Sometimes I wonder if there will ever be a day when I don't cry in the middle of the library reading my email. Hahaha. It's not a bad cry, I just think that all the missing of people I have ignored during the week catches up with me on pdays when I read about home. I figure its the only time I can do it and still consider myself focused. haha.
I totally agree with you mom about worrying is a habit and a choice. Every reaction we have is. It is all in our head most of the time and if we rely on the Lord and ask for His help we can change our mind just like that!
I am super surprised that I didn't see Aunt Kenna but I guess the Lord knows best. It actually was best probably because sunday was so crazy amazing. I donno if I could have handled one more thing. So the two wards we now cover overlap by one hour. So we had 3 people at our first meeting then we had to teach gospel principles, but then we had to meet our other investigator right before church so he would feel comfortable... anyways It was nuts. Sis G and I ended up having to split up for a while so we could be everywhere at once. It worked out fine and I am just sooo grateful for the love that the Lord is pouring on us. We are seeing so many miracles already. SOOO... We only got one new investigator last week because we were working so hard to keep track of the 5 we got the week before and Heavenly Father knew that and soo he sent us a miracle investigator. He has a girlfriend who is a member of our church and so after she prompted him he requested a Book of Mormon online. Then we got the referral and met with him at the church where he proceeded to tell us that he knew nothing about God or Jesus Christ or anything about any church really because his family never taught it at home and he never had made the effort to look until now. It made me a little bit nervous to start clean slate but I thought to myself about who is at the head of this work and what I would be testifying of and my nerves were immediately calmed. Then he came to church on sunday and LOVED it! He has read through 1 Nephi 12 and is starting to read the bible also. He told us that he cant explain the way that he is feeling he said "I'm so happy. It just feels so good and soo right!" I could barely contain my excitement. He is truly manna from Heaven! HAHA. I feel overly blessed to be teaching him. The ward is so amazing too they support us so much and love to fellowship the new people. So lets just say that things have been fantastic!!!!
Another of our investigators is moving along well. She is coming with us on Saturday to clean the church with the Young Women in the ward. I asked her if she liked to clean and she said "Not at my house but I would at the church!" She is so great. She told us how last year in school she had to write a paper about someone who was your hero or and who had a big influence in your life that had passed on and she did hers on Joseph Smith. Mind you she had only been to church a few times as she went with her grandparent. She is so great and the young women are so excited to add another girl to there very small group of 5.
I have been working a lot on being more charitable. Not only in deed but also in thought. I have a motto of "refusing to find fault". I am working to look at the good in people rather than their faults which as humans we automatically notice first. It has been a challenge because our minds are such creatures of habit but I know with the help of my Savior my righteous desires will come forth.
So a couple of nights ago the sisters we live with were like ... WE HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU SIS WADSWORTH!! Then the proceeded to tell me that they got into an elevator with this guy in there and he smiled as they came in and said "do you know sis wadsworth?" and they were like yea we live with her. Then he responded "tell her David said hi" and my roomie was like well whats your last name so I can tell her and just like david would he said "Just say David, she will know who I am". SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO David Moncion was totally in a close by building. CRAZY!! HAHAHA. This city .... man its full of ...stuff. haha.
Well we are goin to play soccer with 3 zones of missionaries(like 30 missionaries). It should be FUN! I love you all and cant wait to hear about what happens next week.
love you to the moon and back
-kaitlyn
Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
More keeps coming
Well I am not going to lie this week has been amazing! It's the end of the cycle and so it always makes me nervous. So here is the down low. Miracle... Sis Ganaha and I are STILL TOGETHER!!! YAYYYYY!! BUT... we were asked to take over another ward... the SINGLE'S WARD!! So now we cover two wards and areas. Luckily the single's ward contains our family ward but wow! I feel like we were just getting the handle on our area and getting things really pumped up but I guess I need to learn that there is ALWAYS more! I am really humbled with the trust the Lord has put in us to do this. I don't know how long it will last but it will be intense. We will have to go to a lot of church on Sunday. Skip a lot of meals and travel a lot more. BUT I AM SOOO EXCITED for this challenge. It is so cool to contact everyone and to be able to teach anyone we talk to (that lives in our area) no matter the age! I have missed contacting singles and working with them. They are so much more receptive because truthfully most of them are still trying to figure out life and what they believe or what they want in life. SO woot sauce about that. The single's ward we are in covers Julliard. So we will be teaching some very talented people. I don't even know what to think about the situation but I am both scared and excited. But I know that Heavenly Father will help us out and that we will see many miracles from the small efforts we can do on with our free will.
