One tough week...

TERESA - Heya Family!!

Mom!! Good for you!! Giving out Books of Mormon at the Post Office :) Right on! Tell Erika and Steven Happy 1 Year for me!! That's crazy that I've totally been gone for the first year of marriage! Haha. Did dad like his Scottish ties? (He wore one to Church) I hope so, because I thought he'd love 'em! Rach sent a tape?? Hmmm, maybe I should do that too! I'll get going on starting to get going on that haha.  Mom I LOVE my gift!!! So I'm happy. I am SO excited for my 4th of July Stuff!!! And Crystal light drink mixes :). You are the BEST mom, did you know that? By the way, the apron in the package was for you in case I forgot to label it! Hope you like it mom!

Ok, so this week has been really tough. Gosh, sorry for all these letters! I just seem to be going through a non-stop rough patch right now. But don't worry, I ALWAYS try to look on the bright side of things! But I'll start with the good stuff as always...

FHE on Monday was excellent because we went over the story of Abinadi with them all. We hold family home evening at Sister Green's (a long time member who knows her stuff) and with a few recent converts. It was good we went over Abinadi's story because they all had forgotten it! We were inspired for sure :). They LOVED it and we definitely loved telling it to them! WE all learned a lot.

Tuesday was great because we had our Specialized Zone Training Meeting at Glasgow Stake Center. President and Sister Griffiths were there and the Assistants. It was really great! We talked about setting goals during our Weekly Planning Session and then achieving them in our nightly planning sessions. It was very much needed for sure. I have been struggling with my WPS for a bit and this really gave me the insight I needed to make my plans really come to life during the week. And plus it was excellent to see the whole Zone then too, and the Assistants and President and Sister Griffiths as well. It's tough because once you've served in Edinburgh and been around them for a while it's tough when you move away from it all! Edinburgh is definitely the "happening" place in the mission! But don't get me wrong, I love Glasgow too!

Wednesday was a good and bad day. Our app with P. fell through and Sister Baxter slipped in mud (well actually we both thought that was funny!). But we taught a lesson that day to I.S. our only progressing investigator right now. And it was such a good lesson! We taught him the Gospel of Jesus Christ and he definitely responded well to it. He said he'd come to church and that he's looking forward to it! We then went out to dinner with Sister Lloyd (2nd Counselor in the RS Pres) she was sooo nice! She took us to an Indian restaurant! So pretty sure I have eaten more Indian food here then ever before! It was a good time to get to know her :). She served a mission too so she could really relate to what we go through as missionaries.

During our WPS we really tried to implement what we learned during out Zone Training Meeting. And it worked! We felt like it was a very effective planning session and we hope to see it fall into place this upcoming week.

Ok this past Sunday was really good! Ian came to church!!! And he liked it!! Man oh man we were so happy about that. He seemed to be fellow shipped in well too :). P. didn't come unfortunately but we will work on that this week for sure. We will hopefully see I.S. tonight at our FHE but if not we will see him Wednesday or so and talk about his experience at church. WE had asked him to bring a question to church and we promised him that it would be answered. He said to us after church that his question was answered!! Ya ya! He said his question was how to have/gain faith? And he said the answer was quite simple; to pray and read the scriptures! He was really excited about it and so were we :)

So yesterday, Sunday, we went out to Eagleshem a part of our area that is about an hour and a half away from where we stay. And the buses aren't good on Sundays and definitely don't take us ALL the way out there so we have to walk for a good 30-45 mins of the journey. We really still felt like we should head out there anyway, we wanted to try by some potentials and see if we could get anyone there. Well we went finding and no one wanted to listen to us! But to be honest that was kind of the attitude ALL week because everyday no matter what, we did our finding time. We were so proud of ourselves at the end of the week to see that because we made sure we did our hour of consecrated finding time everyday we reached our goal and it was the standard of excellence! But unfortunately we got very little and I mean very little potentials out of it. But it doesn't matter, we did it and we were happy about it! :) But anyway, the no one listening to us bit was a usual thing this week, sadly enough, but oh well. But back to Eagleshem. We tried by 3 people that were potentials. The first one wasn't in, the 2nd one said she wasn't interested, and the 3rd one couldn't come to the door. Man, we were like, Really? Haha. So we were walking by the first potentials house again and I had mentioned how it was unfortunate we could talk to her. Then Sister Baxter suggested we knock again. We did and she answered! She is the sweetest little lady ever! One thing that really stuck out to the two of us was her sincerity and real kindness. Do you know what I mean? I mean the people that just ooze with genuineness. She was so glad she was able to see us. She said she'd been thinking about the missionaries ever since. She wanted us to come back and see her so we set up an app with her! Golly gee we were so happy! Then as we left we saw her leave as well. There was a very small window of time to catch her and Heavenly Father made sure that happened. I am so glad we unknowingly followed the Spirit again! So that was excellent.

