SISTER FIRTH: IRELAND

Tuesday: We had district meeting. It was probably one of the most spiritual district meetings I’ve been in on my mission. We talked about testifying. All of us trainers had to give our testimonies at the beginning of the meeting so the spirit was there right from the beginning. It was really great! I loved it! I also love to read Alma’s testimony in the Book of Mormon. Those prophets know how to bear pure, bold, and simple testimony. Love it. We also got the opportunity to go to the Europe Women’s General Meeting. Elder Ballard and Elder Bednar spoke at it. It was based in Germany so it was on screen for us but oh my, it was amazing! I truly love our apostles and Prophet. We are so blessed to be members of this church.

Wednesday: So last week remember how I talked about how Sis Valadez and I went on exchanges and we got some potentials. Well one of those potentials is a ten year old boy named Christopher. We went to try and see him and we got in! His mom was home and we ended up teaching him the Restoration. It was great! He is so smart. He knows his Bible inside and out. He asked the perfect questions and asked if he could get baptized the way Jesus was. We were in shock haha.  We of course said yes! He was going to come to church yesterday but his mom called us on Saturday and told us he wasn’t going to come. So that was a bummer but we’re not giving up hope. We’re going to try by his house on Tuesday to see what’s up.

Thursday: So Thursday, we had a dinner appointment out in Drumbeg. It took us about an hour to walk there but it was the prettiest walk I’ve been on. So much green, country, rivers, ect! While we were walking to our dinner appointment, this car passed us and honked at us and gave us the bird for no reason. haha! Oh the joys of being a missionary. We were laughing and were so surprised. So ya, that’s my funny story for the week. Oh, and we’re doing this challenge with a LA member. She’s giving up smoking for 3 weeks and we’re giving up chocolate. That’s going to be really hard for me! The chocolate is sooo good over here! I’ll make it through haha.  We also taught Stuart which was good. We watched the Book of Mormon DVD. He’s doing good.

Friday: So Friday we went to Derriaghy to see a LA. She wasn’t home so we decided to chap this flat complex. It was 14 floors. We started at the top and moved down. Well, we didn’t get one potential until the last floor! ha I think HF definitely has a sense of humor. It was worth it though. It reminded me of my first area.

Saturday: Oh man, Saturday was THE most random day of my mission. It’d take a long time to explain but long story short, we checked the flat complex next to the one we did on Friday and we got into 2 doors, when we got off the train we saw a guy totally eat it down the walk path. You know those moments when you see someone trips and it looks totally painful but you can’t help but laugh….well ya this was one of those moments. I know I’m a missionary and I shouldn’t laugh but hey, I’m human right? haha Man it was funny.

So this past week was great! We tracked a lot and didn’t have as much success as we’d like to have had but it was a good week. We also went to the Windy Gap and to St. Patrick’s Grave today but I’ll talk about that next week! We also got groceries from a member and chocolate chip and banana muffins from another member. People were just giving us things this past week haha why? I have no clue but I was really grateful for it!

Life is good. Less than 3 months left….ah crazy! But exciting. I am doing good! Time is flying. Sister Martin is doing great. I love her lots. This week was a week where I’m grateful to be on a mission and to be a member of the church. We are so blessed to be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I love it!!  Hope life is good over in good old Utah! Miss those mountains! Loves!! Xoxo love,

Sister Firth