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
Sunday, December 13, 2009
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
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Hello Family!!!!!!
This will be a fun letter to write because I know you will probably actually read it (if you don't already) because mom will read it to ya cuz you are all home! I don't know how you are feeling about your first thanksgiving in 21 years without me there but you should be missing me a lot. haha. Let's just say I am glad I left on my mission when I did because I am so lucky to only miss one Christmas and thanksgiving! PHEWWW...
So its supposed to rain tomorrow... but I doubt that will stop the parade or us (a huge group of missionaries). haha. It should be fun no matter what. After that a member who is a chef (Well shes a mom now but she went to a legit culinary school) will be making dinner for us and a couple of other missionaries. It should be a party! She promised us she wouldn't let us miss out on anything. (Little does she know I will be missing out on my favorite pretzel jello). It should be an interesting day... prob way too crazy to enjoy but that's ok. I'm just not sure how we will get our laundry in. We are goin to leave the house early to save spots and do our studying on the street. haha. That will be super effective I'm sure. Then we will spend the rest of the day with members and less actives eating. WOOT!
So this Sunday was sooo cool! Our family ward had a few non members but our single's ward brought like 30 people! It was crazy awesome! Afterwards I had a massive headache from running around. Sis Tai had fun talking to all of our Chinese investigators. It was a party for sure! Now we have the duty of following up with all of of members to make sure it does not go to waste. I hope we can do it! The best part was that our rock star investigator brought a friend and he's not even baptized yet!
Tonight we have an appointment with our baptismal date and his parents are coming to meet us and ask some questions. YIKES! I pray it goes well. As long as the spirit is there, that's all that matters. Speaking of baptisms, I just found out on Monday that one of the guys I worked with on the east side is getting baptized! I guess he called the sisters in that ward now, kinda out of nowhere and was like... I want to get baptized!!! WHOO HOO! It's so cool to see people you worked with that maybe weren't ready at the time get to the point that they are. I know it will happen to pretty much all of them. I am just excited I get to go to his because I am still here.
So what is Kyle's position at INNOUT? Is he a cook or cashier? I still cannot believe that it's true. I walked past a place last week that is a totally innout knock off. Pretty much same menu with the same text and same colors... I didn't try it because I was so disappointed with them. haha. And because we don't have time just to stop and try things. lol.
We met with our new sweet investigator again this week. He said that hes going to read the whole Book of Mormon over Christmas break because he will have more time and because that is before his baptism goal. Hes very smart and is a law student. So its fun to get deep with him on doctrine because he understands the basics so quickly. Its amazing the wide range of people that we teach. You def have to be on your toes always changing it up and adapting to the needs of the person your teaching now. It's intense but fun.
I am learning a lot about the Atonement. I am really striving to use it to help me with the many things I cannot do on my own. I get so overwhelmed with my faults sometimes that its hard not to feel like a failure. But I have realized that I will be a failure unless I rely on my Savior and His Atonement. I am not supposed to do it all on my own. You can't reach perfection on our own that's where the grace (or enabling power of the Atonement) has to come into play.
Well I love you guys so much. I am so grateful for my family. I have been so blessed to have each of you in my life. I had an idea for Christmas to take pictures of things in the city that reminded me of each of you guys. I found a lot of things... everywhere. I had to give that idea up pretty quickly because I found myself thinking of each of you maybe a little too much. HAHAH. But I just really appreciate your love and support. I HAVE THE BEST FAMILY EVER!!!! I hope you have a wonderful day tomorrow. It doesn't really feel like Thanksgiving to me so its kinda nice cuz I don't feel like I am really missing anything haha. Don't miss me too much. I love each of you to the moon and back!
-Sis Wadsworth
This will be a fun letter to write because I know you will probably actually read it (if you don't already) because mom will read it to ya cuz you are all home! I don't know how you are feeling about your first thanksgiving in 21 years without me there but you should be missing me a lot. haha. Let's just say I am glad I left on my mission when I did because I am so lucky to only miss one Christmas and thanksgiving! PHEWWW...
So its supposed to rain tomorrow... but I doubt that will stop the parade or us (a huge group of missionaries). haha. It should be fun no matter what. After that a member who is a chef (Well shes a mom now but she went to a legit culinary school) will be making dinner for us and a couple of other missionaries. It should be a party! She promised us she wouldn't let us miss out on anything. (Little does she know I will be missing out on my favorite pretzel jello). It should be an interesting day... prob way too crazy to enjoy but that's ok. I'm just not sure how we will get our laundry in. We are goin to leave the house early to save spots and do our studying on the street. haha. That will be super effective I'm sure. Then we will spend the rest of the day with members and less actives eating. WOOT!
So this Sunday was sooo cool! Our family ward had a few non members but our single's ward brought like 30 people! It was crazy awesome! Afterwards I had a massive headache from running around. Sis Tai had fun talking to all of our Chinese investigators. It was a party for sure! Now we have the duty of following up with all of of members to make sure it does not go to waste. I hope we can do it! The best part was that our rock star investigator brought a friend and he's not even baptized yet!
Tonight we have an appointment with our baptismal date and his parents are coming to meet us and ask some questions. YIKES! I pray it goes well. As long as the spirit is there, that's all that matters. Speaking of baptisms, I just found out on Monday that one of the guys I worked with on the east side is getting baptized! I guess he called the sisters in that ward now, kinda out of nowhere and was like... I want to get baptized!!! WHOO HOO! It's so cool to see people you worked with that maybe weren't ready at the time get to the point that they are. I know it will happen to pretty much all of them. I am just excited I get to go to his because I am still here.
So what is Kyle's position at INNOUT? Is he a cook or cashier? I still cannot believe that it's true. I walked past a place last week that is a totally innout knock off. Pretty much same menu with the same text and same colors... I didn't try it because I was so disappointed with them. haha. And because we don't have time just to stop and try things. lol.
We met with our new sweet investigator again this week. He said that hes going to read the whole Book of Mormon over Christmas break because he will have more time and because that is before his baptism goal. Hes very smart and is a law student. So its fun to get deep with him on doctrine because he understands the basics so quickly. Its amazing the wide range of people that we teach. You def have to be on your toes always changing it up and adapting to the needs of the person your teaching now. It's intense but fun.
I am learning a lot about the Atonement. I am really striving to use it to help me with the many things I cannot do on my own. I get so overwhelmed with my faults sometimes that its hard not to feel like a failure. But I have realized that I will be a failure unless I rely on my Savior and His Atonement. I am not supposed to do it all on my own. You can't reach perfection on our own that's where the grace (or enabling power of the Atonement) has to come into play.
Well I love you guys so much. I am so grateful for my family. I have been so blessed to have each of you in my life. I had an idea for Christmas to take pictures of things in the city that reminded me of each of you guys. I found a lot of things... everywhere. I had to give that idea up pretty quickly because I found myself thinking of each of you maybe a little too much. HAHAH. But I just really appreciate your love and support. I HAVE THE BEST FAMILY EVER!!!! I hope you have a wonderful day tomorrow. It doesn't really feel like Thanksgiving to me so its kinda nice cuz I don't feel like I am really missing anything haha. Don't miss me too much. I love each of you to the moon and back!
