Woo! Another week has flown by!!! This week was pretty intense! Well, actually pretty normal, but still awesome!! It was great! And it all culminated with moves call! Everyone back home seems to know our moves before we do, so hopefully I will surprise at least one of you!
MONDAY- was P-Day,
like usual. We cleaned a lot and then we had FHE, which we haven't had in 2
weeks! So it was nice to get back into things! But Monday was just the usual
Monday, so nothing much to report. But I did get into a bake off with Sister
Hall, and she claimed that she could make a better cake than me! So, I rose to
the occasion, and said let's find out. So she gave me the cake recipe, which
was in Danish and Norweigan, and told me to go for it, and we would present the
fruits of our labors at District Meeting.
So,
I did. I baked a cake. And turns out, I can't really bake cake. I have never
made cake in my life, and now I know why. I followed the recipe exact. And the
cake looked really good and cooked on top. I even stuck a knife in the top and
it came out clean, so I was like, "Oh ya. I'm gonna win." So I cut
into this cake, right, and turns out, the ENTIRE BOTTOM HALF WAS STILL BATTER.
My cake went all over the place. I was only able to salvage one piece of cake from
it. And I had to do the walk of shame into DM with my one measly piece of cake
compared to Sister Hall's huge platter of cake. I promised to redeem myself
however. So we are good there!
TUESDAY - We had DM in
the morning, so we caught the early train to Belfast. DM was good. We had quite
a few people there! The meeting went really well. Lots of good insights and
teachings shared. I actually really enjoy DM when it is as good as it was this
time! But after that, we went and taught James in Belfast since he is living up
there now, and he had some free time to meet up. It was good. We asked him
about the Book of Mormon and stuff, and it went really well. Elder Richards
found this crazy insane Rubiks cube and worked on it a bit as well! It was nuts
looking! It didn't even look like a cube! But he almost solved it! It was
crazy!
After
the lesson, we went and got a Boojum's! So good! And then we headed back to
Coleraine, and went to a Branch Presidency meeting. It was a solid meeting. We
are finally getting the ward missionary process rolling! It's exciting! Then,
we went out to dinner with President Culbertson and Brother Kilgore, and they
took us to Pizza Pomodoro! It was dang good! We had a good talk there about the
work as well. Then we headed home. It was great!
WEDNESDAY - We went
finding all day. It was a good day, a tad bit rainy, but still really good!
After we went finding, we went out to dinner with Sister Dunn and Trevor! It
was really cool! We went to this restaurant in Portrush! It was delicious!!!
And Sister Dunn got us these pimpin’ minion keychains! It was great! After
dinner, we went back over to Trevor's and watched the Testaments with him. It
is a really good show! He liked it a lot! Then we headed home.
THURSDAY - We went
finding, and then we taught Book of Mormon class! It was really good! We had a
good turn out! It was great! We read the story of Enos and had some really good
discussions! It was awesome!!! After the class, we went over to Brother
Cunning's house and had coordination! It was great! The Branch is starting to
catch the missionary work bug! It should be really good!!!!
FRIDAY - We GQ-ed all
day, and then we taught Trevor in the evening. We have been helping him with
his Book of Mormon study lately, and it has really helped him since he has
gotten into the Isaiah chapters of the BoM. So that has been great reading that
with him! After that, the Newtonabbey Elders came over to stay the night since
we are having a District Blitz tomorrow. Sister Dunn also gave us a ton of
Domino's gift cards, so we ate like kings for the next 2 days! It was awesome!
SATURDAY - We had a
District Blitz in Coleraine! It was great!!! We had the Newtonabbey Elders and
the Antrim Sisters up for the day. So Elder Shiels and I GQ-ed all day and got
a few potentials, and then we went and taught Alwyn. That was a really good
lesson. If anybody has not seen the Patterns of Light videos by Elder Bednar, I
would highly recommend and exhort you to view them! They are great! Afterwards,
The Elders left and then we went to a Turkish place and I got chicken and
chips. I was positive that my stomach could not handle another kebab. But it
was awesome! Then, I made a pumpkin pie that evening for the luncheon we have
at church tomorrow.
SUNDAY - was awesome!
Church was really great! We had an old missionary couple come back to visit
today, so they had a luncheon for them. So that was really good! The branch
presidency also really hammered down on the ward missionary process and you
could just feel the Spirit of progress in the room! It was amazing! The talks
were also dang good as well. After church, Elder Richards and I had weekly
planning, and then we went to visit Trevor.
We
also got moves call while we were there! I am staying in Coleraine! And Elder
Richards is headed to Edinburgh to a town called Dalkieth! My new companion is
from California and his name is Elder Cropper! I have never met him, but I have
heard he is a great guy!
Well,
that was my week! It was quick, it was long, it was awesome! Being a missionary
is so great! I love every minute of it! Well, almost every minute! Haha! But
through all the ups and downs, I remember the Lord, and that makes it all worth
it. Love you all!!!
-Til
The Work is Done
-Elder
Mickelsen
