Sounds like quite the week! Moving,
bad backs, choir concerts, whew! Sounds pretty busy! Wish I could've been there
to help!
This week was pretty cool! I'm gonna
be real quick with everything though, if you want details, you'll have to ask
for them and wait for them.
Elder Wells took some time to say
goodbye to plenty of members Monday and Tuesday. Elder Jensen from Thurso is
also moving, so they came down and the two of them took the same train to
Aberdeen on Tuesday. That meant it was just me and Elder Jamieson! WITH A
CAR!!!! WHOOOOO!!! We did a lot of stuff for P-Day on Wednesday! I got a hair
cut, for one thing. I'm going to assume I've told you about Warhammer Finding.
If not, I'll tell you later. We did that, had a
blast too! We were going to go to Loch Ness and drink from the waters of
immortality, but we ran out of time and also couldn't find a place to stop and
go down to the water's edge. Elder Carter got in a few minutes late, but we
came back to the flat. He's got this tradition that every moves, he has to
rearrange the flat! So we did that! It looks cool, I'll have to snap a pic for
ya.
Anyways, Elder Carter is cool! He's
got 5 months left, he's served all over Scotland and a bit in Ireland as well. Elder
Carter's a hard worker. We've done some AUF's, Ward Council, Ninjitsu, taught
Rieley, and also Georgiana and Jen! We had a WONDERFUL summers day on Saturday!
It was sooooooo warm!! Perfect for playing sports with the Youth! Elder Carter
did a great job with the youth, playing "football" with them and just
having a good time. It was a fun day!
Georgiana and Jen weren't able to
make it to Church, unfortunately, but they should be getting out of the
hospital today! But hey, Maureen came to church!! She had a cane with her, and
she was a little doped up, but she came!
The Ward Members here are the best!
They're so awesome! They are wonderful once you bring somebody to them, which
is fantastic, not every ward is like that that. We're working on getting them to actually do missionary work!
But they're great fellowshippers, so I've got nothing to complain about. We
usually get 2-3 DA's a week up here.
Inverness is wonderful! Love it to
bits!
We've
also got a really cool experience to share! We were walking down the
river, heading towards the church to look up some AUF's, when this woman
sitting on a bench called after us, wondering what our nametags said. Turns out
she's from Lithuania, and we had a nice chat sitting on that park bench
overlooking the river! We invited her to church, gave her a pamphlet and a
card, and then she was on her way and we went on ours! And she came to church! She's
willing to have us come by her place and teach her! She's moving to England in
a few weeks, but we're willing to get her started on the pathway!
So
yeah, that's been my week. Oh, here's something! So on Saturday we were walking
towards this AUF, but we got to where we thought she was, and we couldn't find
the road. We looked up the map, and the road didn't exist on there! We weren't
far from the church, so I suggested we go there and use the computer there to
look up the address. We did, and found that if we had just gone a few feet
further, we would have found the road!! We were a little upset about this,
feeling that we must have ignored some promptings from the spirit! We went to
the AUF, who'd moved, and then started heading back home for Dinner, having
wasted some time going back and forth from the church. However, we hadn't gone
far when we suddenly heard someone calling out "Elders! Hey Elders!"
We turned and a car had just parked on the side of the road and this woman was
running up to us. "I am so glad I found you guys! We're visiting from
England, and we don't know what time the service is tomorrow!" We told her
it was at 10, and she was overjoyed! "You guys are like answers to
prayers! Thank you! See you tomorrow!" They were a couple who were members
who came to church. They'd been married at the church building, actually! So
anyways, God uses us, no matter our weaknesses, to help others. I think someone
once said "Except for only one special individual, God has always had to
deal with imperfect people. That must be terribly frustrating for Him! But he
deals with it, and uses our imperfections to further His work!" Amen to
that!
Anyways,
I'll be praying for you all! Have a great week! :) Love you all so much! :)
Elder Bates
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