Manhattan Week #1

 This week was a tiring, but good one! My new companion is Sister Rasband! And yes she is related to Elder Rasband so that's pretty cool! This week we had fun on the subways and trying to figure out how to find people to teach on them 😅 we also have been trying to get to know our people here as well as all the members. The wards here are huge and there are always so many visitors so that makes it even harder, but hopefully we'll be able to start getting to know people!

We met a few of our friends this week and the ones we are the most excited about are our friends Megan and Melissa! They are both so prepared to learn and we mentioned baptism to Melissa and she said it may be something on her path so that was great to hear! We also have a friend who is ready for baptism but has to wait until December, so we are excited for him! 

We also don't live too far from Central park so we have been there quite a few times already and it's beautiful! We have been able to be at the temple a lot which has been awesome! 

The other day we went to the YSA activity and I ran into the one and only McCall Andersen so that was super fun! It's been so different to talk to people so close to my age now, I'm so used to talking to older people from being in Staten Island. 😅

I just wanted to share a quick spiritual thought as always. 

Alma 1:26

"26 And when the priests left their labor to impart the word of God unto the people, the people also left their labors to hear the word of God. And when the priest had imparted unto them the word of God they all returned again diligently unto their labors; and the priest, not esteeming himself above his hearers, for the preacher was no better than the hearer, neither was the teacher any better than the learner; and thus they were all equal, and they did all labor, every man according to his strength." 

I read this verse the 2nd day of training a new missionary and it made me realize that whatever calling we have in the church or even in life, we are all equal regardless of our role and we should do our best to use our strengths for good because they're needed! 

I love you all and hope you have the best week! 

**Pictures!

1. The New York Times! 

2. The globe! 

3. The temple! 

4. McCall! 

5. Trump hotel 😅