hello family!
sorry i didnt email
you yesterday! hope you didn't cry too hard! i wasn't able to email because it
was zone training meeting all morning. it was so great! i saw sister gochnour,
elder neus, and elder buck there! they are in my zone! ah, i love my old mtc friends!
but yeah, the meeting was great too! we learned a lot about how to teach
people, not lessons. so much to learn here but i need to learn it all!
so, this was a good
week! we had dinner with the Keunzli's (pronounced Cunzel. weird, i know) last
monday or sunday and they are the coolest family! they also have the
cutest dog! i forgot what its called but its a maltese and a pomeranian mix. so
so cute. please get one. and oh my heck their house was great cause for dessert
they had ice cream and they hade more peanut butter trails ice cream! you know
the one i was telling you about that i had at the mtc? well they have it here
too! go buy some! hmm and then the next day was district meeting so we drove up
to Elmira with the elders. yes elder jones becomes more like mecham everyday
and its the craziest thing. elders are cool though haha. they are missionaries
but they are definitely still 20 year old boys. so that was fun being with them
for part of the day. oh and they also have a cat! there is a cute little kitty
that lives in the dumpster at their apartment and they always feed it so it
loves them! so jealous.
i also had my first
tracting experience this week. its scary! yes i realize the people behind the
door are just people but i still get nervous. the people were all nice but the
only one that showed some interest was an old lady who spoke half mexican and
half english so we set up a return appointment with her but i dont know if she
really knew what was going on so it should be interesting.
and some more facts
about new york: the water is ok-ish....its not bad but its not great. i would
definitely still have utah water. and, there are no mavericks here! i just
noticed it the other day! also i haven't seen a target in forever or a costco.
weirdly enough, i kind of miss my weekly trip to wandering around costco
looking at the same magazines every time.
also i have become
great at cooking! sort of! i made a nice big breakfast of cheese eggs and
hashbrowns the other day. i was very proud of myself. and the other day i had
about 6 pancakes for breakfast. its the weirdest thing, i am so hungry all the
time. so send me snacks! and oh my gosh! we went to a baptism on sunday and
they had some luncheon thing after and there was broccoli salad! just like the
one at costco! lets just say i was way excited to get that on my plate. also
someone made chicken in a crock pot with salsa on it just like we have at home.
some other people i've
met are sister shipmen and the parkers. sister shipmen is just like kathy
hawkins its crazy. oh and to make things weirder, he first name is kathy too.
yes. mind blown. she's so nice too! then the other day we met the parker
family. biggest red necks ever haha its awesome. we're talking to sister parker
and then brother parker walks in with a big beard and 10 bags of cheetos and
like those onion things. they have i think 5 kids and its just crazy in their
house. they're less active so we're going to work on getting them to church. we
also met this lady named christine. she seems interested!!! we just knocked on
the door to meet her but she invited us in and took a book of mormon and we
have an appointment this week! super excited/nervous. i hope she becomes my
fist solid investigator!
hey new thing. i'm
going to send you guys something i learned this week which is....get
involved in member missionary work! please! i know its so easy just to take
church and stuff for granted but it is so important that you come to church
with a good attitude and remember how priviledged you are to go to church! i've
just learned to appreciate that because there are so few members around here
but they are all so strong in the gospel and are so good at being good
examples! alwasy remember to live by your standards! and if our ward has a ward
mission plan get involved! it is so helpful to the missionaries when ward
members are willing to help! you might think the missionaries are capable of
finding people but it really is tough and although we will do our part in
trying to find people by knocking on doors, referrals are so nice to have!
don't be afraid to invite people to church activities. even if they reject you,
at least you planted a seed! so yes, get involved at church.
i hope that was a good
email for you guys! remember to keep sending me letters!! its really fun to get
them here because the week is long and i like to hear what is going on at home!
love you and have a good week!
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