Hello ALLLLLLL YALLLS!
O it has been another CRAZY week. It is always difficult to get a new companion but you do learn a lot about yourself. It has been exciting to have my temple square companion for this short time. Temple square sisters serve outbound for up to 4 months. My companion has been here for about that long and so it was a big surprise that she got transferred this last time to me with only two weeks left. But it has become clear to me why she needed to come here. We both have things we need to learn from each other even if its in a short time period. It was really sweet yesterday we had zone conference and that is when we have our interview with President Searle. I have been a little down because we have not been having too much success finding new investigators the last two weeks but I have been trying to be positive, especially with President because he has so much to worry about already. But he just told me to make sure I don't beat myself up too much and then he just told me how much he appreciated what I do. He said thank you like 10 times and pointed out that he has been giving me a lot to handle. It really was just so sweet of him to say that so that I know that he knows he can count on me to help (even if my contribution is small). Anyways that wasn't to boast or anything it was just a very tender moment for me.
We are excited to have another baptism this weekend. Our next convert's big day is finally here!!! She is just so cute. Satan is working really hard on her though. She has been down on herself lately and then has a seizure yesterday (she has epilepsy ... spell check please! haha). But she is so dedicated. She is grasping so tightly to the gospel and the knowledge that she not only can be relieved of her sins but that she can truly become a new person. Her past problems and burdens will not be part of her. She is so full of life and excitement I cant wait to see what she brings to the ward.
I am so excited about Kenton. He is going to LOVE the MTC. I would like his address please! Tell Heather congrats and that I love her and Mark too now haha!
I cant believe that BYU is already done! I cant believe I have already missed a whole semester! It blows my little sister missionary mind. The end of a semester was always so fun though. Like you get to start fresh.
Lately I have been studying a lot about self mastery. This life is the time for us to learn how to control our bodies. How to let our spirits (the good part of us) take control of the natural man. We have our agency to choose what we want to do and so its all about making good choices. Some choices are easier than others and that's why we have to keep practicing self control. We will be happiest when we allow our wills to be one with God's because He knows best what we need. He can do a lot more with us then we can do with ourselves.
Well I love you guys oooo so much. To the moon and back even!!!
Have a great week don't forget to be nice to the missionaries!
-sister wadsworth
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
TIME IS FLYIN
Helllluuuooo Family!!!
So time is flying by and if you didn't already know 6 weeks have gone by and yet another transfer day has come. Sis Miller and I were working so hard and not really thinking about transfers that we completely forgot until we got the call from our district leader telling us he had news for us... Sis Miller has been transferred. I donno if I smell bad or something but my comps keep leaving me! haha. It has been very humbling. This really doesn't happen that often so I don't really know what to make of it. But right now I am actually in a library in the Bronx sitting across from my new companion Sis Flores. She is actually a temple square sister. She is amazing and super cute. I am the senior companion CRAZY! I was in shock when they called my name first at transfer meeting. The crazy thing is she is going back to temple square in two short weeks. Like I said.. I don't know what the Lord has in store for me. haha. So in two weeks I will get another companion. I don't know who it will be really but I will keep you posted. Its gong to be a crazy couple of weeks but I am going to make sure we work super super hard so that sis flores gets all she can out of her outbound call before she goes back to temple square. She also gets to help me with my spanish which is amazing because they are opening a zebra area (one spanish one english) in the..... DRUM ROLL PLEASE.... BRONXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AHHHH MONCION FAMILY HERE I COME!! Both the APs and Zion Sisters were like. ... guess what Wadz its coming. haha I am so excited! I know what you are thinkin mom but just so you know the part of the bronx I would be in is actually nicer than where I am now. I donno if that makes you feel better or worse but o well .. im a servant of the Lord I will be protected! DUNN DUNN DUNN! It was so weird/sad to say goodbye to sis stirling today. O how i love that girl. I don't think I will ever forget here. She has played a huge role in my life. Its crazy she will be home.. hugging boys tomorrow. ahahah.
So enough with the transfer crazyness. Our area is doing AMAZING!!! We have an investigator getting baptized on the 25th. She is doing so well with the Word of Wisdom. She is so amazing. Heavenly Father loves her so much. I know that because I can feel it when we teach her. And now we have another baptismal date for May 15th (Crazy MAY?). He is so awesome. He is HUGE. Like 6' 7". Its nuts. But he is like the most gentle person ever.
So here is the story of the week for you. *shivers*. So last night I was helpin sis miller pack and she asked if she could use one of my big envelopes so I agreed and went to my carry on luggage thingy that I keep under my desk to hold my books since I don't have shelves. And so I opened it and sware I saw something move in it but i closed it and then pondered on what I just saw. Little black things ... and possibly movement. Then I said "sis miller I think there is a mouse in my suitcase" So we braced ourselves and opened it up and sure enough OUT FLEW A MOUSE!! RIGHT AT ME! o man did I SCREAMMM!!! I told my comp it was Karma for saying that I thought mice were kinda cute earlier that day. NOT ANYMORE THOSE DIRTY LITTLE POOPY STINKERS (oops i think poop is an uh oh word... owell). It was horrible and of corse in the midst of my screaming I lost track of it and it is now somewhere in our apartment. The funny thing is. As i was cleaning out my suitcase I found wrappers and pieces of two chocolate kisses that the mouse had gotten out of my package (in a separate box) they were still in the plastic bag btw and he carried them into my suitcase and had a little snack. Sadly I had to throw the candy away. Too nast to think about. Sis Dantes one of my roomies (the one from Hati) is certain I brought it with my from the MTC... not possible since It was empty for some time when I first got here. haha She is funny.
I'm so excited for Devan. I love Kelsey so much I am so glad missionary dreams do come true for some people ... haha. I am excited to hear more news about it.
Good luck with finals all my BYU buddies. When you are stressed and studying for 8 hours straight... think about how i am .. not :D for 1.5 years :D haha. Then decide to serve a mission. hahaha jk. It really is nice to have a break from that aspect of life. I hope you are all doing well. I love you all so much and appreciate the letters I get :D hint hint. Packages are ALWAYS welcome haha. I am so funny with my mail. It drove sis Miller crazy that I would pace myself and read them like a day later or that night or save my package to open on Easter. I like to look forward to stuff. For example I save Krista's letters for the night before pday usually. I LOVE YOU ALL. Keep workin hard and relying on the Lord. He will make someone much better out of you then you ever could (no offense but its true!!!) I am learning that very quickly here on a mission.
LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK
-Sis Wadsworth
So time is flying by and if you didn't already know 6 weeks have gone by and yet another transfer day has come. Sis Miller and I were working so hard and not really thinking about transfers that we completely forgot until we got the call from our district leader telling us he had news for us... Sis Miller has been transferred. I donno if I smell bad or something but my comps keep leaving me! haha. It has been very humbling. This really doesn't happen that often so I don't really know what to make of it. But right now I am actually in a library in the Bronx sitting across from my new companion Sis Flores. She is actually a temple square sister. She is amazing and super cute. I am the senior companion CRAZY! I was in shock when they called my name first at transfer meeting. The crazy thing is she is going back to temple square in two short weeks. Like I said.. I don't know what the Lord has in store for me. haha. So in two weeks I will get another companion. I don't know who it will be really but I will keep you posted. Its gong to be a crazy couple of weeks but I am going to make sure we work super super hard so that sis flores gets all she can out of her outbound call before she goes back to temple square. She also gets to help me with my spanish which is amazing because they are opening a zebra area (one spanish one english) in the..... DRUM ROLL PLEASE.... BRONXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AHHHH MONCION FAMILY HERE I COME!! Both the APs and Zion Sisters were like. ... guess what Wadz its coming. haha I am so excited! I know what you are thinkin mom but just so you know the part of the bronx I would be in is actually nicer than where I am now. I donno if that makes you feel better or worse but o well .. im a servant of the Lord I will be protected! DUNN DUNN DUNN! It was so weird/sad to say goodbye to sis stirling today. O how i love that girl. I don't think I will ever forget here. She has played a huge role in my life. Its crazy she will be home.. hugging boys tomorrow. ahahah.
