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Monday, September 21, 2015

September 21, 2015- 'My first experience street boarding'







Hiya! from Scotland!

It's rainy yet again today (it's always a Monday...) And the Autumn chill is creeping in, the leaves are beginning to change and I feel winter coming soon! So far I've held up with a light rain jacket and only one pair of tights! I think I'm doing pretty good.

We went to St. Andrews for the last time on P-day and saw the place where Golf was supposedly invented! I bought a really expensive golf ball. It was like £3... but hey its still pretty cool!!
We dyed Sister Turners hair! First time I ever dyed someone's hair haha. A mission is full of other experiences as well as the spiritual. 

We went and did something called street boarding on Friday, which is where you get a dry erase board with a question like "what makes you happy" or "what do you love about your family" and you go up to people and ask them to write their answer. Then you get a good convo about the gospel going and before you know it, return appointment! haha We did it with our district which was a bad idea.... because our district is only 5 people! and 5 people in city centre doesn't attract a lot of attention... also we didn't have a white board. All ws had was a family history sign that we propped up. So after about 1hr 30min of very minimum success we went and found some cheap small white boards (which was all we could find) and tried that. A little bit better but basically we were talking to people in city center for... 4hours with absolutely no return appointments. *sigh* my first experience of street boarding was no bueno, but we're determined to try it again, this time with more people!

Our friend Zoe is doing great! she is loving church and Ah... I wish I could give you everything but just know that she is a strong person who is the only baptized member in her family and friends and basically none of them are supportive. But she knows it's true and she's awesome C:

Saturday we sorted clothes for the refugees fleeing from Syria. I guess there are a lot and they're all fleeing towards Croatia (where shawn is!) and the round about areas. People are donating a lot of clothes and we are sorting through them to help out the refugees. It was really fun.

Yeah other then that not much happened. It has been a growing a learning experience and I am determined to as our president says "become more sanctified" as a person and as a missionary that I will be able to do the things the spirit directs. Our president has talked to us about the true order of prayer and how we need to have the spirit guide our words and we need to pray for the spirit. I had a very spiritual experience this past week. As we knelt down in our flat to pray before we head out I felt a strong prompting to pray for the health of my companions. (Sister Turner had just run out of migraine medicine and we discovered that she has to go back to the Dos because her prescription is discontinued...! Also Sister Skagen symptoms are increasing...) I prayed that they would be able to over come their health problems and I nearly started craying from the spirit. It was a powerful moment and I know that the Holy Ghost can guide our prayers. Prayer works love you all!

Sister McBride
 



 

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