What can I tell you in FIVE MINTUES??????? The church is true, the lord keeps his promises. General Conference is in two weeks, INVITE, INVITE, INVITE. Everyone needs to receive revelation through a living prophet.
Think about conference. It's a special event that only happens twice a year. Prepare for it, be ready and excited that THE Prophet and his Apostles are taking time to speak to you directly.
Remember only TWICE a year we have the opportunity to "Listen to a Prophet's voice"
Cherish it, love it, CRAVE IT!
Have a great week!
~Sister Garlock
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Sister Exchanges
My exchange was a good learning experience. Here are some pictures of how great it was.
BEST BIRTHDAY CARD EVER!
There is a cheeky old woman who we visit each week. This week was special because it was her birthday. I've been holding onto this card for roughly 8 months. Waiting for the right person to give it to; if that person existed. I thought I would share the laughter with you. What made it even more priceless is two weeks before her birthday she told us that she was not wanting to turn 80yr old, rather she wanted to start counting DOWN. She has been wanting to make it to 80 for so long and one day she decided that she wants to be younger. When she made that comment I couldn't help but share this card with her.
Good times in East Kilbride!
Have a great week
~Sister Garlock
All I have to say is a picture is worth a thousand words. Sister Morgan and I had a great time and worked really well together. We both saw miralces in one day and felt blessed by each other's strengths.
The exchange is different from what I expected. However, we weren't told anything about an exchange. I told my zone leaders that I felt like I was thrown in the deep end with the life savor thrown to the side of me instead of at me. I had an idea of what an exchange was, but I didn't know my role in the exchange. Either way, it was a good report and they will probably do it again next transfer....SO EXCITED!
In other news in East Kilbride. We were over at one of our recent converts house, Seda. We were closing and asked Eilidh to say the closing prayer. Eilidh is four years old, knows how to pray, but is rebellious. When we asked her to prayer she layed flat on the floor. I layed down next to her and asked "is this how we pray?" We all got the giggles and Seda had to take a picture! Don't worry we did pray properly....eventually! haha
The exchange is different from what I expected. However, we weren't told anything about an exchange. I told my zone leaders that I felt like I was thrown in the deep end with the life savor thrown to the side of me instead of at me. I had an idea of what an exchange was, but I didn't know my role in the exchange. Either way, it was a good report and they will probably do it again next transfer....SO EXCITED!
In other news in East Kilbride. We were over at one of our recent converts house, Seda. We were closing and asked Eilidh to say the closing prayer. Eilidh is four years old, knows how to pray, but is rebellious. When we asked her to prayer she layed flat on the floor. I layed down next to her and asked "is this how we pray?" We all got the giggles and Seda had to take a picture! Don't worry we did pray properly....eventually! haha
BEST BIRTHDAY CARD EVER!
There is a cheeky old woman who we visit each week. This week was special because it was her birthday. I've been holding onto this card for roughly 8 months. Waiting for the right person to give it to; if that person existed. I thought I would share the laughter with you. What made it even more priceless is two weeks before her birthday she told us that she was not wanting to turn 80yr old, rather she wanted to start counting DOWN. She has been wanting to make it to 80 for so long and one day she decided that she wants to be younger. When she made that comment I couldn't help but share this card with her.
Good times in East Kilbride!
Have a great week
~Sister Garlock
Monday, September 10, 2012
MiRaCLe
First I'm going to tesifty that Heavenly Father keeps his promises even in the most stressful inconvient circumstances. This week I felt like the wind swept us off our feet. Usually scottish winds are all directions but the wind this week caught us off guard. I'm not actually talking about wind, more like challenges.
This week we were in Edinburgh for follow up training with all the new missionaries. We found out a week in advanced and scheduled accordingly. On Monday we receive a phone call from our Zone Leaders informing us that we were going on EXCHANGES with the Edinburgh sisters and it would take place on wednesday. Needless to say we spent most of monday and tuesday re-scheduling and planning for the exchange (exchange experience will be next week when i can upload pictures).
