Newark
Hey everyone!
It's been a while since I've written and I apologize. Things have been incredibly busy around here which is great.
This week I was transferred from Union City to Newark. I miss Union City and all the people there a whole lot, but Newark is great! You can't drink the water here because it's full of lead, the drivers are super aggressive and you get honked at for following the law, and it's definitely a rougher part of town than Union City. I love it.
We've got an amazing Ward. It's known by all the missionaries as one of the best in the mission. We have an amazing apartment on the 12th floor overlooking the city (see the view at sunrise attached). I have a new companion, Elder Wagner. He's from Delta, Utah and is honestly one of the best missionaries in the mission. The people here are super awesome as well. They're so prepared to hear the Gospel. From Tuesday to Saturday we just taught lessons all day every day. We're feeling really blessed and I know we're going to do great things.
Here are a couple of the people we're teaching:
The Almache Family:
They're super cool. Elder Wagner met them two weeks ago from today and they're already progressing so much. They came to church and loved it yesterday. The dad has been reading and praying really hard because he wants to know if our message is true.
Juan:
Super cool 20-something guy. Moved here from the Dominican Republic. He's really looking for peace and loves listening to our message. He gets so excited and happy when we pray with him and share with him.
Josefina:
She's super cool. She's blind and lives in an assisted living home. She's super funny. She really wants to get baptized and has a lot of friends in the ward. She just needs permission from everyone at the assisted living home to go to church every week which is something we're working on.
There's honestly like a lot more people who I could go on about, but those are some people who stuck out this week and I've got more appts tonight.
Love you all!
Elder Reyes