So we had a ward picnic last Saturday and we had some investigators there. It was so fantastic to see the ward members fellowshipping. Some of our ward members are seriously super stars. I am so grateful for them. One of investigators brought his 4 year old son Ricky (Who we just found out that his name was ricky not wicky because of his dad's accent we thought it was wickie this whole time and so we called him that... terrible). Anyways so Ricky is really shy but we wanted him to have fun and so I used my little kid magic and was playing with him and I ended up running around the park with him for like an hour straight playing tag and throwing a ball. Needless to say I was soooo hot and sweaty. Sweaty is natural here. It's so humid everyone is constantly wet just from walking around... so I was really sweaty at this point. But he had fun. Then after the ward activity we had an appointment with an investigator and because there was no other lady with us we had to teach in a public place so we decided to go back to the park. It was getting late and it got dark as we were teaching and we were by a light and there were bugs all over the place and I kept feeling myself getting bit. O man it was gross... So then the next morning I counted....14 BUG BITES!!!!! All over my legs and feet and a couple on my arms. I didn't have any sort of bug bite cream and of course it was Sunday! It was miserable. Try having 14 bug bits and wearing nylons and then it being really humid and sweating all day. HAHA. It the worst. I have also realized I am extra allergic to mosquito bites. They get really red and really swollen. I took pictures so you will see. Everyone says I look like I have chicken pox on my legs. SO... yea. I finally got to buy calamine (?) lotion and some bug bite stuff on Monday but man I could not sleep that night. So since then I have been sleeping with long socks on to keep me from scracting accidentally in the night. When I am awake I can do a good job not scratching. Hopefully that didn't gross anyone out too much.
We have member I love who fell and cut her toe really bad a couple of weeks ago and so she has stitches and has to wear a big shoe thing. She is going to a school to become a nursing assistant since she lost her job as a seamstress. But for some reason the school told her that she could not complete the class because she couldn't wear the correct uniform shoes. So she had to go to the doctor to get a piece of paper saying it was a legit injury. But when she brougth it back to the teacher she said it wasn't legit because there was no stamp on it. So she went back to the hospital to get it but no one had any idea what she was talking about. (SORRY this is a long preface). So when she told us her story we asked her if we could help and she said well you can come with me to the doctor again so that we can find the stamp. So we prayed really hard that we would be able to some how find this stamp that no one could find before. Then we went with her and I kept thinking that the Lord has given us the power to help the people in this area and she needs this and our faith is strong ... we can do it. So we walked up to the nurses desk and explained the situation and she was like "no we don't have a stamp. I have no idea what you are talking bout". Then we felt prompted to have her ask the actual doctor and right as she asked the doctor said "of course I never leave my house without my stamp" and then stamped it. I know that was prob not as cool of a story as I was in person but I felt so at peace that my Heavenly Father knew our situation and heard our prayers and gave us something as small as a little stamp. I know that prayers are answered. No matter how small they are. He loves us and He wants us to succeed. Our joy is His joy. Our prayers may not be answered how we expect them to but they will be answered in the way they are supposed to be. The way that will make us happiest. I am so grateful for that knowledge.
