Monday, December 28, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Ho Ho Ho
Hello Family!
You think your Christmas feels weird. I cant believe that its in two days... This whole year has been as a missionary... crazy. I don't feel like I have gotten to do my regular routine (of course) and so it just feels odd. not bad just odd. If the economy's low isn't enough to bring a low for Christmas sales... just think of the lack of shopping I did! HAHA! That should put a huge dent in things! lol
Yes, it is freezing here. It was funny we totally got stuck outside for the majority of the huge blizzard (go figure). But I actually find those moments really really funny for some reason. Sis Tai prob thought I went crazy but I couldn't stop skipping and laughing because if I didn't enjoy it a little I really would have gone nuts from the frigidness. haha.
So I am excited for Christmas because we all get together. I'm going to be singing a version of LET IT SNOW that I changed the words to WE WILL GO about missionaries and going out no matter the conditions.
O the weather outside if frightful
but baptisms are so delightful
so even if its freezing cold
we will go we will go we will go
we know that there are many lookin
and well find them as we're workin
so as long as God needs us to go
we will go we will go we will go
when we finally go in at night
our fingers may be purple and blue
but our eyes will be filled with light
cuz we know what we're preaching is true!!!
well never show signs of stoppin
cuz the field is ready for cropppin
we're gonna reap what we sow
so we will go we will go we will go
HAHA. I know its cheezy but I think it will be fun.
Well I have some things that happened this week but I figured I would save it for the phone call. Sorry blog followers ... they prob dont exist but ok haha!
Merry Christmas everyone. I am so grateful for my Savior. His example and His love. What a blessing it has been to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with those here in New York. Yesterday we met with our sweet investigator. She is Buddhist and has started to read the Book of Mormon and coming to church with us. It's so exciting! During our lesson she stopped us and said "I feel God's love". It was such a neat moment because I know the spirit was testifying to her and the light of Christ was beginning to burn brighter within her heart. I love this gospel I love the opportunity to be a missionary and the trust God has put in my to do this. Merry Christmas. Merry CHRISTmas! I love Him!
Sister Kaitlyn Wadsworth
You think your Christmas feels weird. I cant believe that its in two days... This whole year has been as a missionary... crazy. I don't feel like I have gotten to do my regular routine (of course) and so it just feels odd. not bad just odd. If the economy's low isn't enough to bring a low for Christmas sales... just think of the lack of shopping I did! HAHA! That should put a huge dent in things! lol
Yes, it is freezing here. It was funny we totally got stuck outside for the majority of the huge blizzard (go figure). But I actually find those moments really really funny for some reason. Sis Tai prob thought I went crazy but I couldn't stop skipping and laughing because if I didn't enjoy it a little I really would have gone nuts from the frigidness. haha.
So I am excited for Christmas because we all get together. I'm going to be singing a version of LET IT SNOW that I changed the words to WE WILL GO about missionaries and going out no matter the conditions.
O the weather outside if frightful
but baptisms are so delightful
so even if its freezing cold
we will go we will go we will go
we know that there are many lookin
and well find them as we're workin
so as long as God needs us to go
we will go we will go we will go
when we finally go in at night
our fingers may be purple and blue
but our eyes will be filled with light
cuz we know what we're preaching is true!!!
well never show signs of stoppin
cuz the field is ready for cropppin
we're gonna reap what we sow
so we will go we will go we will go
HAHA. I know its cheezy but I think it will be fun.
Well I have some things that happened this week but I figured I would save it for the phone call. Sorry blog followers ... they prob dont exist but ok haha!
Merry Christmas everyone. I am so grateful for my Savior. His example and His love. What a blessing it has been to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with those here in New York. Yesterday we met with our sweet investigator. She is Buddhist and has started to read the Book of Mormon and coming to church with us. It's so exciting! During our lesson she stopped us and said "I feel God's love". It was such a neat moment because I know the spirit was testifying to her and the light of Christ was beginning to burn brighter within her heart. I love this gospel I love the opportunity to be a missionary and the trust God has put in my to do this. Merry Christmas. Merry CHRISTmas! I love Him!
Sister Kaitlyn Wadsworth
Sunday, December 20, 2009
:)
Hello,
well... i am still here in Manhattan and sis tai is still here too... which means I will be here for at least two more cycles... because sis Tai goes home at the end of this cycle and because we cover a difficult area and have two wards ... they will almost for sure not white wash this area. It was a big surprise to all of us that this happened. Goes to show you ... that you never know whats happening. Even though I am totally baffled by it all I know that Heavenly Father is in control and it will all work out the best way possible.
