18 Months in the Big Apple: THIS IS THE PLACE!

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

THIS IS THE PLACE!

Welcome to our row house! We live on the main level or second apartment. Zeina who is Greek lives downstairs and Eric and Michael from Israel live upstairs. We have a small backyard with a little patio and an Italian clothesline! We have the driveway where we park our mission Malibu sporting Idaho plates. We have a washing machine, so rare and wonderful, in our small isle kitchen. Our dining room window is above the garage and the living room window is next to it. We have two bedrooms and one bathroom. This is prime real estate in Astoria and we pay double for our rent than we ever paid for our homes in Idaho! Our new Bishop, Jason Howell and President Bennion get all the credit for finding our place.

3 comments:

Norm Rossell said...: Wow, I am impressed with the look of your apartment. We were deprived, that's for sure!! Darling kids, fantastic Easter cake...love your blog.....and YOU, TWO.
XOXOX MOM; March 29, 2008 at 6:52 PM
Sharon said...: Dear Elder & Sister West,

We love you like old friends! And we only met exactly three months ago today in the Provo MTC. That's what the gospel of Jesus Christ does ...it helps us recognize people we already know. That's how we know we're in the right place at the right time doing the right thing.

We love being here in New York with you and learning from your giant spirits and limitless energy and enthusiasm.

Your blog is just wonderful!

Hugs, the de Paulas; March 31, 2008 at 3:35 PM
Aaron and Kalle said...: Hello Wests,
I found your blog through Sean's. I love the world of the internet. Congradualations on serving a mission. I can't believe how your family has grow, what an accomplishment. My husband and I have 1 little girl. She is the light of our lives. We live in Dugway Utah. Aaron is a Meteorologist, and I am a stay at home mom.; April 2, 2008 at 1:25 PM

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“Service is the virtue that has distinguished the great of all times and which they will be remembered by. It places a mark of nobility upon its disciples. It is the dividing line which separates the two great groups of the world–those who lift and those who lean, those who contribute and those who only consume. How much better it is to give than to receive. Service in any form is comely and beautiful. To give encouragement, to impart sympathy, to show interest, to banish fear, to build self-confidence and awaken hope in the heart of others, in short–to love them and to show it –is to render the most precious service.”

Bryant S. Hinckley

January 10, 2008 we arrived in Queens, New York. We are currently serving as full-time missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We were called to serve in the New York, New York South Mission. It is a special and unique assignment. Serving here is like teaching all nations, with missionaries who teach in English, Spanish, Korean, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Russian and American Sign Language. Nearly 10 million people live within our mission, representing 112 nationalities. We are blessed to be serving along side the most incredible missionaries in the world! We love President and Sister Bennion who have been cherished friends since he was the president of Ricks College. We are happy to be serving the Lord and living on Steinway Street in Astoria.
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History of the New York, New York South Mission

Long before our mission was organized, Elder Parley P. Pratt was the first missionary in this dispensation to preach the Gospel in New York City and Long Island.
This mission has significant historic roots. It is the heart of the former Eastern States Mission which was established in 1839.
That mission, headquartered in Brooklyn, enjoys the distinction of being the second oldest mission of the Church, behind the British Mission.
The Eastern States Mission consisted of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and West Virginia in 1948. Since that time, many changes have been made in the boundries of the mission.
The name of the mission was changed from the Eastern States Mission to the New York New York Mission in 1974. At that time the mission included the following areas: New York State as far as Poughkeepsie, the entire state of Connecticut, a small part of Massachusetts, as well as part of New Jersey and the island of Bermuda. The mission boundaries were once again changed in 1976 excluding Massachusetts and all of the state of Connecticut, with the exception of Fairfield County.
In 1987, after another boundary change was made, the New York New York Mission consisted of the five boroughs of New York City (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island), Long Island, New York State north to Poughkeepsie, a portion of Connecticut and the island of Bermuda.
The mission was divided once again in 1993. The New York New York South Mission encompasses the New York City boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island, as well as the New York counties of Nassau and Suffolk on Long Island. It also includes the small British Island of Bermuda in the Atlantic.