A little background. President Brown trained us on teaching 20 lessons a week. He showed us a promise from L. Tom Perry saying that if we taught 20 lessons a week we would double the baptisms in our area. I've been in East Kilbride 7 months and I've always taught at least 20 lessons each week. Our trip to Edinburgh and the exchange as well as planning day and p-day we didn't have a whole lot of time for lessons. We had about 3 1/2 days taken away. We were worried about achieving our goal, but did our best to plan our appointments. Saturday night we planned for sunday and realized we didn't have enough lessons. We thought of someone we could visit (pretty soild appointment) and went to bed.
Sunday morning we go to Stake Conference, come home phone the lady who usually is soild and she informs us that she doesn't want a visit.......oh no. Along with all of this Sister Hopkin and I managed to catch colds from other missionaries. Each of us catching different colds from two different missionaries. However, we both were determined to get 20 lessons.
After studying and planning we head to our appointment, had a great lesson and head up to a less active. We had about an hour of time to either find someone to teach or try by less actives. We choose less actives because that is what we are focusing on. Long Story short our less active wasn't in and we only have 45 minutes. Time was running out. I was sick, sore, coughing, trying to stay upbeat when inside I was desparetely wanting to go home, get warm and take the longest nap.
Instead, Sister Hopkin and I prayed and asked for guidance. We tried by another less-active who didn't answer their buzzer. We stood there for a couple of mintues trying to recieve inspiration. A lady walks up to the door and asks us if we are here to see someone. We say yes and she lets us through. We chap the less-actives door. The wife (non-member) answers the door. We say "Hi wer..." interuppted she says "NO, not again, you always come around at this time." We say "we are looking..." interuppted again with "NO, this is my house and you're not coming in, go away!" and slams the door. We stand there wet and stunned by a harsh rejection. We heard the wife yell with anger "It's the mormons, they always come around this time. What did i say about them." We look at eachother with sadness in our eyes knowing that we probably were not going to reach 20 lessons when all of a sudden a man opens the door, it's the less active. He takes one look at us and we could see the sorry in his eyes for his wife's behavior. He says "you're wet...come on in" We say "are you sure?" he says "yes, come in"
We walk in the living room and meet the wife, again. She is stiff as a board and hardly looks at us. We officially introduce ourselves and end up having a great conversation. As soon as we started asking questions about their family and about how they met etc... the wife's appearance changed within seconds. As soon as her countenance changed i felt more comfortable. We were rude and came around dinner time (I guess the missionaries in the past always showed up around dinner and expected to be fed). We apologized and told them we wouldn't take much time, just that we wanted to get to know them.
Things were winding down and we managed to share a scripture, our testimonies and have a prayer! Basically we had a lesson! We left feeling so uplifted we thanked our Father in Heaven for hearing our cry. I knew Heavenly Father would keep his promise, but I didn't know how. I'm so grateful to be a missionary and be a witness of his tender mercies.
It was a great way to end the week. The church is true, God is real, and prayers work
Have a great week!
~Sister Garlock
This week we were in Edinburgh for follow up training with all the new missionaries. We found out a week in advanced and scheduled accordingly. On Monday we receive a phone call from our Zone Leaders informing us that we were going on EXCHANGES with the Edinburgh sisters and it would take place on wednesday. Needless to say we spent most of monday and tuesday re-scheduling and planning for the exchange (exchange experience will be next week when i can upload pictures).
A little background. President Brown trained us on teaching 20 lessons a week. He showed us a promise from L. Tom Perry saying that if we taught 20 lessons a week we would double the baptisms in our area. I've been in East Kilbride 7 months and I've always taught at least 20 lessons each week. Our trip to Edinburgh and the exchange as well as planning day and p-day we didn't have a whole lot of time for lessons. We had about 3 1/2 days taken away. We were worried about achieving our goal, but did our best to plan our appointments. Saturday night we planned for sunday and realized we didn't have enough lessons. We thought of someone we could visit (pretty soild appointment) and went to bed.
Sunday morning we go to Stake Conference, come home phone the lady who usually is soild and she informs us that she doesn't want a visit.......oh no. Along with all of this Sister Hopkin and I managed to catch colds from other missionaries. Each of us catching different colds from two different missionaries. However, we both were determined to get 20 lessons.
