This week has been so awesome! My feet, shins, hips, shoulders, EVERYWHERE hurts, but i LOVE IT! The members here are awesome, they would do anything for us. We set a goal one day to set 5 qualified appointments, then on our way home we had only set 4 we had about an hour to set one more, and we ended up setting 4! so a total of 8 that day, which was such a blessing. We are teaching this lady Elyza, and her two sons. They are going to be baptised on the 10th! we are so excited for them, they LOVE the bible so much, and she's come to know that the book of mormon is true also. She's so awesome and has such an amazing desire to follow Jesus Christ! Everytime sister sly and i would stop in a store, we would buy chocolate bars. Then we soon realized we need to stop eating so much candy, so now, we will only get them if we reach our weekly goals, or if we have a really bad day. haha, we were knocking doors and found this guy named wayne, probably in has late 20's and he told us that he thinks that Jesus was genetically engineered.. like how we can clone animals and stuff now, he thinks that's how Jesus was created. I was trying SO HARD to not laugh at him while he was talking! I could not keep a straight face, he was so nice though and gave us a referral! To this woman named Borka who lives down his street, so we went to Borka's house, and she has a BEAUTIFUL garden, so we just started off telling her it was so amazing and she just brought us inside and showed us the back, and then she was like 'omg sisters, this morning i burned my boob! and showed us......... Sister sly and i didnt know what to do. we had just met this woman! but we got her number and it was already in our phone as a former investigator, whiich was really interesting. So we're going to go back and visit and see what happened. It's amazing here in Dublin though, it's been a sunny week which is so awesome. one day i was even hot! i couldn't believe it! it's probably only like 65 degrees but i was dying!
Yesterday during the sacrament, i just felt the spirit in such a different way than i ever had before. I was just so grateful for Jesus Christ. I felt like i received a greater understanding and appreciation for his sacrifice and love for us. I really love being a missionary, and it honestly breaks my heart when i see those without the gospel in their lives, or when people think that some commandments dont matter. We were talking to a recent convert, urska last night, and she was talking about her and her husband going through the temple to be sealed and she was like nervous about the church's standards on modesty and i was exactly the same way as she was before, she was like i'll have to get rid of my clothes! and i just told her, honestly, as you dress more modestly, your self esteem will go up. You will feel better, you don't have to worry about things showing, or who sees you however you're dressed. It just makes me so sad when people dont realize the importance of gospel things. Going to the temple isn't just something you do, you are given power when you keep those covenants, and you are only given even MORE blessings! but you have to have the right attitude. And i hate being upset about it because i was exactl the same before, but it just like hurts my heart to hear those things. Like if these people only knew the great blessings and enlightenment they could recieve if they did everything with a willing heart. I know tat since i've been living the gospel, i feel so much better in every possible way. I feel literally like i was in darkness and now i can see and think clearly! satan only wants to drag us down to destruction and cloud our judgement of what is right and wrong. I am so graetful to have this knowledge, and to continue growing these next 18 months, and the rest of my life.
Yesterday during the sacrament, i just felt the spirit in such a different way than i ever had before. I was just so grateful for Jesus Christ. I felt like i received a greater understanding and appreciation for his sacrifice and love for us. I really love being a missionary, and it honestly breaks my heart when i see those without the gospel in their lives, or when people think that some commandments dont matter. We were talking to a recent convert, urska last night, and she was talking about her and her husband going through the temple to be sealed and she was like nervous about the church's standards on modesty and i was exactly the same way as she was before, she was like i'll have to get rid of my clothes! and i just told her, honestly, as you dress more modestly, your self esteem will go up. You will feel better, you don't have to worry about things showing, or who sees you however you're dressed. It just makes me so sad when people dont realize the importance of gospel things. Going to the temple isn't just something you do, you are given power when you keep those covenants, and you are only given even MORE blessings! but you have to have the right attitude. And i hate being upset about it because i was exactl the same before, but it just like hurts my heart to hear those things. Like if these people only knew the great blessings and enlightenment they could recieve if they did everything with a willing heart. I know tat since i've been living the gospel, i feel so much better in every possible way. I feel literally like i was in darkness and now i can see and think clearly! satan only wants to drag us down to destruction and cloud our judgement of what is right and wrong. I am so graetful to have this knowledge, and to continue growing these next 18 months, and the rest of my life.
I love you all and i hope you're doing awesome! :)
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#arisefordublin
-sister Clarke
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