So enough with the transfer crazyness. Our area is doing AMAZING!!! We have an investigator getting baptized on the 25th. She is doing so well with the Word of Wisdom. She is so amazing. Heavenly Father loves her so much. I know that because I can feel it when we teach her. And now we have another baptismal date for May 15th (Crazy MAY?). He is so awesome. He is HUGE. Like 6' 7". Its nuts. But he is like the most gentle person ever.
So here is the story of the week for you. *shivers*. So last night I was helpin sis miller pack and she asked if she could use one of my big envelopes so I agreed and went to my carry on luggage thingy that I keep under my desk to hold my books since I don't have shelves. And so I opened it and sware I saw something move in it but i closed it and then pondered on what I just saw. Little black things ... and possibly movement. Then I said "sis miller I think there is a mouse in my suitcase" So we braced ourselves and opened it up and sure enough OUT FLEW A MOUSE!! RIGHT AT ME! o man did I SCREAMMM!!! I told my comp it was Karma for saying that I thought mice were kinda cute earlier that day. NOT ANYMORE THOSE DIRTY LITTLE POOPY STINKERS (oops i think poop is an uh oh word... owell). It was horrible and of corse in the midst of my screaming I lost track of it and it is now somewhere in our apartment. The funny thing is. As i was cleaning out my suitcase I found wrappers and pieces of two chocolate kisses that the mouse had gotten out of my package (in a separate box) they were still in the plastic bag btw and he carried them into my suitcase and had a little snack. Sadly I had to throw the candy away. Too nast to think about. Sis Dantes one of my roomies (the one from Hati) is certain I brought it with my from the MTC... not possible since It was empty for some time when I first got here. haha She is funny.
I'm so excited for Devan. I love Kelsey so much I am so glad missionary dreams do come true for some people ... haha. I am excited to hear more news about it.
Good luck with finals all my BYU buddies. When you are stressed and studying for 8 hours straight... think about how i am .. not :D for 1.5 years :D haha. Then decide to serve a mission. hahaha jk. It really is nice to have a break from that aspect of life. I hope you are all doing well. I love you all so much and appreciate the letters I get :D hint hint. Packages are ALWAYS welcome haha. I am so funny with my mail. It drove sis Miller crazy that I would pace myself and read them like a day later or that night or save my package to open on Easter. I like to look forward to stuff. For example I save Krista's letters for the night before pday usually. I LOVE YOU ALL. Keep workin hard and relying on the Lord. He will make someone much better out of you then you ever could (no offense but its true!!!) I am learning that very quickly here on a mission.
LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK
-Sis Wadsworth
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Sorry late
Dear Family,
so sorry this is a day late. We had the sisters luncheon yesterday all the way in Scarsdale a two hour train ride there and two hours back and so we had no time for anything else. So the president gave us permission to use our lunch break to email... and now of course its just my luck a worker here just came by and said he is closing all the computers down in 20 mins... ahh. Ok
So my brain is so jumbled now I can't even think. haha
Conference was amazing. It was so sad when they said the closing prayer. It broke my little heart. It was awesome to just listen for once. We also had mission conference on Tuesday. We talked a lot about being a charitable missionary vs a dutiful missionary and I have decided to make that the focus of my mission. I will send a copy of the talk home for you. Its so great. It talks about how we have to dedicate our hearts and minds too not just our might and strength because that's when we can truly become what God wants us to be. Our wills are the only things we can give God that He doesn't already have (or has really given us).
So two quick funny stories before I get kicked off...
1. So like 3 times a week we have street meetings where all of our zone or district gets together in one spot and contacts as many people as possible. So we had one at union square this week. A very liberal and diverse area (mostly scary) haha jk. lots of college students. But that day was especially crowded because of some big event. So I am speeding along trying to be urgent (like they tell us to be). That day I decided to wear a skirt I found in the closet again. It was prob bigger than my usual skirt but i figured I could pull it off... so back to speeding along... all of a sudden something feels kinda strange and right as i look down.... down goes my skirt!!! ahhhhhh... i looked around and picked it up... and my slip slid up with it causing it to stick out every where on the top. o man there were people every where. my companion laughs soooooooooooooooo loud and everyone turns around. So I punch her in the arm and go on my merry way. I laughed pretty much the rest of the day.
story #2 so there are security guards at our complex. They are all big black guys who are generally very kind and we love to say hello to them. They wait for us to get home every night. its kinda fun. Till one day one of the guards asked us if we could get married I said yea after we get home and went on my way. My comp lingered behind and one of the guards said good because I want to marry one of you. She asked who and he said "her" pointing to me a few steps ahead. EWww... I didn't really think anything of it till two days later we got in our elevator to go home and then all of a sudden it makes a funny noise and starts to go down to the bottom floor. Right when we we get to the bottom floor the doors open and sure enough that security guard had called the elevator down and handed us his card and said "I would like to take you guys to dinner sometime".... I said only if we talk about Jesus and then closed the doors... O DEAR his card is so funny too but the time is running out so I got to go.
The work is going great. Im working super hard. Doing my best. I know Heavenly Father loves each of us. Thanks for all you do. Our convert told us he and his member friend are talking about MARRIAGE!!! AHHHHHH SO great!
love you to the moon and back.
so sorry this is a day late. We had the sisters luncheon yesterday all the way in Scarsdale a two hour train ride there and two hours back and so we had no time for anything else. So the president gave us permission to use our lunch break to email... and now of course its just my luck a worker here just came by and said he is closing all the computers down in 20 mins... ahh. Ok
So my brain is so jumbled now I can't even think. haha
Conference was amazing. It was so sad when they said the closing prayer. It broke my little heart. It was awesome to just listen for once. We also had mission conference on Tuesday. We talked a lot about being a charitable missionary vs a dutiful missionary and I have decided to make that the focus of my mission. I will send a copy of the talk home for you. Its so great. It talks about how we have to dedicate our hearts and minds too not just our might and strength because that's when we can truly become what God wants us to be. Our wills are the only things we can give God that He doesn't already have (or has really given us).
So two quick funny stories before I get kicked off...
1. So like 3 times a week we have street meetings where all of our zone or district gets together in one spot and contacts as many people as possible. So we had one at union square this week. A very liberal and diverse area (mostly scary) haha jk. lots of college students. But that day was especially crowded because of some big event. So I am speeding along trying to be urgent (like they tell us to be). That day I decided to wear a skirt I found in the closet again. It was prob bigger than my usual skirt but i figured I could pull it off... so back to speeding along... all of a sudden something feels kinda strange and right as i look down.... down goes my skirt!!! ahhhhhh... i looked around and picked it up... and my slip slid up with it causing it to stick out every where on the top. o man there were people every where. my companion laughs soooooooooooooooo loud and everyone turns around. So I punch her in the arm and go on my merry way. I laughed pretty much the rest of the day.
story #2 so there are security guards at our complex. They are all big black guys who are generally very kind and we love to say hello to them. They wait for us to get home every night. its kinda fun. Till one day one of the guards asked us if we could get married I said yea after we get home and went on my way. My comp lingered behind and one of the guards said good because I want to marry one of you. She asked who and he said "her" pointing to me a few steps ahead. EWww... I didn't really think anything of it till two days later we got in our elevator to go home and then all of a sudden it makes a funny noise and starts to go down to the bottom floor. Right when we we get to the bottom floor the doors open and sure enough that security guard had called the elevator down and handed us his card and said "I would like to take you guys to dinner sometime".... I said only if we talk about Jesus and then closed the doors... O DEAR his card is so funny too but the time is running out so I got to go.
