New York Utica Mission: What to do in a Snowstorm?

I've been on a lot of adventures these past 9 months but this week was definitely one for the books!!

So everyone was telling us about this huge snow storm that we were going to get and I honestly thought, "We'll be fine, its not going to be THAT bad" Yeah I was wrong...hahah

Tuesday we did the regular morning routine and then went tracting in the snow! It was a fun time! I'm not sure how much my comp loved it but I always feel hardcore tracting in a blizzard haha

After being at home for a little bit in the afternoon we went out again to try people we've contacted before who live in our apartment complex and then to walk across the street to go do some service at a memory care facility. On our way over we saw a lady who was completely stuck in the front of her apartment complex (she is a nurse who had to go to work) and so what do we do? We go help her shovel the snow so she can get out! A man was driving by and pulled over to help us too. The lady and her daughter were super nice and we gave them a mormon.org card that had our number and church address on it. It was cool to see random strangers working together to get her out of the snow. :)

When we got to the memory care facility they were soo grateful for us because a lot of their staff couldn't make it so we headed up snack time and activities without the lady in charge. It was a lot of fun and a good break from the snow.

When we were leaving to walk back for dinner we got a lot of texts from leaders in the mission that President said for everyone to stay inside for the rest of the night! We did the only practical thing to do being stuck inside for a few hours...make food!! We made cookies and homemade pizza rolls and they were delicious. And we watched Bible videos and I listened to Sister Johnson play guitar. It was a great night!

Wednesday the roads were still terrible so we weren't allowed to drive all day which meant lots of service!! Everyones cars were snowed in so we spent a few hours in the morning shoveling the snow so cars could get out. I can't even count the number of times people called us angels that day haha

We loved helping out!

And even though we didn't have a car we still taught Sofia that night with Brother Hutchinson! It makes me so happy seeing her learn about the gospel!

It was a crazy two days that was definitely different then normal day to day missionary life, but it was a good time!

Love you all!!

Sister Horne