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One of the highlights of our work this week was a street sweep Elder McLean asked us to plan along with Elder Low and Elder Werner. We generally don't receive these kinds of assignments, but because we are not teaching classes this month we gladly accepted the opportunity to serve with these fantastic young missionaries. We have focused on finding a family to strengthen the Astoria Ward, so our theme was, "Families Can Be Together Forever." We chose a high traffic area, 31st and Ditmars, where the N train ends, and we were blessed with perfect weather. These Elders and Sisters are pros at this work and we were well taught as we watched and then joined in with their "fearlessing." We had some incredible experiences and met many people, gleaning about 33 new contacts to teach and deliver Family Forever DVDs to. We served free, cold lemonade, (yes it was a big hit) and talked about living prophets and gave out copies of The Family, A Proclamation to the World. I watched Sister Folsom as she walked quickly beside a woman and then she handed her a folded Proclamation. The woman turned around the corner, and Sister Folsom introduced herself to someone else. A few minutes later, the woman returned to our table and said to me, "I didn't realize this was about the Mormons. My husband is a member of your church and we have been meaning to find a church to attend. Can you give me the address where you meet?" I gladly wrote down the address along with meeting times and assured her we would love to see her again on Sunday with her husband. Also, Elder Low met Iris, who was taught by the missionaries about 15 years ago, and then decided to "strike out on her own in finding a church." She has since decided that what the missionaries taught her was true and she needs to return to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We are hoping Iris will also join us at church on Sunday. Elder Low introduced her to me "because she was older!" Iris asked me to call her Saturday night, "just to remind her." Pictured above is our Woodside District, (L to R) Elder McLean, Sister Brown, Elder West, Elder Jemmett, Elder Low, Elder Werner, Sister Shiley, with Elder Bell behind her, and a friend who stayed all afternoon. (Missing are Sisters Folsom and Grover who I'm sure were making friends very near by.) They all stopped long enough to sip a lemonade and smile for me. In the picture below, Sister Folsom, visited with this couple who are getting married this coming Saturday. They were very interested in being sealed for time and all eternity and invited the missionaries to teach them after they return from their honeymoon. We met so many nice people, and hope to have planted many seeds for future work. It was a most rewarding and fruitful day. We can hardly wait for the next one!
One of the highlights of our work this week was a street sweep Elder McLean asked us to plan along with Elder Low and Elder Werner. We generally don't receive these kinds of assignments, but because we are not teaching classes this month we gladly accepted the opportunity to serve with these fantastic young missionaries. We have focused on finding a family to strengthen the Astoria Ward, so our theme was, "Families Can Be Together Forever." We chose a high traffic area, 31st and Ditmars, where the N train ends, and we were blessed with perfect weather. These Elders and Sisters are pros at this work and we were well taught as we watched and then joined in with their "fearlessing." We had some incredible experiences and met many people, gleaning about 33 new contacts to teach and deliver Family Forever DVDs to. We served free, cold lemonade, (yes it was a big hit) and talked about living prophets and gave out copies of The Family, A Proclamation to the World. I watched Sister Folsom as she walked quickly beside a woman and then she handed her a folded Proclamation. The woman turned around the corner, and Sister Folsom introduced herself to someone else. A few minutes later, the woman returned to our table and said to me, "I didn't realize this was about the Mormons. My husband is a member of your church and we have been meaning to find a church to attend. Can you give me the address where you meet?" I gladly wrote down the address along with meeting times and assured her we would love to see her again on Sunday with her husband. Also, Elder Low met Iris, who was taught by the missionaries about 15 years ago, and then decided to "strike out on her own in finding a church." She has since decided that what the missionaries taught her was true and she needs to return to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We are hoping Iris will also join us at church on Sunday. Elder Low introduced her to me "because she was older!" Iris asked me to call her Saturday night, "just to remind her." Pictured above is our Woodside District, (L to R) Elder McLean, Sister Brown, Elder West, Elder Jemmett, Elder Low, Elder Werner, Sister Shiley, with Elder Bell behind her, and a friend who stayed all afternoon. (Missing are Sisters Folsom and Grover who I'm sure were making friends very near by.) They all stopped long enough to sip a lemonade and smile for me. In the picture below, Sister Folsom, visited with this couple who are getting married this coming Saturday. They were very interested in being sealed for time and all eternity and invited the missionaries to teach them after they return from their honeymoon. We met so many nice people, and hope to have planted many seeds for future work. It was a most rewarding and fruitful day. We can hardly wait for the next one!
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