So I guess
I'll start off with Last Thursday which involved going down to Central Park to
do some volunteering. The Revlon Run
& Walk (a women’s cancer fundraiser) took place this weekend, and on
Thursday I and twenty other missionaries went down to Central Park to unwrap
medallions for the people involved. Over
the space of about 4 hours, the 21 of us opened 15,000 medallions, and so we
all got an idea of what it's like to work in a factory, and how to get carpel
tunnel syndrome. But it was fun just
chillin’ in a tent with the other missionaries and talking and unwrapping the
medallions.
Thursday
wasn't the only day we helped with this Revlon event. On Saturday we had the privilege of waking up
at 3:30 and going down to...TIME SQUARE!!! woot woot!!! It was way cool. That’s where the start of the event took place,
and we were in charge of making sure the different teams got their signs. Some of which had pretty funny names. The teams are groups of people who raised
donations and participated in the run...normally a family or group of friends. So yeah, a few of the names were: Friends on
a Mission, Yushka Babushkas, Breast Friends and Black Girls Run NYC.
It was a lot
of fun. All the missionaries from
Manhattan were there, and so that went until 9 in the morning, and after we
went to lunch with some of the other missionaries and I got this super
delicious steak burger with spicy guacamole.
It was SOOO good, and pretty fairly priced. Then the rest of that day was pretty slow
because of how tired I was, but I can definitely say I slept well that night...
Then nothing
much happened until Monday, which turned out to be a great start to this
week. On Friday we received a referral
through the Sisters in my District, which they received from the Ward Mission Leader
in the Bronx, who happens to work right next to our chapel. Anyways, we made an appointment with him, and
saw him on Monday. His name is Francisco. He's Dominican, speaks pretty good English,
and has had some health issues but is doing well now. Anyways, so we went over, and got to know him
a little, and found out that he's wanted to get back into a church. He grew up Catholic, but doesn't agree with
it. And he really likes the Ward Mission
Leader from Olmsted (one of the wards in the Bronx), who's name is Brother
Mota. He likes how much Brother Mota has
changed since joining the church, because before, Bro. Mota was a big drinker,
and now the Gospel has had a strong influence on his life. So that's how Francisco got interested in the
church and stuff. It was just so cool to
see how the Lord is helping us, and giving us those little things to say “Good
job, just keep going, there are people here who are waiting for the gospel”. He also committed himself to going to church on
Sunday which is always super awesome. So
thanks to all of you for your prayers. They're
definitely being answered. But it would
still be nice if we could change that free agency a little bit. But yeah, that's about it for me.
Love you
all, and I'm excited to talk on Sunday (Mother’s Day),
Carson