Well I sure love you guys. I hope that everything continues to go well. Good luck all of you who are starting school again. I'm not jealous of that quite yet. HAHAH.
love you to the moon and back
-Sis Wadsworth
So we had a ward picnic last Saturday and we had some investigators there. It was so fantastic to see the ward members fellowshipping. Some of our ward members are seriously super stars. I am so grateful for them. One of investigators brought his 4 year old son Ricky (Who we just found out that his name was ricky not wicky because of his dad's accent we thought it was wickie this whole time and so we called him that... terrible). Anyways so Ricky is really shy but we wanted him to have fun and so I used my little kid magic and was playing with him and I ended up running around the park with him for like an hour straight playing tag and throwing a ball. Needless to say I was soooo hot and sweaty. Sweaty is natural here. It's so humid everyone is constantly wet just from walking around... so I was really sweaty at this point. But he had fun. Then after the ward activity we had an appointment with an investigator and because there was no other lady with us we had to teach in a public place so we decided to go back to the park. It was getting late and it got dark as we were teaching and we were by a light and there were bugs all over the place and I kept feeling myself getting bit. O man it was gross... So then the next morning I counted....14 BUG BITES!!!!! All over my legs and feet and a couple on my arms. I didn't have any sort of bug bite cream and of course it was Sunday! It was miserable. Try having 14 bug bits and wearing nylons and then it being really humid and sweating all day. HAHA. It the worst. I have also realized I am extra allergic to mosquito bites. They get really red and really swollen. I took pictures so you will see. Everyone says I look like I have chicken pox on my legs. SO... yea. I finally got to buy calamine (?) lotion and some bug bite stuff on Monday but man I could not sleep that night. So since then I have been sleeping with long socks on to keep me from scracting accidentally in the night. When I am awake I can do a good job not scratching. Hopefully that didn't gross anyone out too much.
We have member I love who fell and cut her toe really bad a couple of weeks ago and so she has stitches and has to wear a big shoe thing. She is going to a school to become a nursing assistant since she lost her job as a seamstress. But for some reason the school told her that she could not complete the class because she couldn't wear the correct uniform shoes. So she had to go to the doctor to get a piece of paper saying it was a legit injury. But when she brougth it back to the teacher she said it wasn't legit because there was no stamp on it. So she went back to the hospital to get it but no one had any idea what she was talking about. (SORRY this is a long preface). So when she told us her story we asked her if we could help and she said well you can come with me to the doctor again so that we can find the stamp. So we prayed really hard that we would be able to some how find this stamp that no one could find before. Then we went with her and I kept thinking that the Lord has given us the power to help the people in this area and she needs this and our faith is strong ... we can do it. So we walked up to the nurses desk and explained the situation and she was like "no we don't have a stamp. I have no idea what you are talking bout". Then we felt prompted to have her ask the actual doctor and right as she asked the doctor said "of course I never leave my house without my stamp" and then stamped it. I know that was prob not as cool of a story as I was in person but I felt so at peace that my Heavenly Father knew our situation and heard our prayers and gave us something as small as a little stamp. I know that prayers are answered. No matter how small they are. He loves us and He wants us to succeed. Our joy is His joy. Our prayers may not be answered how we expect them to but they will be answered in the way they are supposed to be. The way that will make us happiest. I am so grateful for that knowledge.
Well I sure love you guys. I hope that everything continues to go well. Good luck all of you who are starting school again. I'm not jealous of that quite yet. HAHAH.
love you to the moon and back
-Sis Wadsworth
Sunday, August 16, 2009
going and going and going
Hello Friends and Family,
So this week was a roller coaster (as a mission always is). Our baptismal date's mother decided they were going to go out of town this weekend at the last minute, preventing her from coming to church and thus preventing her from being our baptismal date. Just a little humbling reality check to keep us on our toes. But its ok she will make it when she is ready. We got some amazing new investigators this week but sadly we are finding the people who are not very committed. They get us all excited and then disappear. So we are trying to be more careful where we look for people to teach. We need Kingdom builders here for sure! haha.
We do have this super cool investigator. Anyways before our lesson this week we went and played H.O.R.S.E at a local park because he loves basketball. And Sister G was so amazing. She kept doing these crazy shots. One time she shot it with her eyes closed but the best was when she hit the ball into the basket with HER HEAD!!! Anyways we told him it was the holy ghost.. haha jk. It was cool though and we are just working on getting him to stop partying and come to church instead!
