So yes! Another wonderful exciting week here in Barbados,
West Indies!
On Tuesday we had a great District meeting by Elder Woodruff
and then we were able to have a member up in our area with us for most of the
evening named Gerad who is a returned missionary and is super fun to work with!
We actually had almost all of our lessons fall through except two 18 year old
young men. So it was nice to have Gerad there to meet them and get to know them
a little bit. We had some great lessons with Gerad there. The problem with
our area is that there are only like 5 members who live in our area and they
are all either old or full time working. So it makes it hard to move the member
work forward in St. George Barbados...
But on Wednesday we had a sweet lesson in the morning with a
woman named Anita and her adult daughter named Juanne! It was a sweet lesson
about the book of Mormon and they enjoyed it so much they asked us to download
the app on their tablets so that they could get it in print size that they
could read! It was sweet! Later that night we were contacting and actually
were trying to talk to this lady as she was closing the blinds on her sliding
glass window and ended up talking to them for a good while about the Book of
Mormon and our work as missionaries! And told us because we don't cook enough
for ourselves that she would make extra food on Sunday for us to go pick up! So
that is always welcomed as a missionary! haha.
On Thursday we had an apartment inspection in the morning
(yes mom, we passed) and later that day when most of our appointments fell
through we were able to see a woman named Marisa who we testified to that she
could also gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon through Prayer. I love
testifying to people, it's probably when I feel the spirit the strongest when I
testify of the Book or Mormon or of the Prophet Joseph Smith! I love this work!
On Friday we spent a good chunk of the afternoon and evening
going finding with not a lot of lessons that day, just one that really stuck
out was again with Anita and Juanne, we had invited her to read the first two
chapters of the Book of Mormon which she started but stopped because she
couldn't follow it. So we read it with her and explained the story a bit and
she agreed to read the next two on her own which hopefully will work out!
Saturday was amazing! I love Conference but haven't
experienced like I have on my mission. It's so uplifting and just amazing to
hear from a living day prophet and apostles. But because of the time difference
it started at 12 and so that took up our entire day with priesthood session getting
over at ten o'clock in the night. We took some other Elders home with us for
the night and woke up just to go for four more hours! It was awesome! I loved
it! Also on Saturday I found out that elder Moli and I would be staying
together and that I would be the new district leader replacing Elder
Woodruff as he leaves! So I'm nervous/excited for that too! haha
Sunday was also spectacular! I love Conference! After
Conference though we did go grab some food from those people we contacted and
it was some of the best rice and chicken I've ever had! It was seriously
amazing! I can't really describe it, I may have just been hungry but it
was pretty darn good!
It was an especially good week this week! I love being here
and am excited for another transfer with Elder Moli!
Love you all and wish you the best! Happy Easter!
With Love, Elder Dorrance
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