BIRTHDAY

¡Hola Familia y Amigos!

So I don't have a ton of time to write emails today because we did a
"Birthday Pday". We started out by going to Sarabeth's for a classy
New York "brunch" (we just pretended it was Saturday) super delicious.
Then we headed to Rockefeller for some Birthday Shopping, and spent
the rest of the afternoon wandering through MOMA (yes I finally Starry
Night in person) It was a true classy New Yorker experience, I'm
definitely a spoiled missionary.

Well this week was really amazing, I'm truly coming to love the people
we teach and work with so much. Iris this week even asked me to give
her an injection in her arm....so I just did it! Haha I guess I did it
a little too hard? Haha we were all dying laughing. Not supposed to be
a nurse I guess. But not just things like that, but really seeing
people as our Heavenly Father does. It's such an incredible blessing.
I read somewhere before my mission a quote that said "thank you little
black name tag for allowing me to have intimate experiences with
complete strangers" it's so true. It's such an incredible blessing. On
Friday I went on a split to the morning side heights area (which is
gorgeous and has columbia's campus, I'm in love) and I was able to
have the most incredible spiritual experiences with complete strangers
who accepted me even though I was just on a split. It was incredible.
Really helped remind me of the sacredness of my calling and that
immense love we can have for others.

So we had a really cool lesson with Patricia this week. We were able
to take a member over with us, and it was just her since we met her at
an apartment where she is a home attendant at. And miracle of the
week!!! So she has been telling us that she wants to be baptized and
do everything as a family...and we were going to try get her husband's
address in the DR so we can refer missionaries there....but then on
Saturday she said that missionaries showed up at his door!!!!! Without
anyone telling them too (except the spirit) and it's just so
incredible!! The pieces are truly coming together for her, and
hopefully we can just continue to progress with her. I'm so excited.

Well I'm really out of time but this week was really good, and the
weather keeps getting better every day. Just Monday they started to
bring out CocoHelado in the Lower East Side which means spring is
definitely officially here. :)

Oh guess what! I learned a phrase from the Chinatown sisters this week
that means "free English class" and I got to say it to my little
friend at the laundromat this morning. This adorable old lady always
comes in and sits next to us and I always say hi but today Ito to
practice my new skills and she was so happy! She kept saying thank you
and trying to speak Chinese to us haha. It was so precious.

Well I'm so grateful for you all. I promise a longer more detailed
email next week. Hope you all have an amazing week! :) love y'all

Con Amor,
Hermana Smart