May 1, 2017
Hey guys!
So today is May Day here in Ireland. I guess they do
celebrate it here in Ireland because it is a bank holiday today. That is
basically the equivalent of a national holiday back home. None of the municipal
places are open, such as the library, and many businesses are closed for the
day. So I'm emailing from an internet cafe today.
This week seems to have gone by quickly but not much has
happened this week. We got a hold of Dinesh this week. (I think I have
mentioned him before, he is from India and came to one of the branch activities
we had). He seems interested in learning what the church is, what we as
missionaries do and what we talk with people about. We also went to Sister
Porter's house this past Friday to help her clean up her backyard a little bit.
She is very kind and sweet. She invited over one of the less actives in the
ward and he came over pretty drunk. However, we did have a good discussion with
him on how the Savior can help him and that he has people who care about him.
It made me think about how the Savior can help each and everyone of us and how
each of us have others who care about us. No matter what we do, He is always
there with open arms waiting for us to turn to Him.
This Tuesday is All-Ireland Zone Conference in Dublin. So I
will try to take some pictures of Dublin to send to you guys next week. Later
today we are going to Carlow to visit the Gibbons. Brother Gibbons is one of
the counsellors in the branch presidency.
It's hard to believe that I have been in Waterford for about
three months now. I feel like I have gotten to know it pretty well. The one
thing we have not done that we probably should do as a pday activity is visit
the Waterford Crystal factory. I'm sure we could tour it if we wanted to but we
have not had an opportunity and I do not know how much it costs. They do have a
shop that we can visit though. There are actually a lot of tour groups that
visit Waterford Crystal. Often times we bump into members from America that
just finished their tour which is great.
They have at least two golf courses here in Waterford and I
have heard that there are a lot of golf courses here in southern Ireland. They
also have something called a pitch and putt here which is like a really small
golf course where you get a pitcher and a putter and play a few really short
holes.
Some things that we typically do on our p-days is we almost
always play soccer in some form. Last week we played "chair football"
at the church. Everyone has a chair and if it gets hit with a soccer ball then
they are out.
I apologize for not being very good at taking many pictures
this week, so I took a picture of me emailing you guys. I know not very
exciting but oh well.
Hope you guys have a good week. I love you guys a lot and
look forward to talking to you in two weeks.
Love,
Elder Calley
I do have a Scottish vocab word to share, it’s
called a blether. It basically means you had a good chat. Ex: we have
had a lot of good blether the week with people on the street. The weather out
here is still pretty cool. In the 50's still. The spring weather is pretty
similar to Minnesota.
