This week was so good! We were able to find a new
investigator to teach which was awesome. He's 9 years old and his mum
used to be in the church but has asked for her name to be removed. But she
wants her son to learn and to get baptised. We've had two really good
lessons with him already and the spirit was so strong in the one we had
yesterday. His mum was talking about her memories of going to the temple
and of having family home evening with her kids and it was amazing to see the
difference in her face as she talked about the gospel. You could
physically see a light in her eyes when she talked about how beautiful the
temple was and how she used to teach Primary and take the kids on a walk to the
temple. We're going to have a family home evening with her and her family
next week which I'm really excited for!
We also had exchanges this week which was a lot of
fun. I actually went back to Irvine and was
with Sister Ryan, one of the sister training leaders over the Paisley and Glasgow zones. Then
her companion, Sister Passey, went to East Kilbride
with Sister Ricks. It was fun going back to Irvine and bumping in to people on the
streets than I know. Sister Ryan has been out about 13 months so she's
experienced and I learned a lot from her. We talked to a lot of people on
the street and even got some potential investigators! She also took
me to get my first chippy (fish n chips) from a take out restaurant. So
good.
Went to my first district meeting last Tuesday which was
really good. Every Tuesday
we take a train in to Glasgow
and then our whole zone meets at a church where we then break up in to our
separate districts. Our district leader is Elder Parsons and his
companion is Elder Lewis (who was in my MTC district). They are in the
Airdrie ward. Then there is Elder Thompson and Elder Phippen and Sister Hulet
and Sister Watt who serve in the Motherwell ward. Glasgow is so
cool except really easy to get lost in as we found out last Tuesday when we
tried to find the train station after District Meeting. We were walking
around for a long time but on the bright side, being lost was a good
excuse to talk to people!
The weather has been crazy this past week! Sunny one minute,
pouring rain the next. I've heard that's common Scottish weather.
We were walking home from church yesterday and it was nice and sunny.
Then the clouds came in and it started to rain. I have never seen so much
rain coming down at once! All my clothes were completely soaked and dripping
withing seconds. Then before we got home, the sun came out and it was
warm again. Ach aye I don't know if I'll ever get used to the weather
changes here haha. Funny story: we went out of our flat one morning and saw
that it was pouring rain so we went back in to grab our umbrellas. When
we got back outside again it had started raining. Well at least the
weather isn't ever boring here! I've learned the importance of waterproofing everything.
Church yesterday was good but also kind of nerve wracking
because I had to give a talk (on fasting) and then do a musical number in
Relief Society. The musical number was fine but the talk was pretty scary
because I hadn't had much time to prepare for it. And one of the speakers
had called in sick at the last minute so they asked me to speak for longer if I
could. So I kind of felt like I was rambling the whole time.
Oh well, at least it's good practice for the rest of my mission, being put on
the spot! Also, our investigator came to sacrament meeting which was
awesome! And plus, one of the less-actives we've been teaching was reactivated
yesterday. He was baptised 3 years ago from yesterday. He told us
how he found the church and it was really cool. The sister missionaries
just went up to him on the bus and invited him to church and then he kept
coming! It made me motivated to talk to more people on the bus even though
those can be sometimes awkward situtations.
All in all, a great week! Miss you and love you all!
Sister Jackson
P.S. They have these really weird bugs here that our flat
has been "infested" with lately. Not really, but we've seen a
lot of them. They're called Jenny long-legs and they're like daddy
long-legs except they have wings and fly.
My new address is:
19 Falkland
Place
West Mains
East Kilbride
G74 1JQ
United
Kingdom