So two days ago sis g and I were walking to our dinner appointment and this guy was walking towards us and I was like "o snap... that's Tim Gun" and sure enough it was. HAHA. I was so scared though. If he wasn't who he was I totally would have contacted him. hahah. I tried to get a picture as he walked away but its not a good one. I thought you would be excited mom. It was hard to explain to sis g who he was because they don't watch project runway in japan. but then like 5 seconds later we walked passed a billboard and he was on it with heidi Klum. Anyways it was funny and pretty cool. I always see people I recognize but this guy I actually knew his name. lol.
SOO... the ward I am in now is known for being the tourist ward because its at a good time and its at the temple so its where all the tourists know to go. So I was walking out to find one of our investigators before church on sunday and I hear "gasp... KAITLYN!!" I was like ... woah .. that's my real name and then I turned around and saw my friend Alicia from the walk in center that I worked at at byu. Jason knows her too. It was so weird. Then she was like o I'm going to text megan and tell her. Then she said megan was freaking out... (kinda like i was). SOO.. the point of this story is that this is prob the most distracting mission in the world... Sis G was like... I am so glad I am not in my country. haha. Like all time there is music blaring that I love and billboards and advertisements EVERYWHERE for the movies coming out and books and concerts(Its like being on the strip 24/7). There are so many good places to eat and always little flea markets everywhere and fun stores to shop at. And I see people I know or people who know my family all the time. ALL OF WHICH I HAVE TO IGNORE!!! I am seriously learning major self control. I'm not saying in anyway that my mission is harder than anyone elses (they are all different and hard). But seriously. There are so many distractions. soo my little vent is over now. Its a good learning experience though.
So we had mission conference yesterday and the new mission president is going to be doing things a little different. I guess we aren't supposed to have mission conferences (?) and so we will be doing something different but he did say that we can take naps longer than 15 minutes now!! WHOOO!!! hahaha. They also told us that we will be getting a lot more sister missionaries in our mission. I don't know if its because he requested it or if there are just more sisters serving. I think its a little of both! WHOO SISTER POWER! But it will be exciting because he said they will be opening a lot more sister areas and so we can serve in more than 2 parts of our mission! YAYA!
So I am glad that everything is going well with the family. I show everyone I can pictures of Janson. He's already doing missionary work. haha. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have been given to be a missionary. It is not easy at all but it is something I wouldn't ever give away. I hope I can live up to the standards the Lord has set for us so that we can be worthy of His blessings and the joy that I know comes from living a righteous life. I am so grateful for my ancestors who paved the path for me to be a missionary right now at this time and age. I think often of what the pioneers went through and how I am far from experiencing what they did and so I am grateful to be here to support what they did back then.
Well... I am off to .... .drum roll please ... the Yankee's game!!!! Don't be too jealous I will be melting while wearing my nylons.
LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK
-TATERS
PS.. transfers are next Wednesday... we are not expecting any changes but just in case you know the drill ma.
So this week was a roller coaster (as a mission always is). Our baptismal date's mother decided they were going to go out of town this weekend at the last minute, preventing her from coming to church and thus preventing her from being our baptismal date. Just a little humbling reality check to keep us on our toes. But its ok she will make it when she is ready. We got some amazing new investigators this week but sadly we are finding the people who are not very committed. They get us all excited and then disappear. So we are trying to be more careful where we look for people to teach. We need Kingdom builders here for sure! haha.
We do have this super cool investigator. Anyways before our lesson this week we went and played H.O.R.S.E at a local park because he loves basketball. And Sister G was so amazing. She kept doing these crazy shots. One time she shot it with her eyes closed but the best was when she hit the ball into the basket with HER HEAD!!! Anyways we told him it was the holy ghost.. haha jk. It was cool though and we are just working on getting him to stop partying and come to church instead!