This week we have been feeling BEYOND tired! Don't ask me why but we have been wiped. I think I'll go to bed earlier from now on, I'm convinced I need about 10 hours of sleep to function best but oh well!

But I love you all and I hope all is going well for you back home! Thanks for caring about Rach and I! Love you!

Love Always, Sister Teresa Kullick

Zone Conference

RACHEL - Mom and Dad and family!

I am so glad you got the tape! Wow mom!! I am sooo happy that you gave her a Book of Mormon!!! I wish you could see the smile on my face right now! Yes, I got the package and I really love them! Thank you so much! I am excited for the 4th of July Package as well! That reminds me, in our ward coordination meeting, we were trying to find ideas/ways to better unify the ward here in Swinton (they are already pretty unified but it definitely doesn't hurt to be completely as one!). And of course I came up with the idea of having on the 4th of July a Family Home Evening BBQ... and they are actually doing it! Ha I was actually quite surprised that they went for it! But they are not so much promoting the 4th of July part though, but that's OK with me :)

This past week has been a lot of different kinds of emotions and changes. On the Tuesday we were able to teach a young man, J. R. on the bus an entire first lesson and to invite him to be baptised! He said he would when he knew it was true! However we were right on the boundary line of our area so he didn't live within our bounds so we passed him over to the Sisters in Wigan. I was a little worried as the bus kept on going further and further and wasn't quite sure if we had left our area or not by accident so we quickly got his information and hopped off the bus. But another beautiful miracle came from this. If we had not gotten off when we did in the Tyldsley area then we would have never ran into J. J. She is a mother of a 21-year-old son. At first she wasn't interested but as we walked with her we spoke to her about the gospel. As we arrived to her house we stood there with her as she told us of her struggles in life. Tears were in her eyes as we bore testimony to her worth and her purpose in life then we decided (because of the promptings of the Spirit) for the 4th time to invite her to learn more. We are going over to Tyldsley this evening and teaching her the Restoration. If we had not met J. R. we would have never met J.J. We were able to make 5 more appointments that day!

On the Wednesday, the Assistants to the President and two other Elders came in a mini van to pick us up for Zone Conference. This has never happened before but they called the night before because they had some extra room, we were grateful for the lift! This Zone Conference was the final one with President and Sister Bullock. It was a wonderful day where we heard Sister Bullock give a training on holding on the Iron rod by following the first principles of the Gospel. It was wonderful. Then President Bullock gave a training on the Atonement. It was miraculous; the Spirit bore truth to me of the reality of the depth that my Savior Jesus Christ suffered for me. I love Jesus Christ and I am striving so hard to become like Him and for Him to be my best friend. We then had lunch and we able to take pictures together. After we played the Bullock's "How many game" where we were to be in Districts and to guess how many Cookies Sister Bullock has made during her Mission or how many times President Bullock forgot his missionary badge. It was hilarious and we all had a great time. I have come to realize that my District is amazing! They then put on a slide show of the past three years and that was really great to see. Then we sang a special musical number for President and Sister Bullock of "Each Life that Touches Ours For Good" to the "Come Follow Me" melody. Sister Davis played her violin, which sounded beautiful. President Bullock then asked a few missionaries to bear their testimony on what the Mission culture has meant to them. And I was one that was chosen! I said how grateful I am for it that it has literally changed my life. That my idea of my potential before has changed to something greater. My limits have vanished and that now I don't just want to be good, I want to be good for something. I have come to understand my true worth as it should be, a daughter of a Heavenly King and how there is nothing more important to me than becoming like my Savior.

I heard My Mission President and his wife give their Farewell testimonies, which really touched my heart. At the very end we sang the hymn, "God Be With You till We Meet Again" and when I first saw that I chuckled to myself at how awful that was because by the second verse all us missionaries stood and sang and were in tears. There is only one time our Mission President can give us a hug throughout his whole mission and that is if either we are leaving or they are. And so all us missionaries gave President and Sister Bullock a hug goodbye. It was a very sad feeling to see them go but I do know that President and Sister Preston will be amazing.

