Dear Family,
The weeks are flying by! Ok, the first two weeks did not fly by. They were slow but good weeks. The past weeks have been good and fast! Everyone who has ever been on a mission I'm sure will have heard this saying, and that is that the days seem like weeks and the weeks seem like days, and it is SO TRUE. I can't believe we have almost finished a transfer. My first transfer ever! Aaaaaaahhh, so cute.
Everybody says missionary work is worth it when you love the people, and this week I am beginning to glimpse what they are talking about. There's a bond you get no other way when you serve someone and do anything you can for them. I really do love my investigators and the members of our branch. Here are some examples:
Betty! Betty is a 19-year-old member from Ghana and she is awesome! She is practically our third companion :) When we ask her to come out to see someone with us she will always go if she's not working. I LOVE Betty. She has been through some hard times and she has some incredible knowledge and testimony as a result in it. She is always laughing and smiling and she is blunt and I just love her. She is trying to get into BYU so this is my plan:
1. Help her get into BYU
2. Become roommates with her after I get off my mission.
3. Have a party every day!
Sinthia and Jose: These are two investigators of ours that we have been working with ever since we came to Paterson (aka every since I was born :) and they are really, really nice. These past two Fridays we have gone to our house and they have given us hot cocoa, cookies, brownies, and this amazing Nicaraguan drink that I don't know the name of (and I am going to get the recipe of so help me). The 6-year-old daughter is hilarious. She has all the sass of a 16-year-old and when she prays she thanks Heavenly Father that the Mormons came to visit them. SO CUTE!
Laura: Funny story. The other day we get a call from a less-active member, Laura. This is how it went:
me: Hello?
Laura: Hi. Do you guys know cursive?
me: cursive?
Laura: yes.
me;...uh....yes...
Laura: can you write cursive very pretty?
me: I don't know
[frantically look at Sister Clark because I don't know how to respond]
Laura: I want to learn cursive. Maybe I should print off those learn cursive sheets online
me: yeah, that seems like a great idea
Laura: how about we get together and learn cursive and you two can talk about the scriptures.
me: ok...
Laura: ok see you later bye.
o.0
Apparently we are Laura's new BFFs. She calls us to ask us to help her with her cursive.
Which is fine, because she's awesome. Cursive it is!
People are awesome. The more I talk to them the more true it is. The best feeling in the world: meeting someone, loving them, serving them, and seeing them progress in the gospel. There is nothing more fulfilling them that! You can see them get happier!
Highlight of the Week; meeting an African Fashion Designer! Although it made me slightly self-conscious of my put-together-in-30-seconds outfit that day...
Goal for this P-day: go to Middle Eastern restaurant and eat falafel and shwarma. SO excited.
I love you all! The gospel is true! Choose the right and know what you stand for!
Sister Reed
Dear Family,
The weeks are flying by! Ok, the first two weeks did not fly by. They were slow but good weeks. The past weeks have been good and fast! Everyone who has ever been on a mission I'm sure will have heard this saying, and that is that the days seem like weeks and the weeks seem like days, and it is SO TRUE. I can't believe we have almost finished a transfer. My first transfer ever! Aaaaaaahhh, so cute.
Everybody says missionary work is worth it when you love the people, and this week I am beginning to glimpse what they are talking about. There's a bond you get no other way when you serve someone and do anything you can for them. I really do love my investigators and the members of our branch. Here are some examples:The weeks are flying by! Ok, the first two weeks did not fly by. They were slow but good weeks. The past weeks have been good and fast! Everyone who has ever been on a mission I'm sure will have heard this saying, and that is that the days seem like weeks and the weeks seem like days, and it is SO TRUE. I can't believe we have almost finished a transfer. My first transfer ever! Aaaaaaahhh, so cute.
[frantically look at Sister Clark because I don't know how to respond]
Laura: ok see you later bye.
Which is fine, because she's awesome. Cursive it is!
People are awesome. The more I talk to them the more true it is. The best feeling in the world: meeting someone, loving them, serving them, and seeing them progress in the gospel. There is nothing more fulfilling them that! You can see them get happier!
Highlight of the Week; meeting an African Fashion Designer! Although it made me slightly self-conscious of my put-together-in-30-seconds outfit that day...
Goal for this P-day: go to Middle Eastern restaurant and eat falafel and shwarma. SO excited.
I love you all! The gospel is true! Choose the right and know what you stand for!
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