New York Utica Mission: On the Road - Moving and Keeping Busy!

Hi!!

This week has been the busiest, craziest, most fun week!!

Monday night we had dinner with Cindy at Panera which was super fun. Then we went to the Sullivans to say goodbye! I love everyone in Glenville so much!! I felt so loved and appreciated!!

Tuesday we went to the Cagles and Carol to say goodbye and taught a new investigator Nancy! Had pizza at an awesome members house then went straight to another dinner with a super sweet family! They made chicken skewers and all this delicious food. I'm going to miss them! They are the sweetest! Then to top off the night we had a lesson with Bill!! It was such a busy day filled with lessons and appointments, we were bouncing from one place to another. It was the best! No better way to end my time serving in beloved Glenville then seeing the people I love.

Wednesday was craziness. We went to Albany in the morning (about 30 minutes), then I took a van to Utica (2 hours), then from there I took another van with 3 other missionaries to Ithaca (3 hours), then met my new companion Sister Graver and drove with her and the zone leaders to our area in Horseheads (1 hour). I pretty much spent the whole day in the car hahah It was fun though, I love the sisters I was driving with so it was good.

That night was good, I can't remember all that happened but Sister Graver is hilarious and a super awesome missionary and I love being her comp!!

Thursday we weekly planned and tried a few people then went to a members house to help her paint because she's moving. She gave us yummy sweet pork burritos for the road and we drove all over NY, it seemed like, that night with the zone leaders. We had to drive to Utica to go to MLC (mission leadership conference) but before that we drove to Ithaca to pick something up and to Owego. We had to leave here around 4pm and didn't get to the mission home until a little after 9pm. But we did get yummy milkshakes on the way! Definitely good bonding time being in the car all day haha

That night we stayed at the Utica STLs apartment because there wasn't enough room in the mission home and that was fun! Friday morning we woke up and had breakfast at the church then had MLC which was really good. I was able to learn of a lot of things to do better and I'm excited to be a better example and be a better missionary! After driving home we had a lesson with a cute recent convert who got baptized last week (she's 11) and then taught another investigator later that night. It's fun seeing who our gators are in this area!

Saturday was a crazy but amazing day helping a lady move, teaching people, trying to find people and getting some things done. We taught an awesome lesson that night with a guy named Fredrick and we put him on date for June 24th! He's super great and could feel the Spirit as we taught him. Another miracle--we had about 10 minutes before going in for the night so we went out to the intersection by our house and talked to this guy in his car named Ron! We talked a little about Family History and invited him to church the next day and HE CAME AND LOVED IT!! Biggest miracle! We are excited to teach him and his two kids this week! We are so impressed with him!

This ward is incredible! I've been SO blessed to be in such amazing wards who love and spoil the missionaries!! I couldn't be happier!!

Last night we had the cool opportunity to go to a fireside in Owego with the Zone Leaders and do role plays of the restoration for a stake youth missionary fireside. The Spirit was so strong! I love missionary work!! I am so grateful to be a missionary!

I love this area and I love my companion and I just love life!!!

Sister Horne

5.22.17