The work is going great. Im working super hard. Doing my best. I know Heavenly Father loves each of us. Thanks for all you do. Our convert told us he and his member friend are talking about MARRIAGE!!! AHHHHHH SO great!
love you to the moon and back.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Taaaaaaa Daaaaa
Sorry if these seem kinda choppy at times. I try and edit out most names for people's privacy. (Don't know if that is necessary, but I figured I would do it.) So if things sound kinda funny, it's probably me. Thanks, Pauline
Hello Family,
So my letter is coming later than usual today because when we came to the library this morning there was a two and a half hour wait. So we decided to reserve the computers for right before we had to go back out and work. :D So here we are!!
So this Saturday was a baptism. Its hard to type how she talks but she is a cute little black girl. 21. Born and raised in the ghetto... She has a huge personality and a huge testimony so she just loves to steal the show during church. Its refreshing to have her most of the time at church because she's not what you usually expect. She says "O yea" "YEA" and "O I'M SORRY" all the time during the lessons randomly. She gets to the church and we show her the font and she says "WOW... THAT'S SEXY" haha. Then after our ward mission leader baptizes her she turns around and says "can you shut the doors? Travis and I are going to go for a swim!" HAHAH. Then during her testimony she just kept saying "wow... isn't that beautiful? and "you know wha I meeeeean?" . She is so amazing. Im so glad that she now has the gospel to lean on.
So ... good news everyone.. Trader Joe's was a hit. That was our pday activity last week and IT WAS AMAAAAZING!! They actually have reasonable prices. I bought 14 things and only 4 of those things were more than 2.00 AHHHH... I almost had a heart attack right there in the aisle (?). 19 CENT BANANAS!! can you believe it? O mom you would be proud to know I am now a big banana eater. O they are fantastic.. sadly though I have also become a big oreo eater... missions do weird things to you. I have never liked oreos but now i cant eat enough of them!
So another funny thing that happened this week was we went out to lunch with our April baptismal date... and we told her she could choose the place, so she told us and we told her we would meet her there... so we walk in the place. Its called "the taste of seafood"... and its packed first of all but when we walk in two blond very white girls in dresses and clunky shoes... the whole place pretty much turned around and jaws dropped. We were for sure the only white people to have ever eaten there. haha.. but we just walked in... dooo do doo.. ordered some fish and chips with some mac and cheese and proceeded to eat. We asked around for opinions on what we should eat first. It was funny to see people's reactions when we would walk up and talk to them but then they would just be super nice and give their favorite dishes. It was so fun. We asked our investigator if she was ashamed to be with the only white people in the place and she just laughed and said... no one cares. And really they didn't. I love Harlem!!
Well the amazing investigator's baptism is this Saturday. I think he should marry one of my roomies. Hes totally going to be at least a stake president. We just told him that he still had the chance to go on a mission and he was so excited/scared!!!
This week has been a very interesting week actually. We had an amazing district meeting where we talked about exactly what I needed to hear. I didn't even know that's what I needed to hear so good thing my district leader man is so inspired. (His name is Elder Raymond by the way. He wants to play football for BYU.. so if he ends up doing it I just wanted to say his name in my letter for proof that I actually knew him. haha.) Anyways we talked about those times where we felt the worst. Like the times when we "disappointed" our parents and we got the "i expected more from you" talk. And how heartbreaking it is to hear that. Sorry mom and dad btw for all the times I did that. But we paralleled it to our Heavenly Father and how badly we as missionaries need to strive to never let Him say He expected more from us. You should always do what is expected of you. Then it is up to you to do more then what is expected.
We also talked about how our missions are our greatest opportunities to become who we really want to be (who God wants us to be). Sometimes I get frustrated with whats happening and whats not happening and I ask myself... is this really worth it? Is this what I want. And then I realized that this really is what I want. I asked Heavenly Father to help me become more charitable, more patient, more Christ like over all and its not just going to happen at the snap of my fingers, it will happen over time as I work hard and rely on God. That sounded a lot less cool then I wanted it to but just know that I am understanding how God works more and more everyday. We have to have a good attitude about things, do our best and then leave the rest to Him. That's how things get done. God will always guide our path in the right direction, we just have to be willing to keep moving our feet, no matter how hard it is.
We get to go to the temple with our ward to help them do baptisms this Friday. Which is very rare. But because the ward asked us to go because they needed endowed sisters we got permission to go !!! YAYA! We get to see one of our converts go to the temple for the first time. Its going to fantastic.
Keep the mail coming friends and family!
ok well I gotta go,
I love you all to the moon and back
Sis Kaitlyn Wadsworth
ps tell linsey cahoon to go to byu so she can be my roomie when I get back and then she can help me with my hw :D:D
when does kenton leave? did he leave already? because justin from work is in the mtc right now!!
Hello Family,
So my letter is coming later than usual today because when we came to the library this morning there was a two and a half hour wait. So we decided to reserve the computers for right before we had to go back out and work. :D So here we are!!
So this Saturday was a baptism. Its hard to type how she talks but she is a cute little black girl. 21. Born and raised in the ghetto... She has a huge personality and a huge testimony so she just loves to steal the show during church. Its refreshing to have her most of the time at church because she's not what you usually expect. She says "O yea" "YEA" and "O I'M SORRY" all the time during the lessons randomly. She gets to the church and we show her the font and she says "WOW... THAT'S SEXY" haha. Then after our ward mission leader baptizes her she turns around and says "can you shut the doors? Travis and I are going to go for a swim!" HAHAH. Then during her testimony she just kept saying "wow... isn't that beautiful? and "you know wha I meeeeean?" . She is so amazing. Im so glad that she now has the gospel to lean on.
So ... good news everyone.. Trader Joe's was a hit. That was our pday activity last week and IT WAS AMAAAAZING!! They actually have reasonable prices. I bought 14 things and only 4 of those things were more than 2.00 AHHHH... I almost had a heart attack right there in the aisle (?). 19 CENT BANANAS!! can you believe it? O mom you would be proud to know I am now a big banana eater. O they are fantastic.. sadly though I have also become a big oreo eater... missions do weird things to you. I have never liked oreos but now i cant eat enough of them!
So another funny thing that happened this week was we went out to lunch with our April baptismal date... and we told her she could choose the place, so she told us and we told her we would meet her there... so we walk in the place. Its called "the taste of seafood"... and its packed first of all but when we walk in two blond very white girls in dresses and clunky shoes... the whole place pretty much turned around and jaws dropped. We were for sure the only white people to have ever eaten there. haha.. but we just walked in... dooo do doo.. ordered some fish and chips with some mac and cheese and proceeded to eat. We asked around for opinions on what we should eat first. It was funny to see people's reactions when we would walk up and talk to them but then they would just be super nice and give their favorite dishes. It was so fun. We asked our investigator if she was ashamed to be with the only white people in the place and she just laughed and said... no one cares. And really they didn't. I love Harlem!!
Well the amazing investigator's baptism is this Saturday. I think he should marry one of my roomies. Hes totally going to be at least a stake president. We just told him that he still had the chance to go on a mission and he was so excited/scared!!!
