Hello!!! What a LONG and DREARY week! (Weather speaking...!)
We have this thing in New York called FREEZING RAIN. It's obnoxious- but looks super cool on your car the next morning, when it's been perfectly frosted with a half-inch layer of clear ICE. Chipping it off the car and trying to open your doors however, is not as cool. Plus, recently we have been having a NONSTOP rainstorm- so all the roads are soaked. At about 6:30, the temp drops below freezing- so the freeways get coated with black ice, so all the Missionaries have to be home early!!
Elder Fotu and I are excited and ready to give a wake-up call to Sleepy Hollow (hehe so clever...)!! Things are slow right now- we're back to the basics! Knock* Knock* "Hi, we're the Missionaries..."..*SLAM*...... But we're already seeing things begin to pick up! Bright Spirits! :)
I have definitely seen the Lord's hand in preparing the people here in this little village. It's a very newly opened area, so most people don't know who the Missionaries are (big contrast to the City, everybody and their grandma knows who we are...). Sometimes I will get discouraged- but always the Lord reminds me that I'm working for Him, and He's on MY side. Several times in the last two weeks, we will have spent hours knocking doors with no results- when JUST as we are on the last house on the block or are about to call it quits for the night, a family warmly welcomes us into their house and we excitedly share our message with them. Usually when we knock houses or buildings, we start at the TOP, because tradition holds that in order to find those who will listen, we have to climb a LOT of stairs. I second that. :)
All is well here! Hoping all is well there, too.
All my Love,
Elder Hellberg
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