So we had a great week. On Saturday we had two ward parties. It was fun to get our investigators there and mingling with the members. We made out like bandits with the leftovers. We got to take home 2 whole pizzas from the single's ward and then a bowl of gravy, a pan of mashed potatoes and one of corn, turkey, and two pieces of pie from the family ward. It was fantastic. It was fun to eat some yummy food and be with our awesome members. We really do have a great group of people to work with.
The best part of our week happened on Monday. O I AM JUST SO EXCITED! So we met with an investigator and he has decided be baptized on JANUARY 23rd!!!! Its so happy. He is such an amazing example to me. I am so blessed to have gotten to work with him. He is the pioneer of his family. I know his road will be difficult but I also know that he will be so blessed for his choice. He's going to be an amazing missionary too because of his experience. I am glad too that I get to be here when he gets baptized.
Last night we had our community choir concert put on by Sis Johanson and it was so amazing. I sang in the choir along with 3 of our investigators and some other members, missionaries and friends. It was really cool. The power of music is so amazing. What a perfect way to celebrate our Savior's life this time of year. I am grateful to share my talents to worship him. It was a really great experience. Especially because one of our sweeet recent converts had her parents come and they were really touched. It was all around wonderful thanks to the hard work of sis johanson. She really is an amazing musician.
So today Sis Johanson and Sis Ganaha and Sis Miller go home. All my companions are now "Dead" as they call it other than the one I am with now. Its weird getting to this point because I am going to be the oldest sister missionary when sis tai goes home in a few weeks. ITS SO CRAZY! And a little scary because there have been like no new English sisters coming in so we have a lot more weight to carry. Some of the current English sisters are having a hard time too and so that makes it even harder for the rest of us. Its going to be a challenging next 6 months but I am ready for it! I love a challenge and the mission president knows that and so does Heavenly Father so I shouldn't ever complain when things are hard because .. .hello I asked for it.
We just found out we get to spend Christmas all together as a whole mission. Its going to be a blast!
Well I sure love you all. Thanks for all the Christmas cards and gifts. Its so nice to know that I am loved and remembered this time of year... and because my birthday is this time of year too! I am so lucky to have each of my friends and family in my life!
LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!
TATERS
well... i am still here in Manhattan and sis tai is still here too... which means I will be here for at least two more cycles... because sis Tai goes home at the end of this cycle and because we cover a difficult area and have two wards ... they will almost for sure not white wash this area. It was a big surprise to all of us that this happened. Goes to show you ... that you never know whats happening. Even though I am totally baffled by it all I know that Heavenly Father is in control and it will all work out the best way possible.
So we had a great week. On Saturday we had two ward parties. It was fun to get our investigators there and mingling with the members. We made out like bandits with the leftovers. We got to take home 2 whole pizzas from the single's ward and then a bowl of gravy, a pan of mashed potatoes and one of corn, turkey, and two pieces of pie from the family ward. It was fantastic. It was fun to eat some yummy food and be with our awesome members. We really do have a great group of people to work with.
The best part of our week happened on Monday. O I AM JUST SO EXCITED! So we met with an investigator and he has decided be baptized on JANUARY 23rd!!!! Its so happy. He is such an amazing example to me. I am so blessed to have gotten to work with him. He is the pioneer of his family. I know his road will be difficult but I also know that he will be so blessed for his choice. He's going to be an amazing missionary too because of his experience. I am glad too that I get to be here when he gets baptized.
Last night we had our community choir concert put on by Sis Johanson and it was so amazing. I sang in the choir along with 3 of our investigators and some other members, missionaries and friends. It was really cool. The power of music is so amazing. What a perfect way to celebrate our Savior's life this time of year. I am grateful to share my talents to worship him. It was a really great experience. Especially because one of our sweeet recent converts had her parents come and they were really touched. It was all around wonderful thanks to the hard work of sis johanson. She really is an amazing musician.
