18 Months in the Big Apple: Our Day After Thanksgiving Feast

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Our Day After Thanksgiving Feast

Thanksgiving Day was spent with members and investigators and then on Friday we had our weekly district meeting. It was followed by Christmas caroling on the trains. We gave out many Joy to the World pass along cards. It was lots of fun and people were very receptive. Then we all went back to the church to celebrate with our Thanksgiving potluck together. We won a free 22 pound Butterball Premium Turkey from Best Market. We brought the stuffed bird, candied yams, gravy, cranberry sauce, peach cobbler (for Elder Werner) and pumpkin crunch dessert. The elders and sisters brought mashed potatoes, corn, green salad, fruit salad, and cherry, banana cream and chocolate cream pies and miracle rolls! Amazingly, our dinner was absolutely delicious and we had such a wonderful time together. On Thanksgiving Day some of our elders shared that they had stomach lining, which was tasty and good, but they were grateful for a traditional dinner. Friday was also Sister Marshall's birthday. The sisters put 23 candles in pumpkin crunch and she made her wish and blew them out! We each talked about our beloved family traditions and then drew each others names and told why were thankful for that person. We are a family of sorts and we loose and gain new members every six weeks. Still we grow to love one another as we strengthen and serve together. It's a blessing we cherish. pictured above at the head of the table, our birthday girl, Sister Marshall, on the left side, new Hermano Montano, from American Fork, Utah, Sister Folsom, an ASL sister (who was transferred back to Woodside), Elders West, Werner, Goodman and McLean. On the right side, Hermano Thomas, Elders Imlay, Froerer, and our new Zone Leader, Elder Heiner.

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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.