Hola mi familia!
This week I hit 13 months... HOW IS TIME GOING BY SO FAST?? Sister White keeps telling me that the things we did a week ago feel like they happened two days ago. I couldn't agree more. We have had awesome days and are working hard, which just makes time fly.
This week we taught an incredible lesson with Tita, and a rock-solid member, Hermana Olivo. We gave Tita the assignment to start reading the Book of Mormon, and we were SOOO happy when we came back with Hermana Olivo and she told us that she had read from the beginning up to 1 Nephi 3! The pobresita though, she didn't understand any of it! But it was incredible to see her continuing to progress. Hermana Olivo helped explain a few things of the Book, and Tita had a renewed desire to read again! I was so impressed and felt so grateful that even though she didn't understand much, she continued to read (good example for me, as I am currently reading in 2 Nephi and am trudging through the Isaiah chapters...haha). We love Tita so much. And Hermana Olivo. Hermana White sings like an angel and felt like she should sing "Nearer my God, to Thee" at the end of the lesson. The Spirit was so strong, and it was a testimony that music makes a HUGE difference.
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Hermana White and I in NYC! She’s so hilarious. I love her. She hates being touristy, but I told her we needed a pic! haha
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Monday night we had a dinner with one of the best Mexican cooks EVER, the Rodriguez family. Hermana Rodriguez is an angel and I LOVE eating at her house. They were baptized a year ago and are working on getting sealed soon!! Hermano Rodriguez is a huge jokester and it's fun to be with them. Their oldest son, Rodrigo, was not baptized with them (he is 20ish) and on Monday we had a treat as we were able to teach him, his friend, and their grandpa. We were asked to teach them about testimonies since Hno and Hna are going to give their testimonies in sacrament meeting on Sunday (*tip: make sure the ward mission leader has already asked them to speak in sacrament meeting before you go and ask them if they are ready to speak on Sunday... Awkward!). We talked about how a testimony is truth revealed by the Holy Ghost, parts of a testimony, why we have testimonies, and the power of testimonies. We finished the lesson with our testimonies and there was a really sweet spirit in the room. The power of a simple testimony can change lives.
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Posterity Picture!
Smith, Ramirez, Me, White, Vicino, Newsom
I have now trained Ramirez, White & Vicino
Ramirez is training Hermana Smith and Vicino is training Hermana Newsom
So, in missionary lingo, these are my 3 children and 2 grandchildren : )
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The elders are going to keep working with Rodrigo, so we are praying for them! Funny story from the lesson: at the end, Hermana Rodriguez’s dad, a non-member and also a jokester, sat for a second and then decided to give his own testimony, "Bueno, yo se que ella aprenda español bien rápido (pointing to Hermana White), y que ousted es Dominicana." Translation: "I know that Sister White is learning Spanish quickly, and that you are Dominican." Definitely truths, I’m just not sure the Spirit revealed those things to him ; )
Other funny story from the week: Thursday night, while driving home in the dark, I saw a giant blob crossing the street. As it got closer to our car, it looked like a giant rat. I slammed on the brakes and barely missed hitting an opossum! Welcome to the east coast.
Love you all, thank you so much for all your prayers and support. I can feel them every day and know that the people here in White Plains can feel them as well.
Love,
Hermana Dodson
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