Hey you guys 
This week was grand, saw lots of miracles with little time in our area! God provides!
Monday was a great p-day, we got bored so we went to the motor sports dealership and sat on some dirt bikes... haha Monday night was spent in Farmington, we did some tracting in a back road and tried visiting some members, we visited with the Johnson's. They're a couple that was baptized when Mark Barrie was here on his mission! Super cool! They are really good people. We had FHE with the Labombard family, Patrick got his mission call to Mesa, AZ so excited for him!
Tuesday was a busy day! We had to plan a training to give to all the districts in our zone, Good, Better, Best. Focused around using our time to the best of its abilities! We then got out and hit the ground running, tracted in the morning and had a lesson with Kristen. A lady we met a couple weeks ago! We then went up to Farmington and found Sue early, she's had lots of contact with the Mormon church throughout her life and we are going to start meeting with her! We found her in a trailer park. Those things are GOLD. 
we had a lesson. With Jonathan, ended up passing him off to the YSA branch in Rochester. That night we did door knocking in Canandaigua. We had a lesson with Chris, asked her the baptismal interview questions and she's so ready to be baptized! Just gotta get her interviewed and find out a way to get her immersed in water with the disabilities that she has. We had another lesson with Colleen, she's so awesome. We are teaching so many wonderful people! Don't know why god is providing for us this well....
Wednesday we had district meeting in the morning and then we took a 2 hour journey to the bottom of the mission on the border of NY and PA, to a little, tiny place called Wellsville. We were able to blitz the area with the elders there and help them out! Elder Peters and I were together and within the first 30 minutes we had handed out 4 copies of the Book of Mormon. It was awesome! We didn't even get 100 yards away from the house before we had to go back and refill our bags! Elder Peters was AP a couple transfers ago and is getting ready to go home to Washington state after this transfer... he will be missed, he is such a stud!
Thursday... man was a tender mercy.... GOD IS GOOD. You will never guess who called me, awhile ago, about 10 months ago there was a man named Mike Gates who was interviewed by President Evans for baptism on the 14th of January. Well I got a random call from him and he had gotten his letter of approval and is going to be baptized! And he wants me to baptize him! Oh, god answers prayers. Made my day, and my mission! We went to the Wellsville district meeting. There are six elders in the southern tier that are absolutely killing it. We gave our training and stayed for the rest then climbed back into the Fusion and made the 2 hour drive back home to Canadaigua. We did some tracting after dinner. Been doing a lot of door knocking lately... we met Scott & Debbie Vanduyne at the lake and we were able to testify of the restoration and they felt something, they invited us back over to their house! Scott drove bus for the pageant cast so they know a little about us. We had another lesson with Chris, we taught her the law of tithing.
Friday was a good day of planning, then we exchanged. I went to Penn Yan with Elder Harvey. We spent lots of time knocking doors cause the work is slower in that area, but I was determined to show that there are people to be found in every area. We were able to get 3 phone numbers and 2 return appointments in a little town called Hall!
Saturday morning we spent it in Penn Yan, and we found a FAMILY! Haha god is good! (That's my new saying) I actually found this family last time I was in Penn Yan and they didn't follow up, so we went to follow up and the mom invited us in and we were able to teach a short lesson and set one up for the following day! Saturday afternoon was spent in Canandaigua back with Elder Hardy. We did some door knocking.
Sunday was a wonderful fast Sunday. I love fast sundays, and I Love the sacrament. It's became a huge part of my life and I can't and won't go without it. It's so important! We had Nikki at church, she's been investigating for a little while. She's 17 and has made the decision to be baptized! Very soon, this coming Saturday! Haha Elder Hardy is going to baptize her as well! We had a lesson with Kristy, she's been reading the Book of Mormon so much! She told us about how she's applying it to her life and how much it's helping her! Haha golden. We invited her to be baptized and she said yes without hesitation. So awesome. We did some more door knocking at these really nice townhomes just out side of town. We met Roger, He's got some Wicked blue eyes. They are gnarly. But he was really cool. We taught him the restoration and he loved it! Inivited us to come back!
Monday was a day I'll never forget... haha the hammer came down. Elder Bennett of the seventy came to the mission. He trained us on things that our mission needs to improve on, he promised huge blessings if we act on the things trained on. He talked a lot about having Faith, Hope, and Charity. Something I felt very strongly I could improve on... and he also said that our purpose is to Help, Not to Invite and Hope they do the commitment. We need to HELP them keep the commitment, really opened my eyes. A scripture he focused on is Matthew 20:36-39 I know that everything we do should be out of LOVE especially when we share the gospel. I do know the savior loves all of us, with His perfect love. Now we must obtain that and let others feel it. Pray for it. Faith, Hope, and Charity are essential attributes to help us prepare to meet god.
Love you all! Thanks for the support!
Love,
Elder Judy
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