So two days ago sis g and I were walking to our dinner appointment and this guy was walking towards us and I was like "o snap... that's Tim Gun" and sure enough it was. HAHA. I was so scared though. If he wasn't who he was I totally would have contacted him. hahah. I tried to get a picture as he walked away but its not a good one. I thought you would be excited mom. It was hard to explain to sis g who he was because they don't watch project runway in japan. but then like 5 seconds later we walked passed a billboard and he was on it with heidi Klum. Anyways it was funny and pretty cool. I always see people I recognize but this guy I actually knew his name. lol.
SOO... the ward I am in now is known for being the tourist ward because its at a good time and its at the temple so its where all the tourists know to go. So I was walking out to find one of our investigators before church on sunday and I hear "gasp... KAITLYN!!" I was like ... woah .. that's my real name and then I turned around and saw my friend Alicia from the walk in center that I worked at at byu. Jason knows her too. It was so weird. Then she was like o I'm going to text megan and tell her. Then she said megan was freaking out... (kinda like i was). SOO.. the point of this story is that this is prob the most distracting mission in the world... Sis G was like... I am so glad I am not in my country. haha. Like all time there is music blaring that I love and billboards and advertisements EVERYWHERE for the movies coming out and books and concerts(Its like being on the strip 24/7). There are so many good places to eat and always little flea markets everywhere and fun stores to shop at. And I see people I know or people who know my family all the time. ALL OF WHICH I HAVE TO IGNORE!!! I am seriously learning major self control. I'm not saying in anyway that my mission is harder than anyone elses (they are all different and hard). But seriously. There are so many distractions. soo my little vent is over now. Its a good learning experience though.
So we had mission conference yesterday and the new mission president is going to be doing things a little different. I guess we aren't supposed to have mission conferences (?) and so we will be doing something different but he did say that we can take naps longer than 15 minutes now!! WHOOO!!! hahaha. They also told us that we will be getting a lot more sister missionaries in our mission. I don't know if its because he requested it or if there are just more sisters serving. I think its a little of both! WHOO SISTER POWER! But it will be exciting because he said they will be opening a lot more sister areas and so we can serve in more than 2 parts of our mission! YAYA!
So I am glad that everything is going well with the family. I show everyone I can pictures of Janson. He's already doing missionary work. haha. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have been given to be a missionary. It is not easy at all but it is something I wouldn't ever give away. I hope I can live up to the standards the Lord has set for us so that we can be worthy of His blessings and the joy that I know comes from living a righteous life. I am so grateful for my ancestors who paved the path for me to be a missionary right now at this time and age. I think often of what the pioneers went through and how I am far from experiencing what they did and so I am grateful to be here to support what they did back then.
Well... I am off to .... .drum roll please ... the Yankee's game!!!! Don't be too jealous I will be melting while wearing my nylons.
LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK
-TATERS
PS.. transfers are next Wednesday... we are not expecting any changes but just in case you know the drill ma.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Photos - Finally
We have had scanner issues and have not been able to add any of the photos Katy has sent to us. This week she sent us a CD with a bunch of photos cause her photo memory was full, so now I can add a few photos! They are of her and some of her converts and in Central park and outside her old apartment. Thanks, Pauline
I seriously can't believe the summer is almost over (hartke has closed). It seriously blows my mind how fast time is going. The days seem long but the weeks fly by. Its a terrible curse.
