I know Katy doesn't want us to send her any countdowns or anything, but that doesn't mean I can't start one on the blog since she never sees it!
She is coming home in a month. She arrives June 10th and for those of you interested she will be speaking June 13th at 11AM at our Civic Center and Tonopah building.
On to this week's letter....
Hey there!!
well... this week was CRAZY. Not in a good way either. I feel so bad for sis przybyla I dont even know why things are going the way they are. We are having a really hard time finding new people to teach. I am getting really anxious too because I really dont want to end my mission on a low like this. But miracles dont come till after the trial of your faith right? So I just gotta have faith still. I know that there are prepared people and that Heavenly Father is aware of our struggles and the things we are working on. Its hard to not get very stressed and frustrated with all my weaknesses because I dont know what else to blame our problems on. haha. YIKES. I am a mess.
Anyways our week was pretty uneventful. I don't really even know what to tell you about. Our new area is really great. The Bronx is actually super nice in some parts its great!
So one thing I learned during my studies this week came as I read John 14:6 where Christ speaks about how He is the way. And I have really been thinking about that statement. He really is the only way. No other way leads to happiness, peace, success or to our Heavenly Father. He really is THE WAY. I am so grateful for His example and that we can look to Him in all situations to know how we can find success and joy. I just love Him :D
So here are some things that happened this week that help you to get a feel for the crazyness of the Bronx:
- There is this guy called 'the earth angel" who rides on the subway. He has a mullet and he has a folder that he hold up to his face all the time to cover it from people looking into his eyes. Then he will ask if there are any angels on the train and he will look around his folder then go back behind as he looks at everyone on the train. It's always very entertaining. He's famous to the missionaries.
- We were walking by this guy who was unloading the candy he was dropping off at a store and this guy came up to him with a bowl and yelled "candy man candy man.... can I get some candy?? come on candy man... you have a whole truck full". it was fun to watch.
- A couple of days ago we were knocking on a door when a lady behind the door asked who is it? we told her it was the missionaries and then she opened the door really faced and yelled "hey!" while lifting up her shirt and flashing us her naked body underneath. HAHA. gross.
-Last night on our way home we saw a buff woman in work out clothing pulling a buff guy behind her on a scooter. She had a workout belt around her waste with a bungee in between her and the scooter. haha. What a great workout idea.
Those are just a few from this week. yay for the bronx. We had to call the bishop and talk to him about what happened with our investigator and he was like "dont you worry sisters this stuff happens all the time and this is by far not the worst." Our bishop is really amazing he is in his late 20s I think and just so great. hes gonna go far. lol.
Well sorry this letter was boring. Life has been kinda that way this week, but I know things will pick up. I know because God promises and He always keeps His promises.
love you all to the moon and back!
-taters
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Bronx
Sooo I am so glad that you told me about Krista's call because I haven't gotten any mail this week! I guess she has forgotten about me. lol. but that couldn't be any more perfect. We will totally understand each other. I do know elder okenson. haha... yea. He was in my first district. His first name is Nephi and hes from Nephi. hahah. Love it.
OK ON TO THE REAL EXCITEMENT!!! So transfers were today and I'm going out with a bang for my last cycle. I am TRAINING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYA! I am so excited. But president felt like Sis Adjei needs more training time with me so I get to double train!!! YAY! AND they have asked us to take over a much much larger portion of the Bronx. So now I am double training AND white washing. There's no room for being trunky here. not that I would be! I am seriously so stoked for all of this because I love a challenge. Our old area was really small and not very fruitful and so its going to be so great to have more space to find and teach! I seriously could not be happier right now. So my daughter (my greenie) is so cute. She is from Alpine, Utah. (my first utah companion). Her name is sister Przybyla (her name is polish). Its sounds like (priz ba la). I think... err I am still learning. But on transfer night I almost wet myself with excitement when President asked me to train. He's really the best man. He said "i need my best missionary to do something..." haha. Its going to make this cycle sooooooooooooooooooooooooo great. And we got pretty much a whole new district because everyone got pulled out of here. ALLLL I am so excited! O yea and another amazing thing... Sis Child (the one i lived with in Harlem whom I love and is my heart) got moved into our apartment. ahhh so much love!
So on to the rest of this week. The elders gave me a blessing because my body has gone all retarded and I have been feeling much better. I will need all the strength I can get to manage this cycle. So just keep praying for me.
On monday at our district meeting I wrote a silly poem about our district. And I never knew that I was so good at it. hahah jk. But everyone loved it so much we made t-shirts and wrote it on the back of all of them. So I have decided to add that to my list of talents: writing funny rhyming poems.
O .. hey a special note for Dave M. I saw your apartment building finally. I got so excited! But I need you to tell me more about your family and if I should try to go see them. They aren't on the ward list so ... i don't really know how to find them. :D
well the work keeps moving forward. I love love love being a missionary. There are tough times and rough people but there is nothing like the power you feel when you realize you are part of this great work. I love my Savior. I will do anything for Him. I am so grateful for the opportunities I get to learn and grow and face challenges. :D
I love you all to the moon and back~ !
sister wadsworth
OK ON TO THE REAL EXCITEMENT!!! So transfers were today and I'm going out with a bang for my last cycle. I am TRAINING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYA! I am so excited. But president felt like Sis Adjei needs more training time with me so I get to double train!!! YAY! AND they have asked us to take over a much much larger portion of the Bronx. So now I am double training AND white washing. There's no room for being trunky here. not that I would be! I am seriously so stoked for all of this because I love a challenge. Our old area was really small and not very fruitful and so its going to be so great to have more space to find and teach! I seriously could not be happier right now. So my daughter (my greenie) is so cute. She is from Alpine, Utah. (my first utah companion). Her name is sister Przybyla (her name is polish). Its sounds like (priz ba la). I think... err I am still learning. But on transfer night I almost wet myself with excitement when President asked me to train. He's really the best man. He said "i need my best missionary to do something..." haha. Its going to make this cycle sooooooooooooooooooooooooo great. And we got pretty much a whole new district because everyone got pulled out of here. ALLLL I am so excited! O yea and another amazing thing... Sis Child (the one i lived with in Harlem whom I love and is my heart) got moved into our apartment. ahhh so much love!
So on to the rest of this week. The elders gave me a blessing because my body has gone all retarded and I have been feeling much better. I will need all the strength I can get to manage this cycle. So just keep praying for me.
On monday at our district meeting I wrote a silly poem about our district. And I never knew that I was so good at it. hahah jk. But everyone loved it so much we made t-shirts and wrote it on the back of all of them. So I have decided to add that to my list of talents: writing funny rhyming poems.
