The mission continues... Week 53

The continuation...
The intermission has ended and life as a full time servant of God has once again began.

March 20, 2017
Monday, Day 361
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Today was the day I went to bed just after Midnight, prior to waking up this morning around 4:30 AM. I gave my farewells to my brothers, sister, and niece and off to the airport we drove. We arrived with what we thought was enough time... then we saw the security check line... we've never seen such a long line for security... it was like Black Friday or something. So while mom and I waited in the line dad walked up towards the front and worked his magic. He said something like, “would anyone like to help a missionary get on his flight on time?” Who would have known but God, that a young woman, convert of the church, heading home to LA and happened to be at least 150 people in front of where mom and I stood, she let us into the front and let me stand with her.

Elder Newbold and the sweet girl who let him cut in line with her

I made it through security and was on my way! I got to my plane and watched the 2nd to last person board the plane. I was last and just in time. I thank my Heavenly Father for my family and for putting people like that young woman in line that morning. A few hours later I landed in Chicago, walking to find my gate an older woman walking toward me, behind a small group of teenagers, she said "Elder! Where are you coming from and where are you going?" I responded and she then said, "Can I get you something to eat?" I politely declined her offer, I wasn't really hungry, I was anxious and excited to return to my mission so I felt no hunger. She didn't take no, and then asked, "Can I get you something to drink?" I then accepted her generous offer and she gave me $10 and quickly was on her way. As I stood there, more grateful for the tender mercies and blessings God had given me just that morning; my heart was full and my eyes filled with tears... I thanked God and grabbed myself a water. I then found a spot to sit; I face timed home and spoke with my family for a bit. They talked me into buying a $500 Sandwich at the airport... (It was really $12) but it was made from a regular loaf not even a 6". But thank you mom and dad! The airport Wi-Fi was timed, so we only saw each other for 30 minutes, then for about 10 minutes more we were able to talk but I couldn't see them. Which was fine. People started lining up to board so soon after we ended the call and I got on the plane. From Chicago, I then flew into White Plains New York… Excited, nervous, and anxious to see my Mission President and Trainer, Elder Tabor, I unbuckled from my seat after landing and eventually made my way down the aisle of the plane. Exiting the plane, I followed a line of people who sat in the seats in front of me. I turned a corner and made my way down the hallway, I began looking over shoulders as I looked for President Smith. I spotted him; anxiously he looked left and right at the doorway where I would exit. Finally, coming through the door frame and allowing the crowd in front to make their way to baggage claim I was met with arms open wide by President Smith and shortly after then embraced by my great trainer Elder Tabor. What a reunion!

Landed in NY

Elder Newbold and Elder Tabor reunited!

As we then waited for another Elder on the next flight to land, Elder Tabor and I turned to those around us to begin conversations. The Elder soon landed and made his way to us. President Smith planned to have Elder Tabor Facebook live the Elders welcome and have me speak, saying "Here we are in White Plains New York welcoming an Elder to the mission from the Mexico MTC." In hopes to surprise mom with a Facebook live with me in it. Unfortunately, as we began to open Facebook, we went live and everything froze. The screen was black and we missed the opportunity. We are sorry mom!

We then drove to Scarsdale, where Elder Tabor and I went down to the chapel and I began my evening with the office elders. We had dinner at the chapel in the gym with all the new missionaries. I sat with Elder Chambers, Elder Tabor, President Smith and Sister Smith; it was so great to be back and to be talking with them all again. After dinner we then took all the new Elders to a hotel, there were too many missionaries/sisters, to have the Elders stay at the mission home. So the sisters took the mission home and the Elders went to a hotel.

Afterward we took the van to the mission office, vacuumed it, put the seats back in, and went home and got ready for bed! What an entrance to the mission!

March 21, 2017
Tuesday, Day 362
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Transfer day!

We woke at 6am. We went to breakfast with the Elders at the hotel. Afterward we piled into the van and went to the Scarsdale chapel. After dropping off the new missionaries at the chapel we went to the train station and picked up all the new trainers for this transfer.

