18 Months in the Big Apple: Extraordinary Guests...The Low Family

Monday, September 1, 2008

Extraordinary Guests...The Low Family

Elders Low's family arrived Saturday night from Perry, Utah. We met them at the Astoria Ward on Sunday morning and were so pleased they could join us for dinner. They are here, staying in Manhattan for three days where Elder Low will join them on Tuesday evening. They will pick him up at the Bennion's home in Port Washington. He was so excited and thrilled to see them, but has stayed focused on the work. Elder Low has been such a fine missionary. He loves his family and the gospel and you can feel that from him. We will always remember that whenever we talked about something that was challenging, Elder Low would assure us that he had five sisters and could manage anything! Pictured above are Elder Low's parents, Roger and Mona Low, with Elder Low's cousin, Liesel Davis, who lives in Manhattan. Elder Low's two younger sisters, joined their parents for a week in NY, Stacie and Sara, and Elder Low and Elder Werner. What a blessing it has been to know this fine Elder and meet his wonderful family. He has represented them well. We know they will have a fantastic week here in NY, especially on Long Island where Elder Low served most of his mission. In the last six weeks we have grown to love Elder Werner, who has great enthusiasm for the work, steps up to contribute in the Astoria Ward, and displays a great sense of humor and ready smile! He says he never been asked to be in so many pictures in his life. Keep smilin' Elder Werner!

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Sharon said...: How we LOVE Elder Low! We were so pleased to get to know him out our way in Zone 8 "on the Island" as they say. He is a fine young man and examplary missionary.

Looks like you put on a good feast for his whole family:-) Of course!; September 10, 2008 at 11:57 PM

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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.