O .. hey a special note for Dave M. I saw your apartment building finally. I got so excited! But I need you to tell me more about your family and if I should try to go see them. They aren't on the ward list so ... i don't really know how to find them. :D
well the work keeps moving forward. I love love love being a missionary. There are tough times and rough people but there is nothing like the power you feel when you realize you are part of this great work. I love my Savior. I will do anything for Him. I am so grateful for the opportunities I get to learn and grow and face challenges. :D
I love you all to the moon and back~ !
sister wadsworth
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Speachless
I am pretty much speechless right now. I haven't received Krista's letter yet about her call! We didn't get mail last week due to some complications. I cant stop crying (in a good way). I don't know where she's going but that will be fun to see when I get her letter. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father hears our prayers. ONE WEEK!!! I'm so happy. I already worked out a plan to talk to president about calling her on mother's day if she left before I got home! But now I don't have to worry about that! O ... its just so happy. Krista... I will save all my cute missionary clothes for you!! (YOU WILL BE SO HAPPY I DID ;D )
This week was pretty great. It's been hard though because I think since my pace has slowed down a little bit due to the area, my body thinks its time to catch up with all the sicknesses I may have missed. haha. Its not too bad I am just getting ULTRA TIRED! But as you know it won't stop me.
So this week I have learned that listening to the spirit is the only way to go. I will now display two examples of why.
#1) So a lady sister adjei talked to on the street invited us to come visit her church after we had invited her to ours and she accepted the invitation. So as to not by hypocrites we agreed. So I prayed about it and felt really good about going. I didn't know why but I assumed it was to get this lady to our church. So we go and it was awkward (I was the only white person but whats new) and the worst part was that the lady who invited us wasn't even there. (the story is worse but I put that on the tape I am sending home). But we went and followed the prompting and left wondering why in the world we were supposed to be there. Then... fast forward a couple of days to yesterday. We were walking and this lady walks by and I realize it was a lady I saw sitting in the back of the church we visited. I was a little surprised and I turned to sis adjei who noticed too and then I let her pass by because I was so like... ughhh ... anyways I said a prayer and apologized for not talking to her and asked Heavenly Father to give me another chance and promised I would talk to her if she was put in our path again. So we go about our day then I started to feel really sick and so we headed home for our dinner break and we took a back street we don't usually take and then guess who comes round the corner?? yep the same lady. SO we got to talk to her and she explained that she wasn't sure if she wanted to go to that church anymore and that she was going through some really tough things. We gave her the info to the church and who knows what will happen next!! I just love being an instrument in God's hands. His work is so miraculous!
#2 We were teaching this week and our investigator was telling us some pretty crazy stories about her life and at fist I was like .... whoa... that sounds crazy but then the spirit came so strongly to tell me that she really needed a priesthood blessing. So I left the lesson really quick and called the elders. They came and gave her a beautiful blessing. It was soooooooooooo powerful and just what she and I needed. It really had a big impact on her. I am so grateful for the spirit and for the priesthood. What powerful and necessary tools they are in God's work.
So transfers are next week. I cant believe its already here. We will see if there are any changes. I'm not sure there will be but WHO KNOWS? Today we are going to the temple! YAY! I cant wait till I can go whenever I want and however many times I want to. HAHA. Then I am taking the sisters on a walking bakery tour to all the bakeries in walking distance from the temple. haha. I'm addicted!
Well I sure do love you all to the moon and back! keep me in your prayers and write me even though time is ticking... everyone is forgetting me I think. hahah jk.
LOVE SISTER WADSWORTH
This week was pretty great. It's been hard though because I think since my pace has slowed down a little bit due to the area, my body thinks its time to catch up with all the sicknesses I may have missed. haha. Its not too bad I am just getting ULTRA TIRED! But as you know it won't stop me.
So this week I have learned that listening to the spirit is the only way to go. I will now display two examples of why.
#1) So a lady sister adjei talked to on the street invited us to come visit her church after we had invited her to ours and she accepted the invitation. So as to not by hypocrites we agreed. So I prayed about it and felt really good about going. I didn't know why but I assumed it was to get this lady to our church. So we go and it was awkward (I was the only white person but whats new) and the worst part was that the lady who invited us wasn't even there. (the story is worse but I put that on the tape I am sending home). But we went and followed the prompting and left wondering why in the world we were supposed to be there. Then... fast forward a couple of days to yesterday. We were walking and this lady walks by and I realize it was a lady I saw sitting in the back of the church we visited. I was a little surprised and I turned to sis adjei who noticed too and then I let her pass by because I was so like... ughhh ... anyways I said a prayer and apologized for not talking to her and asked Heavenly Father to give me another chance and promised I would talk to her if she was put in our path again. So we go about our day then I started to feel really sick and so we headed home for our dinner break and we took a back street we don't usually take and then guess who comes round the corner?? yep the same lady. SO we got to talk to her and she explained that she wasn't sure if she wanted to go to that church anymore and that she was going through some really tough things. We gave her the info to the church and who knows what will happen next!! I just love being an instrument in God's hands. His work is so miraculous!
#2 We were teaching this week and our investigator was telling us some pretty crazy stories about her life and at fist I was like .... whoa... that sounds crazy but then the spirit came so strongly to tell me that she really needed a priesthood blessing. So I left the lesson really quick and called the elders. They came and gave her a beautiful blessing. It was soooooooooooo powerful and just what she and I needed. It really had a big impact on her. I am so grateful for the spirit and for the priesthood. What powerful and necessary tools they are in God's work.
So transfers are next week. I cant believe its already here. We will see if there are any changes. I'm not sure there will be but WHO KNOWS? Today we are going to the temple! YAY! I cant wait till I can go whenever I want and however many times I want to. HAHA. Then I am taking the sisters on a walking bakery tour to all the bakeries in walking distance from the temple. haha. I'm addicted!
Well I sure do love you all to the moon and back! keep me in your prayers and write me even though time is ticking... everyone is forgetting me I think. hahah jk.
LOVE SISTER WADSWORTH
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Family!!!
Helloooooooooooooooo!!! Can I just tell you that GOD IS GOOD! He ALWAYS fulfills his promises! We have found the most amazing prepared people this week! We had multi-zone conference on Monday and we talked a lot about the things I have been praying about in regards to the concerns we are having in our area. We talked a lot about the importance of letting the spirit take control. Its so easy for me to just blab out the answer to these people that we are working with when they have concerns but even if I "know" the answer sometimes that's not what they really need to hear to be converted but God knows and the spirit can tell them. What a gift that is to use as we teach. ITS POWERFUL! So we got a new investigator. She was a media referral from Mormon.org where she requested a free book of Mormon. She is so great. She is so prepared. She accepted a baptismal date already and just ready to jump right in.