When transfers began I was with Elder Kryzsxmoski (I may have butchered the spelling of his name, but it's something like that). We drove from Scarsdale to Ossining where I was also reunited with Elder Gentry and Elder Tatafu! Both very excited to see me, it was so awesome!

Elder Newbold and Elder Gentry

We picked up a group of sisters from Ossining and began driving to Inwood. On the freeway, Elder Mafi called and said one of the sisters left their iPad... so we turned around, I filled the car with gas, then we got back to the Ossining chapel and went on with transfers. We drove to Inwood and I met up with my companion, Elder McBride! Boy was he excited to see me! We wasted no time; we grabbed my bags and took off on our long journey home. I'll put it into perspective for you all, if you look at a map or picture of Manhattan, the very top portion is Inwood and my apartment is toward the very bottom of the island on 6th st. and Avenue D. So we took a train alllllll the wayyyyyy down to alphabet city, and then took a bus home to the apartment. The rest of the evening was pretty chill. I unpacked a bit, settled in, and changed out of my suit. We talked about the people we are teaching, the members, the Ward, and the area. We went out and got to work. (I'm writing this a few days later so I can't remember what exactly we did.) But we ended it a great day!

Elder Newbold and Elder McBride, his new companion

March 22, 2017
Wednesday, Day 363
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This morning we had a quick daily planning session, personal study, then went to our church building on 87th St. and had district meeting. Elder McBride is our district leader and he's awesome! When we finished district meeting we went back down the island towards the World Trade Center and ate lunch at shake shack with our investigator C, Tony Zeng, and Shelby Gardner. It was so awesome, I we didn't expect to see Shelby there! It was a sweet surprise; she was pumped to see me back in the mission field (just days before she had commented her excitement of my return on instagram of the last picture I posted).

Sent to me from Tony Zeng, whom he had lunch with!

When we finished up we walked with C to work, got to know him a little more, then we went home and did some weekly planning! Usually we do them on Thursdays but this week was busy and weird with transfers. We had dinner at home; Elder McBride made me some awesome tacos with ground turkey meat (with taco seasoning), rice and cheese. We then went to the church, did some daily contact on Facebook with some of our members and our investigator C. We went down stairs around 8pm for institute, but C never showed up, so we headed home. We got on the train, talked to some people, asked for referrals, got onto a bus, talked to more people, asked for more referrals, received none, then we were home at 9pm! It's pretty cool, so now we come home after a long days work, we kneel at our study desks and pray-out for the night as a companionship, and the rest of the night is ours! Till 10:30, I showered, cleaned up, and settled in and wrote in my journal.

Oh yea! Today was super cold! Goodnight!

March 23, 2017
Thursday, Day 364
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Day 4 back in NY

Woke at 6:15am left the apartment at 7:30 we went to grand central station (or my aunts constipation) [name that movie]. Went on a split for the day, Elder McBride had his "What's next" meeting, since this is his last cycle. The Elder I split with was Elder Petersen, he was called to serve in Turkey, served for about 5 months, the government broke out in war or something crazy, they sent all 20 missionaries in Turkey to Germany, he served their for a bit, they moved them back to Turkey, then he was reassigned to NY. We really just went around looking for Turkish people lol. We actually had good luck with that. We stopped into a couple Turkish restaurants and I just stood there with a smile as he spoke his called language.

Then we got the text to pick up mail, it was after 12:30 so we went to the temple, picked up Mail, and on our way out... Elder Reyes, who served with Elder Gentry after I left, stopped me at the elevator and told me that E had passed away 2 months ago from a heart attack... I was heart broken.

We then went home after quickly un-splitting at a train station and ate a quick snack for lunch. Then went to our chapel on 87th St. to drop off mail.

*A former investigator called us late last night while we were in bed. He said he wanted to meet with us. We told him we could today. So after dropping off mail, we went down stairs to wait for this guy who said he wanted to meet... after sometime we came to the conclusion he wasn't going to show, so we left. So just before we left, Elder McBride was holding open the church doors. This young man was walking past and Elder McBride literally jumped out in front of him and said "would you like to come to church with us on Sunday!?" The 19 year old, was named G, he said "here? Yea sure!" As we started to talk to him, he said that it was cool that we happened to be here and ask that because he and his girlfriend on Monday wanted to change things up in their lives, so they started a diet, started going to the gym, and he said church would be a good idea. We jotted down his name and number really quick and told him we would remind him on Saturday.

