Feburaury 29, 2016: 'That time I attended Mass'

Hello everyone!

So I get a new sister missionary named Sister Muller she is a greenie. She has just finished her training so that is fun! I get to stay here in the blessed land of Clonsilla!

This week was interesting. We found out that Gillian doesn't actually live in our area... which is highly unfortunate but we are thinking about keeping her anyway due to the fact that she met the Elders a lot of times and never went to church or met with them. I think she is a bit shy and feels more comfortable around Sisters so we will see. We met a really nice lady named Suzie and had a good lesson with her and a return appointment however she must have gotten on the internet because she text us yesterday and told us that our teachings go against the Bible. then not to contact her anymore... so there you go. Sounds like Satan is working hard on people this week from the e-mails I got from other missionary friends sounds like they had something similar. Anyways she referred us to her neighbor anyway and we met with the nice lady this morning. Her daughter on Saturday told us she was headed off to a special mass at 8pm. (it was 7:30) and so she couldn't meet with us just then but to come by on Monday morning at 11. Then she invited us to the mass. I admit as most people in the countries here are catholic I have always been curious and Sister Petch was especially excited to be invited. So we asked a member to come along with us and she happily did us the favor. It was different from what I have lived with but it was good to experience, something different.

So Gillian is great and it's been a good week. I am sad to see Sister Petch go, she has become a great friend and person that I can confide in and ask for help. Sister Petch asked if I was ok, she said she felt I was unhappy and I confided in her that I was worried about follow-up training because I'm not like a lot of Sisters to be honest. Many Sisters are very urgent in what they do. I am urgent but not physically if that makes sense. Many Sisters rush to appointments, walk fast, talk fast, and just generally do a lot of things in a quick manner. I however don't do that most of the time (obviously if it's necessary I will) but I find that when I do that I stress myself out! Because I'm not going fast enough, I'm not working hard enough. So through out my time I have had to realize that I have to do things calmly to keep myself calm. so I don't stress. I said this to her and she was very kind and told me that I was good! and that it's ok. She knows I show my urgency in a different way and that I work hard even though it may not be like others.

Though we had struggles it has been good and she is very humble. She always says about how much she has learned from me and has seen a lot of things that she didn't do before that she can change and I have has well. I will miss her but excited for this new experience.

It's been a good week. I know this gospel brings the greatest happiness and I love you all! Sorry if I didn't get to e-mail each of you individually but I love you and stay strong!

Sister McBride