So ... what else is exciting? ummm... today we are going to a Yankees game again. We are pretty excited. We are going to go and get some legit hats to wear at the game. One of our recent converts here got me a cute jersey to wear! So nice of her.
So on Saturday we had a ward party. I felt bad for the lady who worked so hard to put it together. It felt a lot like my breakfast. Not much support. One thing I have realized is how it is so important to support the activities and events that the church puts on because someone somewhere put a lot of time and effort into these things hoping that someone would participate. So GO TO YOUR ACTIVITIES! HAHA. We are working to building the relationships and things we need to get people more excited about missionary work. We have a lot of less active work to do but that's fun too!
I can't believe how quickly this cycle has gone but it's been a lot of work. It was soo good to see president at zone conference because I feel like I haven't seen him in forever! I got so used to being in Manhattan where our zone always has interviews first and now we have them last and then zone conference got delayed. haha. It was crazy though because we have our multi zone conferences in Ossening and I haven't been to that church since the very first day of my mission. I have always been in the city (still am). I am so a city missionary. And a city girl in general.
ok... I haven't sent one of these for a while because I think I lost my ability to get embarrassed butttttttttttttttttttt I had a kaitlyn moment this week... So we live close by the elders now and so sometimes we have to drop stuff off to each other at our apartments. So a couple of nights ago someone knocked at our door while we were planning at night and so sister passantino got up to get it and it was some of our elders asking to borrow a church dvd we had. (So, side note, when we get home at night the first thing we do is take of our nylons but then we get to work and plan.) So I jumped up to join her at the door and help them then, turned around to go back and when I sat back down sis adjei was like... look.. and pointed to my skirt... A part of the back of my skirt was tucked weird in to my undergarments... haha. it wasn't that bad but enough to make me blush. haha. The elders didn't say anything to embarrass me but WOOO hoo ... I am so cool.
Also mom... I know you are worried about me getting distracted,(Side note from Mom- I am not worried about her being distracted.) and I am too but I just want to let you know I am staying focused. I know why I am here and that's to serve and work hard so I wont miss a moment. Why would I be here if I was going to do anything else??? that's just silly. And I am not just saying that to make you feel better. Yesterday a sister we live with took me aside and told me that she just loved me and told me some things she appreciated about me and one of the things is that she said I am not trunky at all. not one bit. It made me feel good. I don't think its bad to know you are going home and be aware of the time the problems arise when it effects your work... and I wont let that happen. My comp doesn't deserve that, the ward, the people we are teaching and Heavenly Father needs effective instruments not dull unproductive tools! :D There ... I hope that satisfies you! haha But please don't send any countdowns or something. haha. The most trunky thing I am doing is shopping... :D yaya!
Ok well... MY TIME IS UP! I love you all so much (to the moon and back). I am glad all is well I love being a missionary! SMILE LOTS ! I know the church is true!
-SIS WADSWORTH
Helloooooooooooooooo!!! Can I just tell you that GOD IS GOOD! He ALWAYS fulfills his promises! We have found the most amazing prepared people this week! We had multi-zone conference on Monday and we talked a lot about the things I have been praying about in regards to the concerns we are having in our area. We talked a lot about the importance of letting the spirit take control. Its so easy for me to just blab out the answer to these people that we are working with when they have concerns but even if I "know" the answer sometimes that's not what they really need to hear to be converted but God knows and the spirit can tell them. What a gift that is to use as we teach. ITS POWERFUL! So we got a new investigator. She was a media referral from Mormon.org where she requested a free book of Mormon. She is so great. She is so prepared. She accepted a baptismal date already and just ready to jump right in.
So ... what else is exciting? ummm... today we are going to a Yankees game again. We are pretty excited. We are going to go and get some legit hats to wear at the game. One of our recent converts here got me a cute jersey to wear! So nice of her.
So on Saturday we had a ward party. I felt bad for the lady who worked so hard to put it together. It felt a lot like my breakfast. Not much support. One thing I have realized is how it is so important to support the activities and events that the church puts on because someone somewhere put a lot of time and effort into these things hoping that someone would participate. So GO TO YOUR ACTIVITIES! HAHA. We are working to building the relationships and things we need to get people more excited about missionary work. We have a lot of less active work to do but that's fun too!
I can't believe how quickly this cycle has gone but it's been a lot of work. It was soo good to see president at zone conference because I feel like I haven't seen him in forever! I got so used to being in Manhattan where our zone always has interviews first and now we have them last and then zone conference got delayed. haha. It was crazy though because we have our multi zone conferences in Ossening and I haven't been to that church since the very first day of my mission. I have always been in the city (still am). I am so a city missionary. And a city girl in general.
ok... I haven't sent one of these for a while because I think I lost my ability to get embarrassed butttttttttttttttttttt I had a kaitlyn moment this week... So we live close by the elders now and so sometimes we have to drop stuff off to each other at our apartments. So a couple of nights ago someone knocked at our door while we were planning at night and so sister passantino got up to get it and it was some of our elders asking to borrow a church dvd we had. (So, side note, when we get home at night the first thing we do is take of our nylons but then we get to work and plan.) So I jumped up to join her at the door and help them then, turned around to go back and when I sat back down sis adjei was like... look.. and pointed to my skirt... A part of the back of my skirt was tucked weird in to my undergarments... haha. it wasn't that bad but enough to make me blush. haha. The elders didn't say anything to embarrass me but WOOO hoo ... I am so cool.
Also mom... I know you are worried about me getting distracted,(Side note from Mom- I am not worried about her being distracted.) and I am too but I just want to let you know I am staying focused. I know why I am here and that's to serve and work hard so I wont miss a moment. Why would I be here if I was going to do anything else??? that's just silly. And I am not just saying that to make you feel better. Yesterday a sister we live with took me aside and told me that she just loved me and told me some things she appreciated about me and one of the things is that she said I am not trunky at all. not one bit. It made me feel good. I don't think its bad to know you are going home and be aware of the time the problems arise when it effects your work... and I wont let that happen. My comp doesn't deserve that, the ward, the people we are teaching and Heavenly Father needs effective instruments not dull unproductive tools! :D There ... I hope that satisfies you! haha But please don't send any countdowns or something. haha. The most trunky thing I am doing is shopping... :D yaya!
Ok well... MY TIME IS UP! I love you all so much (to the moon and back). I am glad all is well I love being a missionary! SMILE LOTS ! I know the church is true!
-SIS WADSWORTH
Sunday, April 11, 2010
heyhey everyone!