We then decided to get chipotle for dinner! So thank you for the gift cards mom and dad! Being the beginning of a new cycle he had little money, so we used my cards for dinner. So thanks again! We took our food to the church, ate, and prepared for a lesson we were going to have at the church... and it never happened. He ended up canceling. So we went home and arrived on time.

March 24, 2017
Friday, Day 365
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Day 5 back in NY

We had a district leadership meeting at the Lincoln Square Chapel. On our way President Smith called and asked me to organize a group of Elders to assist in bringing mail up from his car when he arrived. When his car pulled up, the back passenger door flew open and out ran William (His son) with his arms open wide he jumped on me and gave me a hug (this was the first time he had seen me since I've been back). It was awesome to see him and I appreciated the hug!

The district meeting was great! I gave the closing prayer. Following that meeting we had a YSA missionary meeting, we had a guest with us. He's a member of our YSA Ward, and he shared his story. He grew up in the church but ventured off when he turned 18, his friends weren't a great influence, but it was his choice. He went to parties and drank while away at college. He just wanted to live a life for himself. He shared with us that he never decided that he would stay away from the church completely or that he would ever come back, he just wanted to make his own decisions and have fun drinking. Well he did that and for years it continued. He eventually hit a point where he wanted more than the "happiness" he had in his life. He was missing peace. He hated his job, hated the flow of his day-to-day life, and a friend of his reached out and asked for him to be a witness at his wedding. Knowing that he needed to change in order to be part of his best friends temple wedding. He started cleaning up and coming back to church. He met with his bishop and changed his life around, stopped drinking and being with friends that influenced him to do wrong. And today is now a strong and fully active member of the church. The point of his story was for him to relate to any of us who could and to help us understand the possible life style or situations of many other YSA age people in the world. Everyone’s situation is different and no one will learn or be interested in the gospel but on his or her own terms and choice. He then opened up the room to questions and we were able to ask questions about how he thinks we could work better to find YSA age investigators. It was a really eye opening meeting I enjoyed it!

By the time our meetings were over it was 4! I hadn't eaten yet. So we quickly found some pizza and came back to the church, I ate at the church and then we got onto Facebook and contacted some people, we sent out invitations and reminders about the "Refugee crisis" fireside on Sunday night. Around 5:30pm we left and met up with a member (Bill) at 6pm for dinner at Johnny Rockets! It was great! I love when members feed us! Afterwards we left about 7pm and were more than half way to meeting up with this guy, and he canceled on us!

On our way home we looked up some people and no one was home. On our way home I was needing some water, I'm sick of NYC water... it makes my mouth dry afterward... So I bought a 2.5 Gallon jug. I need a fit bit!! Because today we walked roughly 12 miles!! We finally made it home and I was beat! And this is when the schedule change comes in clutch! We dropped to our knees and we prayed out and I got ready for bed.

March 25, 2017
Saturday, Day 366
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Day 6 back in NY

After getting ready this morning we went to the church so Elder McBride could begin My Plan. While he did that I studied for a bit. Afterwards we got a Facebook message from a member of our ward asking if either of us had a sewing kit! I thought it was funny and Elder McBride responded to him saying, "Elder Newbold does, he's a seamstress" it was pretty funny. People will forever know the skills of Elder Newbold around the mission (My animal impressions, my haircutting, and pant sewing!)

Today was pretty slow after studies, so not much happened, but just as we were about to end the night and call it a day we stopped by a less active member’s apartment. Some girl answered on the intercom and said that R wasn’t home, we told her who we were and she said, "Oh he's been wanting to talk to you guys!" So she gave us his number and we called him right then. He was so excited to hear from us, he said that he was out of town on business but would love to get together! So that's our miracle! Then to top it off! Our goal is to ask EVERYONE we talk to for referrals. So we asked him if he knew anyone we could share a message with, and he responded "oh yeah, I've got 3 guys that live around me." We were stoked. So we hope to stay in contact so we can meet when he gets back from work.