Anyways we have had such an amazing week. I am just constantly reminded of how aware our Heavenly Father is of each of us. Im sure you could tell from my emails these last couple of months that things in this area are tough. I felt like everyday we were just running in circles with no success. But I put my trust in the Lord because I know that no effort goes wasted when we are doing the Lord's work. So I would just tell myself... there is success around the corner.. I know it... I wont get frustrated. So needless to say this week has been amazing. We looked up a less active last week (I think I told you) who has two daughters 13 and 8. So we went to see them and then the 13 year old told us how much she loves the BOM and how she takes it to school to read during breaks. And pretty much shes amazing and she went to church with us and has accepted a baptismal date. She will get baptized at the end of the month!! MIRACLE!!! Then also this week we have gotten so many media referrals. People requesting free items or just a visit from us. So one was a lady name Yvette and she wanted a missionary visit because recently when she went to visit her uncle in Georgia she met the missionaries there who were teaching her uncle and he got baptized! So she was able to see his conversion and decided she wanted to also learn more. So we met with her last night for the first time. She is so cute and we had a relief society activity right after our lesson and she came with us and got along so well with the ladies there and loved it!! It was priceless. I couldn't stop smiling as I watched her talk with everyone and just bounce around meeting all the ladies. The ward was so great too to reach out to her and make her feel welcome! HALLELUJAH! So pretty much we are trying to stay humble and remember that we are not the ones producing these miracles. I am so grateful that my Heavenly Father has trusted me to work with these amazing children of God.
So on a sad note one of our APs who I actually was my first zone leader and I served around him my whole mission just went home and they told us two days ago that he has been diagnosed with Leukemia. It's been really sad but also such a faith builder. He is such an amazing missionary and so high spirited. Please keep elder evans in your prayers. They have said that he has a very high chance of recovering completely. We are so grateful for that. It has just been a very humbling experience. I know that our trials will never disappear completely but I am so grateful for the gospel which gives us the strength to not only overcome them but to grow and learn from them.
So funny story. We have been working with this less active Irene that I have mentioned before. She is so great and has been coming to church steadily. So this Sunday was testimony meeting and she got up to bear her testimony and it was so pure and sweet. Then during it she decided to do some shout outs... She said "I would like to thank Sis Ganaha and Sis Wadsworth for meeting with me to help me build my faith and not giving up on me. But I do wish I had one more thing. I have asked multiple times for home teachers and I have not seen them for over 3 years".... HAHA. So she pretty much called her home teachers to repentance. It was so funny though and everyone after her commented about it and it was really cute. The funny thing is her home teachers have been trying to see her they just get shut down by her daughter that lives there or cant get a hold of her. The 2nd counselor stood up and was like "man if everyone stood up and announced who hadn't been home taught yet this month I think we would get a lot more home teaching done so .. .starting next month we will do that... " haha. It was fantastic.
Also a funny side note. I have spent more time in Starbucks on my mission then I have in my whole life thus far. One because its free to sit in them and teach when people are not comfortable with us in their homes or to do studies. And second because they have public bathrooms. (Thank goodness for those bathrooms... they have saved me countless times). So if dad gets Starbucks cards this year for Christmas ... I call dibs on them for all the yummy desserts they have! I know weird huh?
So we are off now to go to Chinatown for a crazy day of fun. I don't really know what we expect to find but I'm excited to spend more than an hour lunch break there after a meeting running around thinking ... only ten more minutes ... hurry!
LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!!!
-TOOTS
I seriously can't believe the summer is almost over (hartke has closed). It seriously blows my mind how fast time is going. The days seem long but the weeks fly by. Its a terrible curse.
Anyways we have had such an amazing week. I am just constantly reminded of how aware our Heavenly Father is of each of us. Im sure you could tell from my emails these last couple of months that things in this area are tough. I felt like everyday we were just running in circles with no success. But I put my trust in the Lord because I know that no effort goes wasted when we are doing the Lord's work. So I would just tell myself... there is success around the corner.. I know it... I wont get frustrated. So needless to say this week has been amazing. We looked up a less active last week (I think I told you) who has two daughters 13 and 8. So we went to see them and then the 13 year old told us how much she loves the BOM and how she takes it to school to read during breaks. And pretty much shes amazing and she went to church with us and has accepted a baptismal date. She will get baptized at the end of the month!! MIRACLE!!! Then also this week we have gotten so many media referrals. People requesting free items or just a visit from us. So one was a lady name Yvette and she wanted a missionary visit because recently when she went to visit her uncle in Georgia she met the missionaries there who were teaching her uncle and he got baptized! So she was able to see his conversion and decided she wanted to also learn more. So we met with her last night for the first time. She is so cute and we had a relief society activity right after our lesson and she came with us and got along so well with the ladies there and loved it!! It was priceless. I couldn't stop smiling as I watched her talk with everyone and just bounce around meeting all the ladies. The ward was so great too to reach out to her and make her feel welcome! HALLELUJAH! So pretty much we are trying to stay humble and remember that we are not the ones producing these miracles. I am so grateful that my Heavenly Father has trusted me to work with these amazing children of God.
