February 20, 2017
Yo Yo Yo,
This week was good but in a
different way than you might think. It wasn't like things were really bad or
that things were really good, but it was a good mix of both and it was a great
test of ATTITUDE! t’was fun. jaja.
New York is kind of in a bad mood
in general right now because of politics so we try to avoid the marches and
such as much as possible. Life is fun in New York. jaja
On Saturday we decided to try
something new, we took our massive whiteboard and set it up outside of the
subway station and after a while we went back to our usual spot in front of the
church again. We had some great responses at both places. We switched up the
questions on the board to see what would best create a dialog, the one that got
people's attention the most was; "Did you know that today is the best day
ever?!" We stood next to the sign with a huge smile on our faces as we
repeated the question as people walked by.
We got a lot of different responses, but the most common response
was; "Yes it is! Every day is the
best day ever!" It was awesome!!!
We got so many smiles – the most smiles I think I’ve ever seen in one
day in New York. Jaja Some people would
stop and ask us "Why?" And we would reply with something along the
lines of "Well, we woke up! That means we have one more day to repent,
serve God, and be happy!" Our
answer actually comes from Alma 42:4!
Overall it was a positive experience, a lot of fun and I personally
loved it. Another plus was that we made
a lot of good contacts to follow up with.
Not only was a great week to see
positive progress in people, but while standing out front of the temple asking
people if they knew it was the best day ever, out of the temple walks Brother
Somerset from my old area! It was a great surprise and made me sooooo happy to
see a familiar face I hadn’t seen in a long time. We worked really hard with
this man and he is seriously one of my favorite people ever. He received the
Melchizedek priesthood a couple of months ago and attended the temple that day
for his very first time. I was sooooo
excited! I gave him the biggest hug. It really was the best day ever!!
Also in terms of progress, Freddy
prepared and blessed the sacrament for the first time yesterday. It was a great
spiritual experience and I could just feel the love that Heavenly Father has
for him. I'm grateful that I have been able to know him.
ON A FUNNY NOTE: We started talking to a guy on the street
last night and he lied to us about his beliefs in an effort to get us to go
away. He started to try and say all of these extreme beliefs to scare us away
but we were persistent and eventually he started laughing and said "Man,
y'all are too nice! I’ve been trying to
lie to y'all to get you to go away but y'all are too loving and won't leave! Al’ight,
lemme tell ya the truth 'bout my beliefs.." We ended up have a really great conversation
and he was really cool. jaja. Good old Steve.
Love you! Did you know that this
week is the BEST. WEEK. EVER?!
Elder Mackintosh
The White Board
Church with Freddie (an unusually warm February day)
This is what it looks like when you
don't want to wear your basketball
shoes outside. jaja
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