Hi Family!
OOOOOOOkay so I totally forgot last week to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIFFANY NOODLE!!!!!! (someone make sure she reads that :) ) and this week was so good! We moved apartments this week - I'll talk about it later, but if anyone is sending me a letter (which I STRONGLY encourage and highly recommend) -- do NOT send it to my ocean ave. address. Just send them all to the mission office. :) and i love you all.
soo -- monday was pretty crazy. i never NEVER knew that Labor Day was a big deal -- well it's a REALLY big deal in ny. it's like 4th of July for all of the people from the carribbean which is basically everyone and everyone flips out about their country. and they party. a LOT. the biggest parade in new york is NOT the thanksgiving day parade -- it is most definitely the labor day parade. weird. well, our ward had a bbq on monday and we went -- one of the ward members got lost though and she had a stroke 5 days earlier and was walking around a massive park in the hot sun... the elders had to go get her and it took them a few hours because she has lost some brain power from the stroke and they weren't too happy but hey! some girl is going to really appreciate the lessons they learned in patience :)
we have known that we were going to move for a while, but the office hasn't told us when or where or anything and then we called them on tuesday because we were deep cleaning our apt and we weren't sure if we needed to pack or not because we knew that our lease was ending on the 10th and that we were going to be evicted that day. well, they told us yeah you need to pack because you are moving the day after tomorrow. so -- we got everything ready and moved and we moved to a VERY prominent Jewish neighborhood. Sister Smith said that we now know what it would be like for a Muslim or Jewish person to move to Utah. poor people. we walked into our apt and there were prayer scrolls everywhere and all of this Jewish stuff that we don't really know what it is, but it's cool. we blend in pretty good though because we are wearing dresses all the time -- it's just our name tags that say Jesus Christ on them that kinda set us apart -- a little :) needless to say that we didn't put a picture of Christ on the outside of our door like the last apartment -- we don't want people to hate us THAT bad. and the other news is that we are moving again this week! the Jewish apartment is for the elders and the office didn't have our apartment ready before we got evicted so we are moving into our real apt. this week. and transfers are next week so i just haven't really unpacked and probably won't until i know where i will be for the next transfer. :) it's kinda fun. the first night in our Jewish apt. we all slept on the floor because we didn't have our beds set up and it was a really fun little sleepover party/night under the stars brooklyn missionary style i guess. but yeah. my arm muscles are huge again because i moved a LOT of furniture :)
sooo September 11th was this week. i was thinking about the family Florida trip and how i NEVER in my WILDEST dreams thought that nine years later i would be right there - serving a mission. we saw the laser lights for the twin towers and it was really cool. it was cool to talk to people and see how it was here when everything happened -- it was a crazy CRAZY day that is for sure. a LOT of people here were affected -- it's sad that sometimes it takes a terrorist attack for people to turn to our Heavenly Father and remember what life is really about
so this week our district started talking about our goal -- 8 baptisms this month. well, that goal is definitely breaking midwood brooklyn history and it is going to take several miracles to get there. our district leader, elder olsen, was talking about how none of our goals are going to happen in the first five minutes that we make them - God needs to try our faith and see if we REALLY believe in Him and if we really can give everything to Him and know that it is going to happen. It was an awesome district meeting that i really needed because we were all losing faith. well, that night we met with this lady named lorraine -- we found her on some list that was from 2008 and i called her when sis. de la mare was sick and we were inside for the week. it took us FOREVER to meet with her because her schedule is crazy -- well she is a really really big miracle. she has met with missionaries several times in jamaica and here and is so prepared and things have just fallen through so that she hasn't been baptized yet. yeah - it was a really good lesson for me. God is in control and he can make whatever He wants happen. The hardest part is getting over ourselves and our pride so that we trust Him and can expect the miracles to happen.
another miracle. i'm really hoping something changed in Winford. he has been having a REALLY rough time with anti-mormon literature and he has lost all of the drive that he had. we went over though and Heavenly Father guided the lesson we had PERFECTLY and we all prayed together right there about his concerns. And then we just sat in silence for a while (which iss really difficult for Winford because he really like to talk and may or may not have ADD) After our "moment of silence" Winford said that he heard a voice telling him that he WILL know. so yeah - he is praying about getting baptized on the 20th and i will probably do a backflip on that day. it's going to be REALLY really good. :) :)
well, that's about it. family - i love you SO much (and anyone else reading this email). thank you so much for your encouragement -- your letters mean the world to me and i am the luckiest girl ever to have such an amazing support system. This week when I saw all my Jewish neighbors walking around I kept thinking about how much Christ really does mean in my life and I am amazed. Christ is everything. EVERYTHING. His atonement will heal any wound and He is there for us every single day -- even when we are horrible to Him and reject Him. This gospel is the most amazing part of my life and I am so blessed to be able to share it with so many people.
God is real. Miracles happen. We will NEVER be forgotten.
Love you all.
Sister Mich
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