week 26

This week we had another all Ireland (where all the missionaries in Ireland have a conference) and we got to meet our new mission President, President Macdonald, in Dublin. He is definitely American and very bald hahah. He for sure has a different way of doing things and is way more chill than the last mission president so it will be interesting to see what will happen. i am excited though. It was very interesting. it was weird not having President Donaldson there but i am looking forward to P Mac. We had a good conference and he and his wife gave very great instructions. The conference was on the 4 of July so me and my comp and some other people decided wear all red white and blue, it was pretty classy. There was lots of pictures taken.

We had a branch bbq this week and it was so much fun. there was a bouncy house thing and they would grill all different types of meat and then just throw it into this big pot. it was just a free for all and you could take whatever you wanted. it was fun.

On pday last week we visited the Cliffs of Moher. it was sooo beautiful. we walked along side of it for like the longest time. the cliffs is where they filmed some of harry potter and some of the princess bride so that was sick.

We were teaching our investigator Lisa and talking about the word of wisdom and she has cigarettes and said that she was going to finish her pack that day and start living the word of wisdom the next day. we were like haha thats funny dude. so we explained that that is not how it works but she wouldn't budge. the missionaries have been teaching her for about 3 months now. we always have the investigator say the closing prayer, but she never has. she always just says no, so on this day i was like no you are going to say the prayer. so for like 15 minutes we sat there and tried to figure out why she didnt want to say the prayer and what we could do to help her say the prayer. Then finally she said the prayer! and then right after the prayer out of nowhere she just stands up with her pack and walks over to a homeless dude and gives them away, and doesnt say anything to us. me and my comp were like whatttt and lisa said "i dont even know why i just did that." it was so amazing!

Our friend John is supposed to get baptized this weekend. please pray for him.

This last week we had a lot of dissapointments and some of our friends not on date, but some new friends on date as well. but with the good and bad i am so grateful for all of it, it is all just a learning experience! i am grateful for everyting that i am learning. something that me and my comp have learned this week is that we get along very well and really want to be friends after the mission and for that to happen we need to be seperated as companions if we want to remain friends. lol. we are so similar in a lot of things, especially when it comes to decision making on important things in the missioanry work. we both have different opinions about things that are good on both sides, but we both don't like to budge. hahah like we are straight up homies hahhaha its confusing (and dont worry i asked her if this was okay to write) we have transfers this weekend.

but yeah i love the work here! its great! love you all! peace!

Cliffs of Moher...