This week has been a very interesting week actually. We had an amazing district meeting where we talked about exactly what I needed to hear. I didn't even know that's what I needed to hear so good thing my district leader man is so inspired. (His name is Elder Raymond by the way. He wants to play football for BYU.. so if he ends up doing it I just wanted to say his name in my letter for proof that I actually knew him. haha.) Anyways we talked about those times where we felt the worst. Like the times when we "disappointed" our parents and we got the "i expected more from you" talk. And how heartbreaking it is to hear that. Sorry mom and dad btw for all the times I did that. But we paralleled it to our Heavenly Father and how badly we as missionaries need to strive to never let Him say He expected more from us. You should always do what is expected of you. Then it is up to you to do more then what is expected.
We also talked about how our missions are our greatest opportunities to become who we really want to be (who God wants us to be). Sometimes I get frustrated with whats happening and whats not happening and I ask myself... is this really worth it? Is this what I want. And then I realized that this really is what I want. I asked Heavenly Father to help me become more charitable, more patient, more Christ like over all and its not just going to happen at the snap of my fingers, it will happen over time as I work hard and rely on God. That sounded a lot less cool then I wanted it to but just know that I am understanding how God works more and more everyday. We have to have a good attitude about things, do our best and then leave the rest to Him. That's how things get done. God will always guide our path in the right direction, we just have to be willing to keep moving our feet, no matter how hard it is.
We get to go to the temple with our ward to help them do baptisms this Friday. Which is very rare. But because the ward asked us to go because they needed endowed sisters we got permission to go !!! YAYA! We get to see one of our converts go to the temple for the first time. Its going to fantastic.
Keep the mail coming friends and family!
ok well I gotta go,
I love you all to the moon and back
Sis Kaitlyn Wadsworth
ps tell linsey cahoon to go to byu so she can be my roomie when I get back and then she can help me with my hw :D:D
when does kenton leave? did he leave already? because justin from work is in the mtc right now!!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
So on to some good stories. I had so much I wanted to say these last two weeks that I didn't get to. So I fell down some stairs in the projects last week, my companion got smashed by some subway doors, I trip alll the time, o man ... its all just so funny. Here we are trying to be dignified representatives of the Lord but because we are so tired we are just clumsy and silly looking haha. I love it.
I am so excited!! We have a baptism this Saturday. She is so excited! She is helping us teach her best friend and she is so cute when she talks about the gospel. We told her friend about the Restoration and Joseph Smith and our sister that is getting baptized commented after we told Joseph's First Vision and she was like "OOO man thats sexy" hahaha. O I bet Joseph was up in heaven laguhing saying man I have never heard that one before. Really though she was so cute just testifying in her own way that she knew that it was true to her friend. So sweet. She also said she wants to go to BYU now because we talk about it so much. She is just too cute for life.
Another investigator is set on his baptism on the 28th. I can't even tell you how excited I am. It was so cool to have sis Stirling back for a couple of days so we got to meet with him like good ole times. He took her departure pretty hard but he is doing good now. It was so exciting to talk to him about what is going to happen and who will do what. He has his Mormon friends from Provo and Texas all coming. One of his new little buddies will be baptising him. He asked me to give a talk. eekkks. haha. He really is so amazing. It has been such a blessing to be part of his conversion. I have no doubt in my mind that he will be a strong member for the rest of his life. I know he will be married in the temple and prob be a mission president one day. haha. Its very humbling to know that I in a very small way helped him progress towards happiness that will last forever. That I was able to help him live with God again. *SHIVERS* wow.
I got the socks mom. Thank you so much. they are perfect. I unfortunately didn't get my package because the APS forgot to give it to me and so sis stirling is going to get it for me next time she is at the misison office so I don't have to wait over a month for it. I love having hookups :D The mail has been coming slower and slower... I guess everyone is already forgetting about me. hahaha jk. I think its God's way of making sure I am really relying on Him 100% not my letters. jk.
So I don't know if anyone got to read the story in the Ensign this week called Learning to Share the Gospel but you really should read it. Its such an amazing talk. It has helped me a lot this week to continue to talk to everyone I can, even when I am tired because it talked about how when we are diligent in anything like talking to everyone we can God will see that and then trust us with more opportunities to share the gospel. So if he sees us working hard... we will find the people that we deserve to have but if we are not working hard... we wont find anyone in our sporadic efforts. We must be consistent in our service to the Lord. Don't' just do it when it is convenient.
I really would love some more pictures from everyone. I miss all your faces. Especially Janson pictures. I love the ones I have but more would be fabulous.
I got to work yesterday with sis stirling's new comp. She is in the spanish program and so she has been helping with my spanish. I have been having the strange desire lately to read from the spanish book of mormon and to work on praying in spanish. Just kinda as a fun challenge for me. We work with a lot of bilingual people and so I think it would be cool to be able to talk to them in their native language even if only a few lines or so. She said she was impressed with how much I already knew and that I just needed to work on learning Gospel associated words! yay! So that's a new development.
I just wanted to take this little extra time I have to tell everyone who reads this how much our Heavenly Father, God Himself, loves you. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have had to in a small way see everyone as God sees them. There are so many lost and confused people in the world. I sometimes wonder how God could love the man who just yelled profanity at me because he thought Mormons worshipped Joseph Smith. But then I see that God loves him too because he is one of his children. No matter how far we wander he always loves us and always wants us to be happy. He always provides a way for us to come back to him, no matter how lost we are. That is through Jesus Christ and His Atonement. Christ suffered all for us so that any imperfections we have that bring us sorrow can be erased. Not just covered up, but erased. I doubt I will ever fully understand the Atonement but I know that it is real and that it is beautiful. I know God loves us and that Jesus Christ to loves us. They would do anything for us, even send a scraggly sister missionary, to new york to share her small but firm testimony with a man who likes to yell profanity so that he has the chance to have the same happiness that she already knows. Thank you for all your support as I go about this great and marvelous work.
Ok i am off to trader joes which turns out to be the cheapest grocery store in NEW YORK... who woulda thunk?? haha
love you so so much.. even to the moon and back,
Love Sis
I am so excited!! We have a baptism this Saturday. She is so excited! She is helping us teach her best friend and she is so cute when she talks about the gospel. We told her friend about the Restoration and Joseph Smith and our sister that is getting baptized commented after we told Joseph's First Vision and she was like "OOO man thats sexy" hahaha. O I bet Joseph was up in heaven laguhing saying man I have never heard that one before. Really though she was so cute just testifying in her own way that she knew that it was true to her friend. So sweet. She also said she wants to go to BYU now because we talk about it so much. She is just too cute for life.
Another investigator is set on his baptism on the 28th. I can't even tell you how excited I am. It was so cool to have sis Stirling back for a couple of days so we got to meet with him like good ole times. He took her departure pretty hard but he is doing good now. It was so exciting to talk to him about what is going to happen and who will do what. He has his Mormon friends from Provo and Texas all coming. One of his new little buddies will be baptising him. He asked me to give a talk. eekkks. haha. He really is so amazing. It has been such a blessing to be part of his conversion. I have no doubt in my mind that he will be a strong member for the rest of his life. I know he will be married in the temple and prob be a mission president one day. haha. Its very humbling to know that I in a very small way helped him progress towards happiness that will last forever. That I was able to help him live with God again. *SHIVERS* wow.
