This week was great! Defiantly one of the better, most spiritual weeks of my mission! I’ll tell ya why.
On Wednesday the Buffalo Zone traveled all the way out to the Peter Whitmer Farm. And we had zone conference where the church started 2 days before the 188th birthday of the year. We were able to go on a tour of the Whitmer home. Elder Mecham and I have a training in extraordinary efforts in getting people to attend church and have uplifting experiences while doing so! Everyone said it was a great training. But the highlight of it all was being able to have the whole zone in the Whitmer home and having a testimony meeting. The spirit was so strong! It was great! I love this mission. It crazy to think that I have taken for granted serving here. I’m still trying to figure why god thought I was deserving enough to serve among these sacred places where the church was restored in this last dispensation. And to be able to be where the first apostles were called, and where the sacrament was first ministered in this dispensation. It’s a very humbling experience.
I was able to go on exchanges down to the southern tier with Elder Hershy! We had a great time. He is serving in the Gowanda Branch which I was the district leader over almost a year ago! It was cool to be back on exchanges there.
This week we have found some really, really cool people. Sadly, Jeannie’s husband was still threatening divorce and she ended up texting us saying she didn’t want to meet anymore because of it. She knows it’s true and wants to join Heavenly Father’s true church one day. We found 10 people to teach this week and all of them are great. Saturday night at 8:40 we were knocking on doors and James let us in and we invited him to church. He came and loved it! We found Jeff, he’s a couple years older than me and looking for who he really is. We taught him and sent him some videos and he said “this is what I’ve missed out on my whole life.” On Monday we met Danielle who had met with missionaries 15 years ago and read the Book of Mormon twice. Her husband just passed away at age 32. Those are just a few of the amazing people we found this week!
After zone conference we had stake correlation.... so we were in a meeting from 7-3:30 and then drove 2.5 hours and were in another meeting from 6-8 then drove home. We were pretty beat that day. Lol. Still trying to bounce back from that one.
Erik Gustafson and his family are great! They took me and Elder Kelly to a very nice steak house in Lewiston. The dinner went great! They had lots of questions of things we do as missionaries. Erik knows a lot about the church and has been to a couple of the historic sites. At the end of the dinner I had a family proclamation and testified of it and how the gospel will bless their lives. And gave them the proclamation. They said they would read it! And we have an appointment with them this Friday! They are great family. There kids are the cutest. (Side note: Erik is someone Claudine met in a class I took last summer. We have talked lots on the phone, but have never met in person. I prayed long and hard and sent a Book of Mormon to Erik at Christmas time. We have always talked about my son being on a mission for our church in New York and Erik has wanted to meet him and take him to dinner. With Blake's lasts transfer he is just 10 minutes away from Erik's house which is now in his area and so they were able to meet for dinner. My heart almost burst when I found out they agreed to have Blake come to their home for a return appointment!)
As I prepare for some conferences this week I read 19 sections of the Doctrine & Covenants that were all revealed in Fayette at the Peter Whitmer farm. My testimony was strengthen of the lord and how he accomplishes his work. I know the Book of Mormon is true. And the authority of god is found within the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. And how grateful I am for the opportunity to serve my lord. Love you all!
Love,
Elder Judy
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