What a wonderful week it has been! I
cant believe it is Pday once again! It seems each week for the last
3 weeks my companion and I have exclaimed to each other “It is
Pday, again?!” It creeps up on us...FAST! Despite waking up
nightly for the past month because of all my itchy bug bites (get new
ones several times a week it seems) and having to get up and out of
bed to medicate or ice them, all is SUPER, SUPER well in Zion!
This Friday night we got to go to Rudy
Ramirez's home for his first real Family Home Evening. He is a
recent convert, and as of last week he is the Elders Quorum
President. So, both us and the elders went to his home to teach him
and his non-member family how to have Family Home Evening! It was
great! Rudy is such an example to me! I have faith his wife will
some day come around and join the church!
Earlier that day we had Zone
Conference! It was our mission's conference tour where a 70 comes to
visit. Steven E. Snow and his wonderful wife came out to visit us.
It was a wonderful conference! I learned a lot! Throughout this
week we have had many of the missionary leaders come up to us and
congratulate us on our area and high goals. I guess President Morgan
has been talking a lot about our companionship and goals in Mission
Leadership Council (MLC). Wow! That was cool to hear! Afterwards,
President Morgan asked us to be interviewed by Elder Snow. Must
admit, nothing too exciting occurred in the individual interview, but
it was a neat experience to be selected to have a one on one
conversation with our visiting 70! Later this week my District
Leader, Elder Fotheringham, told us we were the examples right now in
the mission that everyone is talking about. Haha...no pressure!
President Morgan came up to us during
breakfast time at the conference and told us we were doing awesome as
a companionship and he was so proud of us. He then told us that we
better enjoy our time together, because it would be ending soon. He
then told Sister Bolton she will be training again (something she is
not too stoked about actually). He then proceeded to give me THE
BEST NEWS EVER! I wake up every morning with the news he gave me
running through my mind, and it makes me smile...really BIG! He told
me that if all goes according to plan, I will be going back to NYC to
serve in Manhattan again!!! He said I will be white washing a brand
new mid-singles adult ward! I wanted to squeal with happiness! MOST
of my recent converts and investigators in my last area will now be
in my new ward in Manhattan! Also, many of my old ward members will
now be members of this new ward where I will serve! As far as I
know, I will be serving in the Manhattan temple building where a
chapel is inside! I am VERY, VERY excited to be going back to the
City to the people I love! I dream about it a lot now. But I will
be extremely sad to leave here too! Newburgh is amazing, and the
people are truly one of a kind! You will NEVER find such wonderful,
genuine, helpful, and willing people anywhere else! Ok, maybe you
will, but I haven’t seen it too much! But shhhhh... don't tell
anyone I'm moving yet! It is not official until tonight when Sister
Bolton gets her training call :D But by this time next week I should be in Manhattan :D
So, ROSE CAME TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY AND
LOVED IT! She was crying the whole time! And my dear ward members
welcomed her in naturally, without being asked to at all! She felt
the spirit! Fast and testimony meeting was PERFECT! Everyone gave
such solid, wonderful testimonies of our Savior. They testified of
many challenged, but the blessings the gospel brings. One woman
named Alma Partyka got up and said “If anyone here is an
investigator, the best thing I could ever tell you is to get baptized
within this church! It was the best decision I have ever made!”
Wow! I was blown away! Phenomenal day!
Alyson and Samantha came to a BBQ at
Chiara's house! They loved it and are now good friends! Chiara
leaned over to me and said “Don't worry, I'll have them baptized in
no time!” Lol! She is a covert of about 2 years and she loves the
gospel!
The BEST news I got this week though
was from a young man named Rob Iraheta! I contacted him in Union
Square last year. He saw the temple on the pass along card I gave
him and stopped. He was smoking and asked me directly, “Is smoking
bad?” “Yes!” I replied simply and honestly. From there, I
taught Rob several lessons before passing him off to the missionaries
in his area in Queens. He finally gave us smoking and everything
else as was baptized on May 31st! What wonderful news! I
am so excited! It doesn't matter that he isn't counted as MY
baptism. I am just stoked that I was able to find him and help him
along the covenant path! Woohoo!
Today for P-day we had A LOT of fun
with our zone at Hil-Mar (Pam Paulines place). We played volleyball,
football, had a water balloon fight, and a water soaker war! It was
SO much fun! I love getting to relax for a bit and feel like a
normal person again!
Oh, just a few minutes ago I got an
email in my Facebook messages. It was from one of my EFY girls from
my first year as a counselor. The following year I was her Building
Counselor, which is SUPER rare. She turned to me for help during a
time of doubt and trial. I wrote her a lengthy and heartfelt letter.
She messaged me saying how she just found that letter again and read
back through it to realize that everything I had said in it had laid
the foundation for the change she made in her life. She thanked me
for doing that and being that powerful impact in her life! I was so
touched! God truly has his hand in our lives in ways I will never
begin to comprehend!
So, as you can tell, life is great
here! I am completely living the dream! I am so grateful for this
time I have been given to be here as a missionary! It is incredible!
Love Always,
Sister Weyandt
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