-Sis Wadsworth
Sunday, November 22, 2009
HULLLO...
I am also getting super excited for Christmas because they are starting to get things all decorated here. It is fantastic. We just found out that next week pday will be moved to Thursday (Thanksgiving day) so... guess who will be at the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade?? yep yep that would be me! So if you watch it look for me! haha. I will be wearing puffy my big black coat with a yellow hat and scarf.
So this weekend was stake conference and it was fantastic. So I donno if I told you this already but our stake is doing something so magnificent. So next week they are having a Sunday called "come and see" and every ward will only be having sacrament meeting and then a linger longer afterwards. There will be special speakers and musical numbers focused on gratitude for the gospel. The point of all this is that the stake president has told each ward to double their numbers. That every member bring a less active or non member. SOOO EXCITING. So during stake conference President Buckner and the other speakers just focused on missionary work. Three different speakers talked about how the members should put their trust in the missionaries. It was pretty cool but also a lot of responsibility. I found myself at the end as we were singing the closing hymn of "Because I Have Been Given Much" crying because I was so overcome with joy. I am just so blessed to be here in this stake and the wards that I am in at this time. I just knew that we were going to see miracles involving the members. And just since then we have gotten two more new investigators that are AMAZING member referrals. We are so blessed. It gets difficult sometimes because we get rejected SOOO MUCH. We are asked to talk to someone new every 3 minutes or as often as possible and even with all the people we talk to very, very, very few are willing to give us so much as a phone number. But I know that as I continue to be obedient, even if I am not getting the people I'm personally talking to, that this is God's work and that He will provide those who are ready. I donno if that made sense at all but hey .. .what's new I am not good at making sense. haaha. So just to sum up... I am glad to sill be here in the city even if its beyond stressful. haha. We are praying that this Sunday goes as well as we hope and that the trend of inviting friends is continued forever.
We had a cool experience this week to be with the ASL missionaries as they taught one of our less active member's sister. We found out that she had a sister who was deaf and so we got the elders to teach her. IT WAS SO COOL. The spirit was so strong during the silent conversation. It was also so cool to have our member bear her testimony so that the elders could interpret it to her sister. It was not something she was able to communicate to her before and it was so neat to hear her express her love for the gospel and for her sister and see how her deaf sister finally understood. It was such a neat experience. I just love those ASL elders. They are special witnesses of Christ.
We had multi-zone conference yesterday and as we were sitting down to start one of the APs ran down to Sis Johanson (a former comp of mine) whom I was sitting next to and said... we forgot to assign a musical number can you do something? And then she made me join her and so I dragged my roomie to do it too and it ended up being really nice. I am grateful for the talents that my Heavenly Father has given me to use. I hope that I use them enough to make Him proud.
I am so grateful for this gospel. Yesterday I had an interesting contact where a lady pretty much told me that everything I believed was wrong and that I was crazy to believe such things as Joseph Smith and the need for the Priesthood (this happens a lot but she was extra intense about it). It was difficult at first but afterwards I was just thinking about how I have seen the blessings of this gospel and the joy that has poured out continually from my Heavenly Father reassuring me that I am doing what is right. I know its true. I don't have to defend truth because it does it on its own. I have felt in a very real way the cleansing power and comforting power of the Atonement of my Savior. No matter how many people say I am wrong they cannot take away my experiences and the way I feel. No one can deny me of my own testimony. I know that this church is true and that it is guided by a living prophet who teaches us how to be like our Savior Jesus Christ and how to truly follow Him. What a blessing that is. What peace it brings. I know I will be standing strong whenever the winds of Satan come because I am founded on faith in my Savior Jesus Christ.
I love you all so much. Feel better Lauren, I feel so bad. I almost get ran over by crazy delivery guys on bike all the time but my missionary angels always protect me. Crazy.
Love you to the moon and back.
Taters
I am also getting super excited for Christmas because they are starting to get things all decorated here. It is fantastic. We just found out that next week pday will be moved to Thursday (Thanksgiving day) so... guess who will be at the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade?? yep yep that would be me! So if you watch it look for me! haha. I will be wearing puffy my big black coat with a yellow hat and scarf.
So this weekend was stake conference and it was fantastic. So I donno if I told you this already but our stake is doing something so magnificent. So next week they are having a Sunday called "come and see" and every ward will only be having sacrament meeting and then a linger longer afterwards. There will be special speakers and musical numbers focused on gratitude for the gospel. The point of all this is that the stake president has told each ward to double their numbers. That every member bring a less active or non member. SOOO EXCITING. So during stake conference President Buckner and the other speakers just focused on missionary work. Three different speakers talked about how the members should put their trust in the missionaries. It was pretty cool but also a lot of responsibility. I found myself at the end as we were singing the closing hymn of "Because I Have Been Given Much" crying because I was so overcome with joy. I am just so blessed to be here in this stake and the wards that I am in at this time. I just knew that we were going to see miracles involving the members. And just since then we have gotten two more new investigators that are AMAZING member referrals. We are so blessed. It gets difficult sometimes because we get rejected SOOO MUCH. We are asked to talk to someone new every 3 minutes or as often as possible and even with all the people we talk to very, very, very few are willing to give us so much as a phone number. But I know that as I continue to be obedient, even if I am not getting the people I'm personally talking to, that this is God's work and that He will provide those who are ready. I donno if that made sense at all but hey .. .what's new I am not good at making sense. haaha. So just to sum up... I am glad to sill be here in the city even if its beyond stressful. haha. We are praying that this Sunday goes as well as we hope and that the trend of inviting friends is continued forever.
We had a cool experience this week to be with the ASL missionaries as they taught one of our less active member's sister. We found out that she had a sister who was deaf and so we got the elders to teach her. IT WAS SO COOL. The spirit was so strong during the silent conversation. It was also so cool to have our member bear her testimony so that the elders could interpret it to her sister. It was not something she was able to communicate to her before and it was so neat to hear her express her love for the gospel and for her sister and see how her deaf sister finally understood. It was such a neat experience. I just love those ASL elders. They are special witnesses of Christ.
We had multi-zone conference yesterday and as we were sitting down to start one of the APs ran down to Sis Johanson (a former comp of mine) whom I was sitting next to and said... we forgot to assign a musical number can you do something? And then she made me join her and so I dragged my roomie to do it too and it ended up being really nice. I am grateful for the talents that my Heavenly Father has given me to use. I hope that I use them enough to make Him proud.
I am so grateful for this gospel. Yesterday I had an interesting contact where a lady pretty much told me that everything I believed was wrong and that I was crazy to believe such things as Joseph Smith and the need for the Priesthood (this happens a lot but she was extra intense about it). It was difficult at first but afterwards I was just thinking about how I have seen the blessings of this gospel and the joy that has poured out continually from my Heavenly Father reassuring me that I am doing what is right. I know its true. I don't have to defend truth because it does it on its own. I have felt in a very real way the cleansing power and comforting power of the Atonement of my Savior. No matter how many people say I am wrong they cannot take away my experiences and the way I feel. No one can deny me of my own testimony. I know that this church is true and that it is guided by a living prophet who teaches us how to be like our Savior Jesus Christ and how to truly follow Him. What a blessing that is. What peace it brings. I know I will be standing strong whenever the winds of Satan come because I am founded on faith in my Savior Jesus Christ.
