Elder Michael O'Connor II - Scotland/Ireland Mission

February 19, 2018 Oh this week was really fun!   It has been SOOOOOOOOO busy!! It’s not even funny how busy we have been!! We have about 16 New Investigators, and we have 13 people on date for baptism! So the work  is just crazy!! We get tons of people through finding people on O'Connell Street, and also because Elder Valiati is from Brazil. Lots of people get passed to us to teach because there are so many Brazilians!! It is just easy to teach them!!  But yeah super funny, remember how I said I would never speak Spanish or anything like that again!!!!! Well Heavenly Father really has a sense of humor. This week I have read the Book of Mormon in Spanish and Portuguese!   Right now I can kind of understand what is happening in Spanish so thanks to Mr. Adkinson for that. Now each day I am trying to learn a little bit of Portuguese so I can help Elder Valiati and communicate better with those we meet and teach! I am not complaining. It can be rough out in...

 President and Sister Donaldson...Mission Presidents  Elder O'Connor and Elder Valiati Pratt Hill Edinburgh Scotland In 1840 Elder Orson Pratt, an LDS Apostle, climbed to the top of Arthur's Seat. There he dedicated the country of Scotland for the preaching of the gospel. Today your missionary climbed the hill and dedicated themselves to the preaching of the gospel in this great land.

February 12, 2018 As Mikey was sending his email this morning, it was deleted and he didn’t have time to re-write it. So he sent us pictures of his journal pages. Mike and I highlighted his last week of events in the following letter….. Tuesday was hard saying goodbye to my friends but I was so glad to finally board the bus. I said goodbye to President and Sister Bunker knowing that I will see them again. As I sat down on the bus I felt some kind of accomplishment that I made it and it was a spiritual moment I will never forget. The bus ride to Edinburgh, Scotland was about 4-5 hours long. We hiked Pratt Hill and it was amazing! The view was awesome! After meeting President Donaldson and having a variety of meetings I was assigned to serve in Dublin Ireland and my trainer is Elder Valiati who is from Brazil! The AP’s and other missionaries said it is a favorite area to serve in. This is an excerpt from Sister Call (one of the office secretaries): Tuesday came and so did ou...