It was a decent week the work is
slow but we've been having fun. I know your dying for photos, I’m dying to send
some, it’s just been weird trying to send them and I haven't been able
to. I will as soon as I can.
……. and his wife came to church
yesterday and enjoyed the meeting as well as Gospel Principles. I gave
the lesson on Sacrifice and how it prepares us to live in God's presence.
During the lesson he asked the question, "what kind of sacrifices do I
need to make to get close to God?" We had a great discussion, he is
progressing but it can be difficult to teach without a Christian background.
…… is MIA, haven't been able to
contact him. We are working with a guy and his family from Ghana, named ………..
Who is doing nicely, slowly moving along. He will hopefully be praying
about the Book of Mormon this week, he could use a prayer. Good guy, and if we
get him we get his family. We have already invited him to be baptized, and
he said yes, but he wants to have his testimony first.
We’re helping the Clondalkin Ward to
become much more missionary minded, and the stake has come up with a goal of
2014 lessons with a member present in 2014. So things are happening, the
missionary mindset has improved greatly since I’ve arrived here.
Were just doing a lot of home visits with members, and teaching on member
missionary work in church, always using prophetic quotes. The bretheren
want members to be active in missionary work. I feel like this is a big
part of my job here in Dublin.
It’s difficult to find, teach and baptize. I’m working for it. If it never happened, I wouldn’t be too bothered, if I felt like I did what I could. We shall see..... I hope I get to see at least one. I have that vision, but it’s not my will I’m working for so I’ll just keep waking up and walking out that door. What else can we do? It’s a rough part of the world, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. The Lord knew I’d be upset if he sent me somewhere easy. People like you and I need rough days and low success, it’s the challenge we crave. Hey, like the SEALs say, the only easy day was yesterday. That’s life, right? Hooyah.
Thanks for your confidence and for
the prayers. Love you,
Elder Merrill
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