This was probably one of the
most stressful weeks ever but it was evened out by some pretty neat
experiences!
So
we spent most of the weekend with the youth in the area helping out at their
youth conference it was missionary themed and so they wanted us there to show
them what missionaries are really like and let them know that we aren’t as
awkward as they may think... but I don’t know maybe we are and I just cant tell
anymore.
It
was neat to be able to answer their questions and concerns about missions I
think my favorite question was one of the girls asked if missionaries are
allowed to wear make up which sis Demuth and i were both currently wearing.. we
must have been lookin a little rough that day I guess. But it was awesome to
see how willing the youth were to share the gospel and how much it meant to
each of them!
Oh
also at the youth conference we got to sit and listen to Clayton Christensen it
was amazing he is so nice and so knowledgeable.
This
week we also drove to Canton, CT for an event and so of course we stopped by
the constructions site to the new Hartford Ct temple! its looking so good and
the open house for it is coming up so soon apparently this transfer they are
calling all the sisters who are going to be serving there and training them on
what they will be doing and they are having some sisters from the NY visitors
center come and help too!
Saturday night
we went to Providence RI and it was my first time being in the actual city and
it was so cool!!! It is such a hipster town tons of art everywhere and the
church is at the top of an office building so we set up one the street and in
the building and street contacted and there were tons of people there because
there was a fire/water festival on the river near by. So we are just contacting
people on the street and this little 10 year old member was hanging out with us
and helping and she contacted this guy and he just kind of shooed her away and
so sis Demuth and i went up to contact him and he was like "I’m catholic,
so you probably know I’m all set" and so we told him how we have a ton of
converts to our church who were catholic and it kind of interested him, then
sister Demuth went and contacted some other guy but I stood there and i talked
with Patrick about our believes in God and the meaning of life for almost an
hour, but it only felt like 10 minutes it was crazy he had so many questions
and somehow i was able to answer most of them it was really cool, one of
the most interesting things we talked about was he told me he had so many
questions and he just couldn’t find answers so he was just content with not
knowing and when I told him that I believe we can receive answers to any of our
questions he was really curious, so I introduced the Book of Mormon and told
him that it contains a history of people in ancient America and how the best
part of the book is when Jesus visits America, which he just couldn’t believe
so I told him where to find it and he said he would read it! It was also kind
of funny in the course of our conversation he probably said the F word like 100
times and it was wicked awkward cause he would say it and all the missionaries
around us would just look at me and laugh. But then he asked me, yup that’s
right he asked me if he could give me his email (if you were ever a missionary
you would understand how rare that it) so i could continue to answer his
questions, and I asked if I could give it to one of our members who is a
convert from Catholicism and he said sure and said he would write down his
questions and come back tomorrow.
Well on
Sunday I spoke in church about missionary work, pretty fitting, it was
good though this other guys spoke who was going on a mission, he is from china
and has only been a member of the church for 1 year and he was so nervous
because it was his first talk and his farewell talk but he did so great he
talked about how there are 3 different conversions to the church love, service
and doctrine, he joined the church because of love for the people and gained
one of the doctrine and now he is going to serve a mission thus covering all
three.
Key
principle:
The
best weapons are given to those on the front lines of the battle or in other
words the spirit is strongest with those who are in the world sharing the
gospel.
-Clayton
Christensen
I
want to give you all a take 5 challenge which I extended to the ward that i
spoke in this week
-take
5 minutes to share the gospel each week
-take
5 minutes this week to get to know someone a little better/serve them in a
simple but meaningful way
i
promise it will help you feel better this week, love you all and I wish you the
best
p.s.
dad the subject line this week was one of those church signs
XOXO
-Sister
Sophie Brooks
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