Elder Murray New York New York
6/22/2016-07/11/2018
First off happy birthday to Eva! I'll buy you a NYC wheelchair. (-: Old woman
This week has been pretty good! I've been praying for ways to be able to talk to people and have an actual conversation about the gospel. So last night after a dinner appointment with an awesome member in our ward named Beau Hart, we went to Washington Square park and just started talking to everyone there! And we figured out a way to be able to have a good conversation with people. We started asking people if they had heard of the book of Mormon and stuff and we ended up contacting this salesman guy. We didn't ask for his help or anything but he complimented us in our approach and said we'd make good salesmen. Haha anyway we began to talk about the Book of Mormon and I shard one of my favorite scriptures Ether 12:27. I explained that we all have weaknesses and if we turn to our Heavenly Father he will make those weaknesses strengths. He really liked that verse and we were able to get his phone number and I gave him a Book of Mormon. Then he just randomly decided to give us a bunch of tips on what makes people want to hear more about what you have to say. He told us to tell people how we came to know what we are trying to teach is true. He also told us to ask people about themselves and that totally worked. The cool thing is you can relate the gospel to anything so it just worked out! So our appointment after dinner cancelled so we just went around talking to people at the park all night. We met people from all over. We are going to be setting up appointments with the people we met and are going to make a group chat with all of them and some members so the members can answer their questions. We had a volleyball tournament with all the YSA wards in our zone and we and elder Wulff and Elder Kirkham organized it. It actually turned out way good! We had a ton of members come and it helped build relationships with the members big time. The downside to it was they were supposed to bring nonmember friends because after all it was a missionary activity. Only like 2 members brought friends. We were supposed to have our investigator come but she didn't end up showing up 😒. Our newest investigators name is Andrea. She almost got baptized in California but them moved here. She seems super solid and would fit in with the YSA ward so well! We have been trying to set up an appointment with her but school just started for her and she is super busy but it will happen! We have a dinner scheduled with sister Watanabe and John, our investigator from before. We haven't been able to come in contact with him hardly at all since he decided he wasn't ready for baptism. He hasn't even been coming to church. This dinner is gonna be awesome though! The members in the YSA ward are so great. With the family ward everyone is also way cool. They are so willing to help us out whenever. The Folau family is probably one of my favorite families. Ian Folau knows Ethan Gluea and Ben Westman from when he was up at Westpoint. But anyway that's pretty much my week! Thank you all so much for the letters and packages that you have sent out to me. I love you all! Elder Murray
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
MissionariesElder Murray called to serve in the New York New York North Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 6/22/2016 through 6/22/2018 Write to Matt
Elder Matthew Murray New York New York North Mission 700 White Plains Rd Ste 315 Scarsdale, NY 10583 Archives
July 2018
Current and Last Area Monticello
6th Area New Rochelle
5th Area
The Bronx 4th Area
West point 3rd Area
New Paltz 2nd Area
Yonkers 1st Area
Manhattan 100 Day Book of Mormon challange
|