Scotland Ireland Mission! One Tenth done!

To begin, for those of you who questioned my clotted cream comment, here's a picture. Elder Watt calls it clotted cream, the Irish call it double cream....it's just really firm cream with a little spice in it. Take my word for it, it's yummy!

Next, this is the first sign of spring! These little crocus flowers popped out last week in the front yard! I was pretty excited! Today I noticed some little white flowers in the back....I think lots are on the way! It helps when we get a few days of sunshine! I feel a little guilty when I hear of all the snow still falling in Minnesota! But we are still colder than Florida!!!!

Last week, we had an all mission conference in Dublin. It was wonderful to gather as a whole mission! We took the young elders with us for the two hour drive in the rain....When we got there Elder Kerr, an area authority was there and the announcement was made that the Scotland Mission and the Ireland Mission are being combined as of July 1, 2010! It will be the Scotland Ireland Mission and the mission home will be in Scotland. Right now Scotland has 5 stakes and Ireland has two stakes and a district. Elder Kerr said several other missions will be combined in the world....watch the church news next week! We are excited and hope that we will be able to serve in Scotland too, although my heart is in Ireland right now with the wonderful saints here. We enjoyed the day, especially visiting with our good friends the McDowells from the MTC.

It's always fun to be with the other missionaries in the field.

This is the mission office. It's on one side of the church parking lot. It's fun to go in and remember our mission office days in the MMM.

Last week was also Elder Watt's birthday. We had dinner at Fatima's. I found some cupcakes at the bakery and we had a little party. We love Elder Watt and will be sad when he is transferred. He is a great district leader and a good missionary.

We had district meeting at our house today and the Elders all stayed for lunch. Last week we started a FHE group with the single adults in the ward. It has been a good experience and we enjoy having them come to our home every Monday night. This week the Young single adults are also coming over for a little get together.

We are teaching a wonderful investigator, Roberta. She is amazing and loves everything we teach her. It great to see her find answers in the gospel that she has been searching for. She has been to church 3 weeks now and is reading the Book of Mormon.

Little miracles continue to happen each day as we look for the Lord's hand in our lives each day.

There was a sister just baptized in Belfast who was taught the gospel on the internet by the MTC missionaries! She showed up at church one Sunday and then started working with the missionaries here! That is the power of pass-along-cards!

We have now been on our mission for 10 of the 100 weeks! One tenth done....The time is going by quickly as we work hard and love the people here. (but we still miss home!)