Elder McBride and I have a good time together! He says I've got a great sense of humor and he's grateful for that because it makes days like today that are slow enjoyable and better to get through! So I'm grateful to be a blessing in his life.
And I’ll end the night on that note.

March 26, 2017
Sunday, Day 367
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Day 7 back in NY

Sunday was great! It's fast Sunday! I got to meet some awesome members of our ward! C didn't show up, once again to church so after sacrament we joined the group in family history for a run down of the way it'll work and who has received callings in that area. It was awesome to hear what was being said; great testimonies of family history were shared. We then joined the men in Elders quorum up stairs for 3rd hour.

After church we came home and studied. Before we left for our dinner appointment we stopped by a couple people’s homes and no one was home. We had dinner with a member, A, who's moving out of the east side and over to the west side to expand the options of dating in the west side YSA Ward lol.

We left dinner and went to the Refugee Crisis fireside. Before it started it was super awesome! One of the members in my last YSA Ward, Brandon Harrison, was in the hall of the Lincoln Square building and his eyes widened and his arms flew open and he embraced me right then! Super excited to see me again! He said a few times while we chatted that he it was great to have me back! So I wasn't sure if he knew I went home and was talking about me being back in the mission or back in the area. Either way, it was great to see him and he offered to take us out to eat anytime! It was sweet to see him. We left the fireside a little early so we could make it home! Great sabbath!

Great first week back! Thank you all for the support, going home and staying home for 5 months was tough, but it all has been so worth it and I've learned so much. I'm grateful for those who have reached out to me and members of my family and have offered ways to help pay for my mission. I'm beyond grateful for my home Ward and previous Ward for all the love and support, I've felt like I don't deserve all that I've been given, in fact I don't deserve it all... but God has seen fit for blessings to be showered from Heaven above on my family.

I love you all and thank you!
Till next week!

Patience. Love. Faith

Much love,
Elder Newbold

Update on Elder Newbold

As some of you know Elder Newbold returned home from NY in October, at his 1 year mark, as a stronger, more valiant, servant of the Lord, with a stronger testimony of the gift of the Atonement and a closer relationship with his Savior.  He was home with us, blessing our lives for 5 months.  Yesterday he returned to NY and is so anxious to get back to work teaching the people the he grew to love so much!  He arrived there with a bright smile on his face and light in his eyes! Mondays are now his Pday so we won't hear from him until next Monday. We do know that he will be serving in South Manhattan in the YSA ward. 

He has landed in NY

Thank you all for your love and support I know he has felt it and we definitely have as a family!! Here's to his last year in NY!!! 

Here is parts of a letter that Tyler was asked to write to the First Presidency when he was requesting his return to his mission. It will give you a greater understanding of who he is and where his heart is.

February 2017

Time sure has flown by. This last year has been no doubt the greatest, the hardest, and the most rewarding year of my life so far... I'm grateful for the counsel of our beloved Prophets and Apostles as they remind us to write often and keep journals of important and daily blessings and experiences that happen throughout our lives. Preparing myself to write about my experiences and testimony, I began to reflect on this last year and reread some passages in the early times of my mission, I found in my journal. I was determined and excited to work in this corner of the Lord's vineyard. I worked hard to learn the things I did, to memorize and familiarize myself with the scriptures and lessons that I did, to learn how to understand and read the people I met and their needs...

Everyday I learned and little by little each day an experience added growth to my testimony. There were days I was overwhelmed with the Spirit and nights I couldn't go any further because of how physically and spiritually drained I was. All in all it was a journey in itself.

But who would have known that serving a son or daughter of God everyday for a year (or 2) would have been and could be so rewarding? Who knew that there are challenges and trials that we all will encounter and face but be able to see the good in them or recognize their short term and long term blessings? Who knew that the Atonement of Jesus Christ was for everyone? And that it could be used continually throughout someone's life to help them understand the Love and trust our Savior has in and for us? Who knew that the Atonement would be the only way to save a man from sin? Or that it had the power to change a life? Or be the reason to prevent a future marriage from being destroyed? I'll tell you that a year and a half ago I didn't know that... but within the last 6 months, I've experienced all of it.

