New York Utica Mission: Life in NY

Hello!!!

This week was so full of miracles!

Last Monday we went to a home and he said his wife wasn't home and to come back another time but we took that opportunity to just teach him a short restoration lesson and give him a pamphlet to show his wife! We are excited to go back and teach them more!

That night we also were out tracting and we knock on this one door and a middle aged man answers and lets us right in! He told us how he loves Mormons and loves Salt Lake City and that if he wasn't Muslim he would be mormon haha we had a good discussion about the restoration and committed him to read the Book the Mormon. He and his wife were super nice and kept offering us water, tea, and yogurt and so we ended up saying we would love some yogurt haha

He does peoples taxes so right now he's pretty busy but he said to come back after April 18th!

Tuesday we had zone conference in Saratoga (which was really good) so we were gone most of the day. When we got back we decided to go to Sister P's house before our dinner appointment. She's the lady Sister Reintjes and I have had the HARDEST time getting a hold of and setting up a time to meet. We have called, we have texted, we have stopped by multiple times but nothing worked. UNTIL TODAY! So we stop by and knock on the door and its pretty apparent no one is home and then as we were about to walk down the driveway back to our car Sister P AND her husband (who is is a member but doesn't come to church often) both pull in!!! I was smiling so big oh my goodness. It was the biggest tender mercy ever!! She let us right in and we got to know her a little bit and shared a scripture which she really liked and set a return appointment. I was so happy. :)

Wednesday we tried a investigator that we had read a scripture with last week who said to come back during the day. We knocked and no one answered so we left and tracted down her street and I prayed that she would answer and be available for us to teach about the restoration when we were done tracting. So about an hour after we knocked on her door we knocked again and she opened the door and let us right in!! We had a good lesson and the Spirit was definitely there. I am so incredibly grateful that God answers prayers!!

That night I had the impression to try a former investigator that Sister R and I taught. So we go over there and she lets us in and we read Moroni 10:3-5 and recommit her to read the Book of Mormon and invited her to the adult session of stake conference and she came!!! She liked it, said it was definitely different.

Thursday we were tracting and weren't really having much success but we kept going. I don't know if you guys remember the conference talk Fourth Floor Last Door but we had one of those experiences. Seriously the last door we knocked on was a super cute mom who seemed really interested and she said we could come back on Friday! Another tender mercy! God is so aware of us!!

Then we saw M!!! I love teaching him! He is just a sponge and absorbs it all! We taught from the Doctrine of Christ talk from last conference and I have grown to love that talk so much. Every single word is so powerful. If you haven't read it, I would definitely recommend it!! The lesson went really well and the Spirit was strong.

Friday we taught S (our Chinese investigator) without the member who translates for us because he wasn't available that day and it actually went better than expected!! We showed her pictures of Jesus and talked about the sacrament and baptism. She loves learning and is trying so hard to read the Book of Mormon and understand it. I love teaching her!

We taught another investigator that night which was also a tender mercy because he has been hard to meet with. It went well and we invited him to stake conference and he came on Saturday too!! It was a missionary dream to have an investigator on each side of us at church! :))

The Lord is blessing us so much.

Another tender mercy, our amazing recent convert B hasn't had the desire to do family history work which makes me sad because I know how much he would love the temple and it would be so special for him to be baptized for his dad. But on Friday when we watched a video about the blessings of the temple and talked about it a little more he was totally on board to doing it!!

Saturday another tender mercy! I wasn't joking when I said this week was so full of miracles!

We stop by a referrals house that we have called and texted but hasn't been answering and he answers the door and we share a short restoration lesson and set a return appointment! He is really open to learning more and I am so excited to see where things go!

Yesterday we had a great day! We had stake conference in the morning which was really good and our investigator Cindy was there and we got to talk with her for a while. That night we went to the Gorbys house which is a part member family that we haven't seen in a really long time. The three boys haven't been baptized. The mom is a member and she hasn't been to church in a long time. We taught her since her boys were gone and had such an amazing lesson. She has been going through a lot recently but I really feel like talking with her was just what she needed. She started getting emotional and the Spirit was just so strong in that room as we testified of the power of prayer and how things always have a way of working out.

I love missionary work so much! I can't say it enough!! Life in NY is just so fun and I love it!!

Love,

Sister Horne

3.13.17