June
8, 2015
We
had a sick last week of the transfer! Found 4 new investigators and
got 3 people to the temple! Honestly we spent most of the week doing
bible referrals (we got 6 one day) so just looking them up, we get
new investigators from a lot of them so it's cool. We had an exchange
which was good, sisters only get 1 a transfer and it's such a good
opportunity to look at things with different eyes and see what you
can do better. We taught a few lessons to Valerie, she is our most
solid investie right now. Our other one, Debbie, is the coolest thing
ever! Her family is all kind of against her joining and she has held
firm and keeps making huge sacrifices to come to church! Last week
she had worked 48 hours without sleep and instead of going home for a
nap she came to 9am church straight from work! She almost fell asleep
during the meeting and I had to take her shoes off for her because
her feet were so swollen. She really inspires me to sacrifice more of
myself for this great work.
So
we went to the temple Thursday and it went so well! The session was
full (I've never seen that in Manhattan) and the lady we brought had
such a good experience! I feel so blessed we get to go with people
for the first time or when they are returning...I feel like it is
always just what I need just at the right time. Friday we went to
the Barclays Center for a "Eternal Families" finding
activity. We held up signs "do you think families can be
forever?" And had "yes" and "no" signs for
people to put their sticker on to vote. We would yell the question
at people as they passed. Most people smiled and said "yes!"
But in my opinion far too many people shook their heads "no."
One feller, after I asked the question, said "no" and I
said "why not?" He said "I'm proof." My heart
kinda dropped and it made me so sad! I am so grateful for such a
lovely family and can't even imagine what it's like to have it all
ripped apart. This gospel is all about uniting families to return
home to Heavenly Father. Which leads into our Saturday! We got
volunteered to volunteer at the "Global Family Reunion" in
Flushing Meadows Park as part of the World Fair. It was put on by
some random book author but FamilySearch was there and so was our
whole mission to volunteer! They pre-sold 2,500 tickets so it was
pretty big. Dr. Oz, George H.W. Bush, and lots of other famous
people were there. I got to sell t-shirts with about 8 other
missionaries. It was so fun!! We also got to talk to a lot of people
on the train on the way there and back, I met one guy on the way
there that was actually going the event, and he said we
could bring him and his wife a Book of Mormon! He was so cool and
was actually normal! It's hard to come across those kinda people
sometimes, no offense haha. We were talking to a Jewish man who has
been investigating for about a year now and he said "most
people in Brooklyn are spiritually challenged...they all look kinda
dead!" He is a miracle in himself. He lives in our neighborhood
but sneaks out to come to church and none of his Jewish friends know
and it's been a year!...I want to make a movie out of his life.
After church we had a discussion on the front steps with him and he
bore us his testimony about how this is the true church. Do you know
how weird it is to have a Jew tell you that if you'll live your
religion you'll always be happy? This really is the true church and
hearing a non-member say that seriously just hits home everytime. I
mean, I know it's true, but I guess it's the difference of
NOT a having the gospel, and then HAVING it that makes those
testimonies so powerful.
Ah
man, so many other things happened! We met with a Indian girl who
was sooo cool! While we were waiting for her at the church an older
lady from the Spanish branch came and basically had a heart attack
so she sat through the lesson and even bore her testimony!! And then
we walked her home. We also had dinner at a member's house, the dad
is the guy who invented all the cool stuff on Excel and the mom is
pregnant and in med school so I felt kinda dumb in their house haha
but they were so nice! I love doing family mission plans with
people, from PMG (and I quote): “It will be a great day,” taught
President Gordon B. Hinckley, “when our people not only pray for
the missionaries throughout the world, but ask the Lord to help them
to assist the missionaries who are laboring in their own ward”. I
hope I can be that rockin member missionary who brings my friends to
the missionaries...I guess I'll have to get some non-member friends
first haha.
Something
cool from studies was from the July 1973 conference (yay for iPads,
it's not like I'd have a copy of that laying around in the pad) by
President Kimball he said a few good things I thought ya'll might
enjoy:
“If
your knees are knocking, kneel on them.”
Again,
the revelation says, “If ye are prepared ye shall not fear.”
That
preparation comes from infancy and childhood training, when faith is
born and character established. It is a bit late to try to build
faith when the ship is sinking or the plane is falling or the head-on
collision is certain. One air navigator gave us this: “I had said
my prayer back in the fifteenth orbit”; and another: “Courage is
said to be fear that has said its prayers.”
"what
a world it would be if a million families in this church were to be
on their knees like this every night and morning!"
From
"The Family Influence"
I
love the prophets so much and am so grateful for a living prophet
today. I'm also grateful for a church that doesn't compel anyone buts
asks each person to discover for themselves if it is true. I know
it's true because of the thoughts and feelings of peace I have had as
I research and learn on my own. I'm convinced that if we don't spend
personal time in the scriptures we will never gain a complete witness
that this church is true. It comes through reading and person
revelation. It also isn't something we can do once and then never
again. It takes constant effort "heaven is not attained, it is
practiced."
Love
you all!
Sister
Wadsworth
1.
Grand Army Plaza on our way to service!
2.
The temple with Jennifer and Michelle (:
3.
Bout sums up mah life
4.
Blonde hair don't care...the humidity was terrible haha.
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