are always willing to help us teach and they invite our friends to Sunday dinners! It's great.
It is definitely not as diverse here as Ireland. Maybe that's because we aren't in cities. We mostly talk to Scottish people, but we have two appointments scheduled for this week with people from Spain.
I'm a little bummed out that I won't be in Ireland on Saint Patrick's day, but fun fact: St. Patrick was Scottish and was apparently born somewhere around Dumbarton! Also the missionaries probably aren't allowed to work that night anyway, so I think I got the better end of the deal!
Sicknesses have come and gone, so all is well. I was able to keep down food on Monday and my stomach was back to normal on Tuesday. I got the package and BEST.GIFT.EVER. I love it. I love having a blanket again. Nothing better than coming home and wrapping yourself in your blanket instead of your duvet! Also I opened it at District Meeting (that's where is was given to me) and all the missionaries were super jealous.
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