Fam!
Wow...
it is insane to think that I am in my last transfer serving here in New York.
So, transfers happened yesterday as well! I get to stay here in Olmstead with Elder
Munoz to finish it all off! I am sooo excited. As Elder Munoz and I sat down to
set some goals and to make some plans, we really just want to make this last
one the best one of them all. I pray that we can see miracles this last
transfer and be able to give it our best. I want to be able to look back on
this transfer and the whole entire time I have been able to serve the Lord full
time and say that I gave all my effort that this sacred work deserves. I am
grateful for an amazing companion that is helping me with that as well. I loved
the quote you sent me last week mom and I decided that I was going to memorize
it and state it every morning before personal study! 😊
It
was Elder Muñoz’s birthday on Sunday and we had a great day! We had a lot
better outcome than we did last week and basically everyone that said they were
going to come, came, and so that was a nice birthday present for Elder Munoz!
The sad part is that this Sunday was Waldir’s last Sunday at church before I go
home. In the past he wasn't able to come to church because of a job he had
working at a restaurant in Manhattan where he had to work on Sundays. So, he
came up with a little business idea that he wanted to do and so he quit the job
at the restaurant so he could come on Sundays, but everything that had to
happen for his idea didn't work out in time and he ended up having to take the
restaurant job again! When he told us that it just broke our hearts. We have
been seeing him progress so much and it brought tears to my eyes knowing that I
won't be able to see him at church anymore. But he made a promise to bishop
that every Saturday night he would come with us to the church to set up chairs
for church and clean before Sunday! I
love that guy! It was Diana and Johnny’s first Sunday at church as well and
even though they were sick as dogs they loved it so much and are super excited
to start coming every week! Gabriella also made it out with her son Dylan.
Oscar, her husband, didn't come which was a big bummer, but we were able to
have an awesome lesson with them last night about their future goal of getting
sealed and so we are stoked to be able to help them with that! Hopefully Oscar
will feel the desire to get baptized soon and start progressing little by
little to that eternal family!
A
couple of days ago we had an appointment cancel. Luckily, we haven't been
having too many of those lately! 😉😂 We
had a couple of back up plans in the schedule, but we didn't feel like any of
them were right, so we decided we would look up this man that had been sitting
in our area book for a long time, but we had never really put much thought or
effort into him. We had called him and stuff, but we had never been able to
talk with him. So, we went to his house. He opened the door so excited to see
us, kind of like he had been waiting for us all day! We had an awesome lesson
and we set up the baptism for July. He has got a lot of road blocks ahead of
him and so just keep Charley in your prayers!
This
week it was some type of Puerto Rican Independence Day or something, and things
in the streets of the Bronx were crazy!! Puerto Rican flags everywhere and
people go crazy! All the fire hydrants where open and water flowing everywhere
and the weather has been super good and so the streets have been packed! What I
pictured the Bronx being before I came here was exactly what it looked like!
Haha, this week was great!! I love you all so much!
Con
amor, Elder Brown
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