I love you all so much. Feel better Lauren, I feel so bad. I almost get ran over by crazy delivery guys on bike all the time but my missionary angels always protect me. Crazy.
Love you to the moon and back.
Taters
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Still here...
TADAAAAAAAAAAAA
So transfers were today and we just got home at 3:00 which means I get a 3 hour pday so this will be a little rushed. So Sis Ganaha left to go upstate and it was hard to see her go. The longest companion I have ever had. My new companion is Sis Thai from Hong Kong! Whoo hoo... She is super cute. Pretty quiet but very kind. It will be fun to get to know her better. I am excited to be in the city at least for part of the holiday season. This cycle will end a week early in order to get the missionaries going home at the end of the cycle home before Christmas. They have already started to put up Christmas lights and stuff. o what joy it brings to my little missionary heart.
So this Sunday was AMAZING! We had 6 people at church. We are so lucky to have such amazing members who are helping the work move along. A couple of days ago I talked to a guy on the street who was nice but so not interested until I told him I was with the Mormon church and he was like "O I know so and so. Who is a member of that church" then from that point on he was willing to listen and actually wants to meet with us now. I just hope that I can be that kind of member someday that when people hear the name of the church they willing to listen because of the impression I have given them. I donno if that made sense but yea... So the main reason why this Sunday was great was because it was all on missionary work. AND our amazing investigator totally spoke in church. He's not even baptized yet and he did soooo great. Then sis ganaha and I sang "a window to His love" and our other investigator played the piano for us. It was fantastic. I felt like a proud mother. I couldn't stop smiling. It was super stressful that day because we had so many people to take care of but it all worked out and our members are a wonderful support.
Well I gotta get going. Due to the fact that it is veterans day (yea totally didn't know it was either) all the libraries are closed and so I am in an Internet cafe and the guy next to me was totally looking at porn... barf. I should have only paid for a half hour instead of forty five... lame o well. Well hope everything is going well for you guys. Sure love you!
Remember: God ALWAYS keeps His promises!
LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK
SIS WADSWORTH
So transfers were today and we just got home at 3:00 which means I get a 3 hour pday so this will be a little rushed. So Sis Ganaha left to go upstate and it was hard to see her go. The longest companion I have ever had. My new companion is Sis Thai from Hong Kong! Whoo hoo... She is super cute. Pretty quiet but very kind. It will be fun to get to know her better. I am excited to be in the city at least for part of the holiday season. This cycle will end a week early in order to get the missionaries going home at the end of the cycle home before Christmas. They have already started to put up Christmas lights and stuff. o what joy it brings to my little missionary heart.
So this Sunday was AMAZING! We had 6 people at church. We are so lucky to have such amazing members who are helping the work move along. A couple of days ago I talked to a guy on the street who was nice but so not interested until I told him I was with the Mormon church and he was like "O I know so and so. Who is a member of that church" then from that point on he was willing to listen and actually wants to meet with us now. I just hope that I can be that kind of member someday that when people hear the name of the church they willing to listen because of the impression I have given them. I donno if that made sense but yea... So the main reason why this Sunday was great was because it was all on missionary work. AND our amazing investigator totally spoke in church. He's not even baptized yet and he did soooo great. Then sis ganaha and I sang "a window to His love" and our other investigator played the piano for us. It was fantastic. I felt like a proud mother. I couldn't stop smiling. It was super stressful that day because we had so many people to take care of but it all worked out and our members are a wonderful support.
Well I gotta get going. Due to the fact that it is veterans day (yea totally didn't know it was either) all the libraries are closed and so I am in an Internet cafe and the guy next to me was totally looking at porn... barf. I should have only paid for a half hour instead of forty five... lame o well. Well hope everything is going well for you guys. Sure love you!
Remember: God ALWAYS keeps His promises!
LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK
SIS WADSWORTH
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Ask and you will recieve... when you listen
Ok...
first off: I am fine. So on Thursday the doctor called and told me that my blood work looked fine and I don't have mono. He said there was something a little strange with my immune system but whatever it was I had hit the climax and it was now fine. It was so interesting to see the miracles from this experience. When I got a blessing before I even called the doctors my blessing said I would not get worse but that I needed to take a rest and take care of myself. And because like I explained last week I am not good at slowing down I did get worse and at first (Silly me) I was confused because I was like ... my blessing said I wouldn't get worse.. then the slap in the face came when right as I did as Heavenly Father asked, and slowed down to take a day to rest, SURE ENOUGH I felt better. I learned a lot through this little experience that Heavenly Father is more than willing to work miracles but we have to be willing to do our part. I know that I was sick. Sicker than the doctor found but because I got a Priesthood blessing and listened to the counsel I received (even if it was a little slow) I was healed. I know the reason that the doctor could not explain my little blip in my immune system is because there was divine help given. So thank you for all your prayers. I know God hears our prayers :D
Thanks for your note mom. I'm sorry you had to wait all week to hear this anti-climatic story :D
So today has been a crazy pday. We went to the temple today (yay) and then to the new TJ Max they just opened here and now we are emailing. I seriously hate pdays because they are so rushed and stressful. But its all good. Last week because our surprise day got canceled (we found out we were going to be in the audience of who wants to be a millionaire but President said no) we just hung out at one of the churches and then went into the condemned convent that the church owns. haha it was sweet. Its a totally legit building that the sisters used to live in until the summer of last year. It was fun and chill.
So this week we had something exciting happen! One of the people we are working with set a baptismal date for December 5th. We are so excited! The ward is so excited! Our members are so amazing they are bringing their friends left and right. Singles wards rock. As a missionary at least. haha. I love our members they are so amazing. For the first time in my mission we get fed 6/7 days a week. CRAZY! It will never happen again but I love it... my weight doesn't but i do! haha. So last week we had a very spiritual lesson with our investigator and when I was teaching about the power of repentance the spirit was so strong. I am just so grateful for the cleansing power that we have access to through our Savior Jesus Christ. The Atonement is such an amazing gift that never runs out! We felt prompted to ask him how he felt about being baptized again and he was like ... yea I was wondering when my next date was. :D IT WAS FABULOUS!
Then later that night we had to go home at 6 because it was Halloween and people here get crazy. IT WAS A PARTY! The four of us (we live with two amazing Spanish sisters) dressed up like gangsters and ordered pizza and ate hot chocolate and donuts (yea no diet on Halloween don't judge me). We played a bunch of rounds of uno and around 9 pm realized we were exhausted. haha. We are so lame. We were so tired from just hanging. LOL. We went to bed early and called it a night. But it was so fun. I will send pictures.
O btw I can't believe that they are opening and in-n-out in orem, I donno how I feel about it. haha. But I guess if it helps kyle and he can get me free food (prob not) I am ok with it.
