May 28, 2018
Hey guys!
So the weather this week has been fantastic. There has been no rain here in Sligo all week and it has been sunny.
So bad news this week is Innocent completely dropped off the face of the earth but good news is we got to teach a few new people. One of them was a self-referral named James who lives all the way down in a small town called Castlerea in Roscommon. He just wanted to learn more about what our church believes in since he used to be a Catholic. We taught him last Friday and gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon. He was excited to get to read it. Later that night he texted us and said he had already read the first 18 chapters in first Nephi. We're seeing him again on Wednesday.
So funny story about church yesterday. Our chapel was almost full! We had upwards of 30 members there. Now about ten to fifteen of them were couples and families visiting from the States but it was good to have a lot of people there. One of the recent converts in the branch, his name is Wisdom by the way and he's from Biafra which used to be a part of Nigeria, invited his friend Klondwani to church yesterday. He used to be Pentecostal and is from Malawi and was only able to stay for Sacrament meeting but we're seeing him Wednesday as well. He said he was definitely going to try to make it to church again this week too.
I'm sorry I don't have any pictures for you this week but I'll try to take some more this next week.
By the way as far as hurling goes. It's more popular in the southern part of Ireland. Gaelic football which is essentially soccer except you can run with the ball for five steps before it has to go on the ground, is more popular around Sligo. However, we still see people with hurls every now and again.
I hope you guys have a great week!!!!
Love,
Elder Calley
