sugar cookies

Heyooo!!!

Started the day out right by eating a SWIG SUGAR COOKIE. What's up breakfast!!! It was a delight to my soul. A member made them for me. I was happy. So the day has been good! We just got out of the temple too. And that made the day even better. A nice little break from this crazy life and city I'm in. I love the temple. 

Okay it was another great week. We had such a fun service opportunity on Saturday. We went to Central Park and we helped blind people exercise! So I met such a cool person named Owen and he held my arm and we walked 3 miles! We talked the whole time. Owen has such a cool spirit. And I LOVED that because he was blind, ALL he knew about me..was my personality. He couldn't see me. He couldn't judge me off of what I looked like. He didn't have that first impression judgement. He only heard me and could feel my spirit! HOW COOL. For a second I was like awhh why can't we all be blind. But I mean no. I'm grateful for the blessing of sight. I'm grateful that as we were walking I was able to SEE this beautiful city. To look at the amazing buildings. I'm grateful that I got to meet Owen and help on his morning exercise. What a blessing!! I was able to feel his wonderful spirit and have my perspective change for a second. I loved that.

We went to MLC on Friday. And that was swell!! As always, I love MLC. President Smith is the coolest. We talked a lot about being a Christlike missionary. Talked about how we are neither a "number pushing" missionary or a "people person" missionary. But rather a Christlike missionary. Because a Christlike missionary is both. A Christlike missionary gets high numbers, AND cares about the people. He isn't in it JUST to get high numbers, but His high numbers are the result of love and devotion and diligence and motivation. I want to be a Christlike missionary. I want to love everyone around me. I want to be diligent and motivated. I want to be the BEST that I can be. I love to be a missionary. I am so pumped to become a better Christlike missionary for these last few months of my mission. MY MISSION IS THE BEST. I'm so happy I came. 

Hahaha something funny. There is a bus driver that really likes my companion and I... HAHA. The other day we were on our way home and we were like 6 stops away.. Well he turned around and smiled and goes what stop you guys getting off at? And we were like uhhhh the last? And he goes (in this happy funny voice) "this bus is runnin express to the end!!" haha (meaning the bus would skip all the In between stops.) Hahaha we were laughing so hard as he literally skipped all the stops and just dropped us off. We for sure got home on time hahaha. People love the missionaries!!! 

On Monday we had zone meeting. So the zone leaders and I taught that. Kind of a recap of MLC. It was great! The spirit is real. And it was there. And we all had like tears in our eyes. I really love the spirit. It is one of my earnest desires to always have it with me. In preach my gospel it tells us that it should be one of our earnest desires. I want to live my life in such a way that I always have that goodness with me. I always want a third member of the godhead with me. How lucky and special we are if we just live worthy we can have such an amazing gift. I love the Holy Ghost and I would be a lost lame sista without it!! 

A funny moment. We had a rough lesson with our cool investigator from Africa. Haha. We had two members present and they just TOOK OVER. We were dying. DYING. (A piece of advice to the members..) DO NOT TAKE OVER IF THE MISSIONARIES INVITE YOU TO A LESSON. Hahaha the members are there to testify. Not to take over and (try) to teach. It was just a mess. I've had a few of those happen with members. Haha BLESS the members hearts. It's so nice of them to come teach with us. But hey, it gave Sister Sam and I somethin to laugh about the whole night. And no I'm not blaming it all on them. It actually wasn't that bad. It was just one of those moments where you are squeezing your fists and clenching your teeth and impatiently waiting for the lesson to be over. HAHA. Opposition in all things yeah? Gotta know the bad so you can know the good!!!

One last quote from my fave Thomas S. Monson. It is just a GOOD one for everyone to remember and especially missionaries (that are planning on never going home) hahahah. It was a good quote for me to read. So here!

“Sometimes we let our thoughts of tomorrow take up too much of today. Daydreaming of the past and longing for the future may provide comfort but will not take the place of living in the present. This is the day of our opportunity, and we must grasp it.” 

I am GRASPIN my mission. I love New York. I love the people here. I love the gospel and I am SHARING it like crazy. I love you! 

Love abbbbbbbb!