Well I love you all... I need a nap before we gotta go out again. Hope we have time! Love you! I'm working hard
love you to the moon and back
kait
first off: I am fine. So on Thursday the doctor called and told me that my blood work looked fine and I don't have mono. He said there was something a little strange with my immune system but whatever it was I had hit the climax and it was now fine. It was so interesting to see the miracles from this experience. When I got a blessing before I even called the doctors my blessing said I would not get worse but that I needed to take a rest and take care of myself. And because like I explained last week I am not good at slowing down I did get worse and at first (Silly me) I was confused because I was like ... my blessing said I wouldn't get worse.. then the slap in the face came when right as I did as Heavenly Father asked, and slowed down to take a day to rest, SURE ENOUGH I felt better. I learned a lot through this little experience that Heavenly Father is more than willing to work miracles but we have to be willing to do our part. I know that I was sick. Sicker than the doctor found but because I got a Priesthood blessing and listened to the counsel I received (even if it was a little slow) I was healed. I know the reason that the doctor could not explain my little blip in my immune system is because there was divine help given. So thank you for all your prayers. I know God hears our prayers :D
Thanks for your note mom. I'm sorry you had to wait all week to hear this anti-climatic story :D
So today has been a crazy pday. We went to the temple today (yay) and then to the new TJ Max they just opened here and now we are emailing. I seriously hate pdays because they are so rushed and stressful. But its all good. Last week because our surprise day got canceled (we found out we were going to be in the audience of who wants to be a millionaire but President said no) we just hung out at one of the churches and then went into the condemned convent that the church owns. haha it was sweet. Its a totally legit building that the sisters used to live in until the summer of last year. It was fun and chill.
So this week we had something exciting happen! One of the people we are working with set a baptismal date for December 5th. We are so excited! The ward is so excited! Our members are so amazing they are bringing their friends left and right. Singles wards rock. As a missionary at least. haha. I love our members they are so amazing. For the first time in my mission we get fed 6/7 days a week. CRAZY! It will never happen again but I love it... my weight doesn't but i do! haha. So last week we had a very spiritual lesson with our investigator and when I was teaching about the power of repentance the spirit was so strong. I am just so grateful for the cleansing power that we have access to through our Savior Jesus Christ. The Atonement is such an amazing gift that never runs out! We felt prompted to ask him how he felt about being baptized again and he was like ... yea I was wondering when my next date was. :D IT WAS FABULOUS!
Then later that night we had to go home at 6 because it was Halloween and people here get crazy. IT WAS A PARTY! The four of us (we live with two amazing Spanish sisters) dressed up like gangsters and ordered pizza and ate hot chocolate and donuts (yea no diet on Halloween don't judge me). We played a bunch of rounds of uno and around 9 pm realized we were exhausted. haha. We are so lame. We were so tired from just hanging. LOL. We went to bed early and called it a night. But it was so fun. I will send pictures.
O btw I can't believe that they are opening and in-n-out in orem, I donno how I feel about it. haha. But I guess if it helps kyle and he can get me free food (prob not) I am ok with it.
Well I love you all... I need a nap before we gotta go out again. Hope we have time! Love you! I'm working hard
love you to the moon and back
kait
Sunday, November 1, 2009
God's mysterious ways
Well it never does fail, we had another interesting week. Here's the short simple version of the story: So a little less than a week ago I started having some health problems. Then on Saturday we helped at the mini MTC (I will explain in a bit) and ran around all day and afterwards I thought I was going to die. I was SOOOOO tired. Everyone was like what's wrong with you? Your lips are purple and you look depressed. haha. So the zone leaders told me that I needed to go home and rest buttttttt of course this I couldn't just go home. And of course in God's mysterious (or not so mysterious) ways He poses this challenge in front of me right after I promised myself I will work extra hard and do more everyday. Anyways... needless to say I finished the day up and then was knocked out when I got home. Sis Ganaha finally convinced me to call the mission president's wife and she told me I needed to call the mission doctor (eeks! not fun). So I called him and told him what was going on and he told me to do a few things and see what it felt like and then he told me to go to the doctors first thing the next morning and get some tests done and then to rest. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. So Monday I went to the doctor. Then told me to go home and rest!!! BLAH! What is it with people and this resting stuff? So yesterday I had to stay home ALLLLLL DAY! It was so boring! We reorganized our area book and cleaned the whole apartment and called every potential we could and had a really boring day. They told me that the test results wont be back for 3-4 days. So I just have to sit and wait. But I feel a lot better after resting yesterday. So we are def going in the right direction and so I am totally going back to work today. But I have become a lot more grateful for my healthy body. I have been so lucky to not have gotten sick on my mission so far. It is seriously torture to not be able to go and work. Sis Ganaha was making fun of me because I was stressing out about staying home and she said that if i didn't die from Mono I would die from a heart attack. ahaha. Shes funny. ANYWAYS... All is well in zion. I will let you know if anything exciting comes of this. I feel fine my body is just tired. So yea. Don't worry mom. All is well, all is well.
Soooo the mini MTC! So every other year the NY NY stake puts on a 5 stake event called the Mini MTC. And it is exactly what it sounds like. So they asked a couple of sets of missionaries to come teach at it and we got picked!!! We got to teach like 300 young men and young women about how to start a gospel conversation (AKA street contacting). It was soooo fun. They all got mission calls in the mail like a week before it and then they were split up into different districts depending on where they went. They had two teachers who were RMs from the areas they got their calls to. So pretty much half of our single's ward was there. I loved it! They were all dressed up and had name tags I really felt like I was back at the MTC. They learned how to street contact... then they went and did it!! IT WAS SO AMAZING! They learned how to teach a first lesson THEN THEY DID IT! Ward members pretended to be investigators and the kids had companions and they got to teach for 10 minutes. I was so blown away by the power of these kids' testimonies. They are truly a powerful generation. Their testimonies were so strong. It was so inspiring. I totally want to do this with the youth when I get home!!!
We had a great Sunday with 7 people at church (both wards together). It was such a miracle. Then on the train ride there I was talking to a guy and I invited him to come with us to church (usually they say they can't for some reason) BUT HE TOTALLY CAME!! He did have to leave early and he lives in Jersey but I know he felt the spirit and that something good will come of this. We have a new investigator that is a pianist at Julliard. SHES AMAZING! She volunteered to play the piano in relief society. Things are going so well. We had a super powerful lesson with another investigator last week. I know that he is on his way to accepting this fully. The spirit was so strong there and I know that it is through the spirit that we define our testimonies. We also have another investigator from Colombia who is doing fantastic. He came to church on Sunday too.
ok WELL sorry this letter was jumbled and confusing. That's how my brain feels right now. We were supposed to have a super cool zone activity today but its pouring rain outside so they called and canceled. So now we have no idea what to do... I'm sure we can find something.
I have really learned this week that I cannot do everything on my own. I will wear myself thin or just work myself to death. I am grateful for the power of the Atonement which enables us to overcome our challenges as we rely on our Savior's help.
