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This past week was pretty good! We
didn't have any investigator lessons this week, but we had a chance to work
with our members more, and work with some less actives this week. We also went
to Edinburgh this week and we had some great instruction given to us by our
leaders! It was so awesome!
On Monday,
we basically spent the day cleaning the flat. Since we whitewashed in, the last
Elders didn't necessarily leave it in the best of state. It was all right, but
it definitely needed a good wipe down. So that was really nice. I also played
my very first game of chess with Elder Milburn. It is an interesting game...
not too sure if I like it or not. Only time will tell. Then we went out finding
for the rest of the evening.
Tuesday,
we were finding all day, and then Wednesday,
we were finding all day until our dinner appointment in the evening with a
member family. They are pretty solid. They also made some pretty good tacos. It
was glorious. We then shared a spiritual thought and headed out to visit some
less active members that we had met on the bus a few days earlier. That was
pretty good. They are a really nice couple. So it was good to get to know them.
Thursday,
we went to Edinburgh for the All Scotland conference. It was weird going to an
All Scotland, and not an All Ireland. But it was really fun! I went back to
Edinburgh for the first time since the start of my mission! We were late
getting into Edinburgh though, since we had so many trains cancel and all our
travel plans basically went down the toilet. Long story short, We planned to
arrive at the chapel at 8:30am. We really arrived around 10:00. So that was
awesome! But the conference was great! I learned a lot of good things and we
were taught how we can be more effective in our everyday work. It was also fun
to see all the missionaries that I know! Both in my group, and others that I
have served with! It was fun to talk with them! After the conference, we headed
back to Dumbarton and hit the hay.
Friday
was pretty fun. We were over at the Kirks, and that was awesome! They were
rushing, so we just had McDonalds for a Dinner Appointment, but that makes it
fun. I had what is called a South African Stack. It was pretty darn good. Now
that is something coming from me, a person who normally avoids McDonalds like
the plague. So that was great. Then we helped them move some furniture and then
they took us back to Dumbarton, where we made spaghetti for a Less Active
member since she had surgery on her foot. So that was fun. Then we visited some
people and then we headed home.
Saturday
was a tad bit monotonous, since we were finding all day and one of our
appointments fell through, but it was still fun! I enjoyed it! Finding is
pretty fun. I used to dread it, now I love it!
Sunday,
we had Stake Conference and there was a member of the Seventy there. He is from
Italy, and I don't really remember his name since it was a big long Italian
one. But his talk was really good. I
learned so much in Stake conference. It was kind of a bother since we have only
attended Dumbarton Ward once in 3 weeks, but hopefully, we'll get to know the
members well enough these next couple weeks. But that was the week. It was
pretty great!
I want to encourage all of you who read
this to have a look at Ether 6:5-10, and see how it applies to trials in our lives
and enduring to the end. I was reading it in my study this morning, and was
trying to think why Moroni was inspired to tell us this bit. I think this is
one of the reasons why: The Jaredites had to have immense faith to cross that
ocean in what were essentially wooden submarines. The Lord promised he would
deliver them.
I think this applies to us as we look at
the oceans we have to cross, the depths we will be plunged into, the sea
monsters we will encounter, and the mountain waves that will beat upon us. If
we are continually singing praises to the Lord and having faith in Him, and if
we ENDURE TO THE END, He will deliver us. He has promised multiple times that
He will. Why should we doubt this promise? We just need to leave the shore, and
we will be guided safely through.
Love you all. Talk to you next week!
-Till the Work is Done
-Elder Mickelsen
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