so this week was same old same old except for that we met some more very interesting people. the first one is this lady from jamacia her name escapes me at this moment but that the sisters met on the street. she asked the sisters to come over and help clean up her place. well we soon realize that this lady is kinda a hoarder, meaning that she keeps all mail with her name on it to prevent identity theft. so we went over there and realize that she is kinda an alchoholic and that this task for us to clean her place would take much more than 2 hours and really took closer to 3. we actually didnt clean anything but moved stuff out of boxes, into bags, and put it back where it was found cause she had a really hard time of letting things go. it was a verry interesting expirience with a very interesting person.
the next interesting person of the week is sister tish. sister tish had moved around from midwood to east newyork and back again and she wanted to see the elders so we went over. lets just say that she is 100% pure newyorker and she has the funniest personality that i have ever met before in my life. she gave us a fine feast of papa johns pizza and she likes "busting peoples chops." she is such a good member i can tell and we are going to give her a blessing today for a surgery that she is getting.
more news for our ward is that we got a senior couple this past week and they are AWESOME. this ward is in such need of good supportive members and the roners are here to save the day. the wards here in newyork are very different than what ive seen and only about 10 people actually fufill thier callings and do hometeaching. everyone is nice and friendly and wants to help out but no one has the time nor patience. its kinda sad to see a ward in this condition where the bishop is expected to do ALOT so a ton of our effort has just been helping out members and keeping people active.
this week we met two people that are so ready for the gospel. one is named nicole and she med the zone leaders by a bus stop and said that she was interested about going to church. we went over to her place and realized that she is so ready and prepared by the hand of the Lord. she has a two year old son and just needs a family that i think the ward can give to her.
the next one is a haitian teenager named jean (just like the rest of all the haitians) and his dad is very supportive of the church but he works for ups and never has the time to be home or come to church. jean is so smart and knows the answer to all of our questions so i really hope that we can meet with him on a regular basis and be able to baptize him in the upcomming month.
thanksgiving is still kinda up for grabs but i think we will attend the ward dinner that is being arranged. thanks for sending me stuff and i havent really gotten anything from anyone this week but im writing some letters today. props to everyone for having dinner with an investigator cause it really shows how people of the church really are when they show kindness like that. props to tyler for getting higher than me on the ACT, and more props to sophie for reading the BOM in 90 days, and emma i cant believe you couldnt wait 2 more weeks for your brithday. just dont turn into a minecraft addict haha.
have a great week everyone and ill send my card this week so everyone can see my mission!!
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