As a missionary, I dont think there is a better weekend in the year then this upcoming weekend. Its time for General Conference again! For two days, we get to be like every other member of the church and just enjoy the words of the prophet. For 50 sundays a year, church is freaking hectic for missionaries. We dont get to much of a chance to relax but are typically to busy running around. But conference is a time we get to kick back and relax, which once ever 26 sundays, is really welcome.
It also creates fun concrete memories. The first gc in new york i was with Elder Howells and lives with Wu and Grow. Now Wu and grow are both home, and the two sisters in bensonhurst at the time, sisters brown and kevan are both home too. 6 months after that I was with Elder Wright, and I feel like I was just serving with him. Time is crazy.
This week was pretty freaking great though. The baptisms were on Saturday instead of Sunday this week. Two sisters were baptized, Julia and Rebecca. Yesterday they were confirmed along with the 4 people baptized last week. The 6 confirmations took a good chunk of the time for sacrament meeting. It was sweet. We had to bring in extra rows for the people who showed up a little late. One of our investigators brought a friend with her and they both loved church, but are kind of bummed (becuase we have stake conference the week following gc) that there wont be primary for 2 weeks in a row.
The sweetest news from yesterday is that they announced the ground breaking for the Jamaica chapel. Right now we meet on the second floor of a food court in the midddle of Jamaica Center, and now they are going to build a brand new 5 story chapel 2 blocks over ontop of a parking lot. We are all way excited to have a real chapel that has a baptismal font. The only problem...it wont be open til 2012. Yikes on bikes..
Now for the Q's and A's
Questions for Elder Sky….
1. How are you and how was your week? I can hardly wait to hear all about it. I am soo good. The weather this week couldnt really decide what it wanted to do. It was warm then cold then warm. Anyway, we had a sweet cold spread around the pad, but now everything is cleared up again and everyone is feeling a ok(where does that saying come from??)
2. How was Sunday, yesterday? Did the Baptism Miracles keep up their winning streak? Yep, but on Saturday. And there is baptism planned for 10am next sunday, so have the baptism, then everyone jumps on the train and goes to the jamaica chapel for church.
3. What moment stands out among the rest this week? Sitting in PEC when the stake president announced the new chapel. Thats really what this ward needs.
4. What would a perfect Easter Package look like to you? Starburst jellybeans, other fruity candy, and an egg dying kit.
5. Are you getting excited for General Conference? freak ya
I wanted to tell one funny story from this week. When one of the missionaries was sick this week I went on exchanges with Elder Gibson. Elder Gibson is from ATL georgia and is black, so we got on a bus heading to the appointment, and when we were sitting down a little girl came up to me and asked, "are you lost" and I said, "nope" She just looked at me and said, "you sure arent normal," then walked away. It made my day. Love y'all
sly,
Eldah Skylah Tio
It also creates fun concrete memories. The first gc in new york i was with Elder Howells and lives with Wu and Grow. Now Wu and grow are both home, and the two sisters in bensonhurst at the time, sisters brown and kevan are both home too. 6 months after that I was with Elder Wright, and I feel like I was just serving with him. Time is crazy.
This week was pretty freaking great though. The baptisms were on Saturday instead of Sunday this week. Two sisters were baptized, Julia and Rebecca. Yesterday they were confirmed along with the 4 people baptized last week. The 6 confirmations took a good chunk of the time for sacrament meeting. It was sweet. We had to bring in extra rows for the people who showed up a little late. One of our investigators brought a friend with her and they both loved church, but are kind of bummed (becuase we have stake conference the week following gc) that there wont be primary for 2 weeks in a row.
The sweetest news from yesterday is that they announced the ground breaking for the Jamaica chapel. Right now we meet on the second floor of a food court in the midddle of Jamaica Center, and now they are going to build a brand new 5 story chapel 2 blocks over ontop of a parking lot. We are all way excited to have a real chapel that has a baptismal font. The only problem...it wont be open til 2012. Yikes on bikes..
Now for the Q's and A's
Questions for Elder Sky….
1. How are you and how was your week? I can hardly wait to hear all about it. I am soo good. The weather this week couldnt really decide what it wanted to do. It was warm then cold then warm. Anyway, we had a sweet cold spread around the pad, but now everything is cleared up again and everyone is feeling a ok(where does that saying come from??)
2. How was Sunday, yesterday? Did the Baptism Miracles keep up their winning streak? Yep, but on Saturday. And there is baptism planned for 10am next sunday, so have the baptism, then everyone jumps on the train and goes to the jamaica chapel for church.
3. What moment stands out among the rest this week? Sitting in PEC when the stake president announced the new chapel. Thats really what this ward needs.
4. What would a perfect Easter Package look like to you? Starburst jellybeans, other fruity candy, and an egg dying kit.
5. Are you getting excited for General Conference? freak ya
I wanted to tell one funny story from this week. When one of the missionaries was sick this week I went on exchanges with Elder Gibson. Elder Gibson is from ATL georgia and is black, so we got on a bus heading to the appointment, and when we were sitting down a little girl came up to me and asked, "are you lost" and I said, "nope" She just looked at me and said, "you sure arent normal," then walked away. It made my day. Love y'all
sly,
Eldah Skylah Tio
Yikes on Bikes, that sounds like something Dr. Seuss would say! What a cute missionary. My friend just got back from a visit with her parents (Skyler's mission pres.) and couldn't say enough about how much they both LOVE those missionaries. They are having a great time serving in NY too!!!
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