Stockport Week 6

It is the end of my first transfer and I am staying in Stockport. Stockport is a great area so I am excited to spend another 6 weeks here!

This week started with First 5 Weeks. First 5 Weeks is when all of the missionaries and their trainers get together and discuss what they've learned and learn more about how they can improve. It was so fun to see everyone from the MTC. We talked about how to improve on the 4 key indicators: finding new investigators,  sacrament attendance, teaching, and inviting. It was so good! 

We attended a baptism on Saturday for a woman named Adele. Her daughter was baptised about 2 months ago and the Elders here in Stockport have been working with her for quite a while. It was amazing to see her make that commitment and see her become clean. I love attending baptisms because it brings to the front of my mind the covenants we make when we are baptized. This is an incredible work!

Our friend Iyabo got back from holiday in Nigeria this week. Iyabo was so prepared to meet the missionaries! Before we even met her, she had such a strong faith in Christ. She has accepted the message so easily and is just incredible. She is getting baptised on July 28th and we are so excited for her. I know that there are people being prepared all over for the missionaries to find and teach. 

Our other friend Ian is not doing as well. I mentioned last week that he is out of our area. The two bishops talked and he will have to move over to Hyde eventually. The real sad news though is that he called us just yesterday and said he wanted to postpone his baptism until September because he wanted to be sure. Obviously we want him to be sure as well so we will work with him however we can to help him feel that way. It just shows how important it is to pray to know for yourself that the Book of Mormon is true and the Joseph Smith is a prophet.

Well, that is all for this week! I am loving doing this work more and more every week. It is amazing!