We had Sister H.C.P.'s Baptism on Thursday and that was great! She asked if I could give a talk on Baptism

On Saturday we had the Stake helping hands day and there were hundreds of members helping improve this park/lake. It was a really good time! Sister Bibb and I painted the Women's bathroom the entire time! They gave us these great suites to wear as we painted! We looked like Tellitubies, it was hilarious :)

H.C.P was confirmed on the Sunday and 6 missionaries (that's including me and Sister Bibb) sang the Primary song "When I Am Baptised". This past week we were able to have 3 New Investigators and it has been full of different kinds of emotions but I have learned so much from it!

I love you all and hope everything is great for everyone! Thank you for the prayers for Teresa and I!

Love always, Sister Rachel Kullick

Manchester Zone pictures

 Our Manchester Zone

 The sisters of the Manchester Zone

 SIster Rachel Kullick with Sister and President Bullock

 Sister Bibb, Helen and Sister Rachel Kullick on Sister Patterson's birthday/baptism day!

 Sister Bibb and Sister Rachel Kullick at Mormon Helping Hands Day

My District Leader, Elder Smart and Elder Diaz with Sisters Bibb and Kullick

Farewell...

Dear Parents,

As we come to the end of our service in the England Manchester Mission, we want you to know what a blessing and privilege it has been to serve with your missionary.  We have such great love and admiration for them as we have witnessed their faithfulness, obedience and diligence and we recognize that the Lord sent us some of his very special and valiant spirits.  They answered the call of a prophet and did as the Savior asked by forsaking “mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and friends” (Matt. 19:29) and by so doing they open the door to receiving the “riches of eternity.”  (D&C 67:2) 

Attached you will find a picture that was taken of your son/daughter at our final zone conference the past couple of days.  The picture was taken with their zone in front of the Preston Temple. 

President and Sister Preston arrive from the Mission President’s Seminar on June 28^th at which time he will begin his service of presiding over the mission.  We know President and Sister Preston well as they live within the mission boundaries.  They are kind, loving people and your missionary will be in very good hands.  President Preston has been a stake president in the Ashton Stake which is in the Manchester metro area and he has a great enthusiasm for missionary work. 

We extend to you our love and thank you for raising such fine young men and women.  Our lives have been forever changed and richly blessed to have served with them. 

Warm regards,

President and Sister Bullock

England Manchester Mission

Good-bye

The Bullock's Final Zone Conference

Birthday Baptism

RACHEL - Hello family,

I liked Elder Kearon's talk as well! That Stake Conference was covering Scotland, England and I believe some of Ireland as well. It was a very good one. Happy Father's Day Dad! I sent a letter today so hopefully you will get it soon :) No mom, I did not get your package but I am now sure excited to get one now! Hope it fits...? Ha-ha well I do too!

This letter will be extremely short it seems because this past week, I have been very poorly and therefore that has slowed down the work here in Swinton. It began on Tuesday after District Meeting when I started to burn up and become very lethargic. So for the past couple of days I have been inside and trying to recover from a fever and fatigue. I still tried to go out and work for some half days to go by some appointments because I just couldn't help it! However, I am doing a lot better now than this past week so the work will begin to improve again!

H.C.P. is getting baptized on her Birthday June 23rd, Thursday at 7:30pm!!! She has invited her three children and friends! This will be such a wonderful missionary opportunity, we are very excited for her! We gave her 3 copies of the Book of Mormon to give to her children to write her testimony in and she is so excited to do that for her kids! She has asked me to speak on Baptism and for us Sister Missionaries to sing a musical item, "There is Sunshine in My Soul Today"! Sister Gallozo will be coming back for the baptism this Thursday with Sister Dell, her companion. I am very excited to see them there and they don't know it yet but they will be joining us in that musical item! haha I will tell you how that goes ;) Helen is such an amazing person! I am so blessed to have witnessed her conversion! The entire Relief Society loves her and after her baptism the Sisters are going to order a Birthday Cake and sing to her Happy Birthday as well! I really do love the Swinton Ward, they are one big family.

