One year older, and wiser too. 🎂 5/18/15

Hi everybody! 

First off, thank you for the birthday wishes.. I didn't know so many people loved me! Thank you! 

This past week was awesome. Our actual numbers weren't a record high.. To say the least.. But we worked hard and found some great people to teach. Finding people in New York City, is probably a lot different than anywhere else on the earth.. Because people here are crazy! And by crazy, I mean crazy good! I love it. 

Sister Snow and I made a goal to talk to (and share the gospel) with at least one person on every train or bus ride.. That's a lot of people in one day. Haha. We meet people from EVERYWHERE. This week on the bus some of the countries people have been from include: Ireland, the Dominican Republic, Japan, Russia, West Africa, Jamaica the Island, and tons more. 

Queens really is the most diverse place ever. 

Anyway, Sister Snow and I are doing great. We're usually the only white girls on the bus. And it's hilarious. When short Hispanic men hit on us, her reaction is priceless. She's 5.11 and I'm almost 5.8'.. So it's really funny. I don't know, maybe you'd have to be there. 

That's what it's like with everything on the mission.. you kind of have to be here to understand what I'm talking about. 

We've had a few meetings this week. One of which, was at our mission president's house. So that was cool! We had a bunch of workshops on 'tools' we should use as missionaries. That included: praying in the name of Christ, Listening, Following up on baptismal invitations, using the Book of Mormon, have short powerful lessons, using our technology/online pamphlets, and enhancing converts' first temple experience. It was good! President Calderwood goes home July 1st.. Which is coming up. Everyone's freaking out a little bit. 

But, I'm sure President Reynolds is great. Derek's grandma sent me a little bio of him cut out of the news paper and all the missionaries are passing it around haha. 

Richmond Hill is doing great! Deborah is getting confirmed on Sunday, so I'm really glad/excited/happy about that! She's amazing. 

Love you all, 

Sister Sammy Tenney