June 2, 2015
Wow what a great week..! I am about to drop dead but we have seen
some great things happen, actually lets be honest, they were
miracles! Of course Satan tried pretty hard but he just can't win!!
Haha.
Well I guess I'll start from last
Monday. We didn't have Pday because of Memorial Day so we spent the
whole day setting up and running the ward BBQ. It was a HUGE success
and a lot of the new investigators we found showed up! We were on our
feet all day and after the BBQ we had to walk like 2 miles to an
appointment. I was ready to throw my shoes away and go barefoot haha
but we had a great lesson with a new lady so it was worth it. I don't
remember if I told you about her, but she lives in an all-Jewish
neighborhood so whenever we walk over there we get some strange
looks. It'd be like some Amish people with their buggy coasting down
Maine Street back home haha I see why they look at us weird. She's
super cool! It was a great lesson. Every time I said "Jesus
Christ" I made sure to say it a little louder just to tick off
the Jews. Haha jk but when I get ready in the morning I have a mo tab
cd "This is the Christ" and whenever that song comes on I
open the windows and turn it up because we live in an all-Jewish
neighborhood as well. Sorry not sorry! I don't see how people can
believe in God and not Jesus Christ. They are one and the same in
their purpose and in their love for us. They want us back to live
with them forever.
Tuesday we had regular district meeting
and we deep cleaned our pad...exciting stuff! Although, I did find
this super cute dress with butterflies on it so I wore it the next
day and it was super windy so I was holding it down the whole time.
We were joking that the butterflies were trying to fly away haha I
wish it was just a joke but the struggle was real. We had a lesson
with a new investigator we found, it was a really good lesson. One of
the struggles with being a missionary is that we have a lesson and I
come out thinking "man the spirit was so strong!" But you
never know if the investigator felt it like you did haha I trust God
makes up all the differences in this work cause we are way to
inadequate to convert anyone or teach well enough or anything.
Wednesday was our P-day so we went to the Mets game in Flushing and
it was super fun! It was crazy going all the way there and back but
it was some quality fearlessing time on the train and I met some way
cool people. New York has so much to offer if you'll just talk to
people and get to know their stories.
Friday we had some wonderful lessons
but two of the things I remember from that day were 1. We were
teaching a family and I told them I grew up on a farm and their
9-year-old boy says "the weird thing is you grew up on a farm
but you still know how to use technology." I seriously died it
was so funny. 2. We were waiting for a bus and this lady tapped me
on the shoulder so I turned around and there is a guy in the second
story of a building calling at me. I was like "WUT DO YOU WANT
BRO?" And he just looks at me and says "I love you."
I just turned around and started walking. My comp was like "wait
but the bus..." And I was like I DONT CARE GET ME OUT OF THIS
ZOO. So we walked a few blocks and there was this vendor with all
these purses. Obviously my purse is falling apart and I have wanted
to try "bargaining" for a while now so I figured it was a
go. I asked how much the purse I wanted was and he was like $40 I
was like oh sorry I only have $20 and started walking away....he
started bagging up my purse and I handed him the money and left!
Haha! Next time I'm gonna get one for $10 lol. I LOVE NYC.
Saturday was like heat stroke to the
max haha we went to do a service project at 8 and we painted over
graffiti and picked up trash for like 4 hours and then walked a few
miles to a lesson with one of our ladies with a bap date, it was
such a good lesson! You know when sometimes you have that beautiful
light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel breakthrough? It's beautiful. Also I
felt pretty cool when we got the bus driver to drive us back to the
service site when we didn't have our metro cards. Yaaas. I always
saw people do that but never thought I could do it haha.
We spent the rest of the day doing bible referrals but probably
ended up walking like 10 miles. I've never come so close to crying
because of exhaustion but it was such a good day!
Sunday was awesome cause we got 5 of
the recent converts/less-actives to get their temple recommend
interviews! I was so excited because we have been working with these
people since I got here and they finally are going to the temple
this week! We had a lot of our investigators come to church too! We
had a bunch of lessons after church which was awesome because we
were able to get members to teach with us. I love the testimonies
that members add to lessons. We also had a flash flood! That was
interesting haha. We did an FHE for a family (2 of them are going to
the temple this week) and it was so sweet! The mom is a convert of
20 years now and she has such a strong testimony! She had her
baptismal program on her fridge and I thought it was so cool that
she treasures being a member of the true church so much. I hope we
don't ever take for granted how special our covenants are.
This week I read the talk from this past conference "waiting
for the prodigal" and read Luke 15. I love these verses: "I
will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I
have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy
to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he
arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off,
his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his
neck, and kissed him." But when he was a great way off...
How many of us decide to come back to our Father or to come to Him
in the first place but are so inadequate? I love this illustration
that rings true for all of us. When we are still so far from being
perfect He comes to us and has compassion on us
regardless of our weakness and past transgressions. I am so grateful
for the atonement and for the power to change, to come back to
Christ, and to start over, and for the fact that no matter how far
gone we think we are, we are never beyond the reach of His divine
love & everlasting grace. I know this is the true church and
that Christ is at the head. I love this gospel and I love sharing
it. So grateful for my wonderful family!!
Sister Wadsworth
1&2: Mets Game!
3. My good friend Liz from the Midwood
Ward.
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