Hello!

 Well I've been a missionary for almost a month now and I've received an email from alot of you and yes I'm still alive haha. Mondays are my p-day so if you wanna chat more download Google chat and text my missionary email. chase.mikkola@missionary.org 

Well this first week in NYC has been a change that's for sure. I'm on long Island in a town called plainview. My companion is elder larson from st George Utah. This week has consisted of talking to many many rude people that blow you off and act like your not even there, one guy cussing me out and telling me that I'm apart of a cult and the church just asks for money. On the bright side if gotten a few people to say they were going to church which was awesome. There's not alot of members of the church out here so it's really different. Out here we don't knock doors, we walk around the Walmart parking lot for 5-6 hours a day which gets old fast but I'll get used to it. Church was really good on Sunday there was maybe 75 people in sacrament meeting on Sunday in the family ward. And after that I had to speak in the singles ward. I was expected to talk for 10 minutes and I thought that was crazy because my farewell talk was maybe 4 minutes. Butttt I did awesome and ended up speaking for 15 minutes which felt super good. Lots of people thanked me for my talk after church and it made me feel so good. I've taught 5-6 lessons this week which I struggle with. Knowing the gospel for ourselves is one thing but sharing it people that barely know who God is is quite difficult for me. But I'll get there. Today was p-day we drove 2 hours clear out to the end of long Island to look at the lighthouse and walk on the beach. It was awesome. It's called Montauk point light house it was built in 1796 and is the first lighthouse in the state.  Then we went to I hop after and all I got was a breakfast plate with French toast and it was 40 dollars. Freaking ridiculous. Also my companion and I figured out how to get onto the roof of the church so that's been fun. I hope you all have an amazing week and if you want me to send you that talk just hmu on Google chat and I'll send it to you. Or you could ask my mom. I'll share it with her.  I love you all,    Elder Mikkola.

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