Today we are at a new library that is right next to the train so I am having a hard time focusing and because its like the last hour of a busy pday. I am learning that things with a time clock stress me out very easily. My poor companions probably think I am crazy when we are waiting for a bus or something when we are late and curfew is just a few minutes away... haha. I often find myself pacing and praying under my breath that the bus comes fast. haha.
Well I loved conference this week. It is always so nice its probably one of the only breaks we get as missionaries. It does make it a little hard on our numbers though because Saturday is usually our biggest working day but that's ok. I just wish we had some investigators that could have come. We finally have some investigators now though so that's a joy. We had a miracle after a day of people canceling or ditching on us. We met a wonderful girl who just wants to find a church that is right. Sis Adjei and I literally (and you know i would actually do this) walked all the way home singing "there can me miracles!... when you're obedient!!" at the top of our lungs! Even though there were many people around. It was so great! We get to see her again on Saturday and she wants to come with us to the ward party too! YAY! Hopefully this party goes better than my breakfast.... *sigh*
So we got up early to cook about 9 pounds of bacon and a ton of eggs and man... that bacon was evil. It kept spitting hot oil on my and boy did I smell strongly. We got all the food prepared and it was soooooooo delicious.... for the 4 people who came... !!!! We were expecting about 40 (or so they told us to expect). BLAST! Good thing the Spanish ward was there ... they were happy to eat our food. We had a lot of full missionaries as we watched the Saturday sessions of conference. O well... I learned a lot about how to feed a whole bunch of people even if they didn't show up! Our sweet ward mission leader said it was a good start to a future trend. We didn't get to publicize it very well and so that was the problem... But I really enjoyed conference. It did make me a little nervous about being a mother someday in this crazy world. But it made me soooooooooooo sososososso grateful that I have had the chance to serve a mission. I know that it will be one of the greatest foundations to my testimony and in my parenting within the gospel. I don't think there could have been any greater training for me. I really love the prophet. I could just listen to him and the apostles alll day long. I love being a member of God's church. :D
So last week I got to go to the temple with the member from our first area. OOOOOOOOOOO IT WAS SOOO WONDERFUL! He is such a valiant spirit. I know he will serve the church well. It was so neat to sit in the celestial room and watch him with his fiance. I went up and gave her a big hug before I left and said thanks and she said... 'no thank you!" What a wonderful thing to be part of. That is what this work is all about. Bringing God's children home to Him. All of us as families. I love doing the work here...
So things are still pretty crazy here. I feel like I am constantly battling with a lot of adversity. That just lets me know that there are great things in store here. I just have to prove myself so that Heavenly Father can bless us here with all the things He is so anxious to give. So is life. Its also getting super hot and humid again. The seasons here are sooo intense. Bring on the sweat.
Well I sure love you all... Time is flying by here in the bronx. I love it but its CRAZY! Pray for us! LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!
-SISTER TATERS
Well I loved conference this week. It is always so nice its probably one of the only breaks we get as missionaries. It does make it a little hard on our numbers though because Saturday is usually our biggest working day but that's ok. I just wish we had some investigators that could have come. We finally have some investigators now though so that's a joy. We had a miracle after a day of people canceling or ditching on us. We met a wonderful girl who just wants to find a church that is right. Sis Adjei and I literally (and you know i would actually do this) walked all the way home singing "there can me miracles!... when you're obedient!!" at the top of our lungs! Even though there were many people around. It was so great! We get to see her again on Saturday and she wants to come with us to the ward party too! YAY! Hopefully this party goes better than my breakfast.... *sigh*
So we got up early to cook about 9 pounds of bacon and a ton of eggs and man... that bacon was evil. It kept spitting hot oil on my and boy did I smell strongly. We got all the food prepared and it was soooooooo delicious.... for the 4 people who came... !!!! We were expecting about 40 (or so they told us to expect). BLAST! Good thing the Spanish ward was there ... they were happy to eat our food. We had a lot of full missionaries as we watched the Saturday sessions of conference. O well... I learned a lot about how to feed a whole bunch of people even if they didn't show up! Our sweet ward mission leader said it was a good start to a future trend. We didn't get to publicize it very well and so that was the problem... But I really enjoyed conference. It did make me a little nervous about being a mother someday in this crazy world. But it made me soooooooooooo sososososso grateful that I have had the chance to serve a mission. I know that it will be one of the greatest foundations to my testimony and in my parenting within the gospel. I don't think there could have been any greater training for me. I really love the prophet. I could just listen to him and the apostles alll day long. I love being a member of God's church. :D
So last week I got to go to the temple with the member from our first area. OOOOOOOOOOO IT WAS SOOO WONDERFUL! He is such a valiant spirit. I know he will serve the church well. It was so neat to sit in the celestial room and watch him with his fiance. I went up and gave her a big hug before I left and said thanks and she said... 'no thank you!" What a wonderful thing to be part of. That is what this work is all about. Bringing God's children home to Him. All of us as families. I love doing the work here...
So things are still pretty crazy here. I feel like I am constantly battling with a lot of adversity. That just lets me know that there are great things in store here. I just have to prove myself so that Heavenly Father can bless us here with all the things He is so anxious to give. So is life. Its also getting super hot and humid again. The seasons here are sooo intense. Bring on the sweat.
Well I sure love you all... Time is flying by here in the bronx. I love it but its CRAZY! Pray for us! LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!
-SISTER TATERS
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Hey Hey Family
Hey hey family,
Sorry this letter will be quick. Thanks for your encouraging words. It really means a lot. We had the most interesting week. With all the moving It was really hard to stay focused on the right things when the things of the world kept getting in the way. We had a couple of really tough days. I actually love those days because I can look back on them and think... man I'm glad today is better. HAHA. We had a little fiasco where I seriously was on my wit's end. All I could do was pray for patience and a desire to keep on going even when every ounce of me just wanted to sit down and cry. But... I didn't. And I am still alive and life goes on haha.
Our new apartment is really nice. Except our room is small. But it makes coming home so nice when you have a nice clean place to come home to. Its kinda strange though because we live about three doors down from the elders. (We have 8 missionaries in one ward... crazy huh? big change from being the only two for two wards). Anyways its fun because we get up early every morning and play ultimate Frisbee during our exercise time. And last night some drama went down and someones feelings got hurt (mine) and so this morning ... the elders made our whole apartment breakfast to make us feel better. hahaha. It was really nice. but .... its still weird they are so close. ahaha. enough about that though. o AND good news... i have not been bitten since the move so I am pretty sure we got rid of them!!! YEA YEAYEAAA
So today is probably one of the best days of my whole mission because in a couple hours I am meeting someone baptized early in my mission that we were able to teach for dinner with his fiance and his other "most favorite people" and then the 6 of us will go over to the temple so he can receive his endowment! I feel so blessed to be able to be part of this. He is such a rock star and I just love the example he is in the fact that he took the gospel and just soaked it all in and hes so happy! O how the gospel is so true!!!!! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!!!!!!
