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| A pretty view of a local pond |
Hello people!
I'm sure looking
forward to this Friday!! The Fourth of July is going to rock ;) (sorry, I
had to say it) here in Plymouth. It must be a hotspot here for the Fourth...
maybe because it's 'Murca's hometown. ;) I didn't realize how big of an
event it is here until people started to put up their American flags everywhere
about a week or two ago. We are also going to have some of the missionaries
from our zone come up here. Our mission says we can attend a fireworks show as
long as it's within the stake boundaries and we head home right after. I'm so
relieved! :)
May I also announce
some other exciting news?? Yes, the news came...all three trial phases of the
Vertex pill (or what I call the magic pill) for the DeltaF508 gene
mutation were COMPLETED with SUCCESS!!! No, it is not a cure, but the fact
that the studies have shown it has significantly improved PFT results and their
overall wellbeing is remarkable. Vertex plans on submitting the application for
the pill by the end of this year, so that's about all that I know. I would love
to hear any further news about it. :)
I don't know if I ever
mentioned (I probably didn't) but for the past few months our Stake was working
on an event called "Trek to the Temple." The plan was to have a day
where the temple would have open sessions and times for each member to come with
a family name to "build a Stake in heaven" which probably
is not correct because who knows if there are Stakes there but oh well.) So, we
lucky missionaries in the stake woke up very early on Saturday
morning. Sister Harris and I carpooled with our primary president at 6:30 to be
there at 7:30 to help set up for the activities for all the kids at the church
across the street from the temple.
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| Our mini trek to the temple on Trek to the Temple Day |
We set up a craft table, helped the PVC
Sisters set up the displays, then hurried to guide the group of kiddos around.
We started with 3 but then it grew larger (luckily we had some of the parents
to help us out.) It was so crazy but a lot of
fun! All of the activities were focused on the temple and learning about our
ancestors. We ate snacks our group, then took a mini hike (some were huffing
and puffing in the heat) through some woods up to the Boston temple from
the church. There they had 2 guides who took us around the grounds to teach
them more about the temple. After we came back, there were different stations
for the kids. There was a story time, game time, music time, craft time,
dancing time, and then they had the opportunity to be pulled in a handcart
outside. Afterwards lunch was served as there were people in every crook and
cranny where the food was and the food ran out near the end since there were so
many people! We were so tired that night and in fact I almost forgot how to
sleep. I'm glad though that we were able to help out.
We've still been
having a little bit of a difficult time meeting with investigators, so we are
working as well as we can to do what we need to according to the Lord's will.
One of our focus's has been to work more with those who have been struggling to
come to church for a while, but are finally coming back. There have been a few,
which is truly a blessing. One that we met with this week was Andrew. He has
had quite a past which he has been uncomfortable to open up about, but he
opened up with us. He's shared his testimony and is so grateful
to focus on the gospel in his life. We have been able to see how he
was truly converted, and is again. This work can be hard, frustrating and challenging,
but to see and witness a conversion taking place--even, if not especially
for--those who reclaim the tender emotions, knowledge, and confirmations
they at one point lost. It is remarkable.
Have a great week!
It's great being here.
Love always,
Sister Roy
P.S. It's bizarre to
think that the one-year mark is this Thursday...
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