Though the workload this week wasn't the greatest, we did actually see a little progress in the branch. Elder Holloway and I have served in this branch for most of our missions thus far and still only finally contacted two inactive members that we haven't seen or met our entire time here. One of them told us just to come back in a week, but the other accepted our invitation to attend church and actually came on Sunday! We met her as we were calling through strings of phone numbers and stumbled across her videophone, and she has since given us her new address. Elders Bell and West will be working with her more, as she is now in their area.
We also found a former investigator that has investigated off and on for years and has also moved around a lot. He had been to the branch a couple years before, so our branch president recognized him when we took him with us to teach. The lesson went well, President Bond helped explain the Restoration in clear terms, and we set a baptismal date for June 5, something we haven't successfully done for a while. Hopefully he keeps on the path this time.
I also learned a new phrase this week -- "An empty can makes the most noise." A man on the subway leaned over and told me this as another clearly drunk/high/crazy guy loudly sang/rambled in the subway and threatened to break the jaw of anyone who stepped on his sneakers. I love Elder West's question of "Why does the weird stuff always happen on the subway?!" I then gently remind him that there are plenty of weird things that happen in public as well, but do agree that the subway has some pretty odd things. What better place to perform/beg/solicit/preach/panic/sing/be high/be drunk/sleep/shout than a place with a captive audience? Oh, how I will miss this city when I return to the west this summer.
Elder Ryan Turner
New York New York North Mission
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