We were given a list last week by the branch president of the memberships of 11 people that Salt Lake had sent to the branch. These people they had determined lived in the branch boundaries. So we were charged with going out and finding out if they indeed lived at the addresses we were given. Of course, none of them had phone numbers. So we went out on two different days and looked for three of them each day. All of them lived out in the countryside, some quite a ways from Omagh. Without exception, there were people with those names who lived at those addresses, but none of them were members of the church. They were born in different locations or had different birthdays, they just shared the same name. So we have five more to look for that we will get started on soon. It was disappointing we couldn't find a member, but maybe in the next bunch. We travelled up to Londonderry on Tuesday morning for our district meeting. Sister Wilson made a light lunch to share with the district when the meeting was over which the young missionaries appreciated. We handed out the Mister Clean award for the first time to the district and we were very happy that choosing the winner was difficult. To the credit of the district, they all did a very good job of keeping their apartments clean and in good repair. It makes doing the inspections a much more pleasure task. For the first time since we have been in Omagh we got some snow. It was a heavy wet snow that didn't stay for long at the lower elevations but did up higher on the hills. There was quite a lot of precipitation in a couple of days so there was lots of water around on the roads. It made travelling on some of the small country roads an adventure! We finished off the week with a couple of wonderful events on Sunday. Between Sunday School and Priesthood/Relief Society at church on Sunday everyone was called into a the kitchen area and a member of the branch presidency had baked a birthday cake for us. They sang Happy Birthday to us and we all ate some cake. It was so thoughtful of them and a real surprise. On Sunday evening we had a devotional for the Self Reliance initiative. There was good attendance and a lot of interest in taking the classes, lots of members signed up for one or more. We said we would facilitate the classes so now we have to get the first one organized and hopefully start next week.
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October 2016
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