So on a sad note one of our APs who I actually was my first zone leader and I served around him my whole mission just went home and they told us two days ago that he has been diagnosed with Leukemia. It's been really sad but also such a faith builder. He is such an amazing missionary and so high spirited. Please keep elder evans in your prayers. They have said that he has a very high chance of recovering completely. We are so grateful for that. It has just been a very humbling experience. I know that our trials will never disappear completely but I am so grateful for the gospel which gives us the strength to not only overcome them but to grow and learn from them.
So funny story. We have been working with this less active Irene that I have mentioned before. She is so great and has been coming to church steadily. So this Sunday was testimony meeting and she got up to bear her testimony and it was so pure and sweet. Then during it she decided to do some shout outs... She said "I would like to thank Sis Ganaha and Sis Wadsworth for meeting with me to help me build my faith and not giving up on me. But I do wish I had one more thing. I have asked multiple times for home teachers and I have not seen them for over 3 years".... HAHA. So she pretty much called her home teachers to repentance. It was so funny though and everyone after her commented about it and it was really cute. The funny thing is her home teachers have been trying to see her they just get shut down by her daughter that lives there or cant get a hold of her. The 2nd counselor stood up and was like "man if everyone stood up and announced who hadn't been home taught yet this month I think we would get a lot more home teaching done so .. .starting next month we will do that... " haha. It was fantastic.
Also a funny side note. I have spent more time in Starbucks on my mission then I have in my whole life thus far. One because its free to sit in them and teach when people are not comfortable with us in their homes or to do studies. And second because they have public bathrooms. (Thank goodness for those bathrooms... they have saved me countless times). So if dad gets Starbucks cards this year for Christmas ... I call dibs on them for all the yummy desserts they have! I know weird huh?
So we are off now to go to Chinatown for a crazy day of fun. I don't really know what we expect to find but I'm excited to spend more than an hour lunch break there after a meeting running around thinking ... only ten more minutes ... hurry!
LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!!!
-TOOTS
Sunday, August 2, 2009
The rain keeps coming
We just braved the pouring rain to get to the library. WoW i don't think it will ever end.
So this was a fun week. First off President Smith called and asked sis ganaha and I to teach a workshop for a youth conference. The youth from the cherrhill new jersey stake came to new york. It was intense and a lot of pressure. We had to teach 3 - 50 minute classes. It was really fun though. It was funny to see all the little cliques and stuff. Man I dont miss those years of life. hahah. But it made me really want to be an efy counselor. It was fun and was nice to have a change from the regular routine. I hope they enjoyed it and learned something. It also felt good to know that President already trusted us enough to do that!
So it was really funny a couple of days ago on the bus sis ganaha was on one end talking to someone and I was on the other end doing the same and then when we got out she was still talking to her contact and so I just walked behind them and man... something smelt sooo bad. I just figured it was something outside because it really smelt like pee. Then I realized when I stepped away from Sis G and her contact the smell would disappear. Then I noticed the lady she was talking to had peed herself. EEEKS! Right as I realized that I heard sis G say "Man it really smells bad out here huh?" hahaha... anyways.. guess you had to be there but it was pretty funny.
So a cool thing happened on pioneer day. We were walking across the street to find a bathroom and then eat dinner and this guy was like "sisters!!! What are you doin right now? " we told him we were about to eat and he was like well let me treat you. So this guy totally bought us chipotle (which is way too expensive for us). He is a BYU professor named Bro Neilson and he teaches religion: church history classes. He was here to talk to people of other faiths. He was so great!! So I know that you can find teacher's email address on the BYU website directory thing. So I was wondering if someone could find him and send him a thank you email for me! :D It really was so nice. I cant get over it. He also has a show on the new mormonradio thing. He was awesome!!!
