Dear Family and Friends!
It has been such a wonderful week! The Lord is truly blessing us and is acknowledging our hard work and efforts. One investigator will be getting baptized on Sunday. He is soooooo excited! I am so excited. It's been a while since I have had a baptism (but I don't really feel a void because I know I have been working hard and having success still). Anywhoo. He told us this last week about how he is excited to work for the church's international affairs to build the church up in his homeland. He said ... "I will get us a temple!". hahah! YEA he will. He is one determined guy so I wouldn't put it past him.
We got the most amazing new investigator this week! He is a student at Julliard and is pretty much as golden as they get. In the scriptures it talks about the elect as those who are willing to listen and He is the most perfect example. I wont be able to do it justice typing it but I will try to explain. His heart is so open and he is really just looking for what God wants for him. He talked about how good he feels at church and when he reads the book of Mormon and how he feels a pull towards it and how he doesn't intend on stopping anytime soon. He is planning on baptism ... on drum roll please! MARCH 14th!! yay right before I leave! TENDER MERCY TENDER TENDER MERCY (that had music to it but you cant hear me... ). We also got to see another investigator yesterday. O man I love this family soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much. I cannot even explain how deep they are into my heart. I just want so badly for her to have enough confidence and faith in herself and in God to just step up and do it! *SIGH* Anyways. I love being a missionary and having the spirit strong enough to give us the strength to ask people to do hard things. Hard things that will change their life a lot... but it is always a good change.
I got a letter from Kenton... can I just tell you how amazing our family is. Just by the way he writes I know he is a rock star missionary! POWERFUL! Go KENNEDY/WADSWORTHS!
Here are some fun things we did this week
-Ate at Tom's Restaurant (the one that is from Seinfeld)
- I sang twice on Sunday. Once in the family ward and once for the ambassador of Costa Rica! Both were awesome experiences!
- Had a member tell me she will give me a referral to do an internship at her old job that will give me a job in Hawaii and pay for EVERYTHING!!! FLIGHT FOOD TRANSPORTATION ... AND STILL PAY ME! :D
- Ate at patsy's pizza soooooooooo good (we are so goin there together)
- taught at Julliard and Columbia (that happens every week but sometimes I have to pinch myself about how cool that is!)
- Got a new investigator from Ghana and El Salvador! woot
- Contacted for an hour and a half at Washington square!
I am starting to freak out a little knowing that I only have a couple of weeks left here in the city... It seriously frightens me. I love this place so much I don't know what I will do without all the hustle and bustle. Even if I go to the Bronx it will be drastically different. I am trying to use my last few pdays wisely and all that really means is that I end up getting stressed out trying to decide what to do. But I have come to a conclusion that all the touristy things will still be here when I come back to visit and so I am just planning things with my investigators. You only get to be a missionary in NYC once! So today I am going to see our investigator dance at Julliard.! It's goin to be great! I was also going to ask if there is any NY souvenirs that you guys wanted me to get before I left the city. Just let me know ASAP!
Anyways I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeee being a missionary! I had an interview with President and just told him how much I love this work. He said that's because I am obedient. haha. I really do love being able to learn a little bit more everyday about my Savior as I serve Him!
I love you all to the moon and back.... I need janson pictures!
LOVE WADSWORTH
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Anywhoooo we have had a wonderful week. As usual. Last Thursday after I emailed you we had a great day. We got to see an investigator and resolve all his concerns. He ran into a anti Mormon website. So that day I was a little nervous but felt at peace after I prayed and studied about what to share with him. But it actually was really amazing. We read some scriptures and told him a little about church history and he was like ... "ok! I wasn't really worried I just wanted to know what to say to people when they ask me!". I thought that that was sooo cool. His faith was strong enough to not get shaken by the confusion that Satan has made out of some sacred truths. My testimony also grew about the convincing power of the Holy Ghost. It only will communicate truth through feelings of peace and joy and clarity. God doesn't make us feel scared or confused or angry. That is all from Satan.
Then later that night we met with another investigator. She wants to get baptized! She is praying about when though. She is so lovely. The ward already loves her so much. After her lesson we went with her to a members house who was teaching a jewelry making class and the earrings were sooooo cute. I was in awe. She makes and sells them and I asked her how much this pair of earrings I really liked were and she gave them to me for free!!! and told me comp to pick a pair too! It was soooo nice. Little tender mercies that just make me so happy! She also told us that she would love to show us how to actually make them on a pday sometime so soon I will be making and selling them myself. haha. Don't worry they will be free to sister missionaries though.
