So this week has been ... interesting. Well I just wanted to say how much I appreciated your tape. I have had some things on my mind that have been concerning me. The reason I am not going into detail is because I have decided to not let this affect me. I am on a mission. This is my short period of time to give everything to the Lord. One night I couldn't really sleep and I was just praying for comfort and guidance. Then the quote by president Hinckley's father came to mind. "FORGET YOURSELF AND GO TO WORK". So I decided that is what I must do. It's interesting to be in a place where you really have no one to just talk to about your feelings or something that is bothering you. That is except the Lord. I am so grateful for the chance I have been given to 100% rely on the Lord. With no best friend or mother to cry to. lol. Anyways. I have already seen a difference in myself as I have made a strong effort to focus 100% of my thoughts and deeds on this work. The deeds part is easy... the thoughts part is a bit of a challenge. haha. I know that as I surrender my will and my dreams and my hopes during this time in my life to do only what the Lord wants done, I will find what will really bring me happiness. The work will be easier and my burdens will not be my burdens anymore. ANYWAYS... thank you for your support. Your tape was a tender mercy for sure.

So on to happier things. We helped a less active lady a couple of weeks ago pull up the carpet in her apartment and clean up the place a bit and so this week she made us dinner to repay us. She is from Belize and o man it was so delicious and yes... she taught me how to make some of it myself. Sweet plantains are now my specialty. haha. But the coolest part was after the lesson we taught her about the temple and during the lesson I felt prompted to promise her that if she prepared to go the temple and then attended regularly that her family would see a difference in her and have a desire to learn about the gospel (which they are not receptive to at this point in time). After I said it I thought WHOA... did I really just say that? Where did that come from? It was really awesome to feel the spirit teach through me and that I could make promises that God wanted for her.

So funny story: We were sleeping one night and I awoke to a noise but I was too sleepy to realize what it was. Then I kept hearing these cracks and pops and bangs outside of our apartment. Then I heard fire trucks. Lots of them. I was so delirious that I didn't quite know what it was until I smelt smoke and burning rubber. So I got up at like 4 am and looked out the window only to see nothing but dark smoke and the lights of the fire trucks shining though right in front of our apartment. I freaked out and yelled "SISTER GET UP OUR APARTMENT BUILDING IS ON FIREEEEEE!!!" She obviously jumped up and then followed me out to the other sisters room. Man I was panicked so many thoughts went through my head. one being "man I am glad all my clothes are ugly, I dont care that they will burn". haha. So I run into the other room and again yell "GET UP OUR APARTMENT IS ON FIRE!!" One of the sisters bolted up like we did and the other one laughed. Then she explained to me that she had been up for like the last hour watching what really had happened. A car had crashed into a truck in the street in front of our apartment. It was pretty intense but still ... no fire in our apartment. haha. The car had caught on fire and that's what I saw. Its funny what happens when you are half asleep and possibly high on rubber. :D

So the work is going well we are working on getting our ward members excited to share the gospel with their friends. We are going to try and do the pass along card thing that they did in our ward a while ago. One person gives a card away, then passes it to someone else to do. This week I did have the chance to bear my testimony about the family proclamation which I JUST LOVE. Especially with my major in school I am so glad to know what God expects from each of us and our families.

Keep sending me recipes mom. I like to hear quick little things I can make. Well I gotta rush off. We are going to the Holocaust museum on the bottom of the island. WOOt..

Love you all to the moon and back

I love being a missionary!!!
-Sis

Man i think computers are such a pain sometimes. I just tried to write my letter to the president like 5 times and something weird kept happening. Anyways. It sounds like everything is going well back home. Seems like some distant life I had. LOL!

Sis Gananha is from Tokyo.

Man I usually write down things I want to say in my letters but I had a massive headache last night so I went to bed early. Now I cant remember what to tell you about.

