Week 17- Lost in the ghetto!

Well this week was significantly less exciting than last week. We haven't had anything too crazy happen to us, which is a nice change!

On Friday we always visit Sister Griffin. She's been baptized for just under a year. She's 80 years old and kind of crazy so we really like her. We knocked on her door and she yelled "just a minute!" When she opened the door her pants were undone, she told us she'd been in the little girls room. I think she knew that her pants were undone, because by the end of the lesson her button was done up. :) We went to walk out of her apartment and Sis. Richeson said "sister griffin, i think your water is running..." she panicked and went off about how the neighbors were going to kill her! She's a hoot. She's missing most of her teeth and she shaves her head and she's about as black as black gets.

Anyway, after her appointment we got in the elevator. Sis richeson and I have been talking to her security guards so we wanted to find a scripture to share with one of them. The elevator door closed and sister richeson panicked because we hadn't thought of a scripture yet so she pulled an Elf and pushed ALL of the floors to buy us some time. We got to the 5th floor and a lady got in with us. (by now we had a scripture) When the elevator stopped at floor 4 and no one was there, she looked confused and just pushed the button to close the doors. When the elevator got to floor 3 and no one was there she said something in spanish and pushed the button. When the elevator got to the second floor and no one was there I'm pretty sure she cursed and pushed the button to close the door. by this point richeson and i were LOSING IT! I could not stop laughing but we had to laugh quietly so the lady didn't know it was us. She was NOT happy!

Yesterday was a real winner. The ward asked the sister missionaries to go and visit a lady that had just moved in. She lives in the middle of the hood so we had to have some elders escort us down there. The elders didn't want to take us through the worst part so we walked like three miles just to get to her house. We got there and she was NOT happy to see us. The bishop from her old ward moved her records without asking her (even though she lives in our ward boundaries..) and she yelled at us for a solid, oh, 25 minutes. The elders were outside waiting for us and they texted us to see if we were dead.. they were a little concerned! She wouldn't even let us share a scripture with her!

After that we went and looked up some people in our area.. and we walked another mile or so. Then we went to dinner as a district in a part of our zone that I'd never been to. After dinner we were on a select bus (which is like an express train, they make about half the stops so it's a lot faster) Our zone leaders acted like they knew where they were going so we all just trusted them! They told us to get off the bus at a stop, so we did. (It was sis Richeson and I and 2 elders) We thought we'd be right by the train station but we were actually in the middle of no where. in the Bronx. at 845. we are supposed to be home at 9! So we start walking.. and walking... and we ask a few people for directions.. and we keep walking. To make a LONG story short we finally found where we needed to be to get home at about 1015. The zone leaders felt SUPER bad so they met us at the bus stop. I was exhausted.. we'd walked about 5 or 6 miles total that day and it was SUPER hot. The zone leaders told me they were sorry and asked if I would shake their hand, so I did. One asked how I was feeling and of course by that point I'm tired and exhausted and mad and frustrated so I cried. Whatever. Everyone has to be THAT sister missionary at some point in their mission. :)

OH! GOOD NEWS!!

We are getting Iphones/Ipads/Facebook October 22. that means we will be able to proselyte online. I will keep the facebook that I already had, so Krisan you won't have to update it. I will have to hide all of my friends from home and I think my family.. so I can't see whats going on but you'll be able to see my posts. I won't be able to chat with anyone unless it's helping me fulfill my purpose as a missionary. This is REALLY exciting. The Ipads will have siri so I won't get lost anymore... and I'll be able to email as long as I want to on p-day. We'll probably be able to skype from them on mothers day and Christmas, too! Keeping these privileges depends 100% on how obedient we are.. so please, help a sister out. Literally ;) When I find out more information I'll let you know!

My very first baptism is on Saturday. I'll be sure to email you some pictures after that. Brother V is super excited and we've got a lot of the ward involved, so I think it will go well. You all are in my thoughts and prayers! Love you!

PS I got an email from Elder Carlee he just said that time flies and he's not really assigned to an area, so he and his companion are just roaming around. he said it was good to hear from me, so that's fun :) Just think. people probably think I just left. and in 3 months I'll get to talk to you on the phone and computer! :) we are on the downhill slope to christmas.