"And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ."
- Colossians 3:23-24
It is already August... Can you believe it?! I can’t believe how fast 2014 has flown by. Before you know it, it’s going to be Christmas, and that is just insane to me!
We are still teaching Emily, and things are going great with that. We were able to take her to a baptism, and she felt the Spirit so strongly! It was so great to talk to her about it and the feelings that she felt while she was there. We asked her if that was something that she wanted to do, and she said, "Eventually." Although that is a great response... I just want her to say "YES! Is the font back in Dublin filling up for me?!" ...but then again, everything has its own time and place. As we were travelling home, it started to pour rain! Everyone was in shock
at how much is was raining, but I just turned around and said, "It's Heavenly Father crying tears of happiness because someone chose to follow Him today?" Everyone got a good laugh out of that, even myself!
On Sunday she was totally planning on coming to church, and we dropped the ball on having a set ride for her. We had someone lined up, and then we got a text message at 11:34pm saying that they weren’t able to go to church. We texted another family that never responded back to us. We just simply assumed that she would pick her up.... Rule #133: Never ASSUME as a missionary. Man, she was totally ready to go and everything, and nobody came to pick her up. She said that it was actually good because her dad had some things for her to do, but still.... Lessons you learn out on the mission!
Unfortunately there has been a bad case of the summer cold going around here in Dublin. Did you know there was such a thing?! Ya, me neither. My companion was one of those unlucky people who caught it, so we had to stay in the apartment for 2 days straight while she slept. I got so much reading done from Jesus the Christ and Preach My Gospel; I also got to listen to some John Bytheway CD's, and everyone knows that he is just fantastic. And then I just did whatever else I could to help the time pass by. It is super hard when your abilities are limited to the mission rules, but I made it work. Thankfully she was only out for 2 days, and we were able to get up and get to work the following day.
Something that we have been able to do a lot this past week is Family History Work. We helped Cynthia with the work that she has been trying to do so that she has names to take to the temple. We spent about three and a half hours with her, and we got 8 names for her to take when she goes. We were also able to help a less-active in our ward get signed up, and we showed her how everything works out. She was so grateful, and in about an hour and a half we got 6 names done. I feel like our time is getting faster because we are becoming pro family history searchers!
Lastly, Sister McIntyre and I were on our way to an appointment with an investigator, and the member that was coming with us needed a ride. So we went to pick her up. We got to our appointment a little late because of traffic, but when we walked in, we saw that there was dinner on the table. I thought that we had interrupted dinner! They informed us quickly that we hadn’t. In fact, they were planning on having us eat with them. Well, we had a dinner appointment scheduled with a member right after this appointment, but we didn’t want to say no sooo... we had a double dinner. I will say, I have to start watching what I am eating because of stomach problems, and the 2 meals that we had were not meant to go together. We had Chicago dogs with the investigator and then Japanese food with the member. It was so sweet of them, but Sister McIntyre and I suffered hard core when the night was finished. I was jokingly saying, "I was trying to make it a whole year without eating 2 dinners, and I am just shy of that..." To which Sister McIntyre replied, "I could even make it 6 months.... man I'm in trouble!" Haha we got a good laugh from that!
Well, the time has come where we need to get going, but I wanted to let you know that I love being out here. There are so many great experiences that we are having, and bringing every person closer to Christ has increased my testimony so much. I thank my Heavenly father everyday for allowing me to take on this responsibility of helping His children. I know the church is true, and I know that the Book of Mormon was translated by our beloved Prophet, Joseph Smith. I know that it is true! I love you all so much, and I love my job!
-- Sister Gale
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