I believe I served with the best Elders in the field because they needed to teach this boy what it was all about. It took 11 months... but I finally got it. I realized I couldn't help my companion more, which I desired to achieve. Because of these experiences in my life, because of the worthy and exemplified missionaries I served with, I decided to act on an opportunity of learning and self-searching. I found that my heart had been softened and my spirit was contrite. I was able to kneel down before the Lord and pour out my heart to him of the gratitude I felt for His endless love and His continuous blessings.

I know that my Savior Jesus Christ loves me and that I have loving Heavenly Parents, who like my earthly parents never left my side. They have loved and have stood by me always. I have been so blessed to recognize the presence of my Savior and His hand in my life even through my trials. He blessed me with tender mercies to recognize His hand. I can't say it any better than Nephi, "I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus, for he hath redeemed my soul from hell." (2Nephi 33:6)

His Atonement has made it possible for my life to be turned around, for the Sacrament to have meaning to me, and for my future family to have a chance at eternal life. I'm very grateful for the blessings of modern Prophets and the Restoration of the Gospel, as well as the Book of Mormon.

It is my prayer that those I serve and have the opportunity to speak with may feel the love of their Savior and Heavenly Parents, that they too may desire to know what this life has to offer them, the blessings of eternity. I am forever grateful for the challenges and experiences that have brought me to my knees in despair and gave me this second chance. I love my Jesus and His open arms and pray to never loose sight of the big plan, to return to my father in heaven and reside in the Celestial Kingdom along with my family. I testify that He lives and loves us, in the sacred name of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Amen.

Much love,
Ty Newbold

Week 52

October 5, 2016

Wednesday, Day 358

Day 345 in NY

PDAY!!

Today we woke up at 6am we were planning on going to the church to play sports like the Spanish Elders said we would. We got up and we're putting our shoes on to head out the door when they texted us and said "abort, we will not be playing sports this morning!" So we stayed home, I sat back on the couch and closed my eyes, the other 2 Elders, Elder Hoskins and Elder Rocha went upstairs to work out. At 6:30 I got up and went upstairs and worked out till 7am.  Elder Rocha is from Spain and is learning to speak English, he speaks really well but during companionship study he said he would like to study deeper vocabulary. For some random reason he wanted to study financial terms. So both Elder Hoskins and I gave him 15 words together that he could learn. When we finished studies, we went to the store! Elder Hoskins hates driving and Elder Rocha doesn't have a license so he asked me to drive, so from now on I'm the DD lol. When we finished shopping we came home, our apartment has a washer and dryer so we don't need to worry about laundry. After putting away our groceries we went to the church to email. After an hour of that we drove over to meet the Spanish Elders at a park and played basketball, we had an appointment after so we stayed in our pros in stead of going home first to change. It was a pretty good Pday.

October 6, 2016

Thursday, Day 359

Day 346 in NY

This morning we went to a food pantry and did some service, I was going to meet with President again so I wore my suit and helped out till he showed up. After we left we had a wonderful day together. We went to the Stamford chapel and sat in the sacrament room and talked, after receiving news that I would need to return home for a short time to work on righting my wrongs. This was always a known consequence to me, but I’m still willing to do whatever it takes to make that true change. I accepted the fact that I would be returning home, but I know what I'm doing and I know it's the best thing for me. Shortly after we left the chapel and without knowing where we were going, President Smith and I drove for some time. We talked and talked it was really great, I'm so grateful for him. We came up to a McDonald's so we stopped in and had a late lunch. When we got back on the road we again drove for another long time, not knowing where we were going but just enjoying the feeling and conversation we were having. It must have been at least an hour and a half drive. But while responding to a question President Smith asked, he stopped me and said isn't that beautiful, pointing up to the left of where we were... The Hartford Connecticut Temple stood right before us… immediately my heart was filled with an overwhelming feeling of joy. This temple has just been opened up for a limited time to visitors. It's a month long open house. We together got to tour it for our first time, and it was absolutely beautiful. I learned a lot from him and from the Spirit.  After our temple tour we talked to some of the Sister missionaries from our mission who were actually on assignment to come serve at the temple open house. President Smith was talking to one of the companionships and needed to get their car and take it somewhere. So after leaving the temple, we drove to where their car was another half hour or so away. When we got to the chapel where their car was, President asked me to drive it and follow him home. He said to have a conversation with Heavenly Father and just talk about what's going on.  So for the 2 hour drive home to white plains NY I prayed aloud and just talked to my father in Heaven, seeking guidance and love.

