January 30, 2017
Hi friends and fam,
Fantastic week here in the Big Apple.
I was sick last week and got three of my roommates sick too, but we are doing
good now and working hard, so all is well!
Joshua and Freddy got baptized on
Sunday! Tons of members were there and the relief society room was
totally full. It was awesome because the two people baptizing and one of the
witnesses were all baptized within the last 3 years! Super cool!! Joshua and
Freddy are the coolest guys ever. It is so amazing to grow with these people
and help them change and come closer to Christ. It helps me better understand
the atonement of Jesus Christ in a deeper and fuller way.
For the past couple of weeks we
have been street contacting by helping people quit smoking. The way that
we do it is by walking up to guys smoking on the sidewalk and say, "Hey
brother, when can we help you quit smoking?" We shake their hand and then
proceed to tell them that we love them and because we love them we want to help
them quit. We give them the most positive peer pressure ever by saying
"come on man, drop the cigarette! Come on, you don't need it! God loves
you. We love you. God wants you to be healthy. That is killing you. Come on,
you can do it. Let's pray right now! We will pray so that you can have the strength
to drop that, give us your pack, and quit today. Come on, we love you."
And we give them hugs and such and then pray for them and with them right there
on the street. It sounds crazy but we honestly feel a lot of love for people as
we do it and they almost-always appreciate the love and support. If nothing
else, it is a memorable and positive contact with
representatives of Jesus Christ a.k.a. Missionaries.
Elder Gong of the Seventy attended
our sacrament meeting and it was awesome!
Overall it was a really fantastic
week.
Love you all!
Elder Mackintosh
All of us Joshua and Freddie's the baptism! Wahooooooo!
This is Scott Storch - Coolest member ever and his bedroom is the greatest
You can't tell but we are soaking wet in this picture because we
ran 15 streets home in the pouring rain to make it home on time.
(I got sick 3 hours later)
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