I got the socks mom. Thank you so much. they are perfect. I unfortunately didn't get my package because the APS forgot to give it to me and so sis stirling is going to get it for me next time she is at the misison office so I don't have to wait over a month for it. I love having hookups :D The mail has been coming slower and slower... I guess everyone is already forgetting about me. hahaha jk. I think its God's way of making sure I am really relying on Him 100% not my letters. jk.
So I don't know if anyone got to read the story in the Ensign this week called Learning to Share the Gospel but you really should read it. Its such an amazing talk. It has helped me a lot this week to continue to talk to everyone I can, even when I am tired because it talked about how when we are diligent in anything like talking to everyone we can God will see that and then trust us with more opportunities to share the gospel. So if he sees us working hard... we will find the people that we deserve to have but if we are not working hard... we wont find anyone in our sporadic efforts. We must be consistent in our service to the Lord. Don't' just do it when it is convenient.
I really would love some more pictures from everyone. I miss all your faces. Especially Janson pictures. I love the ones I have but more would be fabulous.
I got to work yesterday with sis stirling's new comp. She is in the spanish program and so she has been helping with my spanish. I have been having the strange desire lately to read from the spanish book of mormon and to work on praying in spanish. Just kinda as a fun challenge for me. We work with a lot of bilingual people and so I think it would be cool to be able to talk to them in their native language even if only a few lines or so. She said she was impressed with how much I already knew and that I just needed to work on learning Gospel associated words! yay! So that's a new development.
I just wanted to take this little extra time I have to tell everyone who reads this how much our Heavenly Father, God Himself, loves you. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have had to in a small way see everyone as God sees them. There are so many lost and confused people in the world. I sometimes wonder how God could love the man who just yelled profanity at me because he thought Mormons worshipped Joseph Smith. But then I see that God loves him too because he is one of his children. No matter how far we wander he always loves us and always wants us to be happy. He always provides a way for us to come back to him, no matter how lost we are. That is through Jesus Christ and His Atonement. Christ suffered all for us so that any imperfections we have that bring us sorrow can be erased. Not just covered up, but erased. I doubt I will ever fully understand the Atonement but I know that it is real and that it is beautiful. I know God loves us and that Jesus Christ to loves us. They would do anything for us, even send a scraggly sister missionary, to new york to share her small but firm testimony with a man who likes to yell profanity so that he has the chance to have the same happiness that she already knows. Thank you for all your support as I go about this great and marvelous work.
Ok i am off to trader joes which turns out to be the cheapest grocery store in NEW YORK... who woulda thunk?? haha
love you so so much.. even to the moon and back,
Love Sis
Thursday, March 5, 2009
AHHH CRAZYNESS
Ok family sadly this will be the shortest letter ever because I have to share my small amount of time with my new companion. YEA CRAZY HUH??
OK sooo.... we were sure neither of us would get transferred because we were both new to the area and my comp is leaving next cycle and I am a greenie... so transfer call day comes around and sis stirling got called to be a zion companionship (never done before with sisters that's how amazing she is). That means she travels around and trains people. No area assigned to her and her new comp. So that meant I had to take over the area!! AHHHH SO CRAZY!!! My comp is obviously still the senior comp but now I have to lead her around and have been asked to take care of all our amazing investigators. I was so shocked and still am but after talking to the APs and the president they reassured me that they know I can do it. AHHHH !! SO CRAZY! I was so sad to see her leave but I know I will survive!
So some random things for this week:
We challenged one investigator to decide about baptism and yesterday he told us ... I'm so close sisters I know it!! ahhhh so happy!
Our other investigator took us to Spanish Harlem to get our nails done. hahaha. She wanted us to get really long ones like hers but that was not happening!!! I don't even know how to tell you they were like swirly and sparkly!!! so ghettto fab. Loved it!
So it has been so cold lately so much snow and cold wind. One especially wet day I realized my feet were sooo amazingly cold that I didn't understand so we went to the Church and I took my "water proof boots" off to find all 3 pairs of socks soaked through!! ahh so we went to a close by member's house and blow dried my feet warm and then put plastic bags over my socks... too funny because later we were asked to take our shoes off at an appointment. Boy did they get a surprise. You really have no shame as a missionary... i might as well have worn the grocery bags on the outside. HAHAH
love you alll to the moon and back.
Siswa
OK sooo.... we were sure neither of us would get transferred because we were both new to the area and my comp is leaving next cycle and I am a greenie... so transfer call day comes around and sis stirling got called to be a zion companionship (never done before with sisters that's how amazing she is). That means she travels around and trains people. No area assigned to her and her new comp. So that meant I had to take over the area!! AHHHH SO CRAZY!!! My comp is obviously still the senior comp but now I have to lead her around and have been asked to take care of all our amazing investigators. I was so shocked and still am but after talking to the APs and the president they reassured me that they know I can do it. AHHHH !! SO CRAZY! I was so sad to see her leave but I know I will survive!
So some random things for this week:
We challenged one investigator to decide about baptism and yesterday he told us ... I'm so close sisters I know it!! ahhhh so happy!
Our other investigator took us to Spanish Harlem to get our nails done. hahaha. She wanted us to get really long ones like hers but that was not happening!!! I don't even know how to tell you they were like swirly and sparkly!!! so ghettto fab. Loved it!
So it has been so cold lately so much snow and cold wind. One especially wet day I realized my feet were sooo amazingly cold that I didn't understand so we went to the Church and I took my "water proof boots" off to find all 3 pairs of socks soaked through!! ahh so we went to a close by member's house and blow dried my feet warm and then put plastic bags over my socks... too funny because later we were asked to take our shoes off at an appointment. Boy did they get a surprise. You really have no shame as a missionary... i might as well have worn the grocery bags on the outside. HAHAH
love you alll to the moon and back.
Siswa
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
I'm working on getting some photos scanned and on the blog that Katy has sent us. For now here is the next installment of the life of a NY Sister missionary.....
It has been a very busy but great week. The miracles keep rolling in. We had amazing numbers this week for how many lessons we taught and new investigators. We hit standard!!! Which we have been working for since we got here. Its hard when you are white washing but I know when the Lord asks us to do something He will always make it possible.
Kevin you will be excited to know we have been teaching a guy who got a scholarship to play basketball for St.Johns. You will have to keep your eye out for him. We also have some of the most amazing investigators who keep surprising us in their willingness and desire to do whats right. One girl we are teaching lost her job right after we met her and then we taught her and she went to church before she found a new job and she told us when she got her current job that she asked for Sundays off. HOW COOL IS THAT? We hadn't even taught her about keeping the sabbath day holy yet. So cool. And another investigator continues to amaze us. He calls us all the time and is like can I have another chapter to read? I already finished the last 4. O HE IS JUST SO GRAND. His friend whom he grew up with and went to seminary with and stuff flew down this weekend to meet us and help us a little. That was a tender mercy that went a long way. He is really progressing. He is so smart and understands how important this is but because of that he is hesitant because he wants to know that it is true. Which is amazing but frustrating at the same time. Keep praying for him. He is such a miracle!
So I had my first baptism on Saturday!! It was such an amazing and humbling experience. I sat there looking at her in the baptismal font, making this huge step towards eternal bliss and I realized, Wow... I really helped her get her. I know it was far from just me but I really had a part in this. What an amazing feeling that was. I am so grateful for it. We are now teaching her sister and her friend. HOW COOL IS THAT? just barely a member and already sharing the gospel. Makes me a little ashamed for not doing it more with my family.
