Hola, todas las personas que estan leyendo esta carta! Como
les van? This week has been hard,with a lot of surprises, but so spiritual as
well. I'm going to write the email using my journal and my other journal, the
daily planner, haha, and then write the personals. So basically, Elder Picard
and I have been on fire in Yonkers. This week was great, but not so great all
at the same time, but I love working hard with him, and he's always saying that
he's been glad to work with me. We work real well with each other.
So, Thursday, 3/14. Thursdays are our planning days. If we
didn't have this day and the many hours it takes to do all the planning for the
upcoming week we would die. It was something like 3 of 4 hours of calling and
writing in the early afternoon until we had our night appts. You have to,
especially in New York, plan things earlier for alter because everyone's always
doing something here, and at a million miles an hour. But, after that, we went
and got some food from Delfia, then we went and put up English
flyers. Putting up English flyers is one of my favorite things to do because
the people love it. The store owners, well the SPANISH ones, say that we;re the
best for doing what we do, and to put up the flyer wherever we want because
they know a ton of people who could use it. And then other people ask us about
it all while we're doing it and we hand out the little flyers and get to
talking to other people, and it's just freaking great. I'm already picking up
the slang it's fantastic. Que transista por tus veinas? (What flows through
your veins, or kinda like what's happening) Sangre, haha, (blood)! Or Cogelo
suave, which literally means to suck it smoothly, but if you say it to a Puerto
Rican, it means take it easy haha. Anyways, after we did the flyers, we went to
the church and taught Sister Rodak's nephew who's a less active named Ernesto. We
taught him all in English and we taught about the sacrament. It was a beautiful
lesson, and he loved talking with me man. We talked after, just him and I, for
like 45 mins to an hour about life and the gospel. We're going to try
hard to get him back to church especially for Judy. Mom, you'll be happy
to know that Judy, so far my favorite member who prefers talking in English
although we do both, jokes around with us and talks with us so similarly to how
we talk and joke around. It's definitely not entirely the same, but it makes me
happy on FHE when we see her, and when we see her all the time at other places
and I get that reminder of you (:
Friday, 3/15, was a hard day. 2 of our 3 appts fell
through, and we had to do an APF for the English elders (we had to go and get
them investigators because they don't have many, basically). We did it in their
area in Scarsdale and New Rochelle, and I feel bad for them man. The English
elders get so much more rejection, whereas the Spanish culture is just
so much more accepting. Elder Cox and I went around and were yelled at,
threatened, slammed on, laughed at, and all by the rich, white people. The Carrpios
though, at the end of Elder Picard's and my day saved it. Heidi and Elvis are
the parents and then they have four kids. This family has just been reactivated by us,
just cause Elder Picard and I are cool (; , and they're awesome. Elvis is
hilarious, always cracking us up and working hard, always willing to do
service. Heidi works real hard doing other jobs and taking care of their four
kids who I love. They all speak English real well, and we shared a message
about families and the gospel of Jesus Christ. We teach quite a bit in English
actually, which is nice but frustrating as well. They all love us and we love
them.
Saturday, 3/16, another hard cold day. We were on bikes that
day, and everyone cancelled except for a new investigator, Socrates. This guy
is a boss, was baptized Catholic but is looking for something more. Huh! I think
we can probably do something for him! (: He made the day a million times
better.
Sunday, 3/17, my first Sunday! I didn't go to my first one
because I was still real sick. Sundays are nuts though!!!!! The first thing
Bishop did on the stand was tell me to come up, introduce myself, and bear my
testimony. Little nerve wracking but it went well, ha. Then the other 4 hours
that we were at church just flew by. The classes went quick and were good, and
we stayed after and chatted and taught a lesson to a boy named Andy. He is 14,
was referred by his friend Giovanni who is a member there and who was also
recently baptized. The lesson was fantastic, and he accepted a bap date of
April 7th! Woo-hoo! I can't wait, I hope he keeps it!
The rest of the week was alright, but Monday we had a huge
snowstorm, Tuesday I got to go to the temple for a training meeting, so travelling
to Manhattan was awesome!
I love you all, thank you for all the prayers and thoughts,
I've definitely felt them.
Elder Buckley
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