Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Tracting, Kitties, and Zone Training

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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