We've had quite the week in the PVC. Lots of events and mercies and miracles and friendships. I truly love my mission with all of my heart.
The first major event of the week was an Open House at the New Haven chapel. It was great, because one of the Elders that had been serving in Hartford (the place we've been going every month for incredible, street-contacting Open Houses) was just "shotgunned" into New Haven. (Shotgunning means he opened the area. They never had English Elders there before him.) The very first phone call he made was to us, the PVC Sisters! He had seen the miracles and wanted it to happen in his new area, which just so happened to be another high-foot traffic area. This is the chapel on Yale campus, if you remember. So within a few days we had set up a time, packed up, and traveled out there!
It was a really big success. :) New Haven is a little more difficult than Hartford. I think it's because people are poor and humble in Hartford, and on Yale campus, more people just come inside for an intellectual battle. Still, we had 21 people walk in from the street for a tour! What an incredible experience! These Elders are so grateful to start off their area on the right foot. :)
Thursday we went back down to Ashford for their fair. So many people from the Zone came to help. We must have passed out over 80 Book of Mormons, and drawn so many people's attention with the Book of Mormon roundtable! I have an ever-increasing testimony of street-contacting and talking to everyone. You'll never know who the Lord will place in your path. So many people are so prepared. It was another incredible success.
We also got to travel to a chapel I've never been to, up in Keene, New Hampshire! They were having a big dinner and a Meet the Mormons movie night for everyone who wanted to come! I couldn't tell them apart, but apparently about 20 people who weren't members attended and had a wonderful time. Everyone there loved the Jesus Christ display. I'm so grateful to see this tool being put to good use, especially in new areas! Also, Keene is the only area that covers Vermont. So, since we were so close to the border, we took a little side trip for a picture! I'll have to send it! I've officially been to 5 states on my mission! Vermont is absolutely stunning.
Our second ever PVC-ran Primary event was this Saturday! In Weston, my home area. :D Those events take a ton of work, but they're so much fun! We had all of the stations set up with Watch and Learn and an activity attached to each. The missionaries in the area helped us run everything so the kids could go in any order to get every station checked off. They love planting their seed and building prayer sandwiches and the huge map of the world they could run all over. It was so fun. Those kids are adorable, and I really think this Primary event will become so popular. It's perfect for so many wards.
We had a party up in Cambridge, and yesterday we went to Central Falls to train the Spanish ward on how to give tours themselves, prepping them for their upcoming Open House! I'm so excited. You know how much I love Central Falls. We have the potential to do something amazing here, I know it. The Lord is at the helm of this great work!
You are all in my thoughts and prayers! Thank you, again, for your constant support and love. You mean the world to me, and I draw strength from your examples every day. I love my mission--I love the gospel. We are so so so blessed.
Love,
Sister Merkley
MBM PVC Missionary
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