Fun Days

Hello to the world!

 

Sorry this email is going out so late, I've had a long day in

Manhattan but a really fun one! I'll get to that later though!

 

This last Thursday we went to a members house for dinner and we got to

hear a lot of funny mission stories, and it made me think about some

of the funny experiences I've had. We really love eating at members

houses. One of the Kids he had was talking about his older brother. He

said "Tyler likes Care Bears... That's a baby show". Keep in mind the

oldest kid is 9 and the second oldest is 8. It made us laugh for a

good while, one of the funny experiences I've had.

 

I also got a hair cut recently, I got a 2 on sides and she cut the top

of my head and members keep complimenting me, but I think it looks

nice. Even if it doesn't. We did service on Saturday with the Danbury

Elders and it was fun, we got to work in the outdoors and get a nice

little tan... More like a burn.  Anyways a tick landed on my arm, but

I saw it and flicked it away. I don't have time to deal with a tick.

 

We have been getting opportunities to do service lately, from

missionaries in our district and I've been excited. The weather has

been nice lately and we have been able to render service to anyone we

see. I love doing service, it's one of my favorite things about being

a missionary, teaching is still one of those things that I'm not super

good at and its something that I want to improve.

 

Yesterday we were able to teach a group of 11 people at a local

community church, we were able to share what we believe and they

pretty much bible bashed us. A couple of the people were interested,

so that will hopefully be promising.

 

Today has been a good day and a long one. I made one mistake today by

not bringing any water. We were supposed to leave at 6 this morning

and get to South Ferry at 8 but we ended up getting there around 11.

It was so fun to be on Liberty Island and see the Statue and get

beautiful pictures of Manhattan and of the surrounding areas like

Brooklyn and New Jersey. We went to liberty island and I got a lot of

pictures, and there was a huge spider on my shirt collar and I didn't

see it but someone came up to me and flicked it off, and it was super

close to my neck. That freaked me out. Anyways we decided to not go to

Ellis island because we were starving and thirsty and we didn't feel

like walking around a museum. We got back to shore and walked for a

good 45 minutes to the Brooklyn bridge and went to the halfway point

(where the north and south missions boundaries are). Got pictures,

went to china town for some Chinatown buns, for like .90 cents a

piece. Then to century 21 and we got a unity tie. We met this guy

named Matthew who is from queens who just got off his mission from

Bakersfield California. He talked to us for a bit and then asked if we

have eaten yet, and we told him we have a dinner tonight. He was

totally going to offer to take us out. People in our mission are so

dope. I have some pictures to send, well a lot but I will only be able

to send you some today! I want to send them all!