Well on Sunday I sang in church it was seriously the most stressful Sunday of my whole mission. A good stressful but stressful none the less. We had to go to ward council at 10 and then we had to pick one of our investigators up to go early with us and then she brought one of her friends. Then during ward council the bishop gets a call and says well looks like a general authority will be joining us for church today. AHHHH... I WAS SINGING! And then the my pianist was late to practice and we had 3 investigators at church and a less active who had not been there in 5 years. O man and none of our ward missionaries were there to help. WOW... JUST WOW! buttttttttttttt needless to say the Lord gave us the help we needed and it all worked out. The general authority was Elder Stevenson. He spoke in conference right after Elder Bednar. Anyways he was so sweet. My song went well. and our investigators all enjoyed church. God is for sure watchin out for us.

Gene was not able to make it to church this week when I sang and boy was he sad. The reason was because last Sunday the elevators were not working right in his building and he didn't want to miss church so this sweet 91 year old man walked down 20 flights of stairs. Just for church. It hurt him quite a bit but can you believe that?? Amazing..

So today for pday we did something I think mom will appreciate. We went to salvation army!!! I wanted to find a fan but no luck. But all the clothes and shoes were half off and so i found a top for 2 bucks and some rain boots that would be 5 if they were half off. But as I got to the counter the guy informed they were not on sale. So I was like o ok I wont get them then. Then he looked at my name tag and then looked at me and said "is it out of your budget?" and I was like well yea but that's ok. Then he said.. well my eyes are pretty bad let me look again. and then he said o yea they are on sale. hahah. And gave them to me for 5 dollars. What a tender mercy! So mom just so you know your not the only one who can charm the thrift store workers. hahah. I bet now that I finally got rain boots it wont rain anymore. lol.

Sis Ganaha has been sick. :( She has a bad cough but it doesn't effect her work. Shes amazing. I just hope i don't get it. Its going around the mission I guess.

We have seen a lot of small miracles this week. We talked to a lady on the street and she invited us in right away. Then we met her two adorable twin daughters who are 21 and looking for more truth. Unfortunately they will be for the singles ward missionaries but still a solid investigators is good for everyone.

My knees have been bothering me a lot. I think I have the lovely Wadsworth knees YIPPEE!! But I think it also has a lot to do with walking about 8 miles a day on hard concrete.


LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK..
TATERS

So transfers came and went FINALLY I AM NOT MOVING OR LOOSIN A COMPANION. Such a tender mercy. I don't think I could handle another change. I am soooo so so so soo grateful to be with Sis Ganaha again. She is a super star and I love being with her. So this week was kinda strange and filled with events that don't usually happen. For example we got a new mission president. We surprised President and Sis Searle before they left though and the whole mission got together and sang them a song as they came in and then just told them how much we loved them and the coolest thing happened. President gave us permission to hug HIM!!!! AHHHH! It was sooooo awesome! We don't get to do that like ever. It was hard to see them go and a little strange to meet our new mission president. They are much different from the searles. They are from Rexburg Idaho. lol. My favorite place (they will never know that btw). They are not bad or anything I am really learning to love them. they are just different. I really don't know them very well so I don't know what to tell you about them other than I have come to know that in order to be a mission president you have to be pretty amazing so I know they will be great. Also this week we had FOURTH OF JULY. I have never loved this holiday as much as I do now as a missionary. Why? because we have to be in by 6 rather than 9 :D SOOO we had our selves a little party . I made guacamole burgers for everyone. Well actually I just made the burgers (From scratch) and the hermanas made the guac. Mom you will love them I will make them when I get home. It's amazing the new recipes I am learning. I feel more like a chef though because I don't use recipes!! WOOT! Any ways then we played games like pictionary and charades. We laughed so hard it was fun fun fun. Then we made s'mores over the gas stove. And the best part was we got to go on the roof of our 35 floored apartment and watch the fireworks the city had over the Hudson river. It was amazingggg!!! So great. I will never forget it. It was a nice little break and totally re-energized us all.

We have gotten some new investigators that we are excited about. They are all having a hard time getting to church for one reason or another. Yesterday we taught a lesson the lady was so sweet. I am so grateful for the little things that have been happening to really get this area up and running. Sis G and I have been working so hard and its not easy to stay super positive when it feels like your efforts are going no where. But I am always reminded of my Savior's love as I see all the miracles, however small they may be.