So here is a tip I would like to share with the world about working with missionaries. If you ever feed them LET THEM SERVE THEMSELVES!!! o MAN... I cant tell you how many times I have gotten sick from trying to eat all that people give us. I blame the members for any weight I gain. haha. Sometimes I'm really hungry... sometimes I'm not.. so please let me choose how much I eat. lol!
I got the greatest pictures of Janson from Britt. O i just love them. Did britt cut her hair? I have been showing them to everyone.
So today we went to the temple. I love it there. sooo peaceful. My thoughts are always turned to my family past, present and future. What a beautiful thing we have to know that we can all be together forever. After we went to the temple sis g and our apartment mates went to two of the most famous NY bakeries. OOOOO MY O MY. Crumbs and magnolia's . I cant wait to take you guys... Heaven is what it should really be called :D.
The work is going really well. We had an investigator at church this week and it was her second time. She is so cute and says that she feels peace when she reads the scriptures. I totally agree with her. They always ease my worries. Scripture POWER!! woot!
Well I love you all so much! Don't forget that!
LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK!
-SIS WADSWORTH
So this was a fun week. First off President Smith called and asked sis ganaha and I to teach a workshop for a youth conference. The youth from the cherrhill new jersey stake came to new york. It was intense and a lot of pressure. We had to teach 3 - 50 minute classes. It was really fun though. It was funny to see all the little cliques and stuff. Man I dont miss those years of life. hahah. But it made me really want to be an efy counselor. It was fun and was nice to have a change from the regular routine. I hope they enjoyed it and learned something. It also felt good to know that President already trusted us enough to do that!
So it was really funny a couple of days ago on the bus sis ganaha was on one end talking to someone and I was on the other end doing the same and then when we got out she was still talking to her contact and so I just walked behind them and man... something smelt sooo bad. I just figured it was something outside because it really smelt like pee. Then I realized when I stepped away from Sis G and her contact the smell would disappear. Then I noticed the lady she was talking to had peed herself. EEEKS! Right as I realized that I heard sis G say "Man it really smells bad out here huh?" hahaha... anyways.. guess you had to be there but it was pretty funny.
So a cool thing happened on pioneer day. We were walking across the street to find a bathroom and then eat dinner and this guy was like "sisters!!! What are you doin right now? " we told him we were about to eat and he was like well let me treat you. So this guy totally bought us chipotle (which is way too expensive for us). He is a BYU professor named Bro Neilson and he teaches religion: church history classes. He was here to talk to people of other faiths. He was so great!! So I know that you can find teacher's email address on the BYU website directory thing. So I was wondering if someone could find him and send him a thank you email for me! :D It really was so nice. I cant get over it. He also has a show on the new mormonradio thing. He was awesome!!!
So here is a tip I would like to share with the world about working with missionaries. If you ever feed them LET THEM SERVE THEMSELVES!!! o MAN... I cant tell you how many times I have gotten sick from trying to eat all that people give us. I blame the members for any weight I gain. haha. Sometimes I'm really hungry... sometimes I'm not.. so please let me choose how much I eat. lol!
I got the greatest pictures of Janson from Britt. O i just love them. Did britt cut her hair? I have been showing them to everyone.
So today we went to the temple. I love it there. sooo peaceful. My thoughts are always turned to my family past, present and future. What a beautiful thing we have to know that we can all be together forever. After we went to the temple sis g and our apartment mates went to two of the most famous NY bakeries. OOOOO MY O MY. Crumbs and magnolia's . I cant wait to take you guys... Heaven is what it should really be called :D.
The work is going really well. We had an investigator at church this week and it was her second time. She is so cute and says that she feels peace when she reads the scriptures. I totally agree with her. They always ease my worries. Scripture POWER!! woot!
Well I love you all so much! Don't forget that!
LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK!
-SIS WADSWORTH
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