Week 71: It's raining in Sligo

May 21, 2018

Hey guys!

So this week was good. So a miracle kind of happened this week. There is this African man named Innocent that Elder Derry and I found back in like February or March and he will always stop and talk to us when we see him around town. We'll always ask him if he can meet with us and he'll say, "I am busy. I am busy." and he'll give us some time in a few hours that we can meet but will never show. HOWEVER, Elder Fisk and I were able to finally get him to take ten minutes to sit down with us and we explained to him some things about the Book of Mormon. Since then we've been able to sit down with him again and teach him the gospel of Jesus Christ. He doesn't have a baptismal date yet but ever since we got him to sit down with us he's starting to be a little more interested with meeting us and asks us some really good questions. We also met with Declan again last Monday. He's learning, slowly but he still asks a lot of good questions about us and what our beliefs are. He's willing to come to church but said he already had plans for coming to church yesterday. He also brought a friend named PJ with him last time and PJ loves to talk but we managed to teach him about the restoration and where the Book of Mormon comes from and why it's important. 

The rest of the week was good. We only had 11 people at church yesterday which was pretty small. I know some members were out of town though. The weather was suprisingly sunny but I think we have a bit of rain for the next few days. 

Last P-day we went to Glencar Waterfall and it's right next to this lake or lough since that's what they call lakes here in Ireland.  

Well I hope you guys have a great week! I am so grateful to be able to help others come closer to our Saviour and feel more of His love for them. I love you guys!

Elder Calley

Week 70: Happy (Belated) Mother's Day!!!!!

May 14, 2018

Hey guys! What's the craic?

It was soooo good to get to talk to you guys yesterday! It was great to hear about all the changes that are going on back home. I hope you had a fantastic mother's day Mom!!!! Thanks for all the pictures.

So I told you basically what's going on in Sligo yesterday but here's a short recap. So Paul dropped us out of the blue on Saturday. He missed his appointment on Wednesday so we tried by him Saturday and he said he had his own beliefs and didn't want to see us again. We think he ran into some kind of anti stuff. But, we taught a guy named Samuel this week who goes to a Baptist church in Dublin and understood everything about the Restoration quite well except for why we would need the Book of Mormon. We also taught a guy named Abdul. We found out that he was Muslim at the beginning of the lesson but he was willing to take a Book of Mormon and read it which was pretty amazing since usually Muslims do not understand why there would be a prophet called today much less another book of scripture revealed.

So I know I told you guys a tiny bit about hurling yesterday but here's a picture of me with a hurling stick I have. I also have a sliotar. 

Also I have more beautiful pictures of Sligo to send you guys. Below is a picture of the sunset that I took from the flat

Last P-day we went to Hazelwood Forest which is about a ten minutes drive from Sligo and it has a big lake or lough (that's what they call lakes here in Ireland, for Scotland it's loch) in the middle and we just walked around it. There were some really good views.

So great to talk to you guys yesterday!!!! I hope you have a great week!!!

Love you

Elder Calley