hi hi hi,
Sounds like it was
a busy week for everyone! DAD'S BISHOP. AHHHHHHHH! hahahaha Man. That is so
crazy! I am so excited for him! He is going to be amazing! He is going to rock
it! (: Lots and lots of changes happenin! CRAZY. Can you believe it is almost
October...? Time is just flyin by! It is absolutely BEAUTIFUL here. There are
sooooo many trees here and they are starting to change colors. I love it. I
just love the Fall sooo much! Definitely my favorite season! I am excited to be
here while the seasons are changing! Something I have been learning since I
have been in this area for the short time that I have been is people here are
weirdly nice... I have gotten used to people yelling at us, swearing at us,
slamming the door in our faces, but not in the New City Area. At first when we
would knock on doors I would prepare myself to be rejected, but people just
don't seem to do that here. It blows my mind. So I don't quite know how to act
always. I feel like I am just speechless all of the time. Like just the other
day we went to the gas station to fill up our car with gas... WHICH BY THE WAY
I GET TO PUMP MY OWN GAS NOW!! I don't know if I ever told you or not, but in
Jersey you are not allowed to pump your own gas. They have people that do it
for you.... So I haven't pumped my own gas for 9 months! And I finally did just
the other day.... and I kinda forgot how to do it... hahahaha
So that
is me pumpin the gas! FINALLY. Who thought I would be so excited to pump
gas.... (;
But after we were done the machine
didn't print out a receipt and we need one so (a little frustrated) we went
inside to ask the cashier if we could get a receipt. She was a Hispanic lady
who all of a sudden got really excited to see us. She began telling us that her
family met with missionaries just like us, but in her country and that they
wanted to come back to church. She asked if we could write our number on
receipt paper and the church's address. Both Sister Rigby and I really didn't
say much... this lady contacted us and asked us for all the information. It was
crazy! It is soooo cool to see how Heavenly Father works. He knew that we
needed to go inside and talk with the cashier so her and her family can come
back to church. And that is why we didn't get a printed receipt! Miracles. Then
one day we were trying to find a Less Active, but the address we had for them
didn't have an apartment number and it was at an apartment complex so we
decided we should knock some doors and see if anyone knows them. We knocked
quite a few doors and nobody knew the members we were looking for and we were
about to go back to the car when we decided to try one last door. A lady
answered and said that she didn't know anyone by that name, but that we could
go to the office and they could look it up for us. So we went to the office and
this younger lady helped us. The Less Actives don't live in that apartment
complex anymore, but we were able to start talking with this lady. She was so
nice and by the end of our conversation said that we could come over to her
home and teach her more. If we wouldn't have knocked on those apartment doors
and tried that one last door we would never have found this lady! Such a
miracle. We were able to pick up this sweet Haitian lady this last week. She
was a member referral and we invited her to be baptized in our first lesson
with her and she said YES. We are so stinkin excited to teach her and her
family! Haitian people are so stinkin awesome! I am going to have to learn some
Creole or French though because there are a ton of people in this area from
Haiti. For instance, we had received a referral for this lady and we went to
try her and she didn't speak any English. Just Creole... So we couldn't really
communicate with her. We are going to bring a member with us next time that can
speak Creole or French so they can interpret for us! So it has definitely been
a good week! I just wanted to tell yous a funny story that happened to us this
last week. So in part of our area there is a HUGE Jewish population. We were
going to take a short cut to a member’s house through this Jewish Apartment
Complex on Friday night. Their Sabbath starts on Friday nights and goes until
Saturday night. Anyway, so we turn to go in and there are a bunch of Jewish
kids and teenagers standing by like a fence that they put up so no one can use
that short cut on their Sabbath because they don't drive at all during their
Sabbath... All the Jewish kids and teenagers started to shew us!!!!!! They
literally yelled at us and told us to go away.... hahahaha It was a little
terrifying! Sister Rigby was driving and I just put my head down and laughed
sooooo hard. We got out of there as fast as we could. So for future reference,
don't drive through a Jewish apartment complex during their Sabbath.
Well fam. I am so
thankful for all of you and for your love, support, and examples to me! You
help keep me going! I hope that you all have a great week this upcoming week
and I hope you enjoy General Conference!!! I am sooooooo excited for it! (:
Also, send me mail. My address is 249 N. Middletown Rd. Apt. 4A Nanuet, NY
10954. YOUS ARE THE BEST. Get Mal to send some of her Senior Pics pleaaaase.
And while you are at it you can send some pics of everyone... I would love it!
(:
LOVE YOUS
TO THE MOON AND BACK!! WE GOT THIS!!!
Love,
Sister Woodland
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| Look how stinking beautiful it is here! |
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| The leaves are starting to change!!! AHHHH |
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