On Tuesday we had District Council and straight after we went on exchanges in Manchester YSA! (My LAST exchange!:/ ) It was so weird to be back where I was exactly a year ago. I enjoyed it though. I got to work with Sister Palavi from Australia/Tonga. It was super fun to work with her and be reunited with some of the members. It was also crazy to be back in the same flat for a night. Honestly felt like I never left.
We've been teaching our investigator Ian and his wife Margaret for the last 2 months. His wife is a member and has been for about 20 years. Ian has pretty much been investigating for the last 20 years and slowly bit by bit has accepted the gospel. Well the members told us that he's never been at church so much and progressing so rapidly. We had a lesson with him and brought a solid Fellowshipper and asked Ian if he would be baptised and he said YES! He said he wasnt ready to set a date but that he would pray about it. So we are so excited for him. It just shows that we really should never give up on anyone! Can't wait go see what happens with him!
On Friday, we decided to go to a village we've never been to and call by some less actives. We were able to contact a couple and then we knocked on a couple doors near by and and ended up meeting a super nice family from Ireland and a really nice lady from Scotland. It literally rained all day but we didn't care because we were having such a good day!
Sister Buck and I have had a goal to read the Book of Mormon from start to finish in this transfer and its going so well. This week we read in Alma 37:41 Nevertheless, because those miracles were worked by small means it did show unto them marvelous works. They were slothful, and forgot to exercise their faith and diligence and then those marvelous works ceased, and they did not progress in their journey;
This stuck out to me because there have been so many times before and on my mission where an insane miracle would occur and I wouldn't even really acknowledge it. Having a greenie companion is great because they're at the beginning which can be really hard so they really feed off those small miracles. I'm grateful Sister Buck is helping me to see how miraculous this work really is. She keeps me diligent and as we continue in patience, the work, our friends, and ourselves progress.
Love you all!
Sister Gilland
England Manchester Mission
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