Hello again everybody! This week was nuts! It went by really super fast, and it also had a lot of stuff going on. Holy cow, I'm exhausted after this week! But this week has made me see the importance of this work!
MONDAY- was LONG! We had spent the night at the Zone Leader's flat the night before so I could go and get my GARDA card in the morning. (A GARDA card is basically an Irish Visa) So we woke up at about 3:30am and then we got ready so we could leave at 4:30 to get to the station by 5am. So we got up, got ready and then the Elders that needed to get the cards waited outside the GARDA station until 8am. It took forever and it was freezing! But we're all good. I was prepared. After we got let in, we started the process of getting the card. Some missionaries told me that it would take all day but we got done in about an hour and a half. So we were out and done by 9:30. It was pretty great!
Afterwards, we got to hang around Dublin for a bit, and then we headed to Dun Laoghaire (pronounced Done-Leary) to email. After that, Elder Bates and I headed back to the flat and relaxed for a bit. Then we went shopping. Afterwards, we did some finding to finish off the night. I finally went to bed at 9:30. So I had had a very very LONG day. But it's all good.
TUESDAY- We had District Meeting. It was very good. I gave some instruction on how to have an uplifting personal study and the rest of the meeting went really well actually. After the meeting, we headed back to Bray. We had lunch and then we went and visited a less active named, 'P.F.' He is a really nice guy. We read Ether 2 with him and went over the concept of problem solving. It was a good lesson. We are starting to break through to him. Sometimes he doesn't listen, but we finally got him engaged in the lesson this time. Woo! After 'P.F.', we went chapping for the rest of the day. It was pretty good. We didn't get any potentials, but the people were nice for the most part.
WEDNESDAY- was nuts. We did finding all day. All day. We started off in a neighborhood that is relatively close to our flat, and then we headed to a neighborhood that is on the other side of town. It was a long day. Lots of people were talked to, but no one interested. But it is all good. We have our good investigators, so it's fine. Then, on Wednesday night, we had dinner with 'T'. She is an investigator. She joined the church years ago and then she left and now she wants to join again, so we have been teacher her. She made some good curry and chocolate pudding. It was pretty good. Then we gave her a blessing because she is sick. Hopefully she gets better!
THURSDAY- was a nightmare! We had to go to Wicklow for a service project, so we were supposed to catch a bus at 11:30 but Elder Bates forgot hi leap card back at the flat. We had to run back and then we missed the bus. So we waited another hour for the next bus, and when we got on, there wasn't enough money on his card for the ticket, so we had to get off. The next bus came 30 minutes later, so we ran back to the flat to grab some money and then we missed the next bus. Finally at 2:45, we caught a bus and we were all good. We went to a lady's house named 'A'. She fed us a really big lunch and then we went out and mowed her lawn and clipped her hedges. It was a good service project. Then we headed back to Bray to teach our English class. That went well. We had 4 Brazilian students there. So it was pretty fun. But that was Thursday.
FRIDAY- To start off, we did some chapping in one of the neighborhoods we have been working on and then we went to the Branch Mission Leader's house for lunch, which was pretty great. They made some dang good chili. Then we headed back to Bray and did our weekly planning since we didn't get a chance to have it yesterday. So we did our planning and then we had a few try by's later in the evening, but they fell through. Turns out, one was a fake address as well So it was a little bit of a bummer, but we just kept on going in the area to finish off the night.
SATURDAY-was pretty good. We taught 'A'. She is a really golden investigator! We taught her the Plan of Salvation last time and she told us this time that it really made sense to her. So this time, we taught her about Prophets. It was such a good lesson. She was involved and actively participating. It was great. After that lesson, we headed home to grab some lunch and then we headed back out to do some finding. It was pretty good. We didn't find a lot of people during that time we were there, though. So it was a little odd. After that, we went to the church building to set up the chairs and fill out the progress record for our Branch correlation meeting tomorrow. Then we went and taught the 'M' brothers. They are two brothers who are less active but they are really good guys. Then we finished off the night with some pizza from Apaches. It was pretty great!
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| Elder Mickelsen and Elder Bates |
SUNDAY- was good. It was Branch Conference today so all the stake leaders were there. They talked a lot about working towards our goals and working hard. It was a really great meeting. After that, Elder Bates and I had some lunch and then we went and did some finding while we waited for our dinner appointment with the Bundas. It was a really good dinner appointment The Bundas are a really great family. We are teaching their son since he is getting ready for baptism. It was a really great time. After that, we headed home and awaited our moves call.
And the verdict is: Elder Bates is leaving! I will be staying in Bray! I am really excited to stay! I really love it here! I will be sad to see Elder Bates leave but we had some good times.
Anyway, that is my week! It was crazy! Sometimes the work can be exhausting and demanding but it is all worth it in the end!
Til the work is done!
-Elder Mickelsen
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