(sorry this is back-dated but we were out of the country)
Hello Family!!
Happy 4th of July!!! (My favorite holiday next to Christmas). This was definitely one for the books:) We had a very fun day! We did a missionary finding activity at a park near the church right at a busy intersection. Me and Sister Christoffersen had painted a giant American Flag and stapled it to a church tackboard that we rolled out. We had it out so people could come take a picture in front of it for the 4th of July, and then we had two little posters. One said What Freedoms are you grateful for? And the other said En que libertad ustedes estan agradecido? Same thing but in Spanish;) We talked about religious freedom and tied it in to the restoration! It was super fun and really successful! We met 3 solid people for us, and the Spanish program probably found like 13! I love how many Spanish people there are here! Me and Sister Christoffersen are seriously debating if we should add in language study so we can learn more spanish haha! For dinner we had a classic American dinner, McDonald's! And we ended with a confetti shooter as our mini fireworks at the end of the night! It was definitely a memorable 4th of July!
This week we had an amazing lesson with a former investigator named Maria! President Smith promised us a while back that there was a former investigator prepared in every area book. We've taken that promise seriously and looked up tons of formers. We've found 3 interested people from it so far, and Maria was one. We taught her the Restoration and she understood it so well! She asked lots of good questions and seems to really understand:) We're excited to teach her more!
On Sunday we had a sacrament meeting that I will never forget!:) It was very special because we got to hear from a prophet of God. President Uchtdorf came to our mission and spoke to us (all 200 missionaries in the mission and the Manhattan 1st ward) at the Lincoln Square Chapel at the Manhattan Temple! We partook of the sacrament with a prophet of God! It was such a humbling and special experience, and it was amazing to have him speak to us. He talked a lot about how we get to start fresh every day. We shouldn't hang on to things and worry. Worrying doesn't do us any good. Repent, let go, and make every day a new day:) He also talked about taking the whole Plan of Salvation into account in our lives. Doing that puts everything into the right perspective when life changes and things happen. One thing that I loved which I'm sure you've all heard before is the idea of always sharing our testimony and passionately sharing the gospel, and when absolutely necessary using words to do that. Our example goes a long way and we can share the gospel every day just by the way we live our lives! So share the gospel passionately!!:)
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| HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!! |
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| Rolling our giant American flag down the street to the park:) |
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| Me shaking President Uchtdorf's hand! |
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| President and Sister Uchtdorf with the whole NYNYN Mission:) |
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