Something interesting I have learned as a sister missionary is that you can in fact tan through nylons. HAHA. I realized this as I saw the thick shoe strap line across my foot. lol. I know hott right? It has really warmed up and is continuing to get warmer and more humid. YAY? haha

So I have decided that i love Japanese food. My companion is totally hookin me on all these foods. If will be fun to cook some of it for you when I get back. UMMM... We now have a greenie living with us. She is adorable and is from Arizona so she knows what Im going through with the weather here. It will be fun to have a greenie around who is excited about all the new things. It makes me think a lot about what I felt like as a newbie.

So the lady in our ward who is over choosing musical numbers has asked me to sing in church on Sunday. AHHH. I'm nervous because there is so much real talent in the area but I will do it because I know if I share my talent it will grow. So I am hoping that at least by the end of the song I will sound like Celine Dion. haha. I didn't bring any of my music with me though so a sweet lady in the ward found a song for me that was in my range and then fed us dinner this week so she could teach it to me. I hope it goes well. Its hard because we don't have much down time to practice but I know Heavenly Father will help me out.

We had a huge group of missionaries go home this cycle. Two of my favorite sisters. Its so sad to see people go. Its crazy to think they are going "home". To that other world. haha. I hope some of them stay single long enough to room with me when I get home. They are all talk and say they will be and want to live with me but we will see how long that lasts. HAHA.

I came across a scripture D&C 49:27-28. I really love this because it talks about how Christ is always with us and will come quickly when we call. What a comfort that is as we go out and serve him here in Harlem!

LOVE YOU GUYS to the moon and back.

-taters

Hmmmm

Well this last week has been rough. We are being challenged FOR SURE. This area is proving to be harder than I thought to build. With transfers coming up I feel like I have not done as much as I should have but there is still time. I am working on staying positive and looking for all the tender mercies that God always shows us. One thing I saw this week for the first time were LIGHTNING BUGS! They are so amazing!!! I felt bad for the lady I was talking to when I first saw them because I got so excited I could hardly contain myself. She was like "yea... they are everywhere". HAHA. They are so cool. So beautiful. I bet the Lord had fun thinking that one up.

I am starting this cool thing. I am asking for the recipe of all my favorite meals that members feed us. I am making a little cookbook for when I go home. It's been so fun to see what people make and they get all excited when I ask for the recipe. I don't think elders ever do that. But my future family will should be very excited cuz I have been fed some great meals!

Yes I am going to church at the temple now. It's pretty cool. We see a lot of people who are visiting. It has made it difficult to get to know the ward though. I can never tell who is really in our ward. Last week I sat next to Lauren's (our lauren) BYU dance teachers. There were two of them here visiting because one of our ward members was a big BYU modern dancer too and she was speaking. Anyways when I told them I was related to Lauren they got all excited and told me how one of their sons had a big crush on Lauren and then they were like ... o that means you're Kyle's sister. OOO WE LOVE KYLE TOO... ahaha it was funny. We also have a missionary here who knows the Cahoons and he was so excited to hear Devan and Kelsi got married. I know I have said it many times but i really love being a member of our family. We have the best people around!

So yes it rains here a ton. We have been drenched like 5/7 days a week this whole cycle. I donno what is going on. Its good to know it is not always like this. I really want to invest in some rain boots but I don't think I have enough money for that. They have cut our money down even more because the church is trying to save money. Which is fine. It's just fun trying to live off pretty much nothing. Guess it's good practice right? :D

I love sis. Ganaha so much. She is so amazing. I hope we get to stay together!!! *fingers crossed* I really don't know what will happen with the next transfers. But yesterday I went on a split in the BRONX!! HAHA. It seriously is so great there. Way nicer then where I live and work now. Man I am excited to go there. It will be interesting to see the Lord's timing on that one because it is the ward that Dave lives in during his off track. But there are 3 sets of missionaries in that ward so the sisters don't actually cover his area but I would see him at church on Sundays. CRAZY.

