Elder Austin's Journal Letter from January 27th - February 2nd, 2014

Monday, January 27, 2014

It was a jam packed day today, but a fun one nonetheless.  We went to this place called the Mull of Galloway.  It is the most southern part of Scotland.  There were really high winds and high cliffs, so it was cool!  It's so far south that you can see Northern Ireland from there.  I got some cool pictures so I'll print them out and send them to you.  I still haven't figured out what's wrong with my camera, but we'll see.  Anyways, nothing else really happened.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

We had a district meeting up in Ayr today so at 8:00 am we drove an hour to the church building there. After lunch, we went on exchanges and I was with Elder McAllister for the day.  We knocked on doors literally ALL DAY.  It was long and tiring, but it was a successful day.  We found a couple of people who seemed interested, so I was happy.  But I was so tired when I came home.  I'm gonna sleep tonight.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

I thought it was going to be a jam packed day, but everything fell through.  I hate days like that!  We did do a bit of service for a non-member though.  His name is Johnny and he's originally from Wales, but has moved all over the world.  He's kind of atheist, so we're trying to just be friendly with him for now.  Later tonight, the McRobb's fed us and we had a good lesson with our top investigator named Bethany.  She's 19 and her mom is a less-active member.  She is so sweet and she wants to be baptized, but she's a little scared.  Her mom doesn't have a solid testimony, so I'm a little worried about her mom holding her back.  Hopefully, things will progress with her.

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Today was a day full of more finding.  We went all over our area knocking on doors and talking to people on the street trying to find someone to teach.  We met a couple of good people who seemed very interested!  After the 5 hours of tracking, we got 5 people who could potentially become investigators.  That's how it is here in the British Isles, lots of work but little ground gained.   Knowing this helps me work harder!  It's a long road ahead, but hopefully it will pay off in the end!

Friday, January 31, 2014

Ahhh, today was a little bit disappointing to me.  We had a full day planned out, but only a few went through.  We were going to do a lot of knocking on doors, but the weather was absolutely terrible.  There was ridiculously high winds and lots of rain that came with it.  People don't want to stand there and talk to you if it's pouring rain outside.  We had to adjust our schedule and just try to visit people.  I'm getting tired of the rain.  We get too much of it over here.  Oh well, let's hope tomorrow is better.

Saturday, February 1, 2014

One of our investigators fed us breakfast, so that was a good start to the day.  Saturday is the day where we visit all of the people who live outside Stranraer.  We see all of the members and less-actives who live further away.  My favorite is when we saw our 88-year-old member in his rest home .  He's so funny and he tells us the same old stories over and over again.  Tonight our Nigerian less-actives fed us African rice and chicken.  It was so delicious!  You need to learn how to make African food, it is now my favorite.  It was a good day overall.

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Ahhh, Sunday, my favorite day of the week!  We had 17 people at church today, so it grew!  Two of them were investigators and 1 of them was a less-active!  Testimony meeting is always a good, spiritual environment for them.  If all goes according to plan, they should get baptized in the next few months.  I really hope they do because the branch would start to do well.  This branch needs it!

Love You!  Scott