So I am sooo excited for conference this weekend. I love this time of year and telling people that the prophet of God is going to be speaking to us. Its just such a delight!!! So in order to get people to come we asked the bishop if we could have a breakfast before the first Saturday session I so smartly said... i will cook if it means we can have it... So guess who's in charge of the ward breakfast this Saturday? haha. I'm not too worried about it. We are doing simple breakfast burritos and all we have to cook is the eggs and bacon. I just hope people come so that It all works out for a purpose. Pray for me please! I just wish I had 6 other sister missionaries to help me rather than 6 elders... haha. Actually... they made us eggs and bacon this morning and it was great... haha.
So we live with two wonderful Spanish sisters. I am pretty much kindred spirits with them. I donno what my mission would have been like with out these sisters. haha.
We actually made cookies and took them around to our less actives (We have a ton!) to invite them to the breakfast. So I did my share of deliveries this week.
Well gotta get going. Enjoy conference.I will be watching it with you. I love the prophet and I know he is called of God. What a blessing it is to have so much clarity through revelation in our day where it is soooo needed. I encourage all of you to pray and ask God if Thomas S Monson is a prophet today and I know you will feel same joy I felt when I did the same! I love you all to the moon and back....
sister wadsworth
and peace
Sorry this letter will be quick. Thanks for your encouraging words. It really means a lot. We had the most interesting week. With all the moving It was really hard to stay focused on the right things when the things of the world kept getting in the way. We had a couple of really tough days. I actually love those days because I can look back on them and think... man I'm glad today is better. HAHA. We had a little fiasco where I seriously was on my wit's end. All I could do was pray for patience and a desire to keep on going even when every ounce of me just wanted to sit down and cry. But... I didn't. And I am still alive and life goes on haha.
Our new apartment is really nice. Except our room is small. But it makes coming home so nice when you have a nice clean place to come home to. Its kinda strange though because we live about three doors down from the elders. (We have 8 missionaries in one ward... crazy huh? big change from being the only two for two wards). Anyways its fun because we get up early every morning and play ultimate Frisbee during our exercise time. And last night some drama went down and someones feelings got hurt (mine) and so this morning ... the elders made our whole apartment breakfast to make us feel better. hahaha. It was really nice. but .... its still weird they are so close. ahaha. enough about that though. o AND good news... i have not been bitten since the move so I am pretty sure we got rid of them!!! YEA YEAYEAAA
So today is probably one of the best days of my whole mission because in a couple hours I am meeting someone baptized early in my mission that we were able to teach for dinner with his fiance and his other "most favorite people" and then the 6 of us will go over to the temple so he can receive his endowment! I feel so blessed to be able to be part of this. He is such a rock star and I just love the example he is in the fact that he took the gospel and just soaked it all in and hes so happy! O how the gospel is so true!!!!! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!!!!!!
So I am sooo excited for conference this weekend. I love this time of year and telling people that the prophet of God is going to be speaking to us. Its just such a delight!!! So in order to get people to come we asked the bishop if we could have a breakfast before the first Saturday session I so smartly said... i will cook if it means we can have it... So guess who's in charge of the ward breakfast this Saturday? haha. I'm not too worried about it. We are doing simple breakfast burritos and all we have to cook is the eggs and bacon. I just hope people come so that It all works out for a purpose. Pray for me please! I just wish I had 6 other sister missionaries to help me rather than 6 elders... haha. Actually... they made us eggs and bacon this morning and it was great... haha.
So we live with two wonderful Spanish sisters. I am pretty much kindred spirits with them. I donno what my mission would have been like with out these sisters. haha.
We actually made cookies and took them around to our less actives (We have a ton!) to invite them to the breakfast. So I did my share of deliveries this week.
Well gotta get going. Enjoy conference.I will be watching it with you. I love the prophet and I know he is called of God. What a blessing it is to have so much clarity through revelation in our day where it is soooo needed. I encourage all of you to pray and ask God if Thomas S Monson is a prophet today and I know you will feel same joy I felt when I did the same! I love you all to the moon and back....
sister wadsworth
and peace
Sunday, March 28, 2010
HELLLLLLLLLLLOOOOO
HELLLLLLLLLLLOOOOO FAMILY!
Wow... I seriously don't even know where to begin. The Bronx is very VERY different from Manhattan. Our zone is very different also. I only have 2 cycles here and I am not going to waste one minute of it! Sis Adjei and I are getting a long soooo well. I love her so much. She told me this week "I think I like being a missionary now" then the next day she said "I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!". haha. It just goes to show that you are happy when you are doing what you are supposed to be doing... even if its hard.
We have spent a lot of time trying to find people to teach since right now we don't have anyone. A lot of contacting and a lot of tracting. It's hard because we haven't found anyone yet but I know that God is just preparing us for something truly amazing and as we don't loose hope and keep working hard, the miracles will come. I like to give themes or titles to our cycles and we called this one "Bring on the Miracles!!". haha. We have planted a lot of seeds and are excited soooooo excited to see what happens.
Sadly we had a little bit of an unavoidable distraction this week. On Sunday we got a call from our district leader who told us that we are going to be moving ... the next day. After a little talking we figured out how to settle things so that we can move tomorrow but O MY GOODNESS ITS SOO ANNOYING! First off... packing is annoying buttttttttttttttt to add to it Monday and part of yesterday we had to spend all day doing all our laundry ... anything that had fabric on it because... i found out after I moved in.... WE HAVE BED BUGS!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! It is seriously so terrible but hey ... whats one more new thing :D If only they had moved one week earlier!!! Yay for the wonderful mission experiences that you can't get anywhere else! But our new apartment is really nice and new and clean! AND GUESS WHAT???? WE GET NEW BEDS!!!! ... i just teared up... lol! Its so wonderful. So that fun continues today and tomorrow. Nothing like packing then unpacking ... then packing again and then unpacking again :D
So... the Bronx is actually super slow. haha. I thought it would be busy like Manhattan but its pretty chill here. I think it will be a good bridge back to the slow life on the west coast. haha. We got eggs thrown at us the second day here. But that happened in Manhattan too. :D The people here are much nicer and way more willing to talk but there are less of them out and about to talk to. There are houses here and lots of doors to knock so that's a new experience too. There are lots of cheap places to shop and so I have to load up on some crazy sweet kicks to bring back home! :D Kyle, kevin... any color requests?? what shoe size are you? do you think janson wants some ghetto shoes too? haha. Today is sister Adjei's birthday so we are getting some really big pizza then going to do some shopping. In Ghana everyone gets a name depending on what day of the week they were born on and my name Akos and so sis adjei calls me Akoko and her day name is Yaa and so I call her Yaa Yaa. hahah just a little glimpse into our lives.hmmm..
