Hello family! Well this week has been a great one!
On Thursday we had zone conference about going back to the basics. We received a commitment as a mission to read the Book of Mormon in 120 days. We started on Monday and will finish on Christmas Eve! I know today is Wednesday and we are three days in, but I think it would be awesome if as a whole family we joined together in this! What do you say? Right now I am trying to cram and finish my 75 day Book of Mormon read that we are doing as a ward. I'm in Ether, so I'm almost there. We were also committed to read more from PMG and to study and ponder on the simple, fundamental basics. It was a refreshing and awesome conference.
We had a split Friday and Monday. That makes the week go by so much faster! They were both fun splits and I came away with a lot of insights. I think that is my new favorite part of being a sister training leader—you are able to learn so much from the sisters you serve.
The rest of this week will be busy as well. Friday we have MLC in Scarsdale and then right after we will go to Olmstead to do a split. I will be staying in the area with sister Wilkes (my ex companion from Newburgh) so that will be fun :)
Sometimes in the Bronx you feel like a celebrity because lots of the men makes comments as you walk down the street. But this week we had some stories worth telling. So we were walking and this guy stops us and asks who we are. We told him we were missionaries, told him about what we teach and asked if he'd be interested. He said yes, IF we were the ones teaching. We told him he wasn't in our area and it should matter who would teach him. He refused to be taught by anyone else and Then he walked into the shop he worked and told us to come by when we were in the area. The same exact thing happened the next day. We were stopped by a man from Jamaica. He said "hey! Do you have a book for me?" I told him we did and pulled out the Book of Mormon. But when it came down to meeting with missionaries, it was the same story. He didn't want to meet with the elders. I told him that the Book of Mormon would change his life and it shouldn't matter who taught him. He then agreed to give us his info to give to the elders. And then there was a boy we met and invited to church. He came last week and again this week. He asked me if I had a boyfriend. I told him no because we don't date on the mission and then slipped out of the conversation. Then he asked my companion the same thing in which she also told him that she doesn't date as a missionary. Haha I felt bad, but he said he would come back next Sunday.
So last Sunday I was sitting in correlation and hour before church. Bishop said a speaker fell through and asked if one of us could share a message. Somehow I was nominated. So I put together a talk on seeing the good in others and resisting the temptation to judge. I talked about charity and lifting those around us instead of tearing each other down. I had a lot of people approach me and tank me for the message, so I guess I pulled it off even with little preparation :)
Well family, it is good as always to hear from you! Thanks for you love and support!
Love sister Lounsbury
Ps we find out this Saturday if I will finish my mission off here in the Bronx or if I will go somewhere else. So we'll see what happens!
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