Well love you all to the moon and back.
kait
Soooo the mini MTC! So every other year the NY NY stake puts on a 5 stake event called the Mini MTC. And it is exactly what it sounds like. So they asked a couple of sets of missionaries to come teach at it and we got picked!!! We got to teach like 300 young men and young women about how to start a gospel conversation (AKA street contacting). It was soooo fun. They all got mission calls in the mail like a week before it and then they were split up into different districts depending on where they went. They had two teachers who were RMs from the areas they got their calls to. So pretty much half of our single's ward was there. I loved it! They were all dressed up and had name tags I really felt like I was back at the MTC. They learned how to street contact... then they went and did it!! IT WAS SO AMAZING! They learned how to teach a first lesson THEN THEY DID IT! Ward members pretended to be investigators and the kids had companions and they got to teach for 10 minutes. I was so blown away by the power of these kids' testimonies. They are truly a powerful generation. Their testimonies were so strong. It was so inspiring. I totally want to do this with the youth when I get home!!!
We had a great Sunday with 7 people at church (both wards together). It was such a miracle. Then on the train ride there I was talking to a guy and I invited him to come with us to church (usually they say they can't for some reason) BUT HE TOTALLY CAME!! He did have to leave early and he lives in Jersey but I know he felt the spirit and that something good will come of this. We have a new investigator that is a pianist at Julliard. SHES AMAZING! She volunteered to play the piano in relief society. Things are going so well. We had a super powerful lesson with another investigator last week. I know that he is on his way to accepting this fully. The spirit was so strong there and I know that it is through the spirit that we define our testimonies. We also have another investigator from Colombia who is doing fantastic. He came to church on Sunday too.
ok WELL sorry this letter was jumbled and confusing. That's how my brain feels right now. We were supposed to have a super cool zone activity today but its pouring rain outside so they called and canceled. So now we have no idea what to do... I'm sure we can find something.
I have really learned this week that I cannot do everything on my own. I will wear myself thin or just work myself to death. I am grateful for the power of the Atonement which enables us to overcome our challenges as we rely on our Savior's help.
Well love you all to the moon and back.
kait
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Crazy Week
This week has been sooo crazy!!!!! So right after I sent my email to you last week my companion Sis Dantes gasped and said "my grandfather passed away..". I felt really bad for her because its always hard to be away from home at times like that. Then when we left the library she said "sisters you re going to have to reschedule sis lythgoe's birthday plans, I need to call president!". I was a little confused but figured she just meant she was going call her family and talk to them today. BUT... she called President and pretty much told him that she was going home. She was almost done with her mission too. It just makes me think about how inspired transfers really are because if she had only had one companion this would have been a much more complicated problem. For anyone that is wondering... that kind of thing doesn't really ever happen...
So in other news this week we went to see Gene our 92 year old recent convert on Saturday and he informed us that he had been asked to bear his testimony in church the next day and tell his conversion story. He decided to practice for us and o man it was soo cute. He is a military guy and so when he started he made sure to acknowledge all of those of "rank" as he said. So he said "Bishop Moe, Counselor Green, Counselor Herrera... it is a pleasure to be here with you today..." haha it was awesome! Sadly though the next day was soo cold and rainy that Gene could not leave his apartment. He can't go out in the rain because he gets sick every time that he does. SOOOOOOO instead guess who got to talk?? haha yep. Sis Ganaha and I. Sis Ganaha actually went first because she was so scared and ended up using almost all the time and so the bishop told me to keep it short. So I just said a short testimony and sat down. Sis Ganaha was so confused. It was great! HAHA.
Also on Saturday night we had a little adventure. We had a dinner at one of my favorite member's houses and the food was delicious and then I noticed that sis ganaha was not eating anything. Usually she eats a ton and so I knew something wasn't right. When we left she was like ... we need to find a bathroom now! So we went into Starbucks and she used the bathroom but she said she still wasn't feeling good and that we needed to go home. She was scared of barfing in front of people so we took a cab (which we never do because its expensive). She had a little grocery bag up to her face just waiting for the explosion... then when we finally got to our apartment she barely made it to the bathroom. That is THE WORST. O man... issues of the stomach... terrible! But shes ok now.. we don't really know what it was but she only threw up that once! :D
Then yesterday we had Elder Glen L. Pace of the quorum of the seventy come do a mission tour. So he came and told us what we could do better (which is a lot!!). I think Elder Pace has lit the fire again. I learned a lot about spiritual confidence. He explained how our biggest problem is not having confidence in God. We know He is all powerful and that He will work miracles but then we don't have enough faith or spiritual confidence in ourselves to let the miracles happen. I have seen that soo much in myself and I am working on connecting the dots and allowing my confidence in God to motivate the confidence in myself. I know that I can be an instrument in His hands, I just need to open my mouth and share what He has blessed me with.
One other thing Elder Pace also talked about is how we should be more excited about what we have to share. So I just wanted to express to those who might read this my excitement because of what I know.
I know that God is real! I know that a young 14 year old boy Joseph Smith did see God the Father and Jesus Christ as two separate beings. This was an expression of God's love for us. He called Joseph Smith to be a prophet.. .like a modern day Moses to restore Christ's church, in it's perfection on the earth today! God didn't just send anyone to bring back that church. He sent John the Baptist, who baptized Christ himself to give Joseph Smith the power to baptize on the earth today. God sent Peter, James and John to give Joseph the priesthood power needed to administer the gift of the Holy Ghost. HOW COOOL IS THAT??? These are not unknown people these are the big shots!! I know that this is true and that we have a prophet to day. Living today! Guiding us and teaching us TODAY!!!!!!! SOOOO EXCITING!!!! I know that this is true because I asked God. I didn't just ask my parents or my friends or even a church leader. I went to the only one who knows the truth... God. I know that everyone can receive that same answer. So do it. Ask because if this is true you can be as excited as me because it is truly one of the most amazing things ever!!!
Don't forget how exciting this is. Be excited about the restored gospel because it is exciting!!!
OK enough of that I love you all to the moon and back!
Katie
So in other news this week we went to see Gene our 92 year old recent convert on Saturday and he informed us that he had been asked to bear his testimony in church the next day and tell his conversion story. He decided to practice for us and o man it was soo cute. He is a military guy and so when he started he made sure to acknowledge all of those of "rank" as he said. So he said "Bishop Moe, Counselor Green, Counselor Herrera... it is a pleasure to be here with you today..." haha it was awesome! Sadly though the next day was soo cold and rainy that Gene could not leave his apartment. He can't go out in the rain because he gets sick every time that he does. SOOOOOOO instead guess who got to talk?? haha yep. Sis Ganaha and I. Sis Ganaha actually went first because she was so scared and ended up using almost all the time and so the bishop told me to keep it short. So I just said a short testimony and sat down. Sis Ganaha was so confused. It was great! HAHA.
Also on Saturday night we had a little adventure. We had a dinner at one of my favorite member's houses and the food was delicious and then I noticed that sis ganaha was not eating anything. Usually she eats a ton and so I knew something wasn't right. When we left she was like ... we need to find a bathroom now! So we went into Starbucks and she used the bathroom but she said she still wasn't feeling good and that we needed to go home. She was scared of barfing in front of people so we took a cab (which we never do because its expensive). She had a little grocery bag up to her face just waiting for the explosion... then when we finally got to our apartment she barely made it to the bathroom. That is THE WORST. O man... issues of the stomach... terrible! But shes ok now.. we don't really know what it was but she only threw up that once! :D
Then yesterday we had Elder Glen L. Pace of the quorum of the seventy come do a mission tour. So he came and told us what we could do better (which is a lot!!). I think Elder Pace has lit the fire again. I learned a lot about spiritual confidence. He explained how our biggest problem is not having confidence in God. We know He is all powerful and that He will work miracles but then we don't have enough faith or spiritual confidence in ourselves to let the miracles happen. I have seen that soo much in myself and I am working on connecting the dots and allowing my confidence in God to motivate the confidence in myself. I know that I can be an instrument in His hands, I just need to open my mouth and share what He has blessed me with.
