Sister Nelson: Week 5 in New York- 2 months

Hey Family & Friends!
Ups :
-Transfers are this next Monday!
-It's my 1 month in the field today!! 2 months with the MTC!
-We have Elder Manes coming to talk to us this week!! So excited!
-We have found a couple New solid investigators this week!! They are the best! But most of them aren't young single adults so we will have to pass them off to other missionaries in our zone!
Downs:
-Homesickness has been pretty high this week! Haha not going to lie! But it's okay I'm doing good!

It's sooo hard not being able to hold little kids!! Haha
Spiritual Experience: I had a very humbling experience this week..
-We were driving to one of our appointments and I was just feeling really overwhelmed and stressed.. I was talking to my Companions about how I felt. I was feeling that I had so much to do and learn and I was trying my best to focus on one thing at a time and not get overwhelmed but as I focused on the one thing I felt like I would be so behind on everything else because there was even more things coming up each day that I had to do! Everything was just stacking up on top of each other and I couldn't even remember half the things I already had to do. And it was just getting crazy in my Head! Haha We decided we would continue this conversation after the lesson with this young girl we met the day before.
-We finally got to our appointment and knocked on the door.. As we were waiting a young man opened the door! He was the brother of the young girl we were supposed to teach but she wasn't there! He asked us who we were and we decided to share a message with him! As we were talking to him he told us that he had a belief in God and that he had such strong faith that God is always there for him and his family..
As he continued talking we found out that he is taking care of his 3 sisters and niece and he's trying to find a job and that they are getting kicked out of their house by the end of the month! But with all of that happening he knows that if he has faith in God everything will be okay even if he has to go to a shelter for a while! He said he will do whatever he can to keep his family safe. Seeing how much faith in christ this young man had as he was struggling with all these different serious things I began to be humbled and realize that my problems were very small and all that I needed to do is have faith in all things and rely on my Heavanly Father just like this young man did.
-Little did i know as I was walking up to the door for this appointment... that this girls brother was going to teach me how to have more faith and Christ and to trust in him. I was humbled and I couldn't be more thankful for the lesson that I learned at that front porch by this kid my same age.
-As the conversation continued.. We got his number and invited him to a baptism we have tomorrow night. We wanted to go to this baptism but none of our current investigators could go. As we invited him to the baptism he said with light in his eyes that he would love to come! And that he's been looking for a church! It was a miracle! We had been looking all day for someone to come and witness this special baptism! And by the very end of that night we were able to find that one person!
-Later that night the young man texted us saying he was excited to come watch the baptism of the kid in our congregation and then he asked us, "would I be able to get baptized at all?"
-What!!?!!! Yes!! So we put him on date tonight!!! We are so excited to be able to teach him about the Gospel of Jesus Christ! Meeting him was the most incredible thing I've ever experienced so far! There was 3 miricales in 1 conversation!
1) I was taught a very important lesson that lifted me up and re-focused me on having faith in Christ instead of all the "downs" I was feeling!
2) We had been looking and asking everyone we could to attend this baptism all day long! And late that night we had found that 1 person! God is so good!
3) He asked us if he would be able to be baptized! The spirit was so strong at that doorstep!! And I know that God had been preparing this young man to hear the message of The Gospel Of Jesus Christ!
Missionary work is the best!! Im so grateful to be apart of God's work! And for Him to work through me to bring others closer to Christ! LOVE YOU ALL!
Love, Sister Nelson