In honor of the Olympics going on the other side of the continent, we had a bit of gold this week in the greatest city on the planet. Smith Colin, a Haitian who we have been teaching for about 5 weeks was baptized yesterday with his sweet daughters there to see it happen. He is sooo golden. In two weeks, he is planning on baptizing them, so it is going to be sweet!
His daughters have such a cool miracle story. They just got to America a few months ago, right before the Haitian Earthquake. The timing was amazing, and it allowed them to miss out on the devastation that occurred. The oldest daughter, Jasmine, slept over at two of her friends’ house all of the time, and those two friends died the day of the earthquake in the room that they always hung out in. They are very happy to be alive. They would have been baptized this week but haven’t been able to come to church as often as he has, so a few more weeks and they will be ready to go!
It is amazing to witness the miracles that are happening here, not just for me, but for the people around us. Even though the weather has been pretty cold(except for the weather in the 40’s this weekend) seeing so much success makes the work so much more fun. Mio Compo is so awesome, everyday we are having fun and getting things done. It makes it super easy to be a missionary, and he is definitely part of the reason for why I love it out here so much!
So now for the Q’s and A’s:
1. How are you and what can you tell us about third week of February? This was a freaking golden week. Despite some snow, the sun has been out most of the week so it has been beautiful.
2. How are you feeling? All these dear people at Stake Conference asked about you and asked how you are feeling. I always say, I hope good as he never complains. Feeling? Sooo good. Cant even tell you, I haven’t physically felt better in my entire life. Last pday we ran a 5k and bike 10 miles, and it felt way good to be able to do that.
3. Which day this week do you wish you could live over again? Yesterday. With a baptism and a sweet 3 hour block, I would love to do it again. One of the coolest parts of church yesterday was in 3rd hour, we had 3 men who had just moved from the Indian-Pakistani border come to class and want to learn about Christianity. They are coming again next week and loved their experience. Also, in Sacrament meeting, there were 130 people there, which is a good and a bad thing. The building can only hold 135 so we are 5 away from having to turn people away. But there are talks of splitting the ward before the summer.
4. Is your Stake Conference Coming up soon? It seems like our last ones were close by each other. I switched stakes from Brooklyn to Queens so our next SC isn’t for a few months.
5. How did your lessons you taught this week go, is there one that stands out among the rest? They went really well. I cant think of one right now, but that just goes to show how sweet they were.
6. Anything we can do for you? Nope
I almost forgot to mention. Yesterday, 3 of the recent converts in the ward received the priesthood, and Smith will next week, and then 2 more will the week after that. It is amazing to see what can happen in a ward when the people get excited about Missionary work.
Sly,
Elder t’eeo
His daughters have such a cool miracle story. They just got to America a few months ago, right before the Haitian Earthquake. The timing was amazing, and it allowed them to miss out on the devastation that occurred. The oldest daughter, Jasmine, slept over at two of her friends’ house all of the time, and those two friends died the day of the earthquake in the room that they always hung out in. They are very happy to be alive. They would have been baptized this week but haven’t been able to come to church as often as he has, so a few more weeks and they will be ready to go!
It is amazing to witness the miracles that are happening here, not just for me, but for the people around us. Even though the weather has been pretty cold(except for the weather in the 40’s this weekend) seeing so much success makes the work so much more fun. Mio Compo is so awesome, everyday we are having fun and getting things done. It makes it super easy to be a missionary, and he is definitely part of the reason for why I love it out here so much!
So now for the Q’s and A’s:
1. How are you and what can you tell us about third week of February? This was a freaking golden week. Despite some snow, the sun has been out most of the week so it has been beautiful.
2. How are you feeling? All these dear people at Stake Conference asked about you and asked how you are feeling. I always say, I hope good as he never complains. Feeling? Sooo good. Cant even tell you, I haven’t physically felt better in my entire life. Last pday we ran a 5k and bike 10 miles, and it felt way good to be able to do that.
3. Which day this week do you wish you could live over again? Yesterday. With a baptism and a sweet 3 hour block, I would love to do it again. One of the coolest parts of church yesterday was in 3rd hour, we had 3 men who had just moved from the Indian-Pakistani border come to class and want to learn about Christianity. They are coming again next week and loved their experience. Also, in Sacrament meeting, there were 130 people there, which is a good and a bad thing. The building can only hold 135 so we are 5 away from having to turn people away. But there are talks of splitting the ward before the summer.
4. Is your Stake Conference Coming up soon? It seems like our last ones were close by each other. I switched stakes from Brooklyn to Queens so our next SC isn’t for a few months.
5. How did your lessons you taught this week go, is there one that stands out among the rest? They went really well. I cant think of one right now, but that just goes to show how sweet they were.
6. Anything we can do for you? Nope
I almost forgot to mention. Yesterday, 3 of the recent converts in the ward received the priesthood, and Smith will next week, and then 2 more will the week after that. It is amazing to see what can happen in a ward when the people get excited about Missionary work.
Sly,
Elder t’eeo
I am so thrilled to hear that he is feeling fabulous!!! What a blessing, and a gold medal week!!!
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