Patience. Love. Faith

Much love,

Elder Newbold

Sent from my iPad

Week 51

September 28, 2016

Wednesday, Day 351

Day 338 in NY

PDAY!

I don't remember what we did today but it probably was mailing and just hanging out. Nothing much, but it was good. At the end of Pday we went to do some look ups, we didn't have success with any of them, but we, on our way to the church to make some phone calls, we street contacted and found this woman who we had seen before one night. We stopped her and talked and invited her to conference. She's seemed great and very nice. We hope to see her there. After talking to this woman named B we went to the church and called some people. Then made our way home.

September 29, 2016

Thursday, Day 352

Day 339 in NY

We decided to save time and stay home for weekly planning so we did.  Towards the end of weekly planning we received a text from President Smith, he wanted to meet with us at the church in an hour, so we cleaned up, put our suits on and went to the Harlem Chapel. We had a follow up interview and it was great and so helpful. And he told me before transfers like he always has done, that I'm going to Westchester, which is actually his Ward in Scarsdale. Which is pretty awesome. So he also said that Elder a gentry would be followed up trained. During the interview we had to cancel some appointments and after the interview our appointments fell through. So home for dinner we went and continued on cleaning area book.

September 30, 2016

Friday, Day 353

Day 340 in NY

This morning we called some people on our list, we did 12 week, had lunch, and went to visit this guy named M. (Well, his nickname is M, R is his real name). Following M we visited P said my goodbyes to him since I just found out I was leaving. Then we went to see N and Y. Took us about an hour to get home from there so we had dinner at home continue cleaning our area.

October 1, 2016

Saturday, Day 354

Day 341 in NY

General conference

I've never been so excited for general conference, this time I came prepared. I had questions and things on my mind that were answered through out conference; it was so wonderful for me. I know that Thomas S. Monson is a true Prophet of God and that we have living Apostles and they are inspired and guided by the Spirit.  Today was pretty crazy, we attended 3 sessions of conference so we were at the church for 10 hours. We got there around 11:45am and didn't leave until about 10:30pm. Went home and went to bed Spiritually and physically exhausted.

October 2, 2016

Sunday, Day 355

Day 342 in NY

General conference

Day 2 of conference! We had some technical difficulties with the satellite and its connection so in the very beginning we missed President Monson’s talk. I was in the back of the room trying to fix the connection and sound.  But the remainder of the talks were working most of the time. We stayed for the 2 sessions today and went to dinner at J & E's. After our visit there we came home.

October 3, 2016

Monday, Day 356

Day 343 in NY

Today I took time to pack. But first we went to the church and had Zone meeting! We took Zone pics and went off on our separate ways. We went to go say goodbye to M really quick, afterward we came home for lunch and then I began packing, I wouldn't say I like to pack, but I think I'm pretty good at it. I had far too many things in weight. It honestly didn't look like I had a lot of stuff, but it sure felt like it... I mean my suitcases shouldn't way 75 lbs each lol. There was some sorting that needed to be done. After about 3 hours of packing I think I finished packing around 9 something in the evening.

