haha we're just lucky we were able to attend! The Broburgs took us to the adult session of stake conference in Albany Saturday night, it was about an hour and half there and back (we had to make some stops along the way so we left a little early) then Sunday morning the Brownlees took us and our investigator Ed there and back. Lots of traveling this weekend but Stake Conference was worth it! (And I got to see Sis Camp so of course it was a blast) It's funny because most people from the branch went to the leadership and adult sessions of stake conference and then just stayed the night in a hotel and came to the general session the next day. Definitely different than being in Utah where it's a 2 minute walk to the stake center!
Cool experiences this week. We got to help volunteer at "the Living Library". An event that we helped people register for at the library. They had many different speakers come and tell cool stories. In between signing people up, the ladies from the library told us we could go watch some of the stories. We went and watched Stephen (he works at the library and we volunteer with him so we know him and thought it'd be cool to watch his story) and he told all about how he's a modern day witch - a Wicken! It was really interesting because that's something I've been wanting to learn about since being out here. Anyways, afterwards he came up to us and said "I was so nervous when you guys came to mine! I didn't want to offend you!!" haha it was really funny. We also listened to a guy tell us about his service in Iraq with the Marines, and a woman tell us of her experience helping refugees in Greece. It was so cool. I learned so much.
One of my favorite parts about being a missionary is that people notice we're different. They're not sure what it is, but they like it. We had an awesome lesson with Ed this week. He always tells us that he's not sure if this is the path he's going to take, but he likes what he's learning, and his life has gotten better since meeting with us. He also always tells us he notices something different about us. It's really cool because the gospel truly answers any question we have. He's constantly saying "that makes sense. I like that" He has lots of questions but luckily, the gospel of Jesus Christ answers all of them! He really makes me want to study and understand the gospel better so I've been spending a lot of time in Preach My Gospel and the pamphlets that we hand out. I've definitely noticed a difference in my teaching as I try to understand the doctrine better. We're also going to lunch with Ed today! He wants to buy us pizza (which I haven't had in so long, like for the whole 2 months I've been in Manchester, so I'm a little nervous it's not gonna be as good as NY pizza, but we'll see) and have a lesson so I'm excited! He is seriously so genuine and sincere. He keeps his commitments and is very serious about learning. He really is a great guy!
We also had a lesson with Shayna last night. She was telling us how her dad is giving her all of this anti stuff and saying we're a cult. She was like "But I don't know. You guys just seem to be different. I don't know what it is but you just have this light, and you're both always so happy. I want that" It's incredible to see that as we live worthy to have the gift of the Holy Ghost, it truly can be with us always, and that others really do recognize us. We stand out and we're different. So my invitation for all of you this week is to share that light with others! It truly blesses others lives. Look for little ways of doing service, compliment a stranger, invite someone to church, smile at a friend. There are so many ways to share the light we've been given. That's why we have it, so we can share it with our brothers and sisters.
Funny stories:
We were tracting apartments and there are two doors in each little area. We knock on this one door, no answer. We knock again, no answer. We leave a pass along card and turn and knock on the other door. Suddenly, both doors answer. I quickly turn around and start talking to the lady to the left while sister Ferrin is talking to the one on the right. Our backs are to each other and we're trying to preach in this small space and tune each other out but not wanting to say the exact same thing haha it was pretty funny!
We taught Ed the Plan of Salvation this week and he pointed to the Celestial Kingdom and goes "that's where I'm goin! See you ladies there."
We went to a lesson with Garth and Kenneth (an older Jamaican guy) was there and simply fist bumped us and said "respect". He's true homie.
Anyways! Love you all and hope you have a great week! Thanks for always being a good example to everyone, never forget your divine potential as a son or daughter of God. He lives and love you!
xoxo
Sister Rodriguez
1. Ed and us on our way home from stake conference
2. Sister Tesch goes home at the end of this transfer so this is the last time I'll see her :(
3. Sister Jones
4. Sisters of the Saratoga Zone (minus my comp who was in her interview and the Fonda sisters AKA Sis camp and Sister Johnson who weren't able to come
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5. WHOO
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