Saturday, December 5, 2015
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
"A Messenger of Direction"
Hello all!
It is incredible to me how quickly the time goes by here in
the
mission field. I can't believe that it is my Preparation day
here. The
days are flying by and I am truly grateful for all of the
moments that
I have left here.
This week and this past transfer of my mission have been
wonderful. I
have been learning so much and am loving being a missionary.
It is truly
a blessing to be here and to serve with such great people. I
am so
happy that I have been able to serve the fantastic people of
New York
City for this time in my life. I would not rather be
anywhere else in
the entire world.
This week was such a blessing. It truly was. We were so
guided to many
people who were so prepared to receive us but most importantly
the
message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that this
message of
hope, happiness and faith is true. I know that Jesus Christ
lives and
loves us. He is our Savior. He will never leave us alone. He
is always
with us to give us comfort, to strengthen us and to help us
through
the challenges of life.
I just want to express how grateful I am for the
time that I have been able to have to be a missionary. It is
truly a
blessing. I know that our Father in Heaven has a plan for
us. He truly
loves us. I know that as we truly strive to love others our
lives
change. We come to know who Christ is and we are filled with
joy as we
follow him.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored! I know it! As
we learn
and live it we are happy. I know that. The people here in
this city
are such good people. There are so many who are looking for
the truth
and just can't find it. I am so happy that I have been able
to be a
messenger of direction here. Miracles are possible in every
day. I
know that is true. I love you all and I am so grateful to
have been
able to serve a mission. I love my Father in Heaven and my
Savior
Jesus Christ. I am grateful for the Holy Ghost. He teaches
us when we
are ready and willing to learn. I know that he guides us
daily if we
are willing to listen to and follow him.
I know that this church is truly Christ's church. He leads
and guides
it! I love you all so much!
Love,
Elder Waidmann
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
"The Lord did a lot of good here"
Hey there everyone!
I am still in Corona! Yay! Transfers are tomorrow and Elder
Schenk is
leaving which is pretty crazy. We were only together for one
transfer
but it was a good transfer. I really learned a lot and we
did a lot of
good here, well The Lord did a lot of good here.
On Tuesday we visited with an awesome family from Ecuador.
They have two little boys who are always running around with a bunch of energy.
We have been trying to help them to come to church more often and to strengthen
their relationship with God. They came to church last Sunday and it was awesome!!
Hallelujah!
I love when people come to church! Because whenever you go
to church you feel the spirit, are uplifted and feel good. FACT! That is what I
want for everyone. Anyway, They were so happy and he shared his testimony in
Sacrament meeting which was fantastic. The
spirit there was so strong. We then watched Earthly Father, Heavenly Father the Mormon message
and
wooooo!!! That whole room was basically in tears. It was
such a
beautiful experience!
On Wednesday the senior couple the Bradfords came over to
our
apartment to put blinds in because we have bed sheets
hanging up as
drapes. Ha-ha :) She told us that is why we need women in our
lives to
make us spiffy and so that way our houses don't look
horrible.
THURSDAY WAS A DAY OF STRAIGHT MIRACLES!!!!
We visited a super awesome family. The husband is from
Colombia, There is a place in Colombia called Cali, so whenever I talk to people
from Colombia I tell them I am from there and they have a mini heart attack every
time because they get so excited, but then I say no actually CALIfornia and
they just laugh and are like of course!
Then after that we visited with this family that I met on
the street
one day. The guys name is C.
He called us and said "Hey! Do you remember
about our appointment that we have today? It is at 6 and
don't go
anywhere else to eat because we are going to give you Lomo
Saltado!" I
was soooo excited. I literally have never had that happen in
my entire
mission. It was so cool. Someone calling to confirm an appointment
with me?? It was
great! The mother, Milta the mom of the
family gave us cereal on the way out as well! Can you say MIRACLE??? I think
so! Because earlier in the week I had completely ran out of my important life
staple and was dying...okay...not really but I had no food basically and then BOOM! Tender
mercy from The Lord! I basically heard a choir singing Hallelujah!
In my
head ha-ha! We are so blessed!
On Friday we had a super sweet visit with a family from our
ward who
made us bomb Mexican food! Oh man! So good! I love Spanish
food so
much. For real. And we had a super fun spiritual thought
with them
about how we can restart every week as we take the
sacrament. The
lesson was of how as we draw something we can never do it
perfect but
every week God gives us a perfectly clean slate through the
sacrament.
God is amazing. I have never felt so guided on my mission
before. I
know he lives, loves, and guides us. He is a God of
miracles. If we
ask for them, then go out and look and work for them, they
come. Fact.
