Hola :-)I hope everyone had an amazing week :) It's been pretty hot here in New York but the leaves are starting to change and Fall is definitely coming soon! We even started to pick PUMPKINS in the garden Monday! This week is also the last week of this transfer, so we'll find out Saturday what's happening. There is a possibility I will be transferred somewhere else but I guess we shall see what happens!Well this week has been good...some moments were hard & some amazing - such is the life of a missionary. But something different about this week was that when it seemed like everything maybe was going wrong a miracle would come or something to reassure us that what we were doing was right! Even this morning while we were doing our laundry we had a mini miracle. We started one load and went to the next washed to put in our quarters to start the next load....and the quarters wouldn't go in...me and Sis Ponce were both trying and failing and we were like well what do we do? In my head I thought, well we could wait until our other load is done (there are only 2 washers) or I can use this as a trial of my faith. So I bowed my head and said a prayer and then tried it one more time. AND IT WORKED. The miracle of prayer can work for the simplest things in our lives!
Wednesday night we got to go to the Bank's for dinner. They ended up telling us the incredible stories of how they joined the church - they're the first family to join the church here in the area (like 20 years ago). Just the fact that the missionaries found them by receiving the inspiration to tract outside their area...and then they started up the branch here! So incredible. If only those missionaries knew what a huge impact they made.
Friday night we had the branch Talent Show! It was so fun AND we had 3 of our people show up!! Beth came (on her scooter the whole way) and Roxanne brought Sis Maldonado! It was a fun night. We had some talent, and humor, and good food! This branch really just feels like my family, I love them all so much! Felt like going to a ward activity back home. Me and Sis Ponce, the Hseih's, and Brittiny ended up singing Nearer My God to Thee in Chinese, Spanish, and English! So cool. (I even sang during the Chinese part too!)
Sunday we had a few more little miracles with fast and testimony meeting. We had Bro King, Sis McCreary, and Larry that came and sometimes it can be a little nerve wracking to have investigators come to a testimony meeting but EVERY single testimony was so powerful and testified of the true church and you could just feel the spirit so strongly. Hermana Leon even bore her sweet testimony in English :-) it was such a good day! And then Sunday night we took Sis Hseih with us to dinner with Sis Maldonado and they got along great. We were able to share a message about our bodies being gifts from God, and about health, the miracles of a body...and it was so cool to realize how amazing our bodies really are! We are so blessed. So many things to be grateful for!There are so many other mini miracles and awesome things that happened this week - We had another Spanish lesson with Marcela. We decided to move past the restoration to talk about the plan of salvation and she loved it! I think there is a lot of potential with her. We were also able to go to the Murphy's last night for dinner and a fire - the best. And Beth decided to buy us a bunch of food this week - I just love all the people here in Monticello so much :-)We also started a 100 day challenge as a mission to read the Book of Mormon by the Christmas devotional in December! I'm so excited it brings such a power and spirit to the mission, like when we did it last year. I just love the Book of Mormon so much :)I hope everyone has a good week and starts to enjoy Fall! I LOVE YOU :-)
Con Amor,Hermana Smart
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