Oh my goodness this past week and a half has been eventful!! I hope I
will be able to answer all of your questions, but I will probably
forget something haha. Anyway, here we go :)
So, on Monday we left the MTC at about 4 am. We flew to Detroit and
had a layover scheduled for about 15 minutes. However, something
happened in Atlanta with Delta Airline, so our 15 minute layover
turned into a 6 hour one! Hahaha it was fun though! We met a really
nice man who was very interested in religion, so we were able to give
him a Book of Mormon and talk to him for a bit. The Lord definitely
gave him experiences in his life which prepared him to start learning
the gospel and come closer to Christ :) we also helped an old Japanese
lady who lost her bag and couldn't speak English very well. We got her
to the right gate and the people at the desk were able to help her
find her bags. Yay! We eventually were able to make it to New York
around 9:30ish where we met President Reynolds and his wife!!!
President is the coolest man! He absolutely loves all of his
missionaries and wants the best for each of them. We spent the night
in the mission home and travelled to the mission office in Queens the
next day :)
At the mission office, we all met our trainers and were assigned our
areas. My trainer is Elder Jensen! He is super cool! He is from Heber,
Utah and has been out one his mission for a year. He is also the
District Leader, so that's exciting. We have one other set of elders
in our district and a set of sisters. Elder McCleary is in my district
too hahaha so I see him occasionally.
We are in the Plainview ward :) we are in about the center of Long
Island. Our area is huge (compared to other areas in the mission)! We
cover from the top to the bottom of the island. I will attach a
picture of our area. So, exciting stuff: we were blinded into the
area. Elder Jensen has never served in this area before, so we didn't
know anyone. The elders before us left the area book super messy too,
we have been trying to make sense of that haha.
We have a brand new Toyota Corolla :) it's pretty sweet!
We met the Verde family our first day here, and they gave us about 6
pounds of lasagna hahaha that's about all we have been eating so far.
It ran out yesterday though, which is good because we can go shopping
today! We also met Francis and Bruce. They were baptized in May and
June, so we go over there weekly to help them still learn and
eventually get to the temple :) they are hilarious!! They have about
30 cats, so that's exciting hahaha. Francis also refers to Satan and
his followers as "Mr. Muffin-head and his luggage" hahahaha. I love
talking with them though! They are the greatest :) we also taught two
new investigators this week. Emmitt has been meeting with missionaries
for a bit, but we were the first missionaries to teach Nicole. Nicole
was SO prepared by the Lord for us to teach her. She has been having
little spiritual experiences throughout the last year. We invited her
to be baptized and she said she would! Her baptismal date is September
11 :) we also invited Emmitt to be baptized and he committed to the
same date as Nicole! The Lord prepares those who are willing to follow
him! I am so excited for this journey I have started! I love
missionary work and I love this gospel!!!
This happened while we were knocking one day hahaha:
"Hi. We're the missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints and-"
"-and we're the Jews from Apollo Lane!" *slams door*
Hahaha I don't think they really wanted to learn more about our savior
at the moment :) maybe someday though haha
There are ice cream trucks EVERYWHERE! Even at 9:00 pm! Hahaha
Sorry for the length of this email...This ward is amazing! I love the
people here! I am getting pretty good at a New York accent (hence the
subject) :) I see the Lord's hand in everything we do everyday. I love
you all! Have an amazing week!
Elder Snell
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