We really have the greatest members here. I love them sooo much it will be hard to leave them. I get to sing in the family ward on Sunday. They just asked me to. I don't know why i started talking about them but I really do love them... o yea now i remember. Last night we were at one of my most favorite members for dinner shes the one who went to culinary school and fed us on thanksgiving. ANYWHOO... she told us about this website/podcast thing called moth.org and I think you would really like it. People get together and tell stories from their lives and then they record the best ones and put it on the podcast.... just thought I would pass on the info :D
Its been snowing a lot still... yesterday I felt like I walked around in water all day because my boots are not working. Today we are going shopping and so hopefully I will find some good boots.
Well family I just love you all so much. I am grateful for your support and love. You rock my little sister missionary tights! haha.
o also ... a lot of people have been talking about how soon I am coming home in my letters! I STILL HAVE A LONG TIME!! or at least I want to work like I do. I just don't want to be distracted or trunky in any way! I love love love being a missionary and I am trying to not miss one minute of it. ITS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD to serve God!
OK LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK
SIS WADSWORTH
Then later that night we met with another investigator. She wants to get baptized! She is praying about when though. She is so lovely. The ward already loves her so much. After her lesson we went with her to a members house who was teaching a jewelry making class and the earrings were sooooo cute. I was in awe. She makes and sells them and I asked her how much this pair of earrings I really liked were and she gave them to me for free!!! and told me comp to pick a pair too! It was soooo nice. Little tender mercies that just make me so happy! She also told us that she would love to show us how to actually make them on a pday sometime so soon I will be making and selling them myself. haha. Don't worry they will be free to sister missionaries though.
We really have the greatest members here. I love them sooo much it will be hard to leave them. I get to sing in the family ward on Sunday. They just asked me to. I don't know why i started talking about them but I really do love them... o yea now i remember. Last night we were at one of my most favorite members for dinner shes the one who went to culinary school and fed us on thanksgiving. ANYWHOO... she told us about this website/podcast thing called moth.org and I think you would really like it. People get together and tell stories from their lives and then they record the best ones and put it on the podcast.... just thought I would pass on the info :D
Its been snowing a lot still... yesterday I felt like I walked around in water all day because my boots are not working. Today we are going shopping and so hopefully I will find some good boots.
Well family I just love you all so much. I am grateful for your support and love. You rock my little sister missionary tights! haha.
o also ... a lot of people have been talking about how soon I am coming home in my letters! I STILL HAVE A LONG TIME!! or at least I want to work like I do. I just don't want to be distracted or trunky in any way! I love love love being a missionary and I am trying to not miss one minute of it. ITS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD to serve God!
OK LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK
SIS WADSWORTH
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Hello family!
Sorry this is a day late as you have probably seen we were stuck inside all day yesterday. But what a tender mercy that Heavenly Father chose to have it on our pday. So it was really quite nice. We were forced to stay inside. We did go out like any other pday at 6pm and boy was that fun! I cant believe how much it can snow. It seriously didn't stop the whole day. I just kept thinking how much I love living somewhere it doesn't snow. I really am not a big fan of it. Only when I get to snow board which wont be happening anytime soon here. haha.
So we have had a wonderful week. I am seriously loving my new companion. She is a rock star. Its always hard to come to the city for the first time but she is doin really well. We have 3 people with baptismal dates. And there are more to come. On Sunday we had the most amazing appointment. On Sundays we don't have time to do our regular studies because we have to go to church right away and then are there for the next 8 hours (kill me! Dad if you ever feel like you are at the church forever ... just think about the fact that I am there too :D) So the point is we didn't get to really prepare for the lesson we were goin to have like I like to have. So when we got there we went into our member's dorm room and I asked if we could kneel and pray to start (we usually only kneel at the end ... donno why). Anyways and I said the prayer and just said pretty much... ok Heavenly Father take over ... we don't know what were doing here. haha. Then we talked to her about prayer and scripture study. It was so amazing. I really had no idea what I was going to say and then a thought would come to my mind (you could call it pure intelligence) and I would just talk and the spirit just taught through me. I don't even remember what exactly I said but we were all crying and the peace and pure joy in the room was sooooo strong. I am sooooooooo grateful that Heavenly Father trusts me enough to be an instrument in His hands. I cant even explain the joy it brings into my life to be able to testify of God's love for His children . It was so clear to me at that point how much God loved our investigator and how pleased He was with her efforts. We are all so loved by Him. He is so aware of what each of us need and He answers our prayers through those around us. I don't know what we said but we said just what she needed to hear. :D O happy day!
