January 22, 2018
Hey family!
This week has been good. Elder Derry and I had a lot of plans change this week. We were supposed to have two sets of exchanges that got cancelled and we were supposed to go to Mullingar for district meeting but had to turn back because of a flat tire. I guess we were meant to just stay in Sligo this week. We did a lot of gqing and were able to teach a few lessons as well as get some appointments set up this next week. One of the guys we found this week was a guy from Cuba. He's been looking for a Christian church to go to in Sligo that isn't Catholic. We invited him to come to church on Sunday but he didn't show. We're hoping to visit him this week.
We only had about 10 people at church yesterday. Our branch president was sick who was also the speaker for sacrament meeting. So instead he had the Prophet be his back up speaker. We just watched the broadcast of President Nelson again.
Funny story about the flat tire. We were about twenty-five minutes out of Sligo when Elder Derry heard this pop. He pulled over and we noticed we had a flat on one of the front tires. We had a spare and jack in the back and so I started jacking up the car. As I finally got the wheel off the ground though the jack slid into the ground because it was so wet and would fall over. I tried it again and the same thing happened. We saw a piece of asphalt a few metres back and so we jacked it up there and got the flat off and the spare on. It goes to show that your foundation's firmness really does matter in jacking up a car as well as spiritual matters as well. When we're under a lot of pressure from others it can be easy to slide over unless you have a foundation you can rely on.
Elder Derry and I hiked Knocknarea again this morning. We took a different trail though. It was very beautiful!
The weather here has been quite driech this week. Tuesday was a four season in one day day. We had snow, sunshine, rain, and hail. Everything is hunky dory here in Sligo though. I am grateful to be out here among God's children sharing His gospel with them!
I love you guys,
Hope you have a great week!
Elder Calley