One other thing Elder Pace also talked about is how we should be more excited about what we have to share. So I just wanted to express to those who might read this my excitement because of what I know.
I know that God is real! I know that a young 14 year old boy Joseph Smith did see God the Father and Jesus Christ as two separate beings. This was an expression of God's love for us. He called Joseph Smith to be a prophet.. .like a modern day Moses to restore Christ's church, in it's perfection on the earth today! God didn't just send anyone to bring back that church. He sent John the Baptist, who baptized Christ himself to give Joseph Smith the power to baptize on the earth today. God sent Peter, James and John to give Joseph the priesthood power needed to administer the gift of the Holy Ghost. HOW COOOL IS THAT??? These are not unknown people these are the big shots!! I know that this is true and that we have a prophet to day. Living today! Guiding us and teaching us TODAY!!!!!!! SOOOO EXCITING!!!! I know that this is true because I asked God. I didn't just ask my parents or my friends or even a church leader. I went to the only one who knows the truth... God. I know that everyone can receive that same answer. So do it. Ask because if this is true you can be as excited as me because it is truly one of the most amazing things ever!!!
Don't forget how exciting this is. Be excited about the restored gospel because it is exciting!!!
OK enough of that I love you all to the moon and back!
Katie
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Tests and Trials and funny stories?
It was interesting reading your story about a trial because a mission is chuck full of things like that. Tough situations where you just want so badly for a little relief but its usually not there and instead you can only turn to the Savior for His help. It's not a bad thing (if may feel like it at the time) but it has been such an amazing experience to have no where else to turn but to Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father. I know that every difficult situation we go through is for our benefit and growth and learning. That being said it has been a tough week. haha. It's been interesting to see what challenges come about every day. But I am loving it and doing my best to take each trial for what it's worth and react in a Christlike way. WOOOt
Ok so enough about trials let's get to the good stuff. We had an amazing joint sunday school in the single's ward and I have decided that I will be a temple worker as soon as I get home! I am so grateful for the temples and the work that happens within it's walls. That we can know that we are helping those on the other side of the veil continue on their progression towards eternal life. I am also sooooo grateful for our knowledge of the plan of salvation. That we can know where we came from and what the purpose of this life is and where we are going. So much joy comes from God's plan.
So today is Sis Lythgoe's birthday. She is a spanish sister that we live with that I absolutely adore. Shes so amazing. So last night we were trying to decorate after she went to bed and it was so funny because we were blowing up balloons in our bedroom and one totally popped as I was blowing it up and there was no way they couldn't have heard it and so I was like ... "owwww my head" haha. Then I woke up early this morning and made her breakfast with our limited supplies. I think it was yummy ... we only had enough eggs to make one breakfast burrito so ... I didn't get to taste it. haha. We are going to go to our favorite bakery today and play volleyball with some other missionaries. FUN FUN!
Good news our former baptismal date has been calling us and wanting to come to church again! YAY! All the YW just love her so I hope everything works out.
So I feel like my letters have been lacking in my usual funny stories and so this week I specifically looked for things and wrote them down so I could share them soo...
#1 One night we were waiting for the bus to go to our next appointment and I don't remember why but we were all pretty giggly. Probably because it was freezing outside and we were trying to not be miserable. And so the three of us were sitting on the bench and sis ganaha was wearing this cute beanie she has and she was making a weird face at me or something so I pulled down her hat over her face. Then she made a cat noise, saying I looked like a cat clawing at her when I did it. Then this guy comes from out of no where and is like ... "did you hear that cat ??" He looked a little concerned. And we were like .... "uhhh... umm yea" then he was like " o man where did it come from??" then sis ganaha explained how she made the noise and then he asked what our tags were and we explained then he asked "so is making cat noises part of your missionary work?" haha it was too funny.
#2 So we were doing some look ups as usual and we were standing outside of a building and were just about to leave because no one answered the buzzer and so we all turn around and start walking away and this guy sees us a little short scrawny man, probably in his 40s or so. Anyways so he sees us and for some reason gets so scared that his eyes get huge as he stares at us and he starts walking diagonally away from us and almost runs into a car. We couldn't help but laugh our heads off as we walked a few steps away. Its funny how often that happens. I always wonder what people are thinking... we are just normal people but our name tags make us scary sometimes I guess. haha.
Last one:
So Sis Dantes speaks Creole which is broken down french and so we love to find other people who speak it and make her talk to them. So a couple weeks ago we were at an elderly less actives house and she told us she cannot communicate with her home attendant because her english is bad. She told us she was from Haiti and so we told her about sis dantes and that she would help. So this week we went to see this less active and when we got there the home attendant told us she was sleeping. So I decided to introduce sister dantes. So I excitedly said "This is sis dantes!! She's from Haiti!!!" The lady just kinda stood there and nodded and then Sis Dantes came forward and started speaking in Creole to her.... after like 30 seconds the lady just stared at us and then said ... "I am from africa...." hahahaha We were like ... "o yea of course you are" .... hahah. It was awesome.
love you all to the moon and back!!!
-sis wadsworth
Ok so enough about trials let's get to the good stuff. We had an amazing joint sunday school in the single's ward and I have decided that I will be a temple worker as soon as I get home! I am so grateful for the temples and the work that happens within it's walls. That we can know that we are helping those on the other side of the veil continue on their progression towards eternal life. I am also sooooo grateful for our knowledge of the plan of salvation. That we can know where we came from and what the purpose of this life is and where we are going. So much joy comes from God's plan.
So today is Sis Lythgoe's birthday. She is a spanish sister that we live with that I absolutely adore. Shes so amazing. So last night we were trying to decorate after she went to bed and it was so funny because we were blowing up balloons in our bedroom and one totally popped as I was blowing it up and there was no way they couldn't have heard it and so I was like ... "owwww my head" haha. Then I woke up early this morning and made her breakfast with our limited supplies. I think it was yummy ... we only had enough eggs to make one breakfast burrito so ... I didn't get to taste it. haha. We are going to go to our favorite bakery today and play volleyball with some other missionaries. FUN FUN!
Good news our former baptismal date has been calling us and wanting to come to church again! YAY! All the YW just love her so I hope everything works out.
So I feel like my letters have been lacking in my usual funny stories and so this week I specifically looked for things and wrote them down so I could share them soo...
#1 One night we were waiting for the bus to go to our next appointment and I don't remember why but we were all pretty giggly. Probably because it was freezing outside and we were trying to not be miserable. And so the three of us were sitting on the bench and sis ganaha was wearing this cute beanie she has and she was making a weird face at me or something so I pulled down her hat over her face. Then she made a cat noise, saying I looked like a cat clawing at her when I did it. Then this guy comes from out of no where and is like ... "did you hear that cat ??" He looked a little concerned. And we were like .... "uhhh... umm yea" then he was like " o man where did it come from??" then sis ganaha explained how she made the noise and then he asked what our tags were and we explained then he asked "so is making cat noises part of your missionary work?" haha it was too funny.
