Dear Family!
What a great start to the mission it has been! There has been tough times where in some moments I feel home sickness and get a little discouraged and tired, but the joy definitely outweighs the discouragement.
We have four investigators that we are teaching right now. Only one (who is now Anja, pronounced Anya, instead of Anna) is progressing however. The reason being for that is for the others to keep commitments. Hopefully circumstances change and they will have a desire to keep those commitments through our prayers and the Spirit they have felt.
Southport is more of a city area. It is by the coast, but you can't really see it unless you drive on an uphill part towards it or go walk forever on the sandy beach. I have only seen the ocean once since I have been here. Liverpool is a fantastic place to see. The buildings and statues they have there are amazing! I absolutely love looking at the city when we travel there.
We traveled to Liverpool for conference these past two days. Conference was absolutely inspiring and better than I have ever remembered it being. We watched the Saturday morning session on Saturday evening at 5 p.m. We then traveled home and went back the next day to Priesthood at 10 a.m., watched the Saturday afternoon session at 1 p.m., and then watched the Sunday morning session at 5 p.m. The only session we didn't get to see was the Sunday afternoon session which was sad to leave.
My favorite talk was President Monson's in the Sunday morning session. I had such a strong spiritual prompting that I could see in his countenance of his love for me and the church as he stood in silence at the pulpit those first few moments. During my mission thus far, I don't think there has been a day thus far where I didn't feel a powerful spiritual feeling and had not shed a tear during the feelings the Spirit gave me. How great this work truly is.
It has only rained really good one day thus far and that was yesterday in Liverpool. It wasn't the funnest thing to do while trying to find and teach people in between Conference sessions. That was also the coldest. I don't know what the temperature has been, but it has been quite cool on some days, and some days have been like today which are really nice and sunny.
President and Sister Bullock are absolutely brilliant servants of the Lord. They both have a great amount of love for the missionaries. Meeting with President Bullock was an absolute pleasure and you can see the love and seriousness he has for this work. Sister Bullock made us enchiladas that were very tasty (almost as good as yours Mom).
Almost all of our finding efforts are through walking and street contacting. We usually try to find people on trains as well when we get the chance to travel. I got the first street contacting appointment of my own on Saturday. His name is Tony, he looks to be in his mid-twenties and is black. I had a prompting to go talk to him while Elder Jolliffe was on the phone. We are teaching him this evening. I am very excited for that. I hope and pray all goes well.
I have relied so much on the Lord while being out here, especially through prayer. There are set times where I pray at bare minimum 10 times a day. I have felt the Spirit so strongly while being out here.
Thank you for your emails and all of the support, advice, and love you have showed me with thus far. Not a day goes by where I don't feel of your love for me. I hope the same is for you. I hope Heavenly Father continues to bless our family and I both temporally, but more importantly, spiritually while I am out here. I love and pray for you all.
Elder Cameron Starrr