This next couple of weeks will be very odd and different for the entire mission because we will have new Mission President by the 28th of June. President and Sister Bullock will be sorely missed. I love them so much! The culture in this mission has changed my life, I would actually go as far as to say it has saved it. Now knowing the potential I have and what I can amount to and become, this has saved me from now in the future settling and only becoming mediocre. I now want to be good for something and to aspire to my best and Heavenly Father really knows I can one day become like Him. I am very grateful for the Mission Vision and the Sacred Missionary Document. I have come to know myself in the England Manchester Mission and I have come to know what I want to change and be right now and in the future. I know that President and Sister Preston will do and be amazing and I am excited for their arrival!

Sister Bibb is amazing; she is way ahead of the game and is going to prove to be one of the most strongest Sister Missionaries in the EMM! I am privileged the Lord placed us as companions; this has been such a wonderful learning experience for me.

I love you all and I hope all is well! I really do hope I can see some wedding pictures of all of my friends that are getting married! And Mom I would love some more Crystal Light packages! Ha-ha that was great when you sent it with the Easter Package! Thank you!!! Love you all!!

Love always Sister Rachel Kullick

Read Moses 7

TERESA - Hey Fam!!

Wow Elder Patrick Kearon was there?! And he's married to the daughter of Joy Hulme?!! What are the odds?! That is so neato! I hope then I'll be able to meet him someday! ;) But I didn't get a package from you yet mom. Nothing that fit?? Oh I'm excited! By the way, I need a pink gelly roll pen! Ha-ha I ran out and I need it for a scripture project. Thanks mom! Oh and it's 4th of July coming up! I'm totally excited! We are planning on going up to the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond! You know like in the song... "I'll take the high road and you take the low road..." We are ready to celebrate! And I was hoping I could get a 4th of July flag or whatever! But its ok if it'll be too late :)

Ok so this week has been interesting for sure. We got a new investigator named P. and she is so great! She wasn't able to come to church this Sunday but we definitely have high hopes for her. She's in her late 30's and she has 6 kids! Her youngest are ages 6 and 4, two sweet girls named T. and M.   P. is totally lovely and wants her family to have a religious foundation. She said she researched what are church's stances were on a lot of main issues of the world and said that she found nothing she disagreed with! She totally agrees and understands our message and said that if she knew it were true she would act on it. Gosh, it was such an amazing lesson and it was super natural, which is what we strive for! She said that there was no coincidence that we came to her door at this time of her life. She said that she had been really praying to know what to give her girls (they are the focus since her boys are all grown up now). She said she couldn't ignore this as her answer. She's excited to take her girls to primary so that they can get that belief they need! So yes, we are looking forward to teaching her.

Later in the week unfortunately we had been sick! On Thursday Sister Baxter wasn't well and on Friday I wasn't feeling well. It was just tummy troubles so it's passed now. Thank goodness! But we had to stay in for those days. So Needless to say I don't have too much to report on! Sorry, but I'll do my best.

We taught our other new investigator, I.S. yesterday the Plan of Salvation. He has a speech impediment but he still really gets the message we're sharing which is nice. He wants to learn more about what we share and read the Book of Mormon for a bit before he does anything about it. Fair enough. He says though that he doesn't know if he could REALLY know it's true. He has absolutely no religious background so this is all new to him. But that is why we keep emphasizing prayer to him. Letting him know that he can't get that answer from us, only from Heavenly Father, and He'll let him know. So hopefully he seriously pursues that course and prays with real intent.

I was reading Moses chapter 7 and boy is that a good one! Honestly guys, you should pick it up and read it sometime soon. I gained a lot of good insights from it that I never really thought about before. And it just further confirmed to me about how we have the MOST loving Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ ever. Wow, I just am always just so happy when that gets reconfirmed to me over and over again!

But anyway, I am sorry for the briefness of this e-mail! Hopefully next week will get more exciting! But I am always trying to remain optimistic because remember how I said A LOT can happen in two days well it's true. And it doesn't just go for the good things either; A LOT of not so good things can happen that quick too. We weren't able to get a hold of W.W. this week :( He did kind of drop a bombshell on us later anyways, so we don't know how too promising that will be. BUT, even so, it was a real example to me that Heavenly Father loves me and sees my efforts. Us not being able to get a hold of him after doesn't change anything for me :). I still know it! I am excited for this coming week! I know I'll be able to improve and find people who are prepared! I just have to find them! And that's ok, with Heavenly Father's help, I WILL be led to them. I know it.

Thank you for everything! I love you all so much! Thanks mom and dad for EVERYTHING you do. I love you both!

Love always, Sister Teresa Kullick