#2 So we were doing some look ups as usual and we were standing outside of a building and were just about to leave because no one answered the buzzer and so we all turn around and start walking away and this guy sees us a little short scrawny man, probably in his 40s or so. Anyways so he sees us and for some reason gets so scared that his eyes get huge as he stares at us and he starts walking diagonally away from us and almost runs into a car. We couldn't help but laugh our heads off as we walked a few steps away. Its funny how often that happens. I always wonder what people are thinking... we are just normal people but our name tags make us scary sometimes I guess. haha.
Last one:
So Sis Dantes speaks Creole which is broken down french and so we love to find other people who speak it and make her talk to them. So a couple weeks ago we were at an elderly less actives house and she told us she cannot communicate with her home attendant because her english is bad. She told us she was from Haiti and so we told her about sis dantes and that she would help. So this week we went to see this less active and when we got there the home attendant told us she was sleeping. So I decided to introduce sister dantes. So I excitedly said "This is sis dantes!! She's from Haiti!!!" The lady just kinda stood there and nodded and then Sis Dantes came forward and started speaking in Creole to her.... after like 30 seconds the lady just stared at us and then said ... "I am from africa...." hahahaha We were like ... "o yea of course you are" .... hahah. It was awesome.
love you all to the moon and back!!!
-sis wadsworth
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Two Letters
Here are Katy's last two letters. Sorry I didn't get last week's posted earlier!
HEY HEY EVERYONE!
So it has been an interesting week. To tell you the truth I can't believe another week has gone by. It feels like this week flew by with conference and everything. I LOVED conference. I am always surprised how fast its over. I used to have a hard time lasting the whole two hours but not as a missionary. HAHA. I was so sad to see it end. We were so blessed to have so many nonmembers come to listen to the prophet. We had a huge portion of our investigators there. YIPPEEE! Our ward members are awesome in the singles ward. On Sunday they invited so many of their friends to come and then in between we went to central park for a picnic with all of them. I didn't get to eat because I was bouncing around trying to meet all of these people. I got to teach a restoration and give a Book of Mormon away instead of eating. Totally worth it! It was awesome! I love our Julliard and Columbia students. They are just the best!
So those of you who know me well know that I LOVE pumpkins. And something so cool about new york that I just realized is that because there are little markets everywhere there are pumpkins everywhere too!! It's awesome!!!!!! I love it. Then for the relief society activity last night they made desserts made with PUMPKIN!! O it was such a joy! Tender mercies from the Lord! Good thing for the pumpkins because mail has been so weird lately that I have only gotten two letters the last two and a half weeks. I did get your package though mom. I just picked it up from the post office and its sitting behind me waiting to be opened when I get home. Thank you ahead of time. You are always so thoughtful.
So sadly this week we had an appointment with an investigator and he told us he was not willing to give up certain things in his life that would enable him to be baptized. It was a very sad lesson for us. But I know that he will be ready one day. I read to him Ether 12:27 and just talked about how we all have weaknesses and that's how the Lord intends it. So that we can overcome them and grow. And that is possible because of the grace of our Savior Jesus Christ. Which is sufficient to save ALL souls. How blessed we are to know that! I am also learning a lot about my weaknesses and challenges. I know my Heavenly Father puts things in my path to help me to grow not just to watch me stumble. He has a perfect plan for me to become what He wants me to become. A refiners fire. Our challenges in life are not simple or easy but they are personally picked to be what we need to overcome our imperfections. The trick to use those challenges to grow rather than to shrink back and refuse to move forward. I am so grateful for the challenges I am given.
It is getting cold here. Everyday more and more layers are being put on. haha. Right about now it feels like Vegas winter weather. I remember when I thought this was unbearably cold. haha. oooo silly silly me. They say this is goin to be a rough winter. So I know how Kevin is feeling there in Idaho although we don't have snow yet. I was talking to the president's daughter who grew up in Rexburg about the winters there and comparing them to here. They are different in the fact that the humidity here causes the cold to CUT YOU TO THE CORE!!! burr... not looking forward to that buuuuuuuuuuttt thank goodness for thermal underwear and woolen socks!!! haha. Today is suuuuuuuper windy and we didn't know that until we were outside and sister ganaha and i are wearing very... flowy we will call it skirts. Pretty much I regret wearing this skirt. haha. We both were like running to the bus squealing and trying to keep our skirts down while sis dantes just laughed her head off behind us. haha.
So something super sweet this week.. WELL to me at least. Our ward mission leader's wife just had a baby and we went over for dinner and sis Petersen was in the kitchen cooking and bro Petersen was doing something else and the baby was in the crib screaming and so bro Petersen said ... Sis Wadsworth can you please pick him up for me...? I promise I wont get you in trouble. We are not allowed to hold children because of legal liabilities. SO ... I totally half way picked him up and let his feet touch the bottom of the crib so I wasn't really holding him. hahaha. It was so awesome though I miss really playing and being with kids.
Well it sounds like you guys had a fun conference weekend. Tell Devan and Kelsi I said congrats! That's going to be so fun for all of them.
So our companionship is going great! I am learning a lot and am so grateful for both of my companions. They are such great examples to me.
Well family and friends. I love you so much thanks for your love and support!
LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK!
-KAITLYN
OOOOOOOOOOKAY
So here is the transfer details. So I am with a Sister who came to my area and I also get to stay with sis ganaha. YAY!! So I guess that means I have a lot to learn from them. It will be interesting but I know Heavenly Father is in control. Its going to be an awesome cycle. So ... keep sending mail to the same address! ! !
So we did get to go to the relief society conference. It was so wonderful. We had to leave a little early so we could get home before 10:30. It was crazy to be out that late.haha.. i know woowww 10:30.. haha.I am sooo excited for conference this weekend. Its such an energizing experience. I love love love love love itttttttttttttttttttt!
Soo this weekend was amazing and also frustrating. Its always a roller coaster. So we started the week with sis smith (mission president's daughter). She was only with us for 3 days. Shes almost 25 and is only doin this until she figures out what she wants to do now that she is graduated. She is so amazing and it was a pleasure to see her. We got some great new investigators this week. One guy from Taiwan, one from Nigeria and one from China. Its so cool. We are also working with a girl from our service that is from Thailand. THIS IS THE COOLEST MISSION EVER!!! HAHA. One is a member referral and is so amazing. He is working on his faith in Christ but he loves the church and knows there is something different about us. He plays the violin at Julliard. We had dinner in the Julliard dorms on Saturday night. It was so cool to be with all these amazingly talented people. They are so humble too.
So because we weren't sure if one of us would be leaving we set an appointment with an investigator yesterday and he was SOOo excited that we weren't leaving. He is so great. He wrote us an awesome letter just expressing his appreciation for us and for the church. Then we had a lesson on missionary work and talked about when he could serve a mission and he is excited to serve! HOW AMAZING IS THAT??? He is not even baptized yet but he is already desiring to serve a mission.