So it's going to be an interesting next week. Today President and Sister Searle are leaving. I actually wrote to President Smith in my weekly President's letter today. That was weird. But I am excited to see what the change will bring. I was just thinking how inspired and close to the spirit you have to be to be a mission president. The old president only gets 3 hours tops with the new one before he leaves it all to him. They are not supposed to talk about the missionaries at all. So i guess all the missionaries get a fresh start (other than the APs opinions). I will miss the searles. They are so amazing. We got a tender mercy to see them on Monday with all the missionaries and president gave the elders permission to hug sister searle and we got permission to hug him. IT WAS SO EXCITING!!!!! HAHAHAH!

Anyways I don't really have anything else exciting to say. I am super exhausted. I love you all so much. Thanks for all you do to support me.

LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK.

-SIS

Smooth Sailing

So father's day was interesting. I'm sorry dad but I totally forgot on the actual day until the little kids got up to sing "I'm so glad when daddy comes home". It was funny. We spent the day as usual. It was pouring pouring rain. Like it has been for about the last 3 weeks... ugg. But that evening it was raining especially hard and so I could not stop laughing because my umbrella went all over the place as the wind blew and so it was pointless and we were sopping wet. And right as I had lost all hope staying dry we hear "honk honk hey sisters!!" and this super hip and cute couple in our ward rides by on their scooter sopping wet too and we all just had a good laugh at how ridiculous we looked. Priceless. But after that we went to stop and see a cute old guy in our ward. We sang a song with him and tried to make him feel loved. It was great.

So the baptism was AMAZING!!!!!!! It went so smoothly. It is so amazing to know that God is aware of our most simple prayers. We have been praying for the last month or so that it would go smoothly and without accident because he is so old. I couldn't have asked for anything better. We put a small stepping stool in the baptismal font and had three people in the water to help him sit and lean back and it went PERFECTLY. He looked ten years younger afterwards. He was bouncing around and all giggly. I love that man. I sang his favorite hymn "I need the every hour" accapella and he was so cute. He just smiled and smiled and told everyone how I did that for him because it was his favorite song. President and Sister Searle came to the baptism. It was so great to see them one more time before they leave in a few days. CRAZY!

I had an interesting experience this week. I contacted a guy who had very strong feelings about the church (not positive feelings btw). I have had people say rude things but this guy was terrible. He cursed and cursed and cursed and just yelled and yelled and said some very very hurtful things. It was horrible. I kept my composure while he talked for about 5 mins straight about how I was going to hell. And I just told him how I knew God loved him and thanked him for his time and then left. I felt so horrible afterwards and I started to tear up a little but then I thought about our Savior. So many people spit in His face and mocked Him and yet He stood strong and relied on our Father in Heaven. As horrible as that experience was I am so grateful for the opportunity to stand by my Savior. I know that this church is true and no one can take that away from me, no matter how rude they are. What a blessing the gospel is in my life to give me a sure foundation.

I found out yesterday that my recent convert Krystyne is now the Relief Society secretary. THAT MAKES MY HEART SMILE. It is so great to see these people progress and grow and help build the kingdom. She is an awesome missionary too! I love Love love her. Also one of the girls that I taught that was a member refferal and from jersey got baptized on Sunday!!! SO great!
Well my time is out I love you guys so much. I love you all. Keep being amazing. LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK
-SIS Kait

O i just love these emails. I just always feel so silly when I start to tear up in the library. People prob think I just found out some horrible news but really I am just overwhelmed with the love you guys share and the love I have for you guys. So thank you. It sounds like it was an exciting trip as usual to Salt Lake. I remember it being both fun and traumatizing. haha.

Well it has been another exciting week. I have started a new tape for you guys and I realized that my funniest story from this week is on the tape. So I guess you will hear it twice. So we have this Haitian recent convert that we visit every other week. He is 75 and O HOW I LOVE THIS MAN. He cannot speak too much English but you can always feel his love for the Lord and the gospel. You can also tell how he just has the most tender heart. He is a great example to me because even though he doesn't understand everything he still comes to church every week. That is why sis G and I were pretty concerned when we didn't see him at church on Sunday. We had an appointment with him on Monday so we figured we would get the story then. So when we got there he told us his story in broken English. He said "I was in elevator... i push 3" (the elevator at the church and the chapel is on the 3rd floor) "and then swoooooooooooooooooosh!" And at this point he stands up from his chair and then motions downward with his hands multiple times from below his waste to the floor. and then he said "I PEE ... PANTS ALL WET!" ..... first of all we were very concerned. But then he just started to laugh at himself. and we couldn't help but laugh because of the way he explained it. I asked if it had happened before and he said "no first time". O it was so funny. He's getting old I guess and so I said "You know what that means... ? You have to wear diapers now". And he laughed and laughed and stood up and wobbled around like he was wearing a diaper. It was too cute. He is such a humble sweet man. He just kept talking about how he is happy because he has all he needs (not much) and how much God loves him.

