The weather has been quite nice here in NYC. The trees are once again changing colors, something I really didn't see in Arizona. Two falls in the city has been nice.
Overall in the past 15 months, I've seen the (Deaf) branch improve overall. There are still times when all seems in chaos, but for the most part it is steadily slowly improving. The stake has been talking about putting in some more hearing people to fill some of the administrative callings, but nothing has happened as of yet. It will be interesting if it does happen.
Now, I will explain my title. Last Thursday we went to see our main investigator -- Genesis -- at her home. Because no other men were home and the member we had with us was a female, we couldn't go into her apartment, so we held the lesson down in the front lobby area. It wasn't the most comfortable, but it worked. The first ten minutes or so were good as we followed up on commitments and began teaching.
Then, a group of guys barged in and became super rowdy, saying things like "it's about to get hiiiiigh in here!" They didn't harm us or anything, but our investigator got super uncomfortable and the spirit left. As they got settled and their loud music playing, one tossed me a bag of weed. I promptly tossed it back and lightly stated that I didn't do that stuff. We tried for about a minute to move on with our discussion, but the environment was not conducive to teaching. So, we moved to the adjacent building's lobby, where we had a great lesson in relative peace. Moral of the story: say no to drugs, amongst other things.
That was probably the highlight of the week thus far, and everything else was just about normal.
Love y'all,
Elder Ryan Turner
New York New York North Mission
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