The big miracle of the week was with Cristian. Last week we were so worried about him because he didn't have a job and he was going to run out of money and not be able to come from NY to Union City anymore. So on Monday we fasted for him to find a job. And then he got a job at a restaurant the very next morning! And that same day, the chef got fired and Cristian was immediately asked to take his job that had double the pay! Hermana Galvan and I were so happy when we found out; we were jumping up and down and hugging each other haha it was great! Fasting works!!
Union City continues to be... interesting as always. Last night we were chased down the street by a drunk guy cursing at us in Spanish. Same old same old...
Our teaching pool seems to have gone down. I don't know why. Cristian is really our only solid investigator right now. Everyone else either doesn't want to get baptized or can't. There are a couple kids we're teaching who really want to get baptized but their parents won't let them. And there's a super awesome Cuban guy Alex we're working with, but he has problems with the law (we're not sure what) and he's on probation for the next 18 months so he can't get baptized for a long time :( So we are working hard to find new people to teach, preferably families or women, because we've decided that the majority of the single men in this city are drunk and creepy. Speaking of creepy men, this week we were walking down the street and we randomly ran into Pablo, the one we dropped a couple weeks ago because he fell in love with us. It was seriously the most awkward moment ever to just run into him like that.
Last week I found out that the Infiniti I drove in high school finally bit the dust. And then a couple days later I saw a car that looked exactly like it so of course I took a picture to mourn my loss.
Wednesday we had exchanges, and this was the first time that I was actually in my own area for an exchange. I was definitely nervous for my first time leading the area without Hermana Galvan to help me! I felt like I didn't know my way around the area as well as I should have because usually I just follow Hermana Galvan around without even really thinking about where we're going. So it was fun to see how much I actually do know on my own when she wasn't here to help me.
And of course this weekend was General Conference!! Here in the mission General Conference weekend is like Christmas for missionaries. I loved every talk and I definitely got way more out of it than I did back home. I just feel like being on a mission makes me understand and appreciate all the topics discussed in Conference so much more than I did back home. For anyone who didn't get a chance to watch all the sessions, please do so because it was awesome!
<3 Hermana Harris
Me mourning the loss of my Infiniti and seeing one exactly like it :(
The streets of Union City. I am in the Garden State but there isn't a single plant in sight.
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