So today Sis Johanson and Sis Ganaha and Sis Miller go home. All my companions are now "Dead" as they call it other than the one I am with now. Its weird getting to this point because I am going to be the oldest sister missionary when sis tai goes home in a few weeks. ITS SO CRAZY! And a little scary because there have been like no new English sisters coming in so we have a lot more weight to carry. Some of the current English sisters are having a hard time too and so that makes it even harder for the rest of us. Its going to be a challenging next 6 months but I am ready for it! I love a challenge and the mission president knows that and so does Heavenly Father so I shouldn't ever complain when things are hard because .. .hello I asked for it.
We just found out we get to spend Christmas all together as a whole mission. Its going to be a blast!
Well I sure love you all. Thanks for all the Christmas cards and gifts. Its so nice to know that I am loved and remembered this time of year... and because my birthday is this time of year too! I am so lucky to have each of my friends and family in my life!
LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!
TATERS
Sunday, December 13, 2009
I love this month
for blog: I need Emily A and Sara D 's MTC address ASAP. So anyone who can supply those please send them to my mom by email (note from Katy's mom: my email is wadsjk@gmail.com) so she can forward them to me! THANKS LOVE YOU! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I love this month
I love this month. I was for sure born in the best month of them all. Everyone is a lot happier around Christmas... maybe its actually because of my birthday and not all the presents. haha TOTALLY KIDDING!
It has been a pretty uneventful week. I don't have much exciting news to share either. We did have our first snow a couple of days ago YUCK... It was more like slush than snow. I got SUPER wet because I wasn't prepared. My feet were so wet they looked like little ole raisins. It was fun! :D I am so not looking forward to the frigidness again. I think Heavenly Father let me forget how cold it really gets so I wouldn't leave. haha.
Well life has been pretty busy. It seems like the Christmas season is even hectic (more than usual if that's even possible) for missionaries too. We have a lot of activities to go to (which is fun but not always as productive as I would like it to be). We have to make sure we still keep up with everyone and do all the additional things. So its fun and bad at the same time. I donno if that made sense but .. yea. So another thing about this time of year is ... the food. HOLY MOLY !!!! People love to give us food. Which is so kind and appreciated but wow. We have a large pile of sweets accumulating on our kitchen counter. We have already taken it and given the piles contents to elders, and homeless people but its already piled up again. haha. Its kinda a joke for our apartment to see who will be able to eat the most or not eat the most. Its a delight none the less.
So transfers are next Wednesday. Its going to be very interesting. So many people are going home. All the sisters I have served with will now be home (obviously other than my current comp). ITS CRAZY THOUGH! We will see what goes down. I have a feeling its going to be a crazy one. I am almost positive I am not leaving this area because President has been talking to me about it but hey you never know. :D I don't know what we are going to be doing on Christmas but no one has gotten their Christmas packages yet so I am guessing they are waiting till Christmas?? weird. The girls I live with and I have gotten so many random Christmas decorations that it looks like Christmas barfed in our apartment. Its seriously such a delight. Other than all the stuff makes me a little claustrophobic.
So we met with an investigator on Monday and he's decided to set a baptismal date for January. I am so proud of him and his amazing faith. Its going to be really hard now and in the future for him I already know but I also know Heavenly Father will protect him and bless him like crazy! All of our other amazing investigators are doing so great... the problem is with the holidays and finals it is soooooo hard to meet with them regularly or even at all. Singles wards are especially hard because everyone goes home for the break. Good thing Yoyo is from NY haha. We are just working to get them solid enough that even over the weeks they are gone they still read and pray and want to meet with us when they return.
Well I love you all thanks so much for all the letters, gifts and support! LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK!
-KAIT
I love this month
I love this month. I was for sure born in the best month of them all. Everyone is a lot happier around Christmas... maybe its actually because of my birthday and not all the presents. haha TOTALLY KIDDING!
It has been a pretty uneventful week. I don't have much exciting news to share either. We did have our first snow a couple of days ago YUCK... It was more like slush than snow. I got SUPER wet because I wasn't prepared. My feet were so wet they looked like little ole raisins. It was fun! :D I am so not looking forward to the frigidness again. I think Heavenly Father let me forget how cold it really gets so I wouldn't leave. haha.
