What a great week it has been. I am amazed at the opportunities we
have to be instruments in God's hands everyday to help people or to
comfort people or to laugh with people. What a privilege it is that he
trusts us!
So, this week ... whew. We had two exchanges. We were supposed to have
three, but one of the sisters is having kidney stone problems so she
actually went to the hospital. We ended up just visiting with the two
of them for an hour or so. But, it's been a good week. Back-to-back
exchanges are fun but exhausting. It sure was nice to be back with Sis
M on Thursday! Friday we had leaders' meeting in RIVERHEAD. I
seriously get so giddy every time we drive out there. After the
meeting, we stopped and visited a family I had worked with there & it
was nice to see them (even if the Spanish part was a little struggle
after so much English!). I really love, love, love the people I have
met on my mission.
Wednesday night, we taught a family we had found while looking for a
former investigator. Roslin and Kahim have two kids. Roslin used to go
to church growing up and you could see her heart softening as we
taught. She said she knew she needed to go back and she knew the
blessings had come when she was going. She told us she would go before
the end of the month. And said, "I like you sisters. You are nice. You
can come back again." :) Yay! We'll have to pass them off to the
Plainview Ward sisters since they aren't YSA ... but a family! That's
exciting. It felt so good to teach them and to testify!
Saturday morning we did service for this natural reserve park. We were
pulling "non-native invasive" plants ... unfortunately there is also
poison ivy in the same area. One of the elders got it last week pretty
bad after doing service. I don't seem to have any problems yet, but
Sis M is feeling kind of itchy ... So, we'll see. Oh, and as we were
standing in the field, an elder says, "Wow, that's a big spider!" (in
a really CALM voice). I looked to where he was pointing ... ON MY
FOOT. And, I was wearing like slip-on shoes, so this giant spider was
ON MY SKIN. I kind of panicked and kicked my leg around and then the
lady in charge came over to take a picture...this thing was HUGE. It
was bigger than a quarter. It was massive. BUT, it was a lot of fun to
be out, doing service. The missionaries have been helping this
organization since April and they really seem to appreciate the
service. After the service, we had a branch bbq in honor of the bug
boys who will be leaving this week (as in 50% of our branch). It was
pretty fun because for the first half of the bbq, Sis M and I were the
ONLY girls there...two others came at the end. But, we had a lot of
chuckles at the situation. Oh, and it was a pool party. #awkward
#ysalife
Sunday was awesome! M made it to church! She was answering all sorts
of questions in Relief Society and seemed to enjoy herself. She likes
church. She likes the people. She just doesn't know if it's true. But
she will one day! After church, Sis M and I taught Lizzie about
baptism on Facetime. It was such a cool experience to teach Lizzie! We
were amazed at how smart and prepared she was! She knew what a
covenant was, why we are baptized, what repentance means ... she
basically taught us :) But I was so grateful that we could share our
testimonies about baptism and the gospel of Jesus Christ. I know it is
the only way to happiness.
We were headed to a lesson with the senior couple but it fell through,
so Elder Owens drove us by the house where the Amityville murder took
place in the 1970s, which was right around the block from our lesson.
He was a prosecuting attorney and worked on the OJ Simpson trial. So,
he was pretty excited to drive us by the house. Anyway, the Owens are
AWESOME.
On a funny note, we decided to call everyone in our phone because
there are so many contacts we don't know, especially because we were
blinded in. Well, I called one "Lisa" and started explaining who we
are and what we do and asked if she had ever met with missionaries
before. She says, "Yes, my husband and I just moved from New York. He
was an area seventy for that area." Oh, my life.
Anyway, it's been a super great week. I can't believe it's week six.
Sis M and I only have one more week together! It's going to be GREAT
though. This work is true. I am so grateful to be a part of it!
Love,
Sister P
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