This past Sunday we awoke to an incredible text message from one of our dear friends/family member!! Greg Warnock has been in Europe on a biking trip and "just happened" to surprise visit Callie in Scotland!!! He had to get up at the crack of dawn, actually well before dawn, to drive several hours to find her. (Thank you Greg!!) He surprised her at her ward house. She happened to be speaking in church that day...she probably couldn't focus! ha. Such a tender mercy for Callie for Greg to pay her a visit. The timing of a little bit of "home" couldn't have been more perfect. He was heaven sent! We love you! Following are text messages we received from Greg about Callie:
From Greg:
“Sitting in sac mtg with Callie…”Sun. April 27, 3:33 am
“She’s happy. Resolved. Committed. I can see changes in her. More calm. More eye contact. More giving. More thoughtful and self aware…”Sun. April 27, 2014 8:16 am
“She misses you and the family. You are all so close. She is staying busy. Working hard. Running every day. Studying hard. She has a great spirit about her. I could see it in her talk…”Sun. April 27, 2014 8:17
“Being here is very good for her and for those she serves. You are/and should be very proud. She’s very adult now. Poised. If that makes sense…”Sun, April 27, 8:18 am
“Callie was super impressive to me. Very determined. To her. It’s hard but good. She seems to be growing up a lot here. She’s thoughtful about her service. Enjoys studying the gospel and learning to work and love her companions. She’s solid…” Mon, April 28, 2:40 am
Unbelievable blessings this week!! Look who dropped in!!!
Hey family!!
okay so before I even talk about missionary stuff, I gotta tell you a story....
So I got a call from Bishop Cook on Saturday asking if I'd give a talk on Sunday! Well I said yes. So Sunday rolls around and we go to church. I went up on the stand 5 minutes before church was starting and the elders were out in the hall. Well I'm looking through the window out in the hall and I can see this neon yellow jacket but I couldn't see who it was. The elders opened the door and called my name but then closed the door. Immediately I knew who it was! It was GREG WARNOCK!!! So he went and took of his biker coat and came into the chapel all dressed in biker clothes...classic!! Right when he walked in, I got so excited and had the biggest smile on my face! So I gave my talk, which went pretty good, (I was nervous haha) and then I immediately ran down there and said hi! We gave each other a hug and went out in the hall to talk! Well we talked for 2 hours! It was so good to see someone who was family! Ah I cant even explain how happy and excited I was!! We talked about the mission, home, his family, my family, life, etc.!! It was AWESOME!!!! And then we took some pics, he got on his saweet bike, and then took off to go to Ireland! So ya it was great and I will never forget it! So good to see and talk with Greg.
Alright now here's the missionary stuff...
So God is truly blessing us....we have 2 new investigators!!
CRAIGIES: The Craigies are a FAMILY of 6! Can you believe it. A FAMILY!!! The parents are getting married in 10 weeks and they have 4 little kids under the age of 13. So cute!! We've taught them twice and Fiona (the mom) loves it! Liam (the dad) is back and forth. He doesn't like religion but guess what...after we left the first time after teaching them, he picked up the BOM and read to 1 Nephi 3!! He liked it but said its just a story. We are going back this week so lets hope it goes well!! They are great!!
ALISON: She is a former investigator....we picked her up again two weeks ago but wasn't a progressing investigator until this past week! She has been taught all of the lessons and has had about 3 baptism dates! she's just scared to betray her family. We're really working on her though. She knows the church is true and that she needs to get baptized, she's just scared.
So cool story....last week, I fasted on Wednesday for 3 things:
-strength
-comfort
-new investigators
Well Heavenly Father came through once again. We got about 8 potential investigators last week!! Trial of our faith? Yep!!
God sure is loving and helped me out a ton. I have truly felt His love this past week and will sure be confiding in Him a lot this week as well. Sometimes peoples agency stinks....I hate it sometimes but trials make us stronger right? I've learned to be grateful for my trials....they make me who I am. If God didn't give us trials, we would never grow or progress in life. I've learned as well that its okay to be sad even as a missionary. Its okay to cry when you are sad or lonely. But I've also learned that when you are done crying and being sad, push it to the back of your mind and get to work because these people need to hear about what makes all of us so happy. I am grateful to be a missionary even when times are hard and I miss my family like crazy. I know without a doubt that God has helped me this week. Even by sending Greg to my ward...it helped me. I'm thankful for my Savior and that I can apply His atonement in my life to ease my pain. I know that God watches out for all of us and that Christ walks with us every step of the way. Missions truly are a test, a growing experience, learning experience, happy experience, and a privilege. I'm thankful I get to be out here helping the people of Scotland and Ireland come unto Christ. What a blessing!
Family I love you! I sure miss you all! Tell Greg thanks for coming to church and talking with me!! Thanks for everything fam!!! I love you!!! xoxo :)
love,
Sister Firth :)
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