October 4, 2016

Tuesday, Day 357

Day 344 in NY

Last minute transfer call

This morning I got a text at 8:35 from President saying, "call me at 8:55" when I saw this text it was 8:52. And knowing President he is very busy and expects that you call him when he gives a specific time. I waited, watching the clock and called him at 8:55. He told me that there are some changes in this transfer. I will now be going to Stamford Connecticut where I'll will serve with Elder Hoskins and Elder Rocha (Haw-sha).  We got to the Inwood chapel around 12 o'clock. When the U-Haul showed up we helped unload it and then we began loading the upstate missionaries suitcases. Instead of loading my stuff on the U-Haul President Smith said to stick with the AP's till further notice.  It's definitely been an interesting transfer. I rode around with the AP's (Elder Macintosh & Elder McBride) and William. We drove up to the Ossining chapel where we dropped off some missionary’s suitcases. Afterward the four of us went & grabbed some sandwiches for lunch. William and I split a sandwich, I told him he could order what ever he would like. He said how's turkey and cheddar cheese. I said sounds good to me, haha so that's what we ate just turkey and cheddar cheese on bread. I love President Smith and his family; William is so fun to be around. About the time we finished lunch, it was around 3:45 and we needed to meet up with my new comps. We met halfway, I don't remember where we were, but the AP's dropped me off with my comps and we made our way to their apartment. When we got home I took in my suitcases and started to unpack just a little bit. A couple hours later we had some appointments. It's so nice having a car!! No more walking!

Week 50

September 21, 2016

Wednesday, Day 344

Day 331 in NY

PDAY!

Natural History Museum.

I think that sums it up pretty well... lol we did the usual, laundry, groceries... when we finished lunch we went to the NHM. Where we stayed for most of Pday, came home for dinner and went to work! My sickness/cold whatever it is seems to be getting worse. But the work must go on!

September 22, 2016

Thursday, Day 345

Day 332 in NY

Weekly planning

Again, another routine day, feeling a little worse this morning we stayed home and planned and rested and went to go see M, and I felt even worse after that, so we came home and I slept... I hate staying home and not being able to work.

September 23, 2016

Friday, Day 346

Day 333 in NY

Now my companion is sick and my roommates, the ZL's are starting to get sick, and we have all day planned today. So we went with it, we hurt and ached and probably shouldn't have gone out, but we needed to, so we did! We visited this guy name H B in Central Park, and then met this kid walking away from our appointment, we taught him about the Book of Mormon and gave him a copy. We then made our way to go see P then N.  After these visits we went to Sister D's and ate dinner. Still feeling so sick we went home and passed out early.

September 24, 2016

Saturday, Day 347

Day 334 in NY

During lunch we checked the phone and missed a call from the elders in my district. I listened to the voicemail and it was one of the elders, he said something along the lines of "we need you to come over as soon as possible,"  For about an hour we talked and we made goals and plans to help their situation, and everything seemed to be a lot better after that.  A couple hours later we left their apartment and went to the church for an appointment. A pass off lesson with the Sisters in our Ward and their investigator J. That was pretty interesting, he says he prefers English, when we struggled to understand what he was saying, we told him about the Spanish missionaries and that they could meet with him and that would be best, but he insisted that he met with us. Again still feeling pretty sick and Elder Gentry getting worse we called it a day and went home for the night.

September 25, 2016

Sunday, Day 348

Day 335 in NY

After church we met with M just briefly. After coming home for lunch, we wrote our testimonies in a couple copies of the Book of Mormon for a gift to J & E. When we finished that, we had dinner and began cleaning out area book. We did that and made a lot of people we contacted and did this to the end of the night.

September 26, 2016

Monday, Day 349

Day 336 in NY

Our focus this week was on cleaning out our area book and starting fresh with our teaching pool, we felt that seeing the same people each week on a routinely schedule was getting no where. So we had an appointment with an investigator the YSA sisters passed off to us and found that he lived in the Bronx so we set him up with the Missionaries over there. After this appointment we came home for lunch, cleaned out area book for a couple hours had dinner and went to go see D to end our night.

September 27, 2016

Tuesday, Day 350

Day 337 in NY

Mommas birthday!

We started our day off by going to Columbia University and did an APF. We planned on only being there an hour and a half, but we ended up having more time than we thought, we worked from about 3-5:30pm. Our APF was done with the world map, but the sisters and the other elders had appointments they needed to get to so Elder Gentry and I got stuck carrying the board home. And at this point, I've been without a metro card for the last week... because the barcode was scratched and wouldn't read my card, so we walked a mile home carrying this 5'x8' board up and down the street till we got to our apartment, where we thought we could put in in the elevator with us... turned out, it's too big... so up the stairs, 8 flights we went... weaving in and out of hallway doors to each floor trying to get this board upstairs. After about 15 minutes of this we made it up the stairs and we put it in our apartment. Being sick and completely out of energy once again, we were home bound...