18 Months in the Big Apple: "Welcome, Sister and Elder Bulloch"

Saturday, March 28, 2009

"Welcome, Sister and Elder Bulloch"

Mission miles, mail, and mattresses, are a few of the responsibilities Elder and Sister Bulloch from Cedar City, Utah, will oversee in our mission for the next 18 months. Elder and Sister Burt returned to Logan, the end of February. For almost a full transfer Elder Swift (L), has handled all the mail, and Elder Rencher (R), the mission vehicles. This was in addition to all of the regular service they provide to the mission; checking all the cars at zone conferences, moving furniture in and out of pads, proselyting, and we have found they know almost everything about this mission! Elder Rencher has served in the office for the past six months, as well as two transfers in Astoria. We are fairly sure he will be leaving our area on Tuesday. These two elders have been training the Bullochs and they are doing amazingly well. Office work involves long hours and lots of follow up. We understand from the Conlins that Elder and Sister Burt reported their mission last Sunday in Logan and it was a mini-mission reunion. The had fun telling colorful stories about NY cockroaches, bed bugs, and other problems they made a continual effort to solve. Sister Burt compiled all of the Mission Miracle stories for the book we each received for Christmas. We will always treasure it and appreciate all that the Burts did to support all of the missionaries here. We know after meeting Elder and Sister Bulloch that they will be a strength as well and look forward to getting to know them. We are so thankful that the Bullochs and Burts chose to serve. Congratulations to all!

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Sharon said...: Good to see the newest couple. We'll have to stop by the mission office and say hi...and find out a thing or two about them.; March 30, 2009 at 10:51 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.