Hope everyone had a great week! I sure did! This week was full of finding new people to teach and making it fun! I got so pumped after conference to be a missionary. It recharged me!
Monday was zone p-day, it wasn't really planned so we hung out playing basketball and the game Signs is what most the day consisted of. Haha it was fun! It was good to hear from home! After p-day we had our weekly FHE with the Crocker family!
Monday was zone p-day, it wasn't really planned so we hung out playing basketball and the game Signs is what most the day consisted of. Haha it was fun! It was good to hear from home! After p-day we had our weekly FHE with the Crocker family!
Tuesday was a great day, we did lots of walking around. And contacting and tracting a lot! We were so busy people starting to notice us. The UPS man even said that we must of been busy because he said he saw us every where in town! It was super cool we defiantly made a impression on the village of the Fairport. We found a couple potential investigators! It was awesome day! We got to meet some great people! I don't mind tracting all day when it's nice but when its cold and snowy that's when it's a little dreadful. We had dinner with the Broadbent family! They are my favorite! They are awesome. Brother Broadbent at the end of the night before we left asked me if I would give him a priesthood blessing for peace in his life. I thought it was really cool that he asked me!
Wednesday was a blessed day, we did lots of service at Saints Place. Elder Gardner and I went on a split in the delivery truck and we had a great time with my favorite guy ever Micheal Flaningan. He's the funniest person ever. He took us to "Prostitute Alley, Rochester, New York" to make a delivery. After Saint's Place we went to go see Lela McCollough. We set up a site trip with her for Saturday as well. So that was pretty awesome. Then we had dinner with the Stockman's. They are an older couple and when I told them where I was from he asked me if i knew any Elkingtons. I said of course! and it turns out he was Keith Elkington's mission companion at one point! So that was really cool to make that connection! We had a lesson with Joan and we ended up giving her a priesthood blessing for comfort and peace, she had asked me to give her the blessing. It was awesome.
Thursday was an off day, I wasn't in the best of moods... but got over it eventually. We had district meeting and the spirit was defiantly there. It was awesome. We had a couple appointments today. One with a less active name Bethann and we also saw our family history investigators Janice and John Hunsiger. We taught them a lot of different principles. It was a bad lesson. Their atheist son was there and he asked us a ton of deep doctrine questions that confused Janice... we shouldn't have answered them. Janice told us she wasn't searching for a church so we don't have to worry about going over there anymore but she still wants to do family history! All of our nightly appointments fell through so we ended up in survival mode in the rain... we contacted some potentials on Kreag Road and we got drenched. so much fun... Haha!
Friday was another weird day, weekly planning was alright, not much to report about that. We saw Jeff Ornt today and he gave me a present, the old missionary library. He's awesome. The most active less active I've ever met. It's impressive. We did some tracting later in the day and found a Lutheran pastor who wasn't very found of the things we do as missionaries.... spreading the truth... so that was pretty interesting. Anytime I get in situations like that I can hear momma's voice, "Count to 10, or walk away." Most the time I just tell them to have a good day and walk away. Haha your advice is still working mom! We went over to see the Vaisey's and they answered and let us in! They are way cool but the wife is going through a hard time right now. 2 out 3 of her sons aren't active in the church and its really hard on her. She hasn't been coming to church for the past 4 months either and asked if we could help her. It was really cool to see her want that. We got talking to her and turns out Elder Falter's uncle who served in this mission was actually the missionary who taught and baptized her! That was really cool! We did exchanges, Elder Gardner and I were in Fairport.
Saturday was a fun day. Best exchange in 7.5 months. we had a great time. We went to the sites with Lela McCollough and Brother Batt drove us out. It was a ton of fun. Lela is the funniest person I've ever met. Dhe told me today that I'm her favorite too! That was funny.
Just a little taste of Lela for ya:
*Points at power lines* "are those solar panels up there?"
"Oooooh look at those things! Sheeps aren't they? I didn't know we have sheeps in Rochester"
She's a 50 year old black lady and the funniest person you ever meet. She grew up in the hood of Rochester as well. And she ain't afraid to tell you about it. After the sites Elder Gardner and I went and grabbed a bite to eat at Tom Wahl's its like the In-N-Out burger of Western New York. Then we went and did some street contacting on the canal! Not such luck, we had dinner with the Matthew's family! They are so cool! Then we went back out to the canal and we met Roman. He's a pretty cool guy that seems pretty down to learn more about faith in Christ!
Sunday was a great fast Sunday! And also the day that we found out about transfers! Looks like I'll be staying here in Fairport, with Elder Falter for another transfer! Pretty stoked! Some great things will happen! The ball is started to role down the never ending hill! Sacrament meeting was wonderful and we got out in 70 degree weather to go street contact on the canal and it was great! We met a Muslim family that didn't speak any English but loved pictures of Christ. we gave their whole family each one. It was great! They were all so excited. We had dinner with the McCarthy's! They always cook some great food. They are awesome. And we ended the day seeing Helen Cole. She's a less active that is starting to return. It's so awesome. Today we felt prompted to go see her and it was a very good timing... must have been from god! But we taught her about peace and prayer and she asked for a priesthood blessing and asked me to give it to her. It was wonderful. And that's a wrap of the week.
This week I'm super grateful for the priesthood, I had many opportunities to be able to use my authority from god to comfort people with blessings of council. What a blessing it is to live in the time we do with the priesthood authority restored back onto the earth. We truly are the church of Jesus Christ. I love every second and opportunity I have to be able to share this message. I hope all of you feel the same way and try and share it as much as possible with your friends and family, and trust me... you'll be a huge help to the missionaries if you do so!
Love,
Elder Judy
1. Addison, the priest that comes with us all the time
2. Tom Wahls
3. My favorite person ever: Micheal Flaningan
4. Sites with Lela McCollough
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