It's getting cold here. I have already started to wear my lighter coat. My PUFFY hasn't come out yet. Hopefully that won't happen till the snow comes. I think I forgot how cold it gets here. ... I am not looking forward to that. BUT THE WORK MUST GO FORTH!
So a little info about my new comp. I actually lived with her in my first apartment. She is originally from Haiti and moved to Florida when she was a teenager. We have soo many people from Haiti in our area so it will be so great to have her with us.
Well I'm excited for what is to come this cycle. I expect to see so many miracles like we have been seeing. Keep praying for me like I know you do. I am so grateful to be part of this work. Even if things are hard or people let us down I know I can be happy because this is God's work and it will never cease to move forward. I am so lucky to be here and to be serving my Heavenly Father. How lucky I am that He trusts me enough to do this. PRAISE GOD! :D
Love you all to the moon and back!
HEY HEY EVERYONE!
So it has been an interesting week. To tell you the truth I can't believe another week has gone by. It feels like this week flew by with conference and everything. I LOVED conference. I am always surprised how fast its over. I used to have a hard time lasting the whole two hours but not as a missionary. HAHA. I was so sad to see it end. We were so blessed to have so many nonmembers come to listen to the prophet. We had a huge portion of our investigators there. YIPPEEE! Our ward members are awesome in the singles ward. On Sunday they invited so many of their friends to come and then in between we went to central park for a picnic with all of them. I didn't get to eat because I was bouncing around trying to meet all of these people. I got to teach a restoration and give a Book of Mormon away instead of eating. Totally worth it! It was awesome! I love our Julliard and Columbia students. They are just the best!
So those of you who know me well know that I LOVE pumpkins. And something so cool about new york that I just realized is that because there are little markets everywhere there are pumpkins everywhere too!! It's awesome!!!!!! I love it. Then for the relief society activity last night they made desserts made with PUMPKIN!! O it was such a joy! Tender mercies from the Lord! Good thing for the pumpkins because mail has been so weird lately that I have only gotten two letters the last two and a half weeks. I did get your package though mom. I just picked it up from the post office and its sitting behind me waiting to be opened when I get home. Thank you ahead of time. You are always so thoughtful.
So sadly this week we had an appointment with an investigator and he told us he was not willing to give up certain things in his life that would enable him to be baptized. It was a very sad lesson for us. But I know that he will be ready one day. I read to him Ether 12:27 and just talked about how we all have weaknesses and that's how the Lord intends it. So that we can overcome them and grow. And that is possible because of the grace of our Savior Jesus Christ. Which is sufficient to save ALL souls. How blessed we are to know that! I am also learning a lot about my weaknesses and challenges. I know my Heavenly Father puts things in my path to help me to grow not just to watch me stumble. He has a perfect plan for me to become what He wants me to become. A refiners fire. Our challenges in life are not simple or easy but they are personally picked to be what we need to overcome our imperfections. The trick to use those challenges to grow rather than to shrink back and refuse to move forward. I am so grateful for the challenges I am given.
It is getting cold here. Everyday more and more layers are being put on. haha. Right about now it feels like Vegas winter weather. I remember when I thought this was unbearably cold. haha. oooo silly silly me. They say this is goin to be a rough winter. So I know how Kevin is feeling there in Idaho although we don't have snow yet. I was talking to the president's daughter who grew up in Rexburg about the winters there and comparing them to here. They are different in the fact that the humidity here causes the cold to CUT YOU TO THE CORE!!! burr... not looking forward to that buuuuuuuuuuttt thank goodness for thermal underwear and woolen socks!!! haha. Today is suuuuuuuper windy and we didn't know that until we were outside and sister ganaha and i are wearing very... flowy we will call it skirts. Pretty much I regret wearing this skirt. haha. We both were like running to the bus squealing and trying to keep our skirts down while sis dantes just laughed her head off behind us. haha.
So something super sweet this week.. WELL to me at least. Our ward mission leader's wife just had a baby and we went over for dinner and sis Petersen was in the kitchen cooking and bro Petersen was doing something else and the baby was in the crib screaming and so bro Petersen said ... Sis Wadsworth can you please pick him up for me...? I promise I wont get you in trouble. We are not allowed to hold children because of legal liabilities. SO ... I totally half way picked him up and let his feet touch the bottom of the crib so I wasn't really holding him. hahaha. It was so awesome though I miss really playing and being with kids.
Well it sounds like you guys had a fun conference weekend. Tell Devan and Kelsi I said congrats! That's going to be so fun for all of them.
So our companionship is going great! I am learning a lot and am so grateful for both of my companions. They are such great examples to me.
Well family and friends. I love you so much thanks for your love and support!
LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK!
-KAITLYN
OOOOOOOOOOKAY
So here is the transfer details. So I am with a Sister who came to my area and I also get to stay with sis ganaha. YAY!! So I guess that means I have a lot to learn from them. It will be interesting but I know Heavenly Father is in control. Its going to be an awesome cycle. So ... keep sending mail to the same address! ! !
So we did get to go to the relief society conference. It was so wonderful. We had to leave a little early so we could get home before 10:30. It was crazy to be out that late.haha.. i know woowww 10:30.. haha.I am sooo excited for conference this weekend. Its such an energizing experience. I love love love love love itttttttttttttttttttt!
Soo this weekend was amazing and also frustrating. Its always a roller coaster. So we started the week with sis smith (mission president's daughter). She was only with us for 3 days. Shes almost 25 and is only doin this until she figures out what she wants to do now that she is graduated. She is so amazing and it was a pleasure to see her. We got some great new investigators this week. One guy from Taiwan, one from Nigeria and one from China. Its so cool. We are also working with a girl from our service that is from Thailand. THIS IS THE COOLEST MISSION EVER!!! HAHA. One is a member referral and is so amazing. He is working on his faith in Christ but he loves the church and knows there is something different about us. He plays the violin at Julliard. We had dinner in the Julliard dorms on Saturday night. It was so cool to be with all these amazingly talented people. They are so humble too.
So because we weren't sure if one of us would be leaving we set an appointment with an investigator yesterday and he was SOOo excited that we weren't leaving. He is so great. He wrote us an awesome letter just expressing his appreciation for us and for the church. Then we had a lesson on missionary work and talked about when he could serve a mission and he is excited to serve! HOW AMAZING IS THAT??? He is not even baptized yet but he is already desiring to serve a mission.
It's getting cold here. I have already started to wear my lighter coat. My PUFFY hasn't come out yet. Hopefully that won't happen till the snow comes. I think I forgot how cold it gets here. ... I am not looking forward to that. BUT THE WORK MUST GO FORTH!
So a little info about my new comp. I actually lived with her in my first apartment. She is originally from Haiti and moved to Florida when she was a teenager. We have soo many people from Haiti in our area so it will be so great to have her with us.
Well I'm excited for what is to come this cycle. I expect to see so many miracles like we have been seeing. Keep praying for me like I know you do. I am so grateful to be part of this work. Even if things are hard or people let us down I know I can be happy because this is God's work and it will never cease to move forward. I am so lucky to be here and to be serving my Heavenly Father. How lucky I am that He trusts me enough to do this. PRAISE GOD! :D
Love you all to the moon and back!
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