Elder and Sister Williams NY NY South Mission: Still Working!

We’ve had a busy few weeks. Now that Mega Zone Conferences are every 6 weeks instead of quarterly, we don’t have as much down time. The Senior Missionaries have volunteered to head up the luncheons for Zone Conferences. We have four of them so by the fourth we pretty much have our menu down to a science. We try to take as much weight off President and Sister Reynolds as possible.

Elder Williams, Sis. Adams, Sis. Petersen, Elder Johnson and Elder Adams
after preparing lunch at Mega-Zone. Kids aren't
the only ones who like to spend time on their devices.

Sometimes after a storm it will be days before people can get
their cars out from the snowbanks left by plows.

We had what we hope is our last big storm a couple of weeks ago. We didn’t get as much snow as was expected but there was lots of ice. It was much harder to dig out of. We could even drive our car on top of it, so most people just waited for it to melt rather than shoveling. Elder Williams did do his hourly shoveling of the office walk, and was excited to use his brand new gloves. The snow gives our missionaries many great service opportunities and they were busy with shovels.

I have noticed a changing trend as the Baptism Records have come across my desk. When I first got here most of them were Spanish-speaking. Now I think there are as many Chinese-speaking. We feel like one of the ways the Gospel will be taken to all the world is by the foreign members who join the Church here and then take it home with them. Sometimes the missionaries tell me we need to hurry and get their records into the system because they are leaving to go back to their home country. Our area just had its first Chinese Family History Conference. It’s so exciting to think of all the family history and temple work that will be opened up as these new members begin their work.

We often think how we miss our family and friends (and garbage disposal and king-size bed) but then we think, “What will I ever do when I get home that will be as exciting and as fulfilling as this?!” We both love serving the Lord and the missionaries and the people of New York and the 9 months we have left doesn’t seem long enough.