Week #35, I'm in Love!

It has been a great week!  Slow, but great!  We have seen so many blessings and answers to our prayers for more people to be led into our lives!  We decided to try our online event/lesson this week and put our faith forward to do it, knowing that our mission president promised blessings to come our way if we do.  It was exciting to see the success it brought (up until our internet connection cut out) and how many people joined in the conversation.  Later that day we had 2-3 encounters where the people openly accepted a gospel conversation and some even gave us their contact info.  It was a wonderful day!  The blessings our president promised us came IMMEDIATELY!  We were so happy as we walked home that night, knowing that God was blessing us so much!

Our area has been slow lately because of the holidays, and we have found that there is a lack of people to teach.  So, we decided to call some former investigators in our area.  We got a phone call back from one of them saying it was funny we called, because she recently got in contact with another ward this week and hopes to go to church there this Sunday!  There are no coincidences.  God is in the details of it all!

All is well here in South Manhattan!  I'm excited to be here for another 7 weeks!  This time around I was scared for transfer calls.  I did not feel ready to leave.  This is home.  I have too many more things to do.  Too many more I's to dot and T's to cross.  I have more I need to do.  More people to reach out to.  More lives to impact.  More to teach my trainee.  More, more, more.  I did not feel like I could leave yet.  So I worried that after being here for 8 months already that I would be moved.  We both prayed fervently for more time together in this area if it was the Lords will.  What relief I felt when we got the news (at 11:05 pm) that we were together again for another cycle!  WHEW!  How great was my joy!  I needed another cycle at least!  And I am so grateful to the Lord for the opportunity to stay here again!  He truly answers my prayers!

It has been such a wonderful opportunity for me to serve down here in South Manhattan.  I have learned so much down here.  My testimony has grown.  I have been able to learn so much from those who we teach and serve with.  What a wonderful bunch of saints I get to associate with!  I could not have asked for a better area to be "stuck" in!  This place and these people have wedged themselves deep within my heart, and I will never be the same.  And for that I am thankful! I am in love with my beautiful South Manhattan!

Love Always,

Sister Weyandt

Pictures:

#1- Chinatown in Christmastime decor!  This is my home!

#2- My South Manhattan zone!  LOVE them!

#3- Me, Sister Jensen, Hermana Laititi, and Hermana Dunn were playing "Minute to Win It" games for our P-day Eve :D  It was SOOO fun!