I know that to be true. I love my mission and I love this
place, these
people and God!
Love,
Elder Waidmann
Monday, November 3, 2014
"Life is pretty dang good over here!"
Hey!
Life is pretty dang good over here in New York. We had quite
an
eventful week with a lot of great things that happened.
We did a sweet flash mob activity with the missionaries in
Woodside on the 7 train. It was really cool! We sang "A Child's Prayer" (see the video below to hear what we sang) and the people on the train seemed to like it a lot. It was a lot of
fun and afterward we did it in one of the stations and because of
that a met a really cool kid who I talked to for a while. He lives in
Woodside and
told us how he really liked what we did as missionaries. It
was a really cool experience.
Friday was such a sweet day! I had so much fun! It was
awesome because
it was Halloween and there were sooooo many people outside.
It was funny because every time I had eye contact with someone on
the street I just yelled Happy Halloween to them it was pretty funny :)
What is different is that here in New York, is that all of the kids that go trick or treating go
from store to store on the street to get candy because everything here is in
apartment buildings. It was weird to see but it is pretty cool! That night we have to be inside early so then we planned and I carved a
pumpkin! Pretty fun. It was an awesome day.
There is this lady who has a stand by the church where she
sells nuts
and coco that are coated with some sweet sugary goodness and
she
always has us pray with her and then she gives us free nuts!
She is so
cool! She is Colombian and says that she is our mom while we
are out
here on the mission ha-ha! I love her! Then I got to dance
to that
sweet Ecuadorian music on the street and I was loving it! I
got the CD
and everything :) I had to! (See me dancing in the back left corner, to this sweet music ...below! :D)
After that we did a finding activity right off of the 7
train and I met a super cool kid. He was from Ecuador and we had such a good
conversation. It was probably one of
the best conversations that I have ever had with someone on
the street
on my mission. He was telling me how he wanted to change his
life and
I told him that the Gospel was the answer! I gave him a Book
of Mormon
and also some pamphlets and he very gratefully accepted.
Then after that we met up with his guy who I met back in
Woodside when I
was with Elder Rogers! It was so cool! He was super nice and
we talked
to him in Dunkin Donuts for a while and gave him a Book of
Mormon.
Moral of the story is you can literally have a lesson
anywhere in New
York!
Last but not least! Everyone should study the talks from L.
Tom Perry
and Richard G. Scott from this last conference. INCREDIBLE.
They are
amazing. That is all.
I love you all so much. I am grateful for the wonderful plan
that God
has for all of us. He really does have one. We just have to
communicate with Him to figure that out! :)
Much love from Corona Queens!
Elder Waidmann
Monday, October 6, 2014
Much Love From Corona!
Hello Everyone!
Well, I just recently got transferred and I am in a little
area known as Corona, Queens. I learned about this place before I came on my
mission that this place consisted of the most Spanish people in the mission. When
I heard this it was my dream to serve here. Why? So I could be surrounded by a
bunch of Spanish people all the time! Needless to say, I know that God knows
His children so
well, because I am now here and it is a dream come
true. I am still trying to take it all in! I love it though!
My new companion is Elder Schenk! He is great! He is full of
energy and his Spanish is super good. At transfer meeting we also watched a pre
screening edition of Meet the Mormons. That movie is awesome. I would recommend
truly to anyone. It is really informative, funny and full of life. I really
enjoyed it and I hope everyone who is reading this at least gives the trailer a
look!
Because then you will want to go and watch the movie :) Please watch the trailer below and then and check out their website: http://meetthemormons.com/ . On their page, you can find a theatre near you, by selecting your state and your city. Don't miss out! All net proceeds go to the American Red Cross!
On our first night here, I was just blown away by how many Spanish
people there were around here! :) It is seriously so cool! I was just so
excited to talk to the people here. I am so happy. I love sharing the gospel in the Spanish language. There is still people here from Bangladesh
and that made me really happy because I still get to surprise a lot of the
people and speak a little bit of Bengali to them which is always a lot of fun :)
We were able to meet some cool people on the street and invite them to come to church with us and to
watch General Conference. It is always kinda interesting when you tell
people that there is a person that was like Moses that is on the Earth
today :) We do have a living prophet on this earth today, who is the mouth piece for God, just as Moses was in his day. God loves us!
The other night we met a really cool family on the street
and talked to them for a while! Right after that I started
talking to another guy and he about had a heart attack that Elder Schenk and I both spoke spanish and
just kept saying how cool it was that we did, even though I sound like a
total white guy :) But hey I will take the compliment :)
It was a really fun week and I am really grateful to be
here! :)
Much love from Corona!
Elder Waidmann
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