Hunky Cousins, Tanner, Drew and David loving the SUN!
Fashion gals, Great-Grandma Gege with her newest adorable great-granddaughter little Lily!
Joyful Grandpa Norm hangin' out with 10 of his 21 great-grandchildren on this reunion's new toy, the Airhead! In the near future, Dad will have 2 more great-grandbabies to love!
We are thankful for the privilege of serving here in NYC, but this week our hearts have been in Oceanside, California as all of our family have partied at the Rossell Reunion. The entire Axelgard Family except Dave, along with Grandma Theresa Rossell, Eleanor and Michael Potter with their new baby, Calvin, congratulations guys, and Chas and I missed it. The Axelgards are picking up our nephew who has been serving a mission in Figi. All our West children and grandchildren, all 22 of them traveled to be with our family and they had a unbelievably great time. The miracle was that my father who has suffered from renal-cell carcinoma for the past 12 years and is under the full time care of hospice was able to join with them on the beach, in the San Diego Temple, and had a mostly pain-free week. He's had an incredible life of love and service and we are so glad he was able to leave his hospital bed and join in. He's always been up for a party! How we love you Mom and Dad and all the Rockin' Rossells! We were there in spirit. Our week has been an especially rewarding one as we held closing social dinners with each of our Institute classes and testimony meetings. All of the scriptures focus on Jesus Christ and we feel that our students have appreciated our class this summer and we have learned so much from them. We thank them for their faithfulness and we love each one. Now we have a break till the second week of September. It's been a great summer!
What a beautiful post Renee! Those are just adorable pictures. It could only have been better to see you and Chas in the reunion pictures. Next year, huh?
Yes, a mission is a "sacrifice" - giving up something good for something better.
“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
New York South Mission Blog
New Astoria Ward Members
WEST'S NEW YORK, NEW YORK SOUTH MISSION
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. Thank you for visiting our blog! Please feel free to leave comments or questions. It makes our day:-)
After almost 37 years of teaching dance at BYU-Idaho, Charles retired December 31, 2007. All of our children danced with the BYU-I Folk Dancers, so as a family we donned costumes for one last memory together.
Below, all of the West Family, pictured below the glorious, new Rexburg Temple.
(Michael Lewis Photography, Thanksgiving 2007)
Be grateful Be smart Be involved Be clean Be true Be positive Be humble Be still Be prayerful
by President Gordon B. Hinckley
Parley P. Pratt
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.
This beautiful stone building, center, located at 973 5th Avenue, across from Central Park, served as headquarters of the Eastern States Mission in 1963.
New York New York South Mission Home
The current Mission Home is located in a lovely neighborhood in Port Washington, New York.
Live in such a way that those who know you, but don't know Christ will want to know Christ because they know you.
Those who love Christ the most, are the most Christlike.
Welcome Spring
"All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar."
Helen Hayes
Newsroom - LDS Church 3
A Passion for Primroses
"I promise that when you get your release, if you have forgotten yourself these years, all will have come to you, the things that you might have wished for yourself, and you shall have them all, even though you did not anticipate and wait for them. You shall have obtained knowledge and the spirit of the gospel, and your testimony shall have increased. You shall be polished; you shall have a sublime and beautiful life."
President Spencer W. Kimball (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 589)
Hunky Cousins, Tanner, Drew and David loving the SUN!
Fashion gals, Great-Grandma Gege with her newest adorable great-granddaughter little Lily!
Joyful Grandpa Norm hangin' out with 10 of his 21 great-grandchildren on this reunion's new toy, the Airhead! In the near future, Dad will have 2 more great-grandbabies to love!
We are thankful for the privilege of serving here in NYC, but this week our hearts have been in Oceanside, California as all of our family have partied at the Rossell Reunion. The entire Axelgard Family except Dave, along with Grandma Theresa Rossell, Eleanor and Michael Potter with their new baby, Calvin, congratulations guys, and Chas and I missed it. The Axelgards are picking up our nephew who has been serving a mission in Figi. All our West children and grandchildren, all 22 of them traveled to be with our family and they had a unbelievably great time. The miracle was that my father who has suffered from renal-cell carcinoma for the past 12 years and is under the full time care of hospice was able to join with them on the beach, in the San Diego Temple, and had a mostly pain-free week. He's had an incredible life of love and service and we are so glad he was able to leave his hospital bed and join in. He's always been up for a party! How we love you Mom and Dad and all the Rockin' Rossells! We were there in spirit. Our week has been an especially rewarding one as we held closing social dinners with each of our Institute classes and testimony meetings. All of the scriptures focus on Jesus Christ and we feel that our students have appreciated our class this summer and we have learned so much from them. We thank them for their faithfulness and we love each one. Now we have a break till the second week of September. It's been a great summer!
1 comment:
What a beautiful post Renee! Those are just adorable pictures. It could only have been better to see you and Chas in the reunion pictures. Next year, huh?
Yes, a mission is a "sacrifice" - giving up something good for something better.
Love ya' Sharon
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