Oct 9, 2017
Hey guys!
This week has been
rainy every day. Scotland must be taking all the rain next week. Haha. We met
with John more this week. He is still taking small steps but progressing. We
also went to the McGregor's last night. They are a very funny family. Brother
McGregor is a diehard Rangers fan but his youngest son who is about five always
says he likes Celtics whenever Brother McGregor mentions the Rangers. We did a
lot of chapping the rest of the week. The ward here is nice, friendly, and
willing to help us out where they can.
So one thing I have been studying this week
is charity. I came across a scripture this week in 1 Nephi 26:30-31 that I
think really explains charity, "Behold, the Lord hath forbidden this
thing; wherefore, the Lord God hath given a commandment that all men should
have charity, which charity is love. And except they should have charity they
were nothing. Wherefore, if they should have charity they would not suffer the
laborer in Zion to perish. But the laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion; for if
they labor for money they shall perish." I really like how if we have
charity we understand why we are being serviceable. We shouldn't be doing
service or showing love towards others because of the things that we will gain
but for the sake of others.
Here is a picture of
Elder Orchard and I in typical Scottish weather. It's starting to get pretty
dark in the evening.
So I have mainly
seen men wearing a kilt in Glasgow in the city centre playing the bagpipes.
They sell kilts for about £85 in the tourist shops but they are usually made
out of cheaper material. The wool kilts are more around £600 (really expensive)
and can be found in a kiltmaker shop. There are a few of those around
Glasgow.
So I do most of the
cooking between the two of us. We buy food together and cook together. I think
that is what most elders do. They have some good food here but a lot of the
American sweets such as twizzlers they don't have over here.
Wow, I can't believe
Halloween is at the end of the month. They do celebrate halloween in Scotland
but not as much back home. From what I've heard, only a few of the little kids
go tricker treating and most people use it as an excuse to go to the pub. We have
to be in our flat by 6pm on Halloween.
Today we will probably just go to Glasgow for p-day. Usually
we go to Glasgow but sometimes we do something with the other elders in our
district in Airdrie. Wow, stake presidency is getting changed! President Foote
has left some big shoes to fill. This next week for Cumbernauld is Stake
Conference which is in Glasgow.
Well, sorry this email is short. I'll try to make the next one longer. Hope you guys have a great week! Thank you for your emails. They make my p-day!
Love you guys a lot,
Elder Calley