We are getting excited about the baptism this Saturday. It will be very interesting with 4 people in the font to make sure he doesn't hurt himself and that he gets all the way under. He is so cute too. Very gracious. Always appreciates what we do.

I'm so excited for Devan and Kelsi. They are too cute. Congrats to them.

It rains so much here. A couple of days ago it was pouring so hard that the water was rushing over my shoes. That was fun to get stuck in. I had to keep saying in my head "the miracles come after the trial of your faith" over and over. HAHA. That's prob terrible that I have to remind my self about that. This area is proving to be a tough one. We have a lot of singles and Jewish people around. FUN FUN.

Right now I am reading Jesus the Christ. Wow this book is awesome! I have not gotten that far yet but as I read I am just overcome with a feeling of peace and love that comes only as we learn of the Savior. I know that He died for me and that He has provided a way for us to be happy and successful. But this is only possible through our faith and action. But what a merciful God we have who is always willing to give us another chance.

Well sorry this letter is kinda lame. Sis G forgot her library card and so she needs to use some of my time. I really love you guys so much and am grateful for the all you do for me. I am doing my best to be worthy of God's blessings.

LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK

-Sista wads wheezy

Loove you!

Dear Family and friends,



So this week has been a challenge. We are working our tails off trying to find people to teach. We found that amazing lady last week and then she disappeared. We have been praying to find her again and a miracle... we talked to her on the phone yesterday!! We have been working hard to build up member relationships because our ward is primarily full of young couples who come and go for school and internships it's very challenging to get member refferals which are our greatest tools. I'm just trying to do my thing and get people to trust us. Were praying and praying it works out. There is this line they use on the mission "you don't get member refferals, you EARN them"... o how that is so true. We will keep you posted on that.

Exciting news: Our 91 year old investigator has decided to be baptized on the 20th!! He is so amazing. He doesn't even look that old. He travels from 110th to 65th every Sunday by himself to come to church. He doesn't have hearing aids (he is hard of hearing but he doesn't need them) and no glasses either. He is the best. Yesterday we went to see him and we asked him how he was feeling. and he said "Like a monkey!" haha. Then he proceeded to tell us that that meant he was all wobbly and all over the place. HAHA. He says cute things like that all the time. He so smart too. Never forgets ANYTHING. Which is a blessings and a curse at the same time for us because if we ever forget something boy does he call us out "YOU GUYS MADE A BOO BOO" lol. Sis Ganaha was so funny later she said... whats a boo boo sister? I love my companion. It's so fun teaching her new words and phrases like "oww I stubbed my toe". Then she writes them in her planner and looks up the word in her dictionary then will laugh. It's the best. I am so glad to be with her. She is seriously the sweetest little thing.

So we had an amazing lesson on Sunday in relief society about the law of consecration and how it is more than just sharing our money. It is sharing our talents and time. The teacher talked about her brother who moved from a nice area to a little po-dunk city in arizona because he knew his family could do a better job building the kingdom there. How amazing and full of humility is that? It made me think about mom and dad. How we could live in a different area of town but instead we live in NLV. WOOT! haha. The service you render is truly building the kingdom where it is needed most. You are such great examples to me. Thank you. The lesson really has made me think a lot about how I can contribute to building God's kingdom. Let's just say I have a new goal I want to accomplish in life and I am so excited to do it. I know that as we serve others selflessly we can truly be happy. I know when I would work with my special Olympics kids or be at the hospital helping wrap presents is when I really felt happiest and felt like I was doing as Christ would. And now as a missionary. It's such a great opportunity even when people constantly ignore or be mean to us. haha

Anyways. Congrats on graduation Tom and everyone else who has graduated. I got Devan's announcement. They are too cute together. It was funny because the same day I got Devan's one of the sisters I live with got one from her ex-boyfriend who should have waited for her. HAHA. And we talked about how much cuter devan and kelsey are (they who waited) compared to this Sister's friend who didn't wait. haha o The life of a missionary.