So a funny story really quick. We have come to a standstill in our dinner appointments (i guess the boys got tired of feeding us) and so last Sat we packed both a lunch and a dinner. Our dinner was some nice sandwiches which we were excited to eat but we decided to leave them at the church then come back and get them when we had an appointment there later. Then when we got there someone had locked our food in the kitchen!! uGGG... so we didn't eat them then ... so annoying but we decided to save them to eat for dinner the next day after church. So we get hungry and its time to eat so we go into the kitchen and look in the fridge and to our dismay... our sandwiches are gone!! Our other things are there but no sandwiches. Then we saw some of the elder's stuff in the kitchen so we figured they had eaten them. So we left them a nice note and went home for the day. They called us later and left a funny message saying how they didn't eat it and how they were appalled that we would think such things about them. But we didn't believe them and still fought that they did. Then at like 10:!0 that night my comp is rummaging in the fridge for something to eat and found ... the sandwiches... we had left them home the whole time. HAHAH... O k i guess you had to be there but we thought it was so funny that we let the sandwiches disappoint us twice ... when they were home all along ! hahaha!
Another funny story. We have this guy in our ward who is rich and likes to eat out so one day he asked if we wanted to eat lunch with him at this place called Le Cirque. We had no idea what it was so we decided to go. It was such a windy day that day and we looked totally nasty. o so bad. I was wearing like 17 layers and my hair was all out of whack. So bad. So we finally find this place and walk in and ... DUNN DUNN DUNN... It was no joke the nicest place I have ever eaten. They had a dress code there (which we barely passed) and everyone had these looks on their faces like ... what are you doing here?? O so funny. My companion was so funny because her skirt was soo staticy that it looked like she was wearing pants and she kept following me so closely and i didn't understand why but she was trying to hide herself because of her skirt. O it was so funny. So bad but so funny.
O well. That prob wasn't as funny as it was to us but I figured why not try and portray some missionary humor huh?? haha
Well I love you all so much and I really am working so hard. I'm exhausted already but I hope that's a good sign. I know that this Church is true and I realize that more and more with every mean person I talk to. haha. This gospel changes lives and I know it has changed mine. Don't be scared to tell people about the Gospel. I wouldn't be out here if I didn't know it was true.
Keep praying for me and my investigators. Keep sending mail everyone!!! I love it!! hahaha!
God is awesome!
Love you all to the moon and back
It has been a very busy but great week. The miracles keep rolling in. We had amazing numbers this week for how many lessons we taught and new investigators. We hit standard!!! Which we have been working for since we got here. Its hard when you are white washing but I know when the Lord asks us to do something He will always make it possible.
Kevin you will be excited to know we have been teaching a guy who got a scholarship to play basketball for St.Johns. You will have to keep your eye out for him. We also have some of the most amazing investigators who keep surprising us in their willingness and desire to do whats right. One girl we are teaching lost her job right after we met her and then we taught her and she went to church before she found a new job and she told us when she got her current job that she asked for Sundays off. HOW COOL IS THAT? We hadn't even taught her about keeping the sabbath day holy yet. So cool. And another investigator continues to amaze us. He calls us all the time and is like can I have another chapter to read? I already finished the last 4. O HE IS JUST SO GRAND. His friend whom he grew up with and went to seminary with and stuff flew down this weekend to meet us and help us a little. That was a tender mercy that went a long way. He is really progressing. He is so smart and understands how important this is but because of that he is hesitant because he wants to know that it is true. Which is amazing but frustrating at the same time. Keep praying for him. He is such a miracle!
So I had my first baptism on Saturday!! It was such an amazing and humbling experience. I sat there looking at her in the baptismal font, making this huge step towards eternal bliss and I realized, Wow... I really helped her get her. I know it was far from just me but I really had a part in this. What an amazing feeling that was. I am so grateful for it. We are now teaching her sister and her friend. HOW COOL IS THAT? just barely a member and already sharing the gospel. Makes me a little ashamed for not doing it more with my family.
So a funny story really quick. We have come to a standstill in our dinner appointments (i guess the boys got tired of feeding us) and so last Sat we packed both a lunch and a dinner. Our dinner was some nice sandwiches which we were excited to eat but we decided to leave them at the church then come back and get them when we had an appointment there later. Then when we got there someone had locked our food in the kitchen!! uGGG... so we didn't eat them then ... so annoying but we decided to save them to eat for dinner the next day after church. So we get hungry and its time to eat so we go into the kitchen and look in the fridge and to our dismay... our sandwiches are gone!! Our other things are there but no sandwiches. Then we saw some of the elder's stuff in the kitchen so we figured they had eaten them. So we left them a nice note and went home for the day. They called us later and left a funny message saying how they didn't eat it and how they were appalled that we would think such things about them. But we didn't believe them and still fought that they did. Then at like 10:!0 that night my comp is rummaging in the fridge for something to eat and found ... the sandwiches... we had left them home the whole time. HAHAH... O k i guess you had to be there but we thought it was so funny that we let the sandwiches disappoint us twice ... when they were home all along ! hahaha!
Another funny story. We have this guy in our ward who is rich and likes to eat out so one day he asked if we wanted to eat lunch with him at this place called Le Cirque. We had no idea what it was so we decided to go. It was such a windy day that day and we looked totally nasty. o so bad. I was wearing like 17 layers and my hair was all out of whack. So bad. So we finally find this place and walk in and ... DUNN DUNN DUNN... It was no joke the nicest place I have ever eaten. They had a dress code there (which we barely passed) and everyone had these looks on their faces like ... what are you doing here?? O so funny. My companion was so funny because her skirt was soo staticy that it looked like she was wearing pants and she kept following me so closely and i didn't understand why but she was trying to hide herself because of her skirt. O it was so funny. So bad but so funny.
O well. That prob wasn't as funny as it was to us but I figured why not try and portray some missionary humor huh?? haha
Well I love you all so much and I really am working so hard. I'm exhausted already but I hope that's a good sign. I know that this Church is true and I realize that more and more with every mean person I talk to. haha. This gospel changes lives and I know it has changed mine. Don't be scared to tell people about the Gospel. I wouldn't be out here if I didn't know it was true.
Keep praying for me and my investigators. Keep sending mail everyone!!! I love it!! hahaha!
God is awesome!
Love you all to the moon and back
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
To the Wadsworth-alots
I decided to steal sis wood's title for me as the email title. she is such a doll she writes me every week with her grandsons. She is so wonderful. Tell her thank you and how much i appreciate them.
SO this week has flown by last pday was an experience. We told you that we were going to get our picture drawn and we were so excited we went to time square and found a guy who would draw us both for 10 dollars. He didn't speak much English and so we pointed to our tags and said make us missionaries and make sure to put our tags. And he just laughed and smiled and we were like... ok. Then he started to draw and we sat there smiling and excited expecting greatness. But as people would walk by they would look at the picture, look at us and then laugh. So we just thought ... whatever its kinda weird i guess. Then he was like ok I'm done... you ready? And we were so excited ... then he turned it around and i couldn't help it but my eyes went huge and my mouth dropped open. He had done prob the complete opposite of what we asked. Not only did it not look like us but we were in skanky dresses with huge boobs and butts with a stripper pole on the side... .AHHHHHHHH!! So scandalous! We paid him and walked away and walked in silence for like 10 blocks then all of a sudden we turned to each other and just started laughing and laughing and laughing. oooo sooo funny. and horrible at the same time. We will prob throw it away but we took a picture to send you. o man too great. Then we went to the store and spent 27 dollars on 3 small bags of groceries that we needed. OOO THIS PLACE IS CRAZY EXPENSIVE. We are one of the most expensive missions in the world. No surprise there. We get 180 a month. Which really feels like nothing sadly.