We also taught another investigator and he said he feels like baptism is important for him. Its so fun to teach him because we have to do it so simply that I have to get really creative in how I teach. I came up with a new way to teach the different dispensations and as I was putting it together I LEARNED SO MUCH. It became clearer to me and it all just made so much more sense. It is true what people always say about the teacher learning as much as the student. haha. It was cute I used an analogy and I referred to an ice cream man and he had this really puzzled look on his face and I said ... "did i say a word you don't know?" and he said "well ... who is ice cream man? I know bat man and spider man but ... who is ice cream man?" hahahaha. It was the cutest/funniest thing ever. He is the best though. Its harder now because we don't have sis tai to translate if we get stuck but its amazing how the spirit is our mother tongue and doesn't need a translator.
let me tell you some random things that happened to me this week:
I held a frozen dead bird (a large one actually)
I ran into a mirror... hard at a members house
I taught a room full of Chinese people how to make the noises of all the farm animals :D BEST DAY EVER!
I ate a bit of a fruit called Duran (?). It is supposed to be one of the nastiest things in the world. Some famous guy on the food network who goes around eating gross things couldn't even eat it
I got pelted by multiple snowballs while walking through Columbia's campus by some boys who yelled "GET THE GIRLS WITH THE UMBRELLAS!!!"
I assisted in killing one and tried to kill another mouse that has been living in our house :) nasty
I bought the most hideous sweater to wear at our ugly sweater parties :D
... this is just one week... imagine a list of my whole year and a half
Well I hope you all have a wonderful Valentines day. I decided that Gene (our 92 year old recent convert) is my valentine... Him and Jesus I guess. haha. I'm not a big fan of this holiday but its not so bad as a missionary. I LOVE YOU ALL! Thanks for your love and support! love you to the moon and back
Sister Wadsy (that's what sis lythgoe and child call me)
Sorry this is a day late as you have probably seen we were stuck inside all day yesterday. But what a tender mercy that Heavenly Father chose to have it on our pday. So it was really quite nice. We were forced to stay inside. We did go out like any other pday at 6pm and boy was that fun! I cant believe how much it can snow. It seriously didn't stop the whole day. I just kept thinking how much I love living somewhere it doesn't snow. I really am not a big fan of it. Only when I get to snow board which wont be happening anytime soon here. haha.
So we have had a wonderful week. I am seriously loving my new companion. She is a rock star. Its always hard to come to the city for the first time but she is doin really well. We have 3 people with baptismal dates. And there are more to come. On Sunday we had the most amazing appointment. On Sundays we don't have time to do our regular studies because we have to go to church right away and then are there for the next 8 hours (kill me! Dad if you ever feel like you are at the church forever ... just think about the fact that I am there too :D) So the point is we didn't get to really prepare for the lesson we were goin to have like I like to have. So when we got there we went into our member's dorm room and I asked if we could kneel and pray to start (we usually only kneel at the end ... donno why). Anyways and I said the prayer and just said pretty much... ok Heavenly Father take over ... we don't know what were doing here. haha. Then we talked to her about prayer and scripture study. It was so amazing. I really had no idea what I was going to say and then a thought would come to my mind (you could call it pure intelligence) and I would just talk and the spirit just taught through me. I don't even remember what exactly I said but we were all crying and the peace and pure joy in the room was sooooo strong. I am sooooooooo grateful that Heavenly Father trusts me enough to be an instrument in His hands. I cant even explain the joy it brings into my life to be able to testify of God's love for His children . It was so clear to me at that point how much God loved our investigator and how pleased He was with her efforts. We are all so loved by Him. He is so aware of what each of us need and He answers our prayers through those around us. I don't know what we said but we said just what she needed to hear. :D O happy day!
We also taught another investigator and he said he feels like baptism is important for him. Its so fun to teach him because we have to do it so simply that I have to get really creative in how I teach. I came up with a new way to teach the different dispensations and as I was putting it together I LEARNED SO MUCH. It became clearer to me and it all just made so much more sense. It is true what people always say about the teacher learning as much as the student. haha. It was cute I used an analogy and I referred to an ice cream man and he had this really puzzled look on his face and I said ... "did i say a word you don't know?" and he said "well ... who is ice cream man? I know bat man and spider man but ... who is ice cream man?" hahahaha. It was the cutest/funniest thing ever. He is the best though. Its harder now because we don't have sis tai to translate if we get stuck but its amazing how the spirit is our mother tongue and doesn't need a translator.
let me tell you some random things that happened to me this week:
I held a frozen dead bird (a large one actually)
I ran into a mirror... hard at a members house
I taught a room full of Chinese people how to make the noises of all the farm animals :D BEST DAY EVER!