Thanks for everything. Keep up the good work. Love you to the moon and back
-Sis Wadsworth

Dear All,

Well it has been quite a week.

So my companion IS AMAZING. I don't know what I did to be blessed with such a sweet companion. She is so Christlike. I am learning so much from her. She is from Tokyo. She and I are having a blast together. I could stay with her forever. Because english is her second language she uses a lot of sounds and hand motions and since I am just ... special I always have too as I am sure you all remember. Anyways so we just laugh at each other all the time because we are both goofy communicators.

O mom exciting news: You can ship my packages to my apartment here! WHOOO HOO! I got the package with my skirts in them THANK YOU!!! O man they are like HEAVEN in the summer compared to the wool winter ones I have. Thanks again for always sending me sweet stuff. It really makes up for weeks like this where I don't receive any mail. haha.

So about my new area... let's just say I have been very humbled. It was quite difficult to leave my last area because we had so much going on. We had so many people that we had been working with for so long and working so hard to get ready for baptism. We put so much hard work in that area. And so it made it hard to leave and come to a new area where there is not as many. HUMBLING HUMBLING HUMBLING. It was especially hard when my last comp came up to me about all the new successes they were having. But then I realized how selfish I was being. I am just so glad that they are progressing and coming closer to our Heavenly Father. I know they will all be protected and are in the Lord's hands. It was sad that on Monday I had my last interview with President Searle. He and his wife will be released before the next transfer. Its so amazing to feel the power he has when sitting in the room with him. I always have all these things I think I want to talk to him about but all of my concerns are flushed away during his opening prayer. Anyways I really love that guy. He's the best. I am goin to miss president searle so much but I know that our new President will be AMAZING TOO!!

o this is so sad... I had an amazing letter and then it just crashed on me :( ooooooooooooooooo I don't know what to do!!!

ug
ok well this is going to be the lame version

So we met this amazing lady this week. We contacted her on the street and then she invited us to her home and the whole time we were teaching her she kept crying and saying "how did you know that is what I have been praying for?" It was such an amazing experience to be an instrument in the Lord's hands. We called her yesterday and she has already read and prayed and looked on mormon.org and listened to some conversion stories. She said that her daughter and her prayed together yesterday for the first time. soo happy!

Also there are some las vegans in my new ward. A girl who is a Fabbi. Kyle is she is Joe Fabbi's sister. Cool huh? Also a girl named Missy Davis who grew up in the cooper's ward. She is Jodi's age. She told me how much she loved Kenna. And we spent some time talkin about how much we love the coopers. I am so grateful to have family I am far from ashamed of. I just love you guys so much.

Well I gotta go my time is up but i LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK.

Give janson a kiss and a hug from me. and Congrats on graduation Tom. LOVE YOU ALL!

TOOTS

Transfer

So yes the news is true I have been transferred. I have set a record 5 companions in 4 cycles. Its crazy. I was only with sis johanson for 4 weeks. I am now in a whole new area. Its really not that different I guess because I am on the west side. I am super nervous because I am now in a family ward. I don't even know how to handle myself. I'm both excited and scared but I know that Heavenly Father will help me out. I am so surprised that things have never really settled down for me. I don't think I will ever be able to relax and enjoy an area. haha. O well. I guess I can handle change better than some missionaries because every cycle I get something new.
So my new companion is from Japan. She is very sweet. It will be interesting to have language study every morning with her now. I think grandma would be proud of me... serving with a Japanese girl. haha.(Note from Pauline - Katy's grandma was a missionary in Japan in the 50's.)

Well it was very hard to say bye to all my recent converts. They were not very happy. Dave cried. haha. Hes the best. The ward was pretty sad which makes me feel like I did a good job at least. Hopefully that is. It was hard to fit all my stuff in my luggage. I have accumulated a lot more clothes I guess. O well.

