Week 41: Tendremos conferencia en tres días!




Gracias a él activity! Talked to like 200 people in an hour and a half. 
Another week here in Harlem in the books! This weekend is General Conference and I can't tell you how excited I am!

We had some pretty cool stuff happen to us on Saturday. We were walking down the street after having contacted people for about 2 hours, with no success. A man walks up and asks us how we're doing which is super weird in New York because usually when people walk up to us it's either to yell at us or lie to us and say they are college graduates who need some change for some coffee. We ended up walking with him for about 20 blocks, talking about his family and how he loves the peace that our church brings to the Harlem community. We left him with a card and then had another awesome thing happen when we went to look up an investgator. We got out of the elevator and saw a lady that we had passed off a few weeks ago, and she told us that she took seeing us again as a confirmation that she was on the right path. Then as we were walking down the street again, we ran into a building after this Hispanic guy to invite him to English class and we ended up sharing Because of Him! He told us he wanted us to come back and teach his family. Then we were about to go home when we turned around and decided to do one more look up. We knocked on the door and the kids answered, and we shared Because of Him. One of the friends that was at the house was just staring at us the whole time making it very apparent that he wasn't interested. The mom ended up getting home right before we were going to leave and she invited us inside! We had an awesome lesson that basically turned into a testimony meeting. The kid told us his testimony of prayer and how it changed his life, and that my experience that I had shared with him was very similar to what happened to him. It was so awesome to see his change in countenance as the spirit filled the home.

Yaromy! On a split with elder Bailey and this member is a boss sorry for the bad quality :(

We also had a split on Monday with the Zone Leaders and Elder Bailey came to our area. It was seriously one of the best splits I've had. Just working super hard and teaching all the people in our area was awesome, and we made it a point to keep the conversation focused on the work which helped us feel the spirit so much stronger. We also met a member from Salt Lake! Oh yeah and we had a lesson with this guy named Walter who loves to sing for us so I'll try and throw in some videos later today!

So for General Conference this weekend, I actually just want to invite all of you to go into it with a question. I've seen that bringing a question that you really are seeking an answer for helps us find it through the spirit. It is so cool and we are so blessed to be able to hear from the prophet of God in just a few days. Don't miss it!!!

Love you all so much and have a great week!

Elder Adam Ray Allen
New York New York North Mission
700 White Plains Rd Ste 315 Scarsdale, NY 10583

 
 

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