So, Wednesday we played basketball/ping pong at the church, thus why I had wifi for so late into the day, and then afterwards came home and changed, then went over to Alex's and taught him a little. We then had to run up to Roosevelt Island for dinner with Bro. Brown. After that, we took the tram over the river, and then went home.
Thursday, Elder Hansen and I got to talking and I found out that he's already been home and came back (due to his medical issues), so had originally come out December 2012, went home about March, and then came back in October. So that was the situation he was in, and recently he started having problems with it again. So we talked about that for a while, and then went and taught Vlad (didn't go quite as deep for once), and then afterwards had lunch with the ASL and zone leaders. We then traveled over and had a lesson with Andre, we read Ether 12 with him and had a super solid discussion about it. We then went and talked with the zone leaders about the problems that Elder Hansen has been having, and I had the opportunity to give him a blessing as well. We then went out and got supplies and groceries, and then came home and started ransacking the apartment to get it into better shape. We then had dinner and went to bed.
On Friday, President Morgan called, and told us that they'd be picking Elder Hansen up at 1:30 (it was about 11 at the time) to take him to the airport for a flight at 4. Welp. So we went back to the apartment, he started packing while I tried to find something to do. Anywho, Elder Hansen finished packing, then we talked for a little while, then the zone leaders came (they were my companions until my new one arrived), and then President and Sister Morgan pulled up and we loaded his stuff in and sent him on his merry way. We found out from President Morgan that my new companion would be Elder Potter (at least I know him), and that he'd arrive around 6. My only concern with being with him was that he goes home at the end of this transfer, meaning I'll probably stay here for yet another transfer. So after we sent Elder Hansen home, we went to teach a lesson to Njod (pronounced Najood), the zone leaders' soon-to-be convert. We then did a bit of online proselyting, and then went back to the apartment to wait for Elder Potter. He got here, we all talked for a bit, he unpacked a little, and then Elder Potter and I went to the chapel to go teach an online lesson to some people in Brazil (well, he taught and I gave input which he translated every once in a while), after which we came home.
Saturday, we did our studies and then went and helped with the Spanish Area Proselyting Focus (APF), which went pretty well. We were advertising for "Clase de Engles Gratis" (if that's how you spell it), and so we went tracting looking for Spanish people who didn't know English so that we could teach them English. Woo. We did that for several hours (oh, did I also mention that it was pouring rain the entire time), then met back at the 15th St chapel, went and got lunch, and then we went and did weekly planning (finally). We went from there back into the ever-increasing pouring rain to head to our dinner at Yolanda's. We ate too much food, and then came back home.
Sunday, we got up, did our studies (which now also include language studies for Elder Potter), then went off to ward council and talked about how the Spanish APF went. We then had church (fast Sunday shtuff), and then in Sunday School we talked about the Exodus, and then in third hour we were combined due to it being the 5th Sunday and we had a big group discussion on prayer. We then went upstairs and had lunch (Fletcher made us two loaves of bread, yumyumyumyumyumyumyum), and then we met up with the Hermanas and Elders Fronk and Longo and talked with them for a bit, then headed off to dinner at the Hanlon's. After that, we went home for the night. Oh, and it was my 5th month mark.
Monday, we did studies, and then went off to interviews with President Morgan, which went pretty well, and he told me that unless the Lord says otherwise, I'll be getting transferred at the end of this transfer, which'll be interesting. We also talked about how I'm doing, which was really great so that I could get a little of what I've been feeling off my chest. After interviews, we went to Steak and Shake for lunch, and then Elder Potter and I went down for a lesson with Andre. We talked with him about what had happened at church, and then helped emphasize the importance of prayer in overcoming temptations (since he wants to quit using certain things, and needs all the help he can get). After our lesson with him, we went to dinner at the Secrist's, and then went home.
Tuesday, we did studies, then went to district meeting, where we discussed the goals and plans our district should have. We then had lunch, and then had our interview with Elder Marshall. After that, we took Elders Fronk and Longo to go do service for Andre, as his apartment is super cluttered, so we helped him get stuff cleaned up a bit. We then called a bunch of referrals, and then stuck around for ASL class since it was happening right where we were, and then we went to dinner at the Egan's.
Today, we did laundry, and then studies, and then came here. So yeah, that's my week, things look like they'll calm down for a bit. We're going to go wander through Central Park as it's a super nice day today (high of 63!), so that'll be fun.
Anywho, hope you all have a great week, and I'll talk to you again later!
Elder Ralph Smith
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