I ate a bit of a fruit called Duran (?). It is supposed to be one of the nastiest things in the world. Some famous guy on the food network who goes around eating gross things couldn't even eat it
I got pelted by multiple snowballs while walking through Columbia's campus by some boys who yelled "GET THE GIRLS WITH THE UMBRELLAS!!!"
I assisted in killing one and tried to kill another mouse that has been living in our house :) nasty
I bought the most hideous sweater to wear at our ugly sweater parties :D
... this is just one week... imagine a list of my whole year and a half
Well I hope you all have a wonderful Valentines day. I decided that Gene (our 92 year old recent convert) is my valentine... Him and Jesus I guess. haha. I'm not a big fan of this holiday but its not so bad as a missionary. I LOVE YOU ALL! Thanks for your love and support! love you to the moon and back
Sister Wadsy (that's what sis lythgoe and child call me)
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Excitement!
SOME THINGS FOR THE BLOG:
Dave D. AND Dave Moncion! CONGRATS ON THE ENGAGEMENTS! I LOVE YOU BOTH AND NEED DETAILS!!!! ASAP!
MEGAN! AHHHHH MONGOLIA! I am sending a letter ASAP. CONGRATS YOU LITTLE WINNER YOU!
FAMILY!
Well I am glad you had a good little trip together. Happy Birthday Janson and Britt too! I just turned to my comp and said ... o man.. my nephew just had his first birthday... and I still haven't met him. blah. so weird!
So I have a new companion! She is so cute. Her name is sister Gee (like glee without the l). She is from Washington the state. This is her second cycle out here and so she is a rock star for her to be here. President already told her that she needs to learn the area really fast so she can take it over. haha. The girls we live with are now in a trio so we spent all of last night trying to switch rooms because their room only had two beds and ours had 4. sigh. needless to say I am tired. haha. I'm really sorry but this letter is going to be lame because my brain is so out of it I cant even think straight.
On Sunday one of our investigators stood up and bore his testimony and told everyone that he knows the church is true and will be getting baptized in 4 Sundays. It was so cute! I also had a humbling experience I wont go into too many details but pretty much an investigator called me out on something and although it wasn't anything huge it really hit me hard thinking about how our investigators expect us to be perfect and then i thought about how we really should not give them any reason to think any less. I don't know if that made any sense. Sis Tai and I talked about it and how they don't know how we have weaknesses too. Anyways. It was sad to see sis tai go home. She was such a sweetheart. It was so amazing to see her do her very best and succeed. It was a great two cycles. So they asked me on Sunday to sing again at the end of the month but this time its for the ambassador of Costa Rica. Pretty sweet!
We are also so happy about a baptism in a part member family. I love these people so much!
LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!
KAITLYN
Dave D. AND Dave Moncion! CONGRATS ON THE ENGAGEMENTS! I LOVE YOU BOTH AND NEED DETAILS!!!! ASAP!
MEGAN! AHHHHH MONGOLIA! I am sending a letter ASAP. CONGRATS YOU LITTLE WINNER YOU!
FAMILY!
Well I am glad you had a good little trip together. Happy Birthday Janson and Britt too! I just turned to my comp and said ... o man.. my nephew just had his first birthday... and I still haven't met him. blah. so weird!
So I have a new companion! She is so cute. Her name is sister Gee (like glee without the l). She is from Washington the state. This is her second cycle out here and so she is a rock star for her to be here. President already told her that she needs to learn the area really fast so she can take it over. haha. The girls we live with are now in a trio so we spent all of last night trying to switch rooms because their room only had two beds and ours had 4. sigh. needless to say I am tired. haha. I'm really sorry but this letter is going to be lame because my brain is so out of it I cant even think straight.
On Sunday one of our investigators stood up and bore his testimony and told everyone that he knows the church is true and will be getting baptized in 4 Sundays. It was so cute! I also had a humbling experience I wont go into too many details but pretty much an investigator called me out on something and although it wasn't anything huge it really hit me hard thinking about how our investigators expect us to be perfect and then i thought about how we really should not give them any reason to think any less. I don't know if that made any sense. Sis Tai and I talked about it and how they don't know how we have weaknesses too. Anyways. It was sad to see sis tai go home. She was such a sweetheart. It was so amazing to see her do her very best and succeed. It was a great two cycles. So they asked me on Sunday to sing again at the end of the month but this time its for the ambassador of Costa Rica. Pretty sweet!
We are also so happy about a baptism in a part member family. I love these people so much!
LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!
KAITLYN
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