Glad the BYU apartment thing is worked out. Guess it wont be a challenge to walk to and from school anymore with my new walking legs. haha. Tell her thanks next time you talk to her. That is such a relief!
Love you to the moon and back!
Sister Wadsworth
Wow... I seriously don't even know where to begin. The Bronx is very VERY different from Manhattan. Our zone is very different also. I only have 2 cycles here and I am not going to waste one minute of it! Sis Adjei and I are getting a long soooo well. I love her so much. She told me this week "I think I like being a missionary now" then the next day she said "I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!". haha. It just goes to show that you are happy when you are doing what you are supposed to be doing... even if its hard.
We have spent a lot of time trying to find people to teach since right now we don't have anyone. A lot of contacting and a lot of tracting. It's hard because we haven't found anyone yet but I know that God is just preparing us for something truly amazing and as we don't loose hope and keep working hard, the miracles will come. I like to give themes or titles to our cycles and we called this one "Bring on the Miracles!!". haha. We have planted a lot of seeds and are excited soooooo excited to see what happens.
Sadly we had a little bit of an unavoidable distraction this week. On Sunday we got a call from our district leader who told us that we are going to be moving ... the next day. After a little talking we figured out how to settle things so that we can move tomorrow but O MY GOODNESS ITS SOO ANNOYING! First off... packing is annoying buttttttttttttttt to add to it Monday and part of yesterday we had to spend all day doing all our laundry ... anything that had fabric on it because... i found out after I moved in.... WE HAVE BED BUGS!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! It is seriously so terrible but hey ... whats one more new thing :D If only they had moved one week earlier!!! Yay for the wonderful mission experiences that you can't get anywhere else! But our new apartment is really nice and new and clean! AND GUESS WHAT???? WE GET NEW BEDS!!!! ... i just teared up... lol! Its so wonderful. So that fun continues today and tomorrow. Nothing like packing then unpacking ... then packing again and then unpacking again :D
So... the Bronx is actually super slow. haha. I thought it would be busy like Manhattan but its pretty chill here. I think it will be a good bridge back to the slow life on the west coast. haha. We got eggs thrown at us the second day here. But that happened in Manhattan too. :D The people here are much nicer and way more willing to talk but there are less of them out and about to talk to. There are houses here and lots of doors to knock so that's a new experience too. There are lots of cheap places to shop and so I have to load up on some crazy sweet kicks to bring back home! :D Kyle, kevin... any color requests?? what shoe size are you? do you think janson wants some ghetto shoes too? haha. Today is sister Adjei's birthday so we are getting some really big pizza then going to do some shopping. In Ghana everyone gets a name depending on what day of the week they were born on and my name Akos and so sis adjei calls me Akoko and her day name is Yaa and so I call her Yaa Yaa. hahah just a little glimpse into our lives.hmmm..
Glad the BYU apartment thing is worked out. Guess it wont be a challenge to walk to and from school anymore with my new walking legs. haha. Tell her thanks next time you talk to her. That is such a relief!
Love you to the moon and back!
Sister Wadsworth
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Hello from the Bronx!
HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FROM THE........ DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!! THEEEEEEEEE BOOGIE DOWN BRONX!!!!!! hahaha YESS I finally made it!!!!!! haha. I just arrived here moments ago. Its going to be very different from Manhattan but at least I am still in the city. I think I might go down in history as the only missionary in our mission to never leave the city. I am so ok with that. President knows how I seriously have to work hard or I will not be satisfied in my efforts so I am glad he let me stay here! haha. It has been a roller coaster last few weeks. It was sooo hard to say goodbye to everyone. I have become sooo close to some of our investigators that it was painful to say goodbye. But I know I will keep in contact with everyone, even if it means I have to get a facebook account when I get back (eeeeeeeks). I think I gained about 10 pounds just in these last two weeks. Everyone wanted to feed us before I left AND there are so many great things to eat in Manhattan that I just had to have them one more time.
So about my new area. My new companion is sister Adjei. She is from Ghana and I LOVE HER SOOOO MUCH! This is her second cycles out and so I am follow up training her like I did with sister gee. The bronx is so wonderful. So much more chill than Manhattan. I love it! We have a kmart and a target ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... I'm sure i will just pass out in the front doors when I walk into something familiar like that. I am so excited to be here. One of our investigators from Manhattan is getting baptized on Sunday. I am pretty close but I have decided I wont be going to the baptism even if I got permission because I want to use every second I have to focus on my new area. I am so excited for him and support him and would be there if I wasn't taking away from my new calling. I am so grateful that God allowed me to work with such a wonderful person. And our other investigators there. AHHH... I AM SO BLESSED! I know things will be rough at the start here too, but it will come along!
Sorry this letter is so jumbled... i don't even know how to focus my thoughts. So mom mentioned about the crazy weather.... crazy is an understatement it was insane. There was a crazy rain and wind storm last week.... let me try to explain what it was like... 50 mph winds so you could barely use an umbrella but it was raining so hard that it felt like a fire hose was spraying us. My big puffy VERY PUFFY coat got completely soaked through and I was soaked underneath. My hair was dripping wet I could squeeze water out of every inch of my clothes and hair. The wind pushed me sooo hard. O man... I almost got hit by a car because the wind pushed me into the street. (but my angels protected me). Of course I didn't wear my rain boots that day and because we couldn't go home to get them my other boots were soooo soaked that I sloshed around all day. I ended up having to throw them away because they were all crusty and salty like after they dried. I should have taken some pictures but I was too scared to ruin my camera. Anyways I hope you got a small taste of that lovely day... but just fyi I still got all our required lessons and contacts for that day! BOOO YAW!!
O i wanted to tell Kevin that an investigator is the setter at Columbia. Shes a freshman and because the senior setter got hurt and can't play she has been starting all year and will continue till her senior year... just like you!! except... college and a girl :D SOOO cool though!
ooo I forgot to say something very important about transfers... So the best part about all of this is that Sis Lythgoe is the one taking my place in Manhattan. I had complete confidence in the Lord and in sis gee but knowing that the sister I am most like and love more than anything is going to be taking over my area is such a tender mercy. I cannot even express how much that means to me. I didn't think it was possible because she is Spanish speaking and she lives with us but she and sister gee are going to rock that area I worked so hard in for 10.5 months! I couldn't have asked for anything better! :D
ok... now i am really rambling.
for the blog:
Mariana... I got your letter and about died with happiness... i will write back as soon as I can! I LOVE YOU!!!
ok well my time is up... i am so excited for something new. I love love love being a missionary. I am so grateful for this gospel that I not only can know that God is real but that He loves us soo much that He has provided the fullness of the gospel for each of us and that the Book of Mormon is proof of that reality... if you don't have one or haven't tested that out for yourself recently... do it now. mormon.org - get a free copy!
love you all to the moon and back!