So we have been goin out with some members of our ward to eat because the Elders are in charge of feeding us now and the sisters go on splits. So most of the time we get take out with them because they are lazy haha. But this one guy took us to this amazing greek place. That was sooo expensive and soo not what i expected to eat as missionary. O so delightful. The food here is so awesome though. If i had more money and the time I would so get fat. HAHA
Another cool thing that happened this week is that after district meeting we convinced all the boys to do facials with us. hahaha. It was so strange they were way more excited about it then we were. I will send the pics. They had cucumbers and all. SOOOO great. I loved it.
O so we ended our sweets fast on SATURDAY HALLELUJAH! ... I am never doin that again because all i did the next day and a half was eat sweets. HHAHA.No it was good and we know it was a sacrifice so we were blessed.
I still can't believe I am in NEW YORK. I feel like I haven't had a chance to actually soak it all in but I guess that's good because then it means Im working hard.
I love you all so much and am really working so hard. I am working so hard that a couple of nights ago my comp knocked over our lamp and broke it like 10 mins after I went to bed and I didnt even wake up or hear it!!! And everyone knows how light of a sleeper I am!!!! CRAZY HUH? Its good though I plan to come off the plane and crash to the finish line. Then I will know FOR SURE that all the things that I am missing at home will have been worth it. I am so excited about all the things going on back home. Its so strange to think things are still moving without me hahaha. Selfish I know.
I hope all is well with the extended family, with the ward, all my cute old people friends, all my roomies, all my college buddies! I love you all and am so grateful for your prayers and support. KEEP THEM COMING BECAUSE I AM LOVING ALL THESE BLESSINGS! haahah!
I know that this is the true church because it is what brings true happiness through Jesus Christ. Don't be afraid to share this beautiful gift we have with those around you. Plant seeds, be a good example. :D
You are all sooo amazing!
LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK
-Sister Wads Wheezy (That's what my district calls me and what is written on our district tshirts... o lovely huh??)
SO this week has flown by last pday was an experience. We told you that we were going to get our picture drawn and we were so excited we went to time square and found a guy who would draw us both for 10 dollars. He didn't speak much English and so we pointed to our tags and said make us missionaries and make sure to put our tags. And he just laughed and smiled and we were like... ok. Then he started to draw and we sat there smiling and excited expecting greatness. But as people would walk by they would look at the picture, look at us and then laugh. So we just thought ... whatever its kinda weird i guess. Then he was like ok I'm done... you ready? And we were so excited ... then he turned it around and i couldn't help it but my eyes went huge and my mouth dropped open. He had done prob the complete opposite of what we asked. Not only did it not look like us but we were in skanky dresses with huge boobs and butts with a stripper pole on the side... .AHHHHHHHH!! So scandalous! We paid him and walked away and walked in silence for like 10 blocks then all of a sudden we turned to each other and just started laughing and laughing and laughing. oooo sooo funny. and horrible at the same time. We will prob throw it away but we took a picture to send you. o man too great. Then we went to the store and spent 27 dollars on 3 small bags of groceries that we needed. OOO THIS PLACE IS CRAZY EXPENSIVE. We are one of the most expensive missions in the world. No surprise there. We get 180 a month. Which really feels like nothing sadly.
So we have been goin out with some members of our ward to eat because the Elders are in charge of feeding us now and the sisters go on splits. So most of the time we get take out with them because they are lazy haha. But this one guy took us to this amazing greek place. That was sooo expensive and soo not what i expected to eat as missionary. O so delightful. The food here is so awesome though. If i had more money and the time I would so get fat. HAHA
Another cool thing that happened this week is that after district meeting we convinced all the boys to do facials with us. hahaha. It was so strange they were way more excited about it then we were. I will send the pics. They had cucumbers and all. SOOOO great. I loved it.
O so we ended our sweets fast on SATURDAY HALLELUJAH! ... I am never doin that again because all i did the next day and a half was eat sweets. HHAHA.No it was good and we know it was a sacrifice so we were blessed.
I still can't believe I am in NEW YORK. I feel like I haven't had a chance to actually soak it all in but I guess that's good because then it means Im working hard.
I love you all so much and am really working so hard. I am working so hard that a couple of nights ago my comp knocked over our lamp and broke it like 10 mins after I went to bed and I didnt even wake up or hear it!!! And everyone knows how light of a sleeper I am!!!! CRAZY HUH? Its good though I plan to come off the plane and crash to the finish line. Then I will know FOR SURE that all the things that I am missing at home will have been worth it. I am so excited about all the things going on back home. Its so strange to think things are still moving without me hahaha. Selfish I know.
I hope all is well with the extended family, with the ward, all my cute old people friends, all my roomies, all my college buddies! I love you all and am so grateful for your prayers and support. KEEP THEM COMING BECAUSE I AM LOVING ALL THESE BLESSINGS! haahah!
I know that this is the true church because it is what brings true happiness through Jesus Christ. Don't be afraid to share this beautiful gift we have with those around you. Plant seeds, be a good example. :D
You are all sooo amazing!
LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK
-Sister Wads Wheezy (That's what my district calls me and what is written on our district tshirts... o lovely huh??)
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Spread the Love
I'm a little late, but here experts from Kaitlyn's latest email to us....
Im really excited for pday today because we are going to go get a caricature (?) drawn of sis stirling and I as missionaries. haha Im excited.
So we decided as a Zone to do a zone fast over 13 days each companionship would choose a day and fast. We are fasting that we all can have a baptism in March. President has asked us to baptize monthly. It is so amazing to see the miracles that God lays before us. The day we fasted we looked up this former investigator named Dave and lets just say that he is a dry mormon. Meaning he just needs water (baptism). He is so amazing. He came to church on sunday dressed in a white shirt and tie. He used to go to seminary back home with a member friend and everything. We are so blessed to have him. OOO how sweeet it is!
It has been a pretty intense week otherwise. Lots and lots of work. The Lord is def trying our faith to make sure that we can do it. Every time we start to get discouraged we are will say something like "O something good has got to be coming cuz Satan's trying to get us down". But we dont let him and then we always see miracles. :D
So we started a sugar (dessert) fast on saturday as a sacrifice to show our gratitude for Dave and to give him extra strength. And o my. I know im not a big sugar fan but i feel like every corner we turn there is some amazing place to get dessert at here! And it all smells so good. It's so annoying but i guess thats the point of a sacrifice.
I have been working really hard and trying my best to be 100% obedient. I never knew how different NY would be from anywhere I have ever been. I can feel myself growing and becoming a better person as I strive to overcome my weaknesses. My companion is very sweet and always says nice things to me. She told me that she thinks im going to be the best missionary in the mission. haha. She said im going to have the whole mission wrapped around my finger. :D So I better get to work to make that come true! HAHA!
I love you all! Happy Valentines day. Spread the love that you have come to understand through the gospel with those around you. We are doing heart attacks for people and leaving them a plate of cookies with a church publication on Valentines day. OOO can't wait for Valentines day this year. Actually I really am looking forward to it for the first time in my life. :D Its such a dreadful day most of the time. haha!
Love you to the moon and back!
Im really excited for pday today because we are going to go get a caricature (?) drawn of sis stirling and I as missionaries. haha Im excited.
So we decided as a Zone to do a zone fast over 13 days each companionship would choose a day and fast. We are fasting that we all can have a baptism in March. President has asked us to baptize monthly. It is so amazing to see the miracles that God lays before us. The day we fasted we looked up this former investigator named Dave and lets just say that he is a dry mormon. Meaning he just needs water (baptism). He is so amazing. He came to church on sunday dressed in a white shirt and tie. He used to go to seminary back home with a member friend and everything. We are so blessed to have him. OOO how sweeet it is!
