Alrighty! This week was great and full of a lot of miracles!
We
had two investigator friends at church with us and one of them we just
met on the street and invited! He came and said he really enjoyed so he
might come back! It was awesome and we have already had a girl we met a
while back text us and ask us if we can meet! Those two things don't
happen very often!
Just
a wee bit about the Scottish not only do they say a lot of stuff like
Ken and dunnie ken but they also really like wearing kilts! There was
the cutest 5year old kid just yesterday at church in a full on Kilt!
they have these special vests and socks and other stuff that comes with
it haha so it was pretty great.
One of our recently baptized friends has always been a bit up and down with her testimony. (or rather she thinks she doesn't have one when she does... I don't even know how that works but she manages) anyway she sent us a text that she has decided to officially leave the church and will not be accepting any phone calls from anyone. It's so hard because she just got a calling, she gave a talk 2 weeks ago in sacrament and she's been loving the church. We think her family might have convinced her of something that was not true. Long story short we've been praying for her and our deaf friends Lily and Mark who have apparently given the Book of Mormon back to the church and are no longer coming.(mom here: Lily and Mark were sister McBrides first and only baptisms. Her and her companion had to learn sign language to be able to give them the lessons. They got permission from the President to go a few hours before their lessons to a member who would teach them how to sign the lesson the wanted to give then they would go to teach lily and Mark what they had just learned. It took a lot of time. In church Sister McBride and her companion would sign for them the sacrament talks and hymns and the RS and Sunday school lessons. So it was a lot of effort and love there... to me as a mom this is heartbreaking...)
One of our recently baptized friends has always been a bit up and down with her testimony. (or rather she thinks she doesn't have one when she does... I don't even know how that works but she manages) anyway she sent us a text that she has decided to officially leave the church and will not be accepting any phone calls from anyone. It's so hard because she just got a calling, she gave a talk 2 weeks ago in sacrament and she's been loving the church. We think her family might have convinced her of something that was not true. Long story short we've been praying for her and our deaf friends Lily and Mark who have apparently given the Book of Mormon back to the church and are no longer coming.(mom here: Lily and Mark were sister McBrides first and only baptisms. Her and her companion had to learn sign language to be able to give them the lessons. They got permission from the President to go a few hours before their lessons to a member who would teach them how to sign the lesson the wanted to give then they would go to teach lily and Mark what they had just learned. It took a lot of time. In church Sister McBride and her companion would sign for them the sacrament talks and hymns and the RS and Sunday school lessons. So it was a lot of effort and love there... to me as a mom this is heartbreaking...)
Don't
forget to pray about the little things. Our heavenly Father wants to
help us with everything. I've learned that I make so many mistakes. I
have them weighing on me and I feel like those mistakes in my teaching
and in listening to the Spirit have caused these people to leave, to not
have the stronger testimony that they should have, that I wasn't
enough. Then we were sharing a thought with someone at dinner or
something and I learned a lot about our short comings. (I learn so much
from these thoughts we share) The Spirit can speak to me better and
sometimes I say things that hadn't quite clicked in my head until that
moment and I am given greater understanding. I realized this week even
more about the atonement! I just can't even describe it....
We
are in the work of the salvation of souls, that is exciting, scary
and in all ways humbling. How could an all mighty being put such trust
and faith and importance in one, small, imperfect being such as I? Truly
because I'm not supposed to do it alone. Never are we given something
that the Lord wont help us with. As much as I feel sometimes like I
didn't follow the Spirit and therefore caused someone to loose their
opportunity to salvation, He knows! Not only that others have agency but
that I can repent and all will be made right and fair as long as I hold
my desire and try to do my best.
"The Lord is my light then why should I fear?... How can I ever in darkness remain?"
The gospel truly is simple: Do you're best, and use the Atonement.
"some people aren't closed off, they're just broken and ready to be fixed."
Love you all
Sister McBride
Here are some pictures of her adventures to Broughty castle.
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