-Kaitlyn (Kreme)
So about my new area. My new companion is sister Adjei. She is from Ghana and I LOVE HER SOOOO MUCH! This is her second cycles out and so I am follow up training her like I did with sister gee. The bronx is so wonderful. So much more chill than Manhattan. I love it! We have a kmart and a target ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... I'm sure i will just pass out in the front doors when I walk into something familiar like that. I am so excited to be here. One of our investigators from Manhattan is getting baptized on Sunday. I am pretty close but I have decided I wont be going to the baptism even if I got permission because I want to use every second I have to focus on my new area. I am so excited for him and support him and would be there if I wasn't taking away from my new calling. I am so grateful that God allowed me to work with such a wonderful person. And our other investigators there. AHHH... I AM SO BLESSED! I know things will be rough at the start here too, but it will come along!
Sorry this letter is so jumbled... i don't even know how to focus my thoughts. So mom mentioned about the crazy weather.... crazy is an understatement it was insane. There was a crazy rain and wind storm last week.... let me try to explain what it was like... 50 mph winds so you could barely use an umbrella but it was raining so hard that it felt like a fire hose was spraying us. My big puffy VERY PUFFY coat got completely soaked through and I was soaked underneath. My hair was dripping wet I could squeeze water out of every inch of my clothes and hair. The wind pushed me sooo hard. O man... I almost got hit by a car because the wind pushed me into the street. (but my angels protected me). Of course I didn't wear my rain boots that day and because we couldn't go home to get them my other boots were soooo soaked that I sloshed around all day. I ended up having to throw them away because they were all crusty and salty like after they dried. I should have taken some pictures but I was too scared to ruin my camera. Anyways I hope you got a small taste of that lovely day... but just fyi I still got all our required lessons and contacts for that day! BOOO YAW!!
O i wanted to tell Kevin that an investigator is the setter at Columbia. Shes a freshman and because the senior setter got hurt and can't play she has been starting all year and will continue till her senior year... just like you!! except... college and a girl :D SOOO cool though!
ooo I forgot to say something very important about transfers... So the best part about all of this is that Sis Lythgoe is the one taking my place in Manhattan. I had complete confidence in the Lord and in sis gee but knowing that the sister I am most like and love more than anything is going to be taking over my area is such a tender mercy. I cannot even express how much that means to me. I didn't think it was possible because she is Spanish speaking and she lives with us but she and sister gee are going to rock that area I worked so hard in for 10.5 months! I couldn't have asked for anything better! :D
ok... now i am really rambling.
for the blog:
Mariana... I got your letter and about died with happiness... i will write back as soon as I can! I LOVE YOU!!!
ok well my time is up... i am so excited for something new. I love love love being a missionary. I am so grateful for this gospel that I not only can know that God is real but that He loves us soo much that He has provided the fullness of the gospel for each of us and that the Book of Mormon is proof of that reality... if you don't have one or haven't tested that out for yourself recently... do it now. mormon.org - get a free copy!
love you all to the moon and back!
-Kaitlyn (Kreme)
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Sorry this may be a little rushed. As you can tell I am writing a bit later than usual. Because of the layout of our day we were unable to go this morning and now we are here without much time to go. Today was so sweet. Our investigator took us out to a restaurant called Landmarc (Sooo ritzy) as a goodbye thingy. O my goodness.... heaven. She knows how to get to my heart. She got us this dessert platter... the creme brulee... o my lanta it was soo great! They also brought us cotton candy on a fun platter... how silly and great is that?
So we had a baptism on Saturday and it went really well. Last night her and her family had us over for a goodbye dinner. It was so nice. She made soo much food and then gave me about 30 dollars worth of Victoria's secret lotion and smelly good stuff. Its so nice to feel loved. I was trying not to tell too many people that I was leaving the area except the ones president told me to (investigators). But then on Sunday I stood up and bore my testimony and then sat down and then at the end of the meeting the bishop stood up (in the singles ward) and said how grateful he was that we got to hear my testimony before I leave and how much he appreciates it. Which was really nice for him to say BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.... everyone was like WHAT? WHAT? YOU'RE LEAVING?? When do you go home? most people thought he meant I was going home... o dear. O well. I will look like a fool if for some reason I don't move. haha.. o dear that would be terrible... watch now it will happen. bahhh... Anyways. It was fun to see Melody too. She reminds me so much of some of the people in the ward that it didn't feel weird at all. And I just love my mellie bellie!
So yesterday we had a sister's luncheon and sister smith bless her lovely little heart made us a piece of heaven.... taco salad... with cafe rio pork! I about died. When she said that I seriously threw my hands in the air and said "PRAISE GOD!" and almost passed out. haha. It was so delicious!! I miss that and in-n-out more than anything (food wise)! HAHA. We got to do a Q&A with president and sister smith and so they gave us dating advice. It was really good. Man... DATING... blah!
Another investigator is doing so well. He will be getting baptized, sadly the Saturday after I leave. But that's ok. I am just glad hes getting baptized. He is pretty excited and is possibly the coolest person in the world. I love teaching the gospel to those who are ready to listen and to really take it to heart. Well I sure love all of you. sorry this was so jumbled and strange. I am off!
love you to the moon and back
-kaitlyn
So we had a baptism on Saturday and it went really well. Last night her and her family had us over for a goodbye dinner. It was so nice. She made soo much food and then gave me about 30 dollars worth of Victoria's secret lotion and smelly good stuff. Its so nice to feel loved. I was trying not to tell too many people that I was leaving the area except the ones president told me to (investigators). But then on Sunday I stood up and bore my testimony and then sat down and then at the end of the meeting the bishop stood up (in the singles ward) and said how grateful he was that we got to hear my testimony before I leave and how much he appreciates it. Which was really nice for him to say BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.... everyone was like WHAT? WHAT? YOU'RE LEAVING?? When do you go home? most people thought he meant I was going home... o dear. O well. I will look like a fool if for some reason I don't move. haha.. o dear that would be terrible... watch now it will happen. bahhh... Anyways. It was fun to see Melody too. She reminds me so much of some of the people in the ward that it didn't feel weird at all. And I just love my mellie bellie!
