January 3, 2018
Hey guys!
Sorry this email is a day late. We didn't have any access to a computer yesterday in Sligo so we got permission to email this morning really quick.
This week has been good. For New Year's we played some games over at the Walsh's. We had to be in by six on New Year's Eve as well. We also had a really neat experience this week.
So Elder Derry and I were chapping one night last week and we ran into this nice Nigerian lady whose name is Juliette. We talked to her a little bit about God and how he can help us to find greater happiness in out lives. She said that we could come back the next day and share a brief message with her. So we came back the next day, she let us in and we started teaching the Restoration and her husband, his name is Francis, comes in about halfway through the lesson and starts asking us a lot of questions about the Apostles and what it means to be a disciple of Christ. He also asked us what should we do if there is someone we know that isn't on the path back to our Heavenly Father but is still doing things like coming to church. We told him that we all have our own individual struggles and it isn't our place to judge even if we sometimes stagger on the path back to God. Francis seemed interested in our response and was willing to meet up with us again to talk more. We were able to share the rest of the Restoration with them and give them a copy of the Book of Mormon to read. Francis said he had been to the church in Sligo before but we don't know why he stopped investigating.
So I'm getting pretty used to Sligo and where everything is and I've noticed that one thing they say over here in Ireland is "what's the craic?" which essentially means what's up?
I'm sorry this email is shorter but I hope you guys have a fantastic week! I am so excited to be here in Sligo sharing the gospel!
I love you guys!
Elder Calley
So for groceries we go to Lidl. It's a grocery store similar to Aldi. For an ATM we go to Ulster Bank most of the time and we have a washer dryer combo in the flat. We don't use the car to travel everyday unless we need to visit someone that lives in one of the suburbs. Usually we just stay in Sligo to GQ,. We don't really use public transportation or bikes because our flat is 2 minutes from the town centre so we just take the car if we need to go anywhere.
Elder Derry is a great companion. We shop and cook together and usually work out together. Elder Derry is a really big guy and everything in Ireland is smaller compared to back home so he's usually towering over everyone.
