Week #64, Success=Being led by God

I feel like from week to week I don't have much to share. The work is slow as we try to look up less actives and get to know our members better. So, sorry for not having more spiritual content. We did find success though this week in meeting a less active member who wants to come back to church. She has no concerns or doubts with the church, which is really rare for less actives. She simply fell away from activity. We are excited for her to come back! Emilia is awesome!

This week one of our members, Becky Collier, invited us to dinner at the Whitney Museum to see the Jeff Koons exhibit. So, she brought us food and we ate it in line. We had just barely gotten in line when a lady named Lici stopped us and asked if she could learn more about our church from us. She said her friend was a Mormon and she had passed by our church's randomly the last few weeks and felt a prompting to go in, but never did. We were stoked! This never happens! It was incredible! We are so excited to meet up with her :)

This past Sunday we gave talks in sacrament meeting. I wanted to make sure I was prayerful about it. I think I prayed every day for the full week we had to be led to what to share. It actually turned out pretty well! I was a bit nervous to give it, but God answered my many heartfelt prayers and helped me to give it easily!  What a blessing!

I was touched this week by a story told in our zone training about the difference between Ammon and Abinadi's missionary success. Ammon converted thousands and Abinadi never lived to see a baptism. But both were incredible missionaries! We may not have the success that other missionaries see, but that does not determine our overall impact. I mean, if Abinadi did not serve his "mission" then Alma would not have been converted and he would not have built up the church to allow Ammon later in to convert thousands. I believe in this wholeheartedly.  I have had one or two missionaries comment to me that my mission experience has not been what it should have been. This ate at me for a little bit. But then I realized that they were wrong. Missions are not suppose to be cookie cutter experiences. They are individualized for each person. And as long as we follow the spirit and do our best, we will be guided.

Sadly, Sister Richeson has had a bad migraine the last few days. Yesterday it was so bad hat we stayed inside all day. I made phone calls, sent a bunch of texts with scriptures, watched The Testaments with Richie, cleaned the house, and caught up in my journal! I actually appreciate sick days. I feel like I can catch up on life and not feel guilt and rushed.

Today Sister Richeson went on the infamous going home temple trip. So, my roommate Sister Holdaway and I got to go shopping together ;) We went to some ghetto store in the heart of Harlem. The people there are truly one of a kind! Haha. We got out of the store to see a tiff going on with the cops there. Nothing too new. But what was funny were the firefighters who saw us stopped on the street corner in Harlem. Haha...two well dressed white girls in the middle of that part of the city is a rare sight. They said they had never seen sister missionaries before, only the elders. They asked if we wanted a picture with the hem and the truck. Haha...I politely turned them down. They asked where we were headed. We told them to Target, and they asked if we wanted a ride in their fire truck. I was tempted to, but knew we had our third female rule and these men were being too friendly to pretend to be naive. We thanked them warmly and walked
away. Several minutes later as we were walking down the street we heard "Hello Sisters!" over a loud intercom.  We looked over our shoulders to see the fire truck passing us. Lol. We got a good laugh out of that! Not too many sister missionaries can say they got a shout out from the NYFD! :)

It was awesome! What a wonderful, spirit filled week. I have grown a lot. I have learned a lot. It has been a fantastic week that I am so grateful for. :) I hope you all have a spirit filled week this week yourselves! The gospel is true. God is real. He hears and answers prayers. He loves you! You see his child. I am so happy! :)

Love Always,
Sister Weyandt