It has been a pretty intense week otherwise. Lots and lots of work. The Lord is def trying our faith to make sure that we can do it. Every time we start to get discouraged we are will say something like "O something good has got to be coming cuz Satan's trying to get us down". But we dont let him and then we always see miracles. :D
So we started a sugar (dessert) fast on saturday as a sacrifice to show our gratitude for Dave and to give him extra strength. And o my. I know im not a big sugar fan but i feel like every corner we turn there is some amazing place to get dessert at here! And it all smells so good. It's so annoying but i guess thats the point of a sacrifice.
I have been working really hard and trying my best to be 100% obedient. I never knew how different NY would be from anywhere I have ever been. I can feel myself growing and becoming a better person as I strive to overcome my weaknesses. My companion is very sweet and always says nice things to me. She told me that she thinks im going to be the best missionary in the mission. haha. She said im going to have the whole mission wrapped around my finger. :D So I better get to work to make that come true! HAHA!
I love you all! Happy Valentines day. Spread the love that you have come to understand through the gospel with those around you. We are doing heart attacks for people and leaving them a plate of cookies with a church publication on Valentines day. OOO can't wait for Valentines day this year. Actually I really am looking forward to it for the first time in my life. :D Its such a dreadful day most of the time. haha!
Love you to the moon and back!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
I can't believe I am really an AUNT NOW!!! AHHHH Janson you have the coolest family ever! Just so you know! Im not going to lie I did start bawling my eyes out when I read it and saw his picture. BUT THATS OK! HAHA. I am so happy that everyone is healthy and safe. Thats all I really need for now. It's funny because I totally bought a baby gift for Janson like two days ago and I was wondering if he was even here yet. WOW... so crazy. Britt I hope you are feeling well and I am just soo excited for both of you. I know you will be great parents! I can't wait to come home and see him! It will be fun to see him grow. DONT FORGET TO SEND LOTS AND LOTS OF PICTURES!
I get to go to the temple today!!! I'm so happy! We get to go every three months. What a blessing that is. I cant wait to just go and relax and be filled with the spirit without having to work really hard for it to be there... I donno if that made sense. I just meant that when we are with investigators it is sometimes so draining to try to keep the spirit in the room when Satan is obviously trying to distract them. I swear everytime I get to the restoration someones phone rings or the dog starts barking or our stop comes up. UGG so annoying. But anyways what im saying is that it will be a nice break.
So here is a story that I am super excited to tell you guys:
So we met these two boys last week named Eric and Adam. They are both really nice guys. Very... ghetto haha. Struggling for money and really don't have a place to live. But very kind. So we taught them one lesson and then we were planning to meet them another day. So that day rolls around and we went to visit a less active at work but he wasnt there and so we were leaving and crossing a very busy street where tons of people were and then I saw Eric and Adam and I was like HEY HEY and they ran over to us. And we just thought it was crazy that we actually saw them. So we decided to just teach them the next lesson then and we did it in this really cool old library. And as we were teaching them Eric told us how he really needed money for rent and that when we saw him on the street he was literally on his way to go rob someone and steal their computer. !!!! ahhh sister wadsworth FIGHTING CRIME!! haha Crazy huh? Then he promised us that he wouldn't do it any more and that he would use other resources and he just talked about how badly he wanted to change but he felt like there was no other way. So we talked about the Atonement and the power that God has to change us. And I said the closing prayer and just prayed really hard for him and asked God to give him the strength to overcome and to find ways to get the money that was pleasing to God and when I opened my eyes after the prayer this 25 year old guy was bawling. It was pretty intense. But amazing! We will let you know how things are going for him. We are a little worried about him so we are fasting on Thursday for him and he actually asked if he could fast with us. So cool.
Anyways... so its rough here and people are so interesting sometimes. They constantly laugh and us and say rude things and while I was reading my scriptures I ran across D&C 45:59 and it just made me so happy. It talks about what will happen to those who laugh at us :D!
So New York is crazy. The pizza is amazing. And just so all of you know being a missionary and being a tourist in New York is not the same at all. HAHA. This is def not all fun and games. Although sliding on the ice everywhere is pretty fun. :D
I know God can present us with miracles but it is only after the trial of our faith. I never knew how necessary it was to take that leap of faith but really without it we will not progress. The good thing about being members of the church is that we know God will ALWAYS catch us.
LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!
-Sis Wadsworth
EXTRAS FOR THE BLOG:
Sara, Suzy, Mel, Megan, Emily, Liz, Rachel, Kimchet, Dona, Kassy, Cathy, Jare and all my glenwood buddies: I love you guys all so much I hope school/life is going well. Keep up the good work. Do service all day everyday. Spread the word with all those you come in contact with. PLANT THOSE SEEDS!
I get to go to the temple today!!! I'm so happy! We get to go every three months. What a blessing that is. I cant wait to just go and relax and be filled with the spirit without having to work really hard for it to be there... I donno if that made sense. I just meant that when we are with investigators it is sometimes so draining to try to keep the spirit in the room when Satan is obviously trying to distract them. I swear everytime I get to the restoration someones phone rings or the dog starts barking or our stop comes up. UGG so annoying. But anyways what im saying is that it will be a nice break.
So here is a story that I am super excited to tell you guys:
So we met these two boys last week named Eric and Adam. They are both really nice guys. Very... ghetto haha. Struggling for money and really don't have a place to live. But very kind. So we taught them one lesson and then we were planning to meet them another day. So that day rolls around and we went to visit a less active at work but he wasnt there and so we were leaving and crossing a very busy street where tons of people were and then I saw Eric and Adam and I was like HEY HEY and they ran over to us. And we just thought it was crazy that we actually saw them. So we decided to just teach them the next lesson then and we did it in this really cool old library. And as we were teaching them Eric told us how he really needed money for rent and that when we saw him on the street he was literally on his way to go rob someone and steal their computer. !!!! ahhh sister wadsworth FIGHTING CRIME!! haha Crazy huh? Then he promised us that he wouldn't do it any more and that he would use other resources and he just talked about how badly he wanted to change but he felt like there was no other way. So we talked about the Atonement and the power that God has to change us. And I said the closing prayer and just prayed really hard for him and asked God to give him the strength to overcome and to find ways to get the money that was pleasing to God and when I opened my eyes after the prayer this 25 year old guy was bawling. It was pretty intense. But amazing! We will let you know how things are going for him. We are a little worried about him so we are fasting on Thursday for him and he actually asked if he could fast with us. So cool.
Anyways... so its rough here and people are so interesting sometimes. They constantly laugh and us and say rude things and while I was reading my scriptures I ran across D&C 45:59 and it just made me so happy. It talks about what will happen to those who laugh at us :D!
So New York is crazy. The pizza is amazing. And just so all of you know being a missionary and being a tourist in New York is not the same at all. HAHA. This is def not all fun and games. Although sliding on the ice everywhere is pretty fun. :D
I know God can present us with miracles but it is only after the trial of our faith. I never knew how necessary it was to take that leap of faith but really without it we will not progress. The good thing about being members of the church is that we know God will ALWAYS catch us.
LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!
-Sis Wadsworth
EXTRAS FOR THE BLOG:
Sara, Suzy, Mel, Megan, Emily, Liz, Rachel, Kimchet, Dona, Kassy, Cathy, Jare and all my glenwood buddies: I love you guys all so much I hope school/life is going well. Keep up the good work. Do service all day everyday. Spread the word with all those you come in contact with. PLANT THOSE SEEDS!
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