Happy Birthday Sariah! :)
August 3, 2015
The work is hastening! The world and the church are becoming more
and more separate in their standard, and the truly prepared people
are drawn to the wonderful gospel we have. We aren't just
hand-picking people here in Bensonhurst, we are inviting everyone
(the combine method) and those who are prepared and getting
baptized! Last week was a little crazy as far as emailing and I
want to try and explain this place a bit better, cause it's
seriously so great! Bensonhurst is in southern Brooklyn and it's
the "old Italians" here. The people with actual Brooklyn
accents who say wada instead of water. It's a bit classier than
Midwood, not so many Haitians but more Russians, Ukrainians, and
people from east Europe. The ward is predominately white people
which is different than the other 3 units I have served in. A lot
of transient, younger families who go to NYU and the like. We just
got a new bishop last week and he is super great! Our ward mission
leader is incredible, he is super pumped about the work and he
helps us so much! There is one family I like a ton, the Arnalls
who just moved here from AZ. They are ranchers too so it's great
to talk to them. The wife, Emily, comes teaching with us a lot
which is great. So that's the area. The work is a lot different
now that we have this calling to help the other sisters. We went
on 3 24-hour exchanges this week, I felt like I hardly got to see
my cute companion! But it was so cool to get to know some of the
other sisters, and get bitten by some strange beg bugs in another
sister's bed haha. I have learned a lot from the other sisters and
it's so cool how just talkeing to other people about your
struggles can help. That's mostly why we're here I think, is to
help the other sisters learn how to work through their problems.
I have to tell you about my
companion, cause she's amazing at working through problems. She
will identify a problem and will literally talk herself through
it while I sit there and listen. It's kind of entertaining! After
she's finished talking it through, I just say "well, looks
like you just said your solution!" And then we move on! It's
the funniest thing ever, she is so great. I can't believe we've
only been together 2 weeks, it feels like it's been 2 years. She
lets me cook for her too so that's a plus. Our District Leader is
from Italy so today we are making pizza with all the missionaries
in the B-Hurst. Pics to come haha. Oh Sis Anderson and I also
have killer workouts together which is so fun! My last few comps
haven't been to into the whole exercise things to it has been so
fun to get up each morning and run! We did some kick-boxing this
morning it was so funny to watch Sis A punch stuff. I'm obsessed
with her.
So this week was cool! I went with
one of the ASL sisters to Manhattan for the day and we taught
some people in ASL! It was so cool, I can say a few things so I
bore my testimony and it was the coolest thing to sit there and
watch a new missionary handle a lesson all by herself in a
language she hardly knows! I am so impressed with the new
missions that come in. They are so prepared and ready. The other
two exchanges I stayed in Bensonhurst and tried to find my way
around like a newb haha it was fun. Remember the family we walked
in on last week during their fight? #awkward but we went back to
teach them last night and they are amazing! We had such a cool
lesson and they were asking all the golden investigator questions
so we are so pumped! We also had a lot of investigators at
church! We are teaching 3 really cool ladies right now. One of
them said she was going to go drink on Saturday night so she was
with her friends and they were all totally judging her for not
drinking but she knew if she had some she wouldn't be able to
make it to church so she came home early, sober, and made it to
church yesterday! People are so cool. When they grasp hold of the
thought that they can change they really go for it! We taught
gospel principals yesterday and it was on gifts of the spirit but
there were so many investigators there it turned into a sort of
Q&A session and it was SO GOOD!! Haha one of the
investigators made the comment that he used to smoke weed and
that's how he found Jesus. I and one of the other investigators
seriously burst out laughing it was so funny! Like, sorry but
hats seriously hysterical. Satan definitely uses counterfeits for
all the good things that come from God.
Mans I don't even know what
spiritual thought to share from this past week, Sis A and I have
so many good discussions I can't even remember any of them now,
but I was really impressed by a young missionary who has been out
for only a month or so. She told me about how she fasted and as
she fasted she wrote down a list of things she needed to give
up/work on and then every day for 40 days she would pray about
the things on the list as she worked on them. I thought that was
so cool! This young missionary already seeing the need to improve
and then DOING IT!! I've been reading a lot about
consecrating ourselves to the work; giving to the Lord the one
thing that isn't already His: our heart and mind. I know as we
try to do the Lord's will we will be happier people. I am so
grateful for the restored gospel.
Love you all!
Sister Wadsworth
1. This girl>>>
2. Birthday cheesecake from Val <3
3. Steve and Terry had flowers sent
to our pad!!
4. Compie pic (:
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