I would like to ask for your special prayers. I am a little scared. eeks. O well. I just got asked out by the guy next to me. hahaha. Guess that's my funny story for this week. He wanted to go to the movies. O man.

So we had another baptism on Saturday. It was a really sweet baptism. He has such a tender heart. He was so sad when I was leaving. He said "we have so much history together wadsworth". hahaha He also got the priesthood on Sunday and because the relief society were together with the elder's quorum I got to be there. He will be a great member of the church. He is very service oriented. President and Sis Searle came to my baptism. They are so great to come. They have been to 4/5 of mine and that's really great of them. They always bring such a special spirit with them. I will be sad to see them go. I am still going to be in the same zone and so I will still see all my missionary buddies. Yay!

Sorry this letter is so jumbled my mind is just full of a lot of different things. I got to help a member paint this week. It was so fun until their neighbors came over who were not members of the church and since we didn't have our regular clothes on and no tags either. They didn't know we were missionaries. It was the weirdest experience. I wanted to talk to them about the gospel but I felt silly doing it in my pajamas. Haha. Now I remember what its like to be a member missionary. jk.

ok well I gotta go now. I only had a short time on the computer here in the new library I go to. BLLLLLLLAHHHH.. HAHA. Its just hard thinking about what happened last week because I had to leave that area. you know what i mean? o well Love you guys so much. Thanks for your support. I will survive. doo do doooo

love you to the mooon and back.
Sis Wadsworth

To Family Wa

So this has been an awesome week. We now have 4 very intelligent investigators. It's really a struggle for me because I feel like I don't know my stuff well enough to teach them so I have been studying VERY hard lately. It's very intimidating but exciting also because the gospel always makes sense and it's cool to see when they figure that out too. We are just working on getting them to see the spiritual side of it too because that's what will make the difference in their lives.

So it was pretty cool we had the ambassador for Moldova come speak to us yesterday at mission conference. He is not a member but somehow the opportunity came and so the church wanted him to meet and talk to us. Moldova is between Romania and Ukraine. Which made me so happy because their national language is a lot like Romanian he said so Rachel Martel and Kimcha would be happy to know that. I was so tempted to yell out "TE UBESK" i donno how to spell it but it means I love you and its about all i know other than "Plaka de ieche"...? which is some form of get out of my face. haha.

So I contacted in sign language again!!! O it was sooo amazing. I saw these two cool lookin guys signing and I said a little prayer and went up to them and contacted them. OOOOO the spirit was so strong. It is such a pleasure to be an instrument in God's hands especially when I can help out the ASL elders who have such a hard time finding people to teach. They work so hard to find people too so this was such a tender mercy!

We also had a really cool street meeting this week. (A street meeting is where a bunch of missionaries get together and contact as many people as possible). We did it near ground zero and instead of me contacting people the elders in charge asked me to sing hymns with a couple of other elders. At first I was like ... wow this is weird. But then It was SOOO COOL. People would stop and listen and even on this busy New york street I know people were able to feel the spirit as we sang the hymns. We had a lot more people stop and talk to us than usual. It was awesome. Music invites the spirit soooo well.

So funny story. We went to visit a recent convert a couple of nights ago. I cannot express how much I love this girl. She is so funny. So she was showing us some flyer thing and there was a beautiful woman in a tiny bikini on it striking a pose. And i was like" woah scandalous!!" And she was like 'what? the girl in the swim suit?" and I proceeded to tell her how it was provocative and such and she was like "no way when people look at this they think (.... haha) wow, i really want to go swimming". HAHAHAHAH. I felt bad but I could not contain myself I just laughed and laughed. I was like are you sure they are not thinking "Wow I really want to swim with HER?" Then we all laughed and it was just awesome. I hope that did the story justice. But it was too cute. I guess there is nothing wrong with be scandalous as long as it is all in the name of going swimming!!! hahaaa

Today the weather is super nice so sis johanson and I are going to write letters in central park. :D be jealous! JK.

love you all to the moon and back

-sis wadsworth