Hello, it's me. Sorry again for last week, things are so crazy here haha. We hardly get any daylight anymore cause we changed clocks and where we are we just don't see the sun:( Luckily we got a happy lamp that I keep on anytime we are inside haha.
The comp is great, he is very funny. So I am one of the blessed people who is in a city center. This means that I see a lot more missionaries than just my companion. Which is super cool, we do lots of stuff together. Two other sets of elders, zone leaders, district leader with another trainee which is cool! We are all in Glasgow. I'll send more stuff about that! Quite interesting.
The teaching is great! Some days all we will do is teach and others all we will do is find. Mostly Chinese people but we have a few Scottish friends. The Chinese are so funny.
Guess that kind of leads to the language. It is going well, still very hard of course but I am getting to use it a ton so that is a huge blessing!!
We live in a flat off of Great Western Road. Our flat is good haha. I'll take a video this week and give a tour even though it's super small. But is has everything we need so can't really complain. Also has weights so that's nice, been working out which is super fun!
The members are very cool. Kind of interesting because once you are one on one they are the nicest people ever and will do anything for you but they are all very shy, standoffish people so you really have to push to be their friends.
Quick story, so we went biking yesterday for the first time because we wanted to go chapping! Our focus on Sundays is to find families so we tried to go to houses. The houses are limited here and are about a 30-minute bike ride away, so that was super fun, riding in the cold and rain haha. I actually enjoyed being on the bike though, felt like a little kid.
Anyway went out and visited a member first and they gave us a bunch of candy and soda that they got from America!! It was a good little taste of home.
Then we went chapping which we don't do a lot and met a Muslim family who is interested, and meeting up with us this weekend so that is really nice!!
It's cold here now which is always fun. Lots of people wear scarves and jumpers. Might end up getting a few.
The food is good, we have been made Chinese food which is the best, and then we have also gone out for it a few times which was good. Other than that it has been random stuff that us missionaries make so you can imagine its quite special. We do a lot of chicken. And I mean a lot, which I actually love so that's nice I guess.
My favorite parts of the day sometimes is when I can just sit and read. Whenever we are sitting, which isn't often, I try to be reading!
Thank you all for your prayers, they work a lot. At times I'll just stop and think, 'this is hard' but I got peeps rooting for me, so thank you!
Thank you all for your prayers, they work a lot. At times I'll just stop and think, 'this is hard' but I got peeps rooting for me, so thank you!
Let's see so last P day quite literally ran around Glasgow which was pretty fun. Was with another trainee Elder Hylnader and we went shopping for food and then to as many other shops around that we could just to look because we walk by things all day but can't go in.
They are filming part of Fast and Furious here so we got to watch that for a second which was funny. They closed off some roads and crashed some cars and bikes! Spoiler alert! It was pretty cool!
For FHE we carved pumpkins " orange bell peppers" and decorated cookies with our friends and the YSA. That was very entertaining and it was very good in helping our friends meet more people in the ward.
So for Halloween we had to be in at 6 because it was Halloween, people are crazy in Scotland. We spent the night with Elder Heggie and Hylander at their flat that night because we had exchanges with them the next day. That was also very entertaining, we ordered Chinese food and watched The District.
Kind of more random things, I was asked this week if I got my eyebrows drawn on, that made me laugh a lot! Also was told a few times that I sound British which is also super interesting! I sound so strange these days between the Chinese, my apparently British English now and all the random Scottish lingo!!
Spiritual notes for the week. We taught a friend named Ray! He is a beast, he is from China and doesn't speak the best English but we taught him the plan of Salvation and then he taught us back in English! it was so crazy, he said that it all just makes sense and he wants to do what he needs to follow this plan.
That leads into my second part. Was reading Alma this week and really enjoyed King Lamonis father. He was so willing to give up anything and everything to follow the Lord! This got me thinking about my own life and what I am willing to do to follow Him. It is really inspiring to see examples in the scriptures and makes me want to change and become who He needs me to be that much more!
So my invite for the week is to think about what you are willing to do to follow the Savior and then to do it!! Now this might not happen all at once, often it won't but try to take at least one step in following closer this week and I will be doing the same. I know that as we do this the Lord will help us, and help us become more than we ever thought possible! Don't ever forget how much strength comes when doing what He needs from you!:) I love you all so much and keep you in my prayers!!!! Have a blessed week
For FHE we carved pumpkins " orange bell peppers" and decorated cookies with our friends and the YSA. That was very entertaining and it was very good in helping our friends meet more people in the ward.
So for Halloween we had to be in at 6 because it was Halloween, people are crazy in Scotland. We spent the night with Elder Heggie and Hylander at their flat that night because we had exchanges with them the next day. That was also very entertaining, we ordered Chinese food and watched The District.
Kind of more random things, I was asked this week if I got my eyebrows drawn on, that made me laugh a lot! Also was told a few times that I sound British which is also super interesting! I sound so strange these days between the Chinese, my apparently British English now and all the random Scottish lingo!!
Spiritual notes for the week. We taught a friend named Ray! He is a beast, he is from China and doesn't speak the best English but we taught him the plan of Salvation and then he taught us back in English! it was so crazy, he said that it all just makes sense and he wants to do what he needs to follow this plan.
That leads into my second part. Was reading Alma this week and really enjoyed King Lamonis father. He was so willing to give up anything and everything to follow the Lord! This got me thinking about my own life and what I am willing to do to follow Him. It is really inspiring to see examples in the scriptures and makes me want to change and become who He needs me to be that much more!
So my invite for the week is to think about what you are willing to do to follow the Savior and then to do it!! Now this might not happen all at once, often it won't but try to take at least one step in following closer this week and I will be doing the same. I know that as we do this the Lord will help us, and help us become more than we ever thought possible! Don't ever forget how much strength comes when doing what He needs from you!:) I love you all so much and keep you in my prayers!!!! Have a blessed week
My friends 'pumpkin'
My Zone leaders
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