Kelsey's Adventures in New York: 3/16/16--Week Three

My companion and Me at the Temple

Wow we are already on to week three!! Kinda of crazy!! I feel like I have only been gone a week because it is going so fast. Yet, I have done so much I feel like I have been gone for like 3 months. The whole thing is throwing me off. Plus English is getting harder every day! But my Spanish is getting better. I can get through practice lessons without notes and pausing every five seconds to think of words.

Anyways, this past week has been pretty amazing!! Thursday afternoon was the best day of the week!!! They brought real people in for us to teach. We had one non-member, one less-active member, and one member. We loved teaching by the spirit and having to go off faith to teach what these people needed to know. Then that night everything changed for my district. My companion and I were doing some study together. We read a scripture in Doctrine and Covenants. Then we started talking. I was asking questions that I didn't know why I was asking. As well I don't remember half of what I said. All I know was my companion started to tell me how she was struggling. I remembered Michael telling how he had gotten a blessing when he was having a hard time. I looked at her and told her that she needed to ask the Elders in our district and ask for a blessing. We went back and forth for like 10 min because she had told herself she was strong and didn't need a blessing. I knew from the spirit she needed one. Finally I got her to ask the Elders. I had invited them to come out with us from the classroom and made her ask. It was the first time in her life she had asked for a priesthood blessing. It was the most amazing experience to watch these two elders give her a blessing for their first time. As well, another hermana in my district ended up getting one because she realized she needed one. My companion told me she didn't know if the blessing would help and was going off my faith which was a 100 % OK with me. Needless to say all of us saw many blessings that night!!

I am grateful for the power of the priesthood and worthy young men to be able to help her! I love the gospel and my Savior!! I am so grateful to be out serving a mission!!