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| Sister Muti and I on our split. |
August
9th, 2017
Hola!
¿Cómo están?
I can't believe it's
already been 2 full weeks here in NYC! It has been busy as always! Because
we have 2 areas to cover we are never in short supply of people to teach so
that's really good! Sorry this email will have to be short cuz I don't have a
lot of time today!
Wednesday- After P-day
ended we had 2 appointments. One with a member who fed us and the other was a
former investigator named Virginia. She was dropped because she went to the
Domincan Republic for 3 1/2 months (that's a really common thing, that when
people go home to the DR to visit family they go for a LONG time) and we lost
contact. But we found out that she was home again and so we went and knocked on
her door. She was so happy to see us and she's totally willing to get right
back into the swing of things. She came to church on Sunday and she
wants us to set a baptismal date with her at our next appointment!
Thursday- we had 3
appointments and got fed at all 3 of them! By the end of the night neither of
us felt good and neither of us ate breakfast the next morning because we were
still so full! But all the appointments were good. One was with a new
investigator but she didn't do her reading so we just read with her. Then we
went to a new converts house and talked to her about preparing a name to go do
baptisms for the dead. We asked her about how much joy she felt when she was
baptized and how she can help others who have already died feel that same joy!
She is preparing her mom's name to go do. We're really excited for her.
Friday- We had a
meeting with all the new missionaries who came in this cycle and all their
trainers. It was so fun to see my MTC friends again. But it also was such a
good meeting. Any meeting with President and Sister Smith is really just a
little general conference! It's great!
After the meeting we
went to 2 appointments that fell through so we did a lot of street contacting
until our last appointment at 7:30. We taught Dilira and she's so great!
She has so many good questions and really wants to learn! We tried to set a
baptismal date with her but she is going to the DR for 3 weeks and doesn't want
to be baptized before then because she doesn't feel ready. We think she's a
little scared to be baptized. But the elders are having a baptism this Sunday
and we are hoping it will show her that baptism isn't a scary thing.
Saturday- we had the
Concourse ward picnic. And that was really good! A member brought some
non-member friends who are interested in the church so we will go teach them
later this week. Then we went to see an investigator named Elena, that the
last set of sisters gave a baptismal date to, but we finally met her (she's
cancelled 3 appointments in the last 2 weeks) and she totally does not
understand our message or keep any of her commitments. So sadly we had to drop
her baptism date. Then the rest of the night all of our appointments fell
through so we spent the rest of the night doing look ups.
Sunday- Lots of
church. We were at the church and in meetings from 8:30 until 3:30 so
that was long but also really good! Then we went to a lunch appointment with a
member and ate really yummy Peruvian food. And then all the rest of our
appointments fell through (that happened a lot this week). So we tracted and
street contacted until 8:30 and then we started my first split.
Monday- Day of the
split. I was with Sister Muti she is in the English program and so I got to
teach lessons, talk and pray in English all day! It was kinda weird praying and
teaching in English I haven't really done that for a long time. But it was fun
getting to be on splits for a day! I saw more white people on Monday than
I have everyday total since I’ve been here! I didn't even realize how few of
them I've been seeing until I started seeing them again.
Tuesday- My first zone
conference! It was so good! The focus was on Joseph Smith and I loved having my
testimony of him reaffirmed. Zone conference was really long we got there
at 8:00 and didn't leave until 4:00. So we didn't have a lot of
time to go out and teach. Our first appointment fell through so we went to our
second, which was dinner with a member. We felt impressed to share the video of
the currant bush and gardener with her and at the end she opened up about her
struggles and how that video was exactly what she needed. I love how aware god
is of all of his children's needs and I'm so grateful he is able to work
through us to help people. Then we went to another appointment but it feel
through. So we decided to go look up Brenda. We could hear people inside so we
knocked and knocked but no one answered. We were just about to leave a note and
go when Brenda, just out of the shower, opened up and let us in. We showed her
the chapel tour video and invited her to church and she said she would come if
we came to pick her up. Which is perfect cuz she actually really lives really
close to us!
Overall this week was
a good week and I can't wait for this next week. I love you all and can't wait
to hear from you!
Les queremos
mucho!
Hermana Dobson
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| The other side of the subway right after the Yankees game! It was crazy! |
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