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Good week! ️ Life is good out here in New York! 

Highlights

Thursday we did our weekly planning, it takes FOREVER and it's not normally something I look extremely forward to But this week it was awesome! Something we try very hard to do is get members to come to lessons with us, and it is really hard to coordinate schedules so it doesn't happen very often *tear*, but as we sat down to do weekly planning the ideas just kept coming to us! We thought of so many people that we could take to lessons with us and the schedules worked out great! It just showed me that God is in charge of this work and if we keep doing what He asks then He is going to bless us and help us to accomplish it!🏻

Also on Thursday we had sports night! ️ We have it every Thursday at the church and it is a really fun thing we can invite investigators to to have them meet members and stuff! It just started a few weeks ago... And the Elders have more luck inviting people so we are normally there so a bunch of people speaking Spanish who are REALLY good at playing soccer! But this week... It was the same, but I had a different attitude:) I actually tried to enjoy playing soccer, and it worked! It was so fun and it was cool just getting to know these people more! 

The Wright family is awesome! We had a dinner appointment with them on Friday and it was sweet! Their house was built in like the 1600s, no big deal it was just the cutest house you will ever see!:) But what made it so amazing was just the Spirit that was there, this family loves each other so much and it really allows the Spirit to dwell in their home:) 

Sunday I got a package from my wonderful family and it was like Christmas! Especially the giant banner:) I love all you guys so much and I miss ya like crazy! 

Sunday was also fun because we had a dinner appointment with the Huling family and we found out about 5 minutes before that their non member friends would be there, so we had an impromptu member present lesson!  It was very out of my comfort zone haha but it was cool because we had already planned to teach the family about how we can gain stronger testimonies, so it worked out kind of perfectly! I think it is amazing how the Lord can prepare us for these things without us even realizing it!

Monday we helped the Rawlings pack up to move!  They are a couple in our Ward with an itty bitty baby boy and they are so amazing! One of the best parts about helping them though was that they let us take out their trash as we were leaving... We always offer to take out people's trash and they always laugh and say no. Weird thing to get excited about haha! But after 3 months of offering to take out people's trash, someone finally let us!!;🏼

And Tuesday. We had a member present lesson! Sister Iglesia came with us to a lesson with the Dzuban's, and I know that doesn't mean anything to you guys because you don't know who they are! But it was amazing for us to see:) It actually wasn't a member present lesson, it was a missionary present lesson! Sister Iglesia was on fire  and she taught the whole lesson, the Spirit was definitely there and it was such a special experience for me to be able to see why the thought came to Sister Kovac and I to bring Sister Iglesia to this lesson! Inspiration is real!!

So, that was my week this week:) And I had the best realization this week too. I love this Ward. ️ I have been viewing this Ward as temporary, just a place where I am working until I get moved. But I realized that I really do love the members here and if for some reason I spent my whole year and a half here, I wouldn't be upset! I know the Lord has me here for a reason and I love it!

I love you all! Keep praying:) God is there!

Love, Sister Jones ️

Love my family!