So yesterday we had a sister's luncheon and sister smith bless her lovely little heart made us a piece of heaven.... taco salad... with cafe rio pork! I about died. When she said that I seriously threw my hands in the air and said "PRAISE GOD!" and almost passed out. haha. It was so delicious!! I miss that and in-n-out more than anything (food wise)! HAHA. We got to do a Q&A with president and sister smith and so they gave us dating advice. It was really good. Man... DATING... blah!
Another investigator is doing so well. He will be getting baptized, sadly the Saturday after I leave. But that's ok. I am just glad hes getting baptized. He is pretty excited and is possibly the coolest person in the world. I love teaching the gospel to those who are ready to listen and to really take it to heart. Well I sure love all of you. sorry this was so jumbled and strange. I am off!
love you to the moon and back
-kaitlyn
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Fam Fam!
Thanks for the update on Kenton. We were in the middle of a lesson on Saturday with an investigator and one of our members came with us and his phone kept ringing and ringing and finally he was like... im sorry I gotta answer this. He served his mission in Chile and his dad called to tell him the news. It sounds like it could have been a lot worse then it was though. Good thing. I am glad Kenton and the people there were not hit with Tsunamis and such also.
So we had a baptism on Saturday!!! It was soooo wonderful. Members were all there to support him and give talks and stuff. It was truly a delight to see so much support. I know he will go on to do great things. He bore his testimony after his baptism and in his sweet little polish accent and struggled words said how grateful he was for the gospel and just kept saying how happy he was and how he wished everyone could feel how he felt. His smile was sooo wide and happy. I sure love teaching people who are so wonderful and excited to learn. It makes all the rejection worth it because we know there are people out there who are ready we just gotta find them. :D
Another investigator has decided to get baptized on April 17th! I am so happy for her. She still has to talk to her family more about it but she is determined and knows that its right. She is so wonderful. I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father for allowing me to teach such great people. We have the greatest investigators right now. I appreciate the fact that Heavenly Father has allowed me to taste the sweetness of the fruit I have been working so hard to cultivate her in Manhattan for so long! I really do love this city but it wear you out. My poor companion is still trying to get used to it and is a little nervous about taking things over. But I know Heavenly Father put her here for a reason. Shes going to do a wonderful job!
SO.... exciting news... our caught mice number is up to 5 now with many still runnin around in our walls! o ... such a delight. It really is terrible and pretty sad because they are so cute but they are so annoying and one made it to my bedroom.... that so crossed the line... first the roaches now the mice! What would a mission be with out the joys of these little pests? The sad thing is we are all too scared to actually kill them after we catch them so we just send them down the garbage shoot hoping they enjoy the landfill of garbage at the bottom. haha.
So moving forward ... its been snowing like CRAZY! I totally jinxed myself last week with the boot thing ... o man. O well I am surviving.. I did just buy some boots buuut they are for after the mission... they were on sale and I really wanted some sooo.. yea. FORGIVE ME! I just wanted something nice to take home. It has been a really slushy snow though and its sooo terrible. If I didn't have my rain boots I would be soaked everyday. Luckily the snow stopped though and today its just drizzling.
umm... sorry this is so jumbled I'm just saying things as I think of them. So as a mission we are reading the Book of Mormon together right now. O man... can i just tell you how much I love the Book of Mormon? It is the greatest thing ever. I learn sooo much from it every time I read it. The learning never ends. What a beautiful thing that God loves us enough to give us things to study and to learn from so that we can become more like him. A wonderful book that we can trust and abide by and that will bring us closer to God. I LOOOOOOOOVE IT! So we just started to read from the beginning and i love Nephi. I want to be like him and be so obedient even when its hard and doesn't go right the first few times! LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!
ok well love you to the moon and back
Kaitlyn
Thanks for the update on Kenton. We were in the middle of a lesson on Saturday with an investigator and one of our members came with us and his phone kept ringing and ringing and finally he was like... im sorry I gotta answer this. He served his mission in Chile and his dad called to tell him the news. It sounds like it could have been a lot worse then it was though. Good thing. I am glad Kenton and the people there were not hit with Tsunamis and such also.
So we had a baptism on Saturday!!! It was soooo wonderful. Members were all there to support him and give talks and stuff. It was truly a delight to see so much support. I know he will go on to do great things. He bore his testimony after his baptism and in his sweet little polish accent and struggled words said how grateful he was for the gospel and just kept saying how happy he was and how he wished everyone could feel how he felt. His smile was sooo wide and happy. I sure love teaching people who are so wonderful and excited to learn. It makes all the rejection worth it because we know there are people out there who are ready we just gotta find them. :D
Another investigator has decided to get baptized on April 17th! I am so happy for her. She still has to talk to her family more about it but she is determined and knows that its right. She is so wonderful. I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father for allowing me to teach such great people. We have the greatest investigators right now. I appreciate the fact that Heavenly Father has allowed me to taste the sweetness of the fruit I have been working so hard to cultivate her in Manhattan for so long! I really do love this city but it wear you out. My poor companion is still trying to get used to it and is a little nervous about taking things over. But I know Heavenly Father put her here for a reason. Shes going to do a wonderful job!
SO.... exciting news... our caught mice number is up to 5 now with many still runnin around in our walls! o ... such a delight. It really is terrible and pretty sad because they are so cute but they are so annoying and one made it to my bedroom.... that so crossed the line... first the roaches now the mice! What would a mission be with out the joys of these little pests? The sad thing is we are all too scared to actually kill them after we catch them so we just send them down the garbage shoot hoping they enjoy the landfill of garbage at the bottom. haha.
So moving forward ... its been snowing like CRAZY! I totally jinxed myself last week with the boot thing ... o man. O well I am surviving.. I did just buy some boots buuut they are for after the mission... they were on sale and I really wanted some sooo.. yea. FORGIVE ME! I just wanted something nice to take home. It has been a really slushy snow though and its sooo terrible. If I didn't have my rain boots I would be soaked everyday. Luckily the snow stopped though and today its just drizzling.
umm... sorry this is so jumbled I'm just saying things as I think of them. So as a mission we are reading the Book of Mormon together right now. O man... can i just tell you how much I love the Book of Mormon? It is the greatest thing ever. I learn sooo much from it every time I read it. The learning never ends. What a beautiful thing that God loves us enough to give us things to study and to learn from so that we can become more like him. A wonderful book that we can trust and abide by and that will bring us closer to God. I LOOOOOOOOVE IT! So we just started to read from the beginning and i love Nephi. I want to be like him and be so obedient even when its hard and doesn't go right the first few times! LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!
ok well love you to the moon and back
Kaitlyn
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