Week 27
July 17, 2017
Hey guys!
So Scotland is a little bit different from Ireland. However,
it rains here just as much. Haha. It's a lot more hilly over here and you know
how when you're doing a Scottish accent and say, "oh yeah laddie"
that is quite accurate.
The ward here in Cumbernauld is tiny. In fact it is probably
smaller than the branch in Waterford some days. Yesterday at church President
and Sister Donaldson came and spoke in sacrament meeting. Both of them talked
on missionary work. Sister Donaldson talked about Elder Ballard's previous
general conference talk and how we can set goals to share the gospel in our
lives. President Donaldson talked more about how as full-time missionaries we
can meet a lot of people who are not interested in the gospel but there are a
few out there who want and need the gospel in there lives and how members can
help by stretching out to the people they know and inviting them to learn more
about the Church. He had a phrase that I really liked though. "Doctrine is
an eternal truth, packaged for application." I know that was kinda random
but I thought that that was a really easy way to explain doctrine to someone.
President Donaldson also mentioned that Elder Udy is going home in five weeks
and isn't trunky in the slightest. Haha. Elder Udy is like Elder Watson in a
few ways. We do our shopping together, and take turns cooking.
Cumbernauld is a smaller town. The town centre here is
inside the shopping centre they have here and so we can't GQ there. However,
there are tons of houses here and so there are plenty of houses to chap. As far
as our investigators go here, we are teaching a guy named Anthony and a guy
named John. Anthony is interesting. He likes to come to church but is difficult
to teach because he jumps all over the place when we try to teach him. He also
smokes but likes meeting with us. John on the other hand is kind of an
eternigator. He doesn't have anything that is holding him back from being
baptised and comes to church each week but won't commit to a date for baptism.
So we'll continue to work with him on that.
So here's your Scottish word for the week. If it is lashing
outside then people might say it is pretty dreich outside. Dreich (dreek)
basically means dreary.
So fun fact. Apparently President Kennedy at some point in
his life, visited the town of New Ross which is just up the river from
Waterford. Anyways, they built a statue of President Kennedy and I'm shaking
his hand.
Picture of me and Elder Udy. Below is a picture of me on the
ferry.
So I know you guys wanted to know how I got to Cumbernauld
so let me backtrack a bit. So first, I took a bus to Dublin then a bus to
Belfast and from Belfast went to the ferry in Carrickfergus and then took the
ferry to Stranraer and from there the AP's picked us up and took us to Glasgow
and then I caught a 15 minute bus to Cumbernauld. It took me from 9am to 10pm
to get from Dublin to Cumbernauld. I travelled up from Waterford to Dublin
earlier because Elder Plewe was leaving.
Love,
Elder Calley
