Week #30, Training- Round 2

Things are going great here in South Manhattan! Yes, I have been out on my mission for 7 months now (CRAZY!!!! I still feel new-ish), and YES, I am STILL here in South Manhattan (my first and only area so far). Sister King left for Brazil on Monday, and I was put in a 3-some companionship with the Spanish sisters (Hermana Barker and Dunn) until today (transfers day).  I got my new companion straight from the MTC! So yes, I am training again. I'm excited!  Sister Jensen is from Layton.  She is a doll and very sweet!  She is almost 20 I think and was a dancer in high school.  She was also a CNA and pre-school teacher.  Very sweet girl who is excited to share the gospel!  Just on the subway ride home we had 2 people ask us questions about the church!  Breaking her in already!  :) 

So last year on my birthday I got my mission call.  What better way to spend your birthday then getting a letter from the prophet?  Ya, I don't think you can top that!  But this year will be pretty close to being the best birthday present ever!  Tomorrow (my 24th birthday) I will be getting an iPad to use as a proselyting tool!  YESSSS!!! Our Area Book, planners, pamphlets, etc will all be on the iPad.  We will be able to use Mormon Messages, Facebook, Skype and blogging to share the gospel with others.  Exciting, right?  Haha... happy birthday to me :)  I guess the iPad could be considered a present from the prophet too, right?  :)  Lol

Anyway, I hope you have a wonderful week and keep reading the Book of Mormon every day! It will bring miracles into your life.  Did you hear me?  MIRACLES!!!  So, if you are totally fine and don't need any miracles, I suggest you DON'T read the Book of Mormon... cause it will only bring blessings into your life!  :D It's funny to me to see how a mission is just like every day life... but you serve all day long.  You study and grow and learn and play and serve and serve and serve.  But you are still you.  You still have the same quirks, interests, likes, and dislikes.... but you just have a different perspective and love for people around you than you did before.  You have a confidence, a presence almost that radiates and shows others around you that you are different...uniquely different.  Why are we different?  We have the spirit with us.  We have a calling given to us by a prophet of God to serve these people and bring them to the knowledge of the gospel.  It is so easy to share the gospel.  We simply have to open our mouths and do it.  

I love this church.  I love the Lord.  I love the miracles and tender mercies that I constantly see in my life.  This church is true.  Despite the attacks on our church by those who don't understand it or chose not to understand it, it still remains strong and unwavering.  Why?  Because this is God's church, not mans.  It is Him who runs it through a prophet.  Plain and simple truths... they're powerful.  I'm so grateful to know the things that I do.  It is natural and innate.  It is a gift I have been given to share and I am so grateful for the opportunity to do so.  No, I NEVER thought I would be on a mission.  Just yesterday I thought back to the "pre-mission me" and wondering what I thought a mission was like.  I laughed, knowing that what I had thought it was like is nothing close to how it really is.  How grateful I am to be where I am in a place perfect for me.  I'm so grateful for my Savior who knows me better than I will ever know myself.  I'm grateful I have allowed the Spirit to guided me down the path I am now on. It is a better path then I would have ever chosen by myself.  

I love you!  Remember that.  I often think about you!  But until that time, go forth and serve! Share the gospel message verbally or online.  Whatever resources you have, use them!  We should be proud to share this gospel with everyone we meet.  

Love Always,

Sister Weyandt

#1- My wonderful South Manhattan district!  They are wonderful!  (Back row left to right- Sister King, Hermana Barker, Elder Potter, Me, Hermana Dunn, and Elder Golding.  Front row- Elder Witbeck and Elder Wang).

#2- Our South Manhattan Zone!  I serve with the most wonderful people!  

#3- Me and Sister Jensen minutes after meeting!  She is fabulous!