Elder Murray New York New York
6/22/2016-07/11/2018
We found a new investigator! His name is Theophilus Watkins! I love street contacting! It's so scary and I love it because it's so hard and then easy! Wow! Ha-ha am I making sense? Probs not. It's just hard to initiate the conversation. Then it's usually smooth rollin from there on out! Elder Newbold hates it but I love it so we take turns everywhere we go! 😁 we have an appt with him on Monday! Yeehaw!
So, this week we had zone conference! I love zone conference! President Smith is the best. We talked allot about goals and goal setting and goals and goal setting is awesome. Oh, and there's a whole new YSA stake in Manhattan which is awesome! Elder Rasband visited out mission President and President filmed him giving us a shout out! Like he always does in conference but Elder Rasband said he always sends the best missionaries to the NYNYN mission😉. He's awesome. He gave us some advice too. He said center everything on and in Christ. Testimony your life, your family and everything! I really liked his advice and will apply it! So, President, during lunch at zone conference, gave us the rundown on how to be smart with our money. He set a goal to retire at 40 and he actually retired at 36... Dang. I want to do that. So yeah basically he just said keep track of you money and don't spend money on what you don't need! He makes it sound so simple! It was cool though because elder Newbold and I decided to start budgeting our money about a month ago and then President come out and tells us to budget our money and yeah! Inspired. Budgeting is actually pretty fun! Going back to goal setting... We need to set goals that align with God's goals for us. As we set goals that align with God's, then we will be able to achieve them! President said to set goals that you would set if there was no possibility of you failing. Then, with the Lord's help and if they align with God's goals in the long run, you will achieve them! I loved it! During zone conference, my mind kept going back to Elder Ballard's talk called "Return and Receive" from April 2017 general conference, so that's what the next days studies consisted of! Here's a quote I really liked: "Experts on goal setting tell us that the simpler and more straightforward a goal is, the more power it will have. When we can reduce a goal to one clear image or one or two powerful and symbolic words, that goal can then become part of us and guide virtually everything we think and do. I believe that there are two words that, in this context, symbolize God’s goals for us and our most important goals for ourselves. The words are return and receive." -Elder Ballard I love this! The more simple the better. Just like the gospel! One step at a time will get you were you need to go! He goes on to say that he likes taking time to personally interview himself and ask: "how am I doing?" And it helps him stay on track! So I have adopted that. Each day we have companionship inventory and we go through our schedule and ask ourselves how we did and what we could improve on. It helps sloop much. Idk why I haven't been doing this my whole mission! Uhg. I invite you all to re-read Elder Ballard's talk! Follow his counsel! We also had another street display! We were there for about 1 and a half hours and it was a success! We met a college student and we got his contact info and will be meeting with him soon! So stoked! I love working with YSAs! The Book of Mormon board really catches people's attention too! Awesomeness. The Olsen family moved and it is so sad! We helped them pack up on Saturday and it only took 2 hours or so because the whole branch showed up! It was a really cool service experience! We will miss Blake and Quaid. I promised them we'd hang out and take them boating mom and dad so yeah just though I'd letcha know. Haha boysenberry are delicious (not as delicious as black berries 😉)! There's these big ol boysenberry bushes right outside our apartment that we discovered and I picked a whole bunch during lunch. Yum. Elder Newbold made a makeshift berry basket for me cuz I couldn't fit them all in my hand. Ohhhhh this is the coolest thing ever! We get to have a special mission sacrament meeting this Sunday! I am seriously so excited! All 200 missionaries get to have sacrament down in the Lincoln Square Chapel (which is the temple for those of you who do not know where that is) and it's missionaries only! President will be presiding and boy oh boy am I excited! I'll let you know how it goes next week! 26 And now behold, I say unto you, my brethren, if ye have experienced a change of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the song of redeeming love, I would ask, can ye feel so now? I love this scripture because it ties into goal setting. It keeps me on track and makes me want to improve each day. I know that as we continuously develop a personal relation with the savior and align our goals with his we will accomplish the things which he commands of us. I love you all! Elder Murray
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