After studying and planning we head to our appointment, had a great lesson and head up to a less active. We had about an hour of time to either find someone to teach or try by less actives. We choose less actives because that is what we are focusing on. Long Story short our less active wasn't in and we only have 45 minutes. Time was running out. I was sick, sore, coughing, trying to stay upbeat when inside I was desparetely wanting to go home, get warm and take the longest nap.
Instead, Sister Hopkin and I prayed and asked for guidance. We tried by another less-active who didn't answer their buzzer. We stood there for a couple of mintues trying to recieve inspiration. A lady walks up to the door and asks us if we are here to see someone. We say yes and she lets us through. We chap the less-actives door. The wife (non-member) answers the door. We say "Hi wer..." interuppted she says "NO, not again, you always come around at this time." We say "we are looking..." interuppted again with "NO, this is my house and you're not coming in, go away!" and slams the door. We stand there wet and stunned by a harsh rejection. We heard the wife yell with anger "It's the mormons, they always come around this time. What did i say about them." We look at eachother with sadness in our eyes knowing that we probably were not going to reach 20 lessons when all of a sudden a man opens the door, it's the less active. He takes one look at us and we could see the sorry in his eyes for his wife's behavior. He says "you're wet...come on in" We say "are you sure?" he says "yes, come in"
We walk in the living room and meet the wife, again. She is stiff as a board and hardly looks at us. We officially introduce ourselves and end up having a great conversation. As soon as we started asking questions about their family and about how they met etc... the wife's appearance changed within seconds. As soon as her countenance changed i felt more comfortable. We were rude and came around dinner time (I guess the missionaries in the past always showed up around dinner and expected to be fed). We apologized and told them we wouldn't take much time, just that we wanted to get to know them.
Things were winding down and we managed to share a scripture, our testimonies and have a prayer! Basically we had a lesson! We left feeling so uplifted we thanked our Father in Heaven for hearing our cry. I knew Heavenly Father would keep his promise, but I didn't know how. I'm so grateful to be a missionary and be a witness of his tender mercies.
It was a great way to end the week. The church is true, God is real, and prayers work
Have a great week!
~Sister Garlock
Monday, September 3, 2012
"I'm Skyard"
Sister Hopkin and I had dinner at our Bishop's home monday night and one of their wee ones said she was skyard (scared and tired put into one word, just in case you did you know!)
She summed up how I feel quite well - I'm looking forward to my nap today.
Anyway, more exciting news. Sister Hopkin never has had thortons icecream before and it may have been our last p-day together so we decided to get some.
Here are some other pictures of us.
She summed up how I feel quite well - I'm looking forward to my nap today.
Anyway, more exciting news. Sister Hopkin never has had thortons icecream before and it may have been our last p-day together so we decided to get some.
As you can see, it's desireable :)
We brought a member with us (I think I might have already shared this.....oh well it's worth sharing again). His name is Brother McCafferty, we have been telling him for months how delicious thortons is and he has been dying to try it. We invited him and had a great time! What a character he is!
We brought a member with us (I think I might have already shared this.....oh well it's worth sharing again). His name is Brother McCafferty, we have been telling him for months how delicious thortons is and he has been dying to try it. We invited him and had a great time! What a character he is!
Here are some other pictures of us.
Sister Hopkin and myself; mother daughter.
This is one of many great sites we see every day.
The days are getting colder and we are expecting snow at the end of october.....buurrrrrr. It was so cold one morning I almost unpacked my winter gloves and scarves. However, Scotland has VERY unpredictable weather. The mornings are cold, by afternoon we want to shed all our layers and night is right inbetween. haha Never thought weather would be such a barrier as a missionary! I still love the work and wouldn't change it for the world.
Have a great day!
~Sister Garlock
The days are getting colder and we are expecting snow at the end of october.....buurrrrrr. It was so cold one morning I almost unpacked my winter gloves and scarves. However, Scotland has VERY unpredictable weather. The mornings are cold, by afternoon we want to shed all our layers and night is right inbetween. haha Never thought weather would be such a barrier as a missionary! I still love the work and wouldn't change it for the world.
Have a great day!
~Sister Garlock
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