Meg's Mission Week 2

Thank you everyone for all of the love and support! I had another awesome week. We've been teaching a lot of lessons with a lot of new investigators. We've had a couple of substitutes since one of our teachers has been at FSY (English EFY) and we only get to teach them once for ten minutes and that is very difficult. But it's good to learn how to share a message quickly. We have one investigator, Manuel, who we've had some wonderful lessons with. He is working here in Chorley while his family is back in Spain. His mother-in-law is a member and started taking his kids to church with her. So he's meeting with us so that he can learn what his kids are learning. Over the course of our meetings, a change in him has been visible. Now he comes because he has a desire to follow Christ and to learn for himself, not just so he knows what his children are learning. In the middle of one of the more recent lessons we taught, I felt like I should talk about the word of wisdom. I didn't know why, it wasn't part of our lesson plan. But I did. We then found out that he has a smoking problem that his wife absolutely hates and she wants him to quit. It wasn't until after the lesson that I realized that the feeling I had to talk about the word of wisdom was the spirit guiding our lesson. 

On Thursday we got to go on a church history tour and it was INCREDIBLE. We went around the city of Preston and saw places where the first missionaries in England stayed and preached. We went to the place where the first baptisms in England were performed.

 There is also a tree in a park near that river that is dedicated to all of the missionaries who have served in England and it has a plaque next to it. And we got to go to the home President Hinckley stayed in as a missionary where he read the letter from his father that said "Forget yourself and go to work." The spirit in each of these places was so strong. I know that the things that happened here are sacred and I am so blessed to be able to serve here. I'll send some pictures as well. 

On Sunday we got to listen to the famous Character of Christ MTC devotional by Elder Bednar. It was insanely amazing. I've never heard a more humbling, powerful devotional in my life. You can't hear it anywhere but the MTC though. In it, he talks about the true character of Christ and how He turned outward rather than inward even in the most difficult times in His life. It was just incredible. 

Thanks again for all the love and support! It means the world to me! I love you all, have a wonderful week.

-Sister Garside

Pictures: 

River where first baptisms in England were performed.

My cute comp and I :)

My comp and the other sisters in our district (Sis. Eschgfaller, Sis. Staple, and Sis. Silva)

Mom's addition:  Garside sign!