Fashion Week Fun

Hey

Guess what week it is here in NY....FASHION WEEK. Mwaahahah. You guys I literally am right in the hood of #NYFW. I don't know why but I have this strange love for fashion week. You know I'll be passin out Book of Mormons right along with those gift bags :) hahaha.

Holy cow. It was a much needed amazing week. I don't think my email can do it justice. (The emails really don't do any justice for the experiences I'm having here.) 

A funny little story- (this is how missionary work goes in NY) So this was hilarious and awesome. Okay there is this couple here in Manhattan and they are VERY high class. Like VEERRY. Very confident and just really cool. (There seems to be a lot of people like that here hahah) Their names are Dave and Kate. Well they have been coming to church for the past 6 years. They aren't members. And they say they aren't interested in being baptized but they love the church. (We are working on them) :)  Anyways we had dinner with them and It was amazing. Dave has SO many connections with people in the world. He is big time you guys. Well we were eating dinner and he mentioned fashion week and I basically just told him how much I love fashion week.. Next thing you know he was asking me what day I wanted tickets... UM. Yeah hi. I told him my P day and we'll see what happens with that.. But WOAH. He has an in with everyone. Just before we were about to leave he shook my hand for a long second and said to me "you look like you could be a good actress. You have a very awesome personality and you could go far. Keep in contact with me after your mission and I will get you put in acting classes and I can connect you with some people." I was laughing so hard because.. like what!?!? 

BLaHhhhhh!!!!! Hahaha you guys. Here I am being a missionary in New York living in one of my dreams. Somebody pinch me...? Haha!!! So that was funny. (Never have I EVER pictured myself as an actress..!) I guess I never pictured myself as a missionary either tho... Ha! But really an actress isn't the lifestyle I'm going for... I took it as a compliment tho. Cool right? 

Tender mercy.. Our dinner calendar is FULL for the next four weeks. Wow. So blessed. And whoever stays In this area (sister brown or I) is a lucky. Haha watch I will get transferred just because of the sudden success I'm seeing. Gods will. He knows what is best for me to become like him :)

Hahaha my companion and I have become really good at helping to push cars out of the icy snow banks on the side of the road. We always see people struggling to pull away so we drop our bags and PUSH. Haha little acts of service bring so much happiness. Can you just picture the two of us? People are always shocked that we come to help. Good stuff.

You guys I just HAVE to let you all know that HEAVENLY FATHER IS THERE. He really really truly is there. Never have I EVER been SO sure of it. Like my knowledge of him being there right now, is like my knowledge that I am alive on earth. I AM SO SURE OF IT. I wish you could get inside my head and be able to see ALL the tender mercy's that I witnessed this last week. I will share more details and thoughts in a second . 

But first, I just wanted to give a HUGE thank you to those who have been reading my blog. And to those who have let me know. Every time I receive an email from somebody letting me know that they have been a reader of my blog, I get little tears in my eyes. I can't tell you how much it means to me! I'm so grateful that I have the opportunity to write home about these experiences that I am having. I hope and pray that I can continue to share more of the things I'm learning and experiencing in a way that will continue to help bring the spirit into your lives. To those reading my blog: I LOVE YOU. And to those not reading my blog: I LOVE YOU. Ha!! 

Here's just one example of God helping me out this week. So recently I have started praying that God would put people in MY path that are interested and that need the gospel. (Rather than having to find the needle in the haystack) because there are zillions of people here so you'd think there would be billions to teach.. Well there's not :) hence, my reason for praying for others to be put in my path that I can help!! Well WOAH. I can think of 6 times this last week of times where somebody came up to ME. SIX TIMES. That's not just coincidence. That never happens. I can't explain how good of a feeling that is. It is probably one of my favorite feelings. It's like at times I feel like a sales person who isn't selling a stinkin thing. So for someone to come to ME with questions is like taking a HUGE drink of refreshing niceness :) haha. I also wish you could see how big my smile gets when people come to me asking about what I am doing and who I am. It just feels good. SMILEY WEEK :)

This week we got not one baptismal date, but TWO. Oh my heck. Father in Heaven is working through my companion and I and it feels SO good to be a part of this. I will have to tell you their stories another time. But I just feel blessed.

A moment of HAPPINESS and a shout out to:

Ma gurl MADDIE SIKICH who moved to NYC and lives in my area!!! Uhhhh heck yeah. I love her. When I saw her my heart skipped a beat and I wanted to jump into her arms. These tender mercy moments where I get to see people from home are AMAZING. I feel very extremely blessed to be here. It's an overwhelming feeling that I have of feeling blessed. 

So something I was feeling this last week was this unknown random boost of extreme confidence. CONFIDENCE. I can't explain too well but I will do my best. So being a missionary here in New York, you get lots of condescending people who treat you like you're "one of those weird Mormons" well it can be challenging to feel completely 100% confident at all times in front of these successful people. But I am telling you.. I felt like I could have born my testimony to the President of the United States and not have been shaken. I felt as though I could have born MY WITNESS of our Savior to Taylor Swift, to Kate Middleton, to The Pope, to Harry Styles, to ANYONE IN THE WORLD. (I guess you could say the names I listed are those that I consider to be cool and successful people haha.) I just have zero doubt in my mind that God loves us. and that he has a plan for us. (That plan being the gospel.) I have no doubt that he sent his son to the earth to pay for our sins so that we could one day live with him again. I KNOW that our Father in Heaven calls prophets to the earth to help us know his plan for us. I know that God is SMART and he knows ALL things. and so he set up a way for us to successfully and CLEARLY understand his plan. (The gospel) :) And that is by giving authorization (the priesthood) to man to act in His name. because if He allowed everyone to just freely baptize each other and freely change doctrine then God would not be very smart... But he IS smart. And he is organized. That's why there is such a thing as the priesthood. And such a thing as ONE TRUE CHURCH. You know? I know that after a long time of that authority being lost from the earth, that The Prophet Joseph Smith restored it back to the earth so we HAVE IT TODAY. I know that God loves us. And I know that he is leading and guiding us RIGHT NOW through our prophet Thomas S. Monson. Like IT ALL JUST MAKES SENSE. It's simple. It's pure. It's truth. And it rings in my heart. I cannot deny the powerful witness that I have received that there is a God and that he does indeed love us. I know he is there! I bear you my witness. This church is TRUE. 

I love you guys. So much!!!

Sorry for the randomness. (Always random emails) 

Haha

Love Sister Dunford 

Ps happy love week!