All Ireland Conference and joyful reunions

February 26, 2018

Hey Momma,

I just want to wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! I love you so much and wish I could be there to give you a million kisses!! So just know I have been thinking of you. And oh my it seems like it’s all good at home!!!! I miss all of you but right now time is starting to go by real fast. So I know in the blink of an eye I will be back with all of you again!!! I already wrote dad and told him how proud I am of him and the girls!!! They have it in the bag!!!!! Oh and little something that is crazy. You guys know Coach Casper of course!!!! My Grandpa for the mission (Zone Leader) is Elder Gowan's and he is Ryde Casper’s best friend!! So just a little crazy!! 

The week was good really all of us were just looking forward to the ALL IRELAND Conference!!!! So the time went fast and we had it!! IT was fun, the night before we had a ton of Elders come stay at our flat which made it super fun!!! Then the next day we had our conference and oh my it was just amazing!!! All the Elders and Sisters who are leaving for home soon and the missionaries that just came into the field bore their testimonies and so it was just super spiritual right off the spot!!! My testimony I thought went alright but tons of people after were telling me I did really good. So Good!! But yeah really they just helped all of us out on how to do certain things and just how we can be better missionaries. Some of the best parts was being able to see my first MTC group!!! I got to see Elders Christensen and Wotherspoon. It was so amazing being able to see them all again!!!! During the conference I got called on by the AP’s (Assistants to the President) again!!! They just asked me to read a lot during the conference which was cool but so scary!! Hahaha it’s all good they are both super cool!!! That night we had our first dinner appointment!!! It was super fun but it was like an hour bus drive there and back!! But it was so worth it!!

The next morning we had interviews with President Donaldson and they went amazing.  He truly is amazing!! Then the rest of the week we had just a really good time teaching and finding people!!! We don’t have anyone for sure to be baptized this week but in the next couple of weeks we should have at least 4 getting baptized so it’s really just amazing! My goal is to get 6 baptized by the end of the transfer so I pray that can happen!! We did have Stake Conference this week!!! It was awesome! We even got 6 investigators to come with us so that made it even better!!! But yes it was just a perfect week!!! 

I hope you guys all know that I love you all!!  Okay so for something spiritual for you this week! At the All Ireland Conference they talked a lot about the Book of Mormon! And something that was said that really hit me was this. "The Book of Mormon is our Sword and our Shield." Many people on the street will attack us and try to test our faith but with the power of the Book of Mormon we can fend away those words of the advisory. God gave us the Book of Mormon for that reason!! We can come closer to him and defend ourselves from the things of the world trying to put us down!! In conversion if you truly read and pray about the Book of Mormon you will know of the truth of it!! You will know that Christs church has been restored back on to the earth!!! I LOVE YOU ALL AND HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!

I love you guys and yeah I would really love emails from anyone else!!! I love you!  

Love,

Elder O’Connor