So this week...It has been
a week of missionary work that is for sure. Elder Flynn and I have been working
extremely hard. It has been really fun just learning how to do things better
and finding new ways to help people understand what we are all about. We have
had 20 appointments set up with potentially new investigators and they all fell
through except for 1. haha yeah it has been another one of those weeks. I feel
bad because I am only ever telling you about how hard it is. While it is
really hard. In all honestly I love it. I have never been more happy. I can't
believe it sometimes. It just doesn't make sense how happy we are when
everything, everything, everything goes wrong. I want to let you know that it
is because of this gospel and because of the strength that it gives us. I have
seen it sustain me when I feel like I am running as fast as I can. Sometimes I
feel like I can't go any farther but the Lord will give me just enough
endurance to go a little more, then a little more, then a little more. It is
funny. It is funny because I trained on Patience in trial during district
meeting this week. I am not going to shrink in my efforts here. This is
probably my last transfer so I am going to sprint to the finnish.
This is one of the
conversations we had with someone while GQing (street contacting)
Us : have you heard about
Pluto?
Girl: What?....the planet?
Us: It's messed up right?
Moral of the Story. We can
get potential if we are funny and personable, especially when you use a Gus line
from psych. It was so funny. She thought it was pretty cool too.
Finding can actually be really fun :]
The good news is we had 5
dinner appointments this week. I love the members of Dunfermline. It is so much
fun to get to know and to work with them. We with the Lynch's on Tuesday. They
are an awesome Family. Paul Lynch, the dad, use to be the bishop. Their oldest
son, Jared, has cerebral palsy and so they always have to be with him. Jared is
25. They have 2 younger boys who are moved out now, but they have let one of
their son's friends move in with them. They are such a christlike family-they
do things the way that Jesus would do it if he were in their position.
On Wednesday we had Pizza
with the ward mission leader before coordination. Brother Mlotkevich is a
really sought after Chemist. He has developed a scent that africans will paint
on their trees around their villages to keep Lions out. He is so smart and he
plays the Bag Pipes! He takes care of his wife who has type 2 diabetes.
Thursday we went over to
Evelyn Brand who was baptized last year. She will be going to the temple this
coming weekend, so she is really excited. Kaitlyn will be going down with her
and she will be doing baptisms for the dead. I am so excited to see what she
thinks about it :]
Friday we went over to the
Marr's home. Charlie (the dad) married a canadian, Tasha. They had 3 kids. the
2 boys are twins, Charles and Alex. Georgia is their 8 year old daughter. I
love this family so much. It was so fun to get to know them. They are the
biggest foot ball (soccer) fans ever. They ask themselves a question before
everything they do, "does this make me a better football player?" It
is pretty funny.
We then went to the
Mlotkevich's again for saturday dinner and the sisters were there. We found out
that Sister Hinck was just diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. We all felt pretty
bad ,but she was super positive about it.
We are trying to work
really close with the members here. This last week has been a really good week
with building the members trust in us. I am positive that the way that we are
going to see more success here in Dunfermline and throughout the world is
through member missionary work. I would like to strongly encourage you to look
for missionary moments and write them down. as missionaries we give
investigators baptismal calendars. It is a measuring stick and a goal. It gives
them a time bound focus to accomplish something. I would like to ask you to
have a missionary calendar and create your own goals that are time bound. Then
covenant with the Lord to do you part.
Elder Thayne
P Day at the Abbey, where Robert the Bruce is buried
District: Sister Pennock, Elder Brower, Sister Hinck, Elder Flynn, Elder Reeder, Elder Thayne
Another Snake
The High Street in Dunfermline
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