Well life has been pretty busy. It seems like the Christmas season is even hectic (more than usual if that's even possible) for missionaries too. We have a lot of activities to go to (which is fun but not always as productive as I would like it to be). We have to make sure we still keep up with everyone and do all the additional things. So its fun and bad at the same time. I donno if that made sense but .. yea. So another thing about this time of year is ... the food. HOLY MOLY !!!! People love to give us food. Which is so kind and appreciated but wow. We have a large pile of sweets accumulating on our kitchen counter. We have already taken it and given the piles contents to elders, and homeless people but its already piled up again. haha. Its kinda a joke for our apartment to see who will be able to eat the most or not eat the most. Its a delight none the less.
So transfers are next Wednesday. Its going to be very interesting. So many people are going home. All the sisters I have served with will now be home (obviously other than my current comp). ITS CRAZY THOUGH! We will see what goes down. I have a feeling its going to be a crazy one. I am almost positive I am not leaving this area because President has been talking to me about it but hey you never know. :D I don't know what we are going to be doing on Christmas but no one has gotten their Christmas packages yet so I am guessing they are waiting till Christmas?? weird. The girls I live with and I have gotten so many random Christmas decorations that it looks like Christmas barfed in our apartment. Its seriously such a delight. Other than all the stuff makes me a little claustrophobic.
So we met with an investigator on Monday and he's decided to set a baptismal date for January. I am so proud of him and his amazing faith. Its going to be really hard now and in the future for him I already know but I also know Heavenly Father will protect him and bless him like crazy! All of our other amazing investigators are doing so great... the problem is with the holidays and finals it is soooooo hard to meet with them regularly or even at all. Singles wards are especially hard because everyone goes home for the break. Good thing Yoyo is from NY haha. We are just working to get them solid enough that even over the weeks they are gone they still read and pray and want to meet with us when they return.
Well I love you all thanks so much for all the letters, gifts and support! LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK!
-KAIT
Sunday, December 6, 2009
THANKSGIVING WAS AMAZING! I'm not going to lie it was exhausting though so today's pday was really looked forward to. So we woke up at 5 AM and went down to the parade and got FRONT ROW seats?.. no standing places more like it. We stood there for about 4 and a half hours and enjoyed every moment of it! Jimmy Fallon totally pointed at us missionaries and was like "WHAT?? HAHA" It was great! I was covered in confetti and the weather was SOOO NICE! It was so cool. Those balloons are WAY bigger than they look like on TV just for your info. It was a blast. Then we went to a members later that day for dinner. O it was DIVINE! Sis willes went to culinary school and has already signed up to feed us on Christmas too! WOOT WOOT! Then we went to another member's afterwards who knew we already had dinner but just wanted us to stop by... hmmm SHE TOTALLY FED US AGAIN! It was kinda funny though because she just insisted and insisted and we were like fine ... we will try the coconut rice... two minutes later we each had huge plates of food... all of her stuff. haha. It was fun to just have a day to celebrate. Def didn't have the same feel as a normal thanksgiving but it was fun to try something new.
So one last thing. Monday night there was this event called winter's eve at Lincoln center where they light all the Christmas decorations and then all the stores and places to eat around there have free stuff and there are bands and a bunch of crazy things going on and so we set up a table with free hot chocolate.... we gave out 1000 cups of hot chocolate and pass along cards with candy canes. How did we know it was that many?? because that's all we had and we ran out of them. IT WAS NUTS! You say free and people come running! It was really fun but made me really tired. I stood there for like 4 hours and it was cold too! But we reached a lot of people so it was FANTASTIC! There were six of us doing it and we wore santa hats and reindeer antlers and it was just such a joy!
Well we are off to china town to get Christmas presents! YOU ALL SHOULD BE SO Excited! HAHAHa! I cant wait to see pictures from thanksgiving. LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!
-TATERS
So one last thing. Monday night there was this event called winter's eve at Lincoln center where they light all the Christmas decorations and then all the stores and places to eat around there have free stuff and there are bands and a bunch of crazy things going on and so we set up a table with free hot chocolate.... we gave out 1000 cups of hot chocolate and pass along cards with candy canes. How did we know it was that many?? because that's all we had and we ran out of them. IT WAS NUTS! You say free and people come running! It was really fun but made me really tired. I stood there for like 4 hours and it was cold too! But we reached a lot of people so it was FANTASTIC! There were six of us doing it and we wore santa hats and reindeer antlers and it was just such a joy!
Well we are off to china town to get Christmas presents! YOU ALL SHOULD BE SO Excited! HAHAHa! I cant wait to see pictures from thanksgiving. LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!
-TATERS
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