Well another week full of adventures. Monday was a normal preparing day. We spent the day at the Martino's house so we could have wifi. While there they asked us to make banana bread for them and they said we could make some for ourselves as well. So we made bread and just relaxed. Then we went to look up a referral from a member and he was home!! We had a great lesson about the Plan of Salvation! We went to the member's house and told them about what happened! They were super excited that we got in and talked to them.
Tuesday we had district meeting and we went and visited our investigator Jenn. She is really beginning to progress. She is beginning to see the hope of the gospel which is awesome!! Then we
talked to a person we had knocked into on Sunday. We went back and talked her. She had done some research so it was an interesting conversations. Then we took Nina to go look for some more YW but no luck. We had dinner at the Martino's with Eddy and Blanca. We set up for Eddy to be baptized next week. Yeah!
Wednesday we basically spent the day doing look ups and knocking doors. We had a lesson with Eddy trying to prepare him for baptism. There is a couple of speed blocks but we are putting faith in God that he will make things happen as long as it is His will.
Thursday we had weekly planning. All of the lessons we had planned fell through so we felt like there was something else we were supposed to be doing so we prayed. We prayed to know where to go. So I felt like we had to pay a visit to our mission leader. We called him and he said we could meet him and his restaurant in 15-20 min. He owns a Italian restaurant where everything is imported from Italy. It is a five star restaurant and has been in New York Times. We get there and he comes to tell us he was having a hard time and was praying for some help and then three minutes later we called him. It was a huge miracle. Plus he gave us some food!! He gave us octopus, lobster salad, and eggplant with crab. So good!
Friday we spent the day in Plainview at a training for getting Facebook back! Speaking of which we, as missionaries, can use Facebook but only to keep in contact with our investigators and less active's.
You can email me through here if you want to talk to me! Then we had a lesson with Eddy that night.
Saturday we had a mini lesson with a less active YW. So much fun! Then we had a combined branch activity with the branch right next to us. It was a Pioneer Day activity. We played pioneer games and had a dinner. Then a mini lesson with Eddy and the YM president.
Sunday we had church which was fun. In the third hour we had to translate for the Spanish side through headsets. So it took us a while to get that going. Then half way through you hear elder Peña who was translating say I have no idea what he is saying. Our teacher is from Brazil so his English is really broken and hard to understand. So he gave up passed it on to his companion who did the same thing and passed it on to my companion who then passed it back to Elder Peña. Then after church we picked up Nina again and tried again to find YW but no luck. We dropped her off and started for home and realized we had somewhere else to go so to turn around Hermana Bandeaux turned down a dirt road. It was more of a sandy road. We found a spot that was big enough to turn around and we got stuck. Hermana Bandeaux got us stuck in the sand. I had to get out and figure out if we could get out. Luckily we didn't have to do much to get out but it took a couple minutes. We had a lesson with a less active and headed to East Hampton to knock doors and have a lesson with Eddy. He wasn't home at first. But, as we started to pull away he pulled up in the car with his dad. We have been needing to talk to his dad so was a miracle and prefect timing. We set up an appointment with him for this week.
This week I have done a lot of study on missionary work. I am starting to see how important missionary work is and how we can be missionaries on a mission and member missionaries. My scripture is Mormon 9:22
"For behold, thus said Jesus Christ, the Son of God, unto his disciples who should tarry, yea, and also to all his disciples, in the hearing of the multitude: Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature;"
We have been called by Jesus Christ to preach the gospel to all the world! I am loving this calling and the chance to share he greatest blessing in my life to the people in New York. I encourage each of you
to use the tools you have to share this gospel and message with your friends. I know this gospel has the fullness and we can really live with our Father in Heaven again! I love y'all! Have a great week!
Con Amor
Hermana Ashford
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