A week of little miracles

This week was pretty great and in lots of surprising ways. It always seems like Heavenly Father usually has a different- but better plan and we were able to really recognize that this week from all the unexpected miracles that came each day. 

On Tuesday we had a sisters meeting in Scarsdale so all the sisters in the mission gathered together and we were able to listen to President & Sister Smith and Christian and Stephanie Nielson came and each spoke to us as well. So it was fun to get to see all the sisters in this mission and see Sister Muhlestein again! Although it had only been 1 week it felt like I hadn't seen her for years!!

 

 We had the coolest experiences meeting people this week and then randomly running into them again. I'll share a few from my journal! It really just reminded me that our Heavenly Father is so aware of his children. He knows what we are in need of and as we as missionaries listen to and follow the spirit we can be led to find these people. Its amazing! 

Tuesday night we met these 3 teenagers at the church, none were members but we were able to give them all a Book of Mormon and tell them about the church. The next morning Sister Lee & I were talking about how we should've gotten their info and were bummed that we didn't. But that afternoon we ran an errand for a member then we were walking to dinner and Sister Lee kept trying to turn to walk up the street and I wasn't really paying attention and kept saying no its this way. So we walk and walk then I was like shoot, sorry this is the wrong and super long way haha. So we turn the corner and are walking and I look up and see one of the girls we talked to the night before!! We were like 50 blocks away from where we originally met her at the church. How crazy is that?! We were able to tell her a bit more about what we do. Even if nothing else happens, just us randomly running into each other again will give her something to think about for sure. 

 On Saturday we were headed to Columbia to do our studies but I wasn't thinking and got us on the wrong train, we missed our stop and just got all confused (this happened a LOT this week haha) But we finally got on the right train, then off at the right stop and as we're walking to the exit in the subway guess who we see...NANCY and her daughter. We met them last week randomly at a project park and we've been trying to contact her but haven't had much success. So we stopped and talked to her and set an appointment for next week! Heavenly Father. Miracles, I'm tellin' ya. So then  we were on our way to Columbia, for real this time but the weather was BEAUTIFUL that day. So as we were walking we passed a park and decided to do some park contacting. We showed the Because of Him video to a number of people and they were all really nice. Then we walked up all these stairs and I saw this guy and thought maybe we should show him & Sister Lee said, let's go to him! So we go over and ask if we can show him a video about Jesus Christ and he told us he loves him! And I was like oh great! Us too! You've gotta see this video. So we showed it and were able to testify of Christ and tell about The Book of Mormon. We didn't have a Book of Mormon with us so we told him we would get one and bring it to him another time. and yesterday Sister Lee lost her metro card so we took a long time trying to find it after trying to leave earlier. But we ended up just getting a new card then we get to the subway station and guess who we see?! DANIEL the guy we met at the park the day before. What are the chances?! So we were able to give him a Book of Mormon and hopefully he will get back to us!

 

 We also ran into a dad and daughter three different times various places around the city and were finally able to talk to them the 3rd time we saw them. SO even though our plans fell through all the time, I loved being able to have these simple reminders that we aren't in control. and even though there are millions of people here in the city, we somehow run into the same people and are able to share something with them. It's amazing. 

Also, I have no idea if any of those stories make any sense at all-it was just all from my journal (which is on my tablet right now because I got behind, so I just copied and pasted) But hopefully it kinda makes sense.

 love you all

xoxo Sister Walecki

Oh yeah, my tablet decided to delete all the pictures I've taken for the last 4 months so here are some pictures Sister Lee had. 

Last Pday

 

On the train up to the sisters meeting!

 

At the sisters meeting

 

How we felt about our 5am wake up call to make it to Scarsdale
on time for the new missionary meeting.

 

We were looking for quotes this week to send to some of our investigators & I found
this one and really liked it. I have been trying to apply that better this past week!