Wow what a day we had today, Tuesday. Paul was assigned to the baptistery at 11 and was expecting a group of 5, then two came in trying to catch the airport, 3 Elders and one endowed brought a new convert from PA, Spanish couple, 2 sisters and 1 Spanish brother and 3 more sisters all walk-ins except for the Buchanan family (one of our missionary workers). It all worked out as usual in the temple. I had the opportunity to assist in a sealing of a Spanish couple who had been on a session and wanted to to have his grandparents sealed and then have his mother sealed to them. I got to be the proxy for the his mother who was being sealed to her parents.
We always have a wonderful day in the temple no matter what comes. Again it's summer and we ave a lot of visitors who want to come to the New York Temple. That really says wonderful things about the members of the Church that they would make time in their schedule to come to the Lord's house to help further His great work.
Wednesday evening we had Christian Jones and a professor and her husband that he had in Provo come to dinner. They were in NY for business. They are from Pleasant Grove but looking at moving to NY for his work.
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| Paul, Christian Jones, Bradford and Heather Pack |
We were blessed to meet up with Mercy and Jerry Strubeck on Thursday. They were on their way to a family wedding and took time to come to the temple. We were able to be on a session with them.
Sunday was a wonderful day in Kingsbridge 2 Ward. Lots of good testimonies and two investigators who have set a baptism date bore their testimonies. Our Temple Preparation class was full, everyone was there and we had a new member, JoJo, Sunday, Gloria, Frank, Gina, Pearlina and Jeannette. After the block we met with the missionaries. I made them some Artisan Cheddar bread which I got from Sister Harris and some strawberries. They have a baptism next Sunday so we are all excited and transfers are coming up next Sunday also so we will be losing at least two of our missionaries. Sister Spendlove is going home and Elder Howard has been in this Ward for 7 months.
Sunday evening we were invited to the Mumfords apartment to visit with a sister they had met who is studying vocal. The Holloways were also there and we had a chance to get to know each other much better. The Mumfords are from Logan and the Holloways are from Rexburg and have served 5 missions. We are in great company.
P-day today was pretty fun, 4th of July. Paul got up and got the laundry done and at 9:30 we left for Coney Island. Took an hour on the subway. A concert was going when we got there. We walked up and down the boardwalk and out on the pier. People were already filling up the beach and by the time we left the rides were starting to open and more people were arriving. Before leaving we stopped for a hot dog but they didn't look that great so we decided on an Italian sausage with onions and peppers, very tasty.
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| Reuben, a real helper on the subway. A local Brooklyn who took the time to be friendly and help us. |
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| A small group on Coney Island as we arrived. |
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| Coney Island Beach behind us |
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| Looks pretty scary |
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| Coney Island beach |
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| Brooklyn minor league ball park on Coney Island |
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| Our tasty Italian Sausage |
We were leaving Coney Island just as the mob of people were arriving. We caught the subway and got off at the Brooklyn Bridge. Decided it was a good to walk across it. Very beautiful afternoon and it is quite amazing how this bridge was built. It was started in 1869??
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| In the sidewalk before going up the stairs to the bridge |
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| leaving the Brooklyn Bridge |
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| Brooklyn Bridge walking and biking across |
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| We were serenaded by three artists on the subway |
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| NY Supreme Court and Federal Court |
From here we went to China Town and tried to find a couple of store we visited a few weeks ago. Some success and some failure. We finally got home around 4 pm. A really fun day and our feet were tired.
Later in the evening we went to the rooftop to watch the fireworks. We were not sure if we would be able to see them but around 9:25 pm they went off and we could see the tops. We got a little rain on us but it was fun. We came back to the apartment and watched it again on tv.
We are grateful for your love and support. Keep your covenants and be faithful.
1 comment:
What a treat it was to visit you both at the New York Manhattan Temple. I think we lay claim as the first to visit you from "home" in Camarillo. We're glad we had time to go to the rooftop of your building to take in the splendor of the city below. It is truly a magnificent location and you are blessed to be able to serve the wonderfully diverse people there. Touring the beautiful Temple was great especially seeing it from the perspective of our friends serving their (fourth?) mission there. Best was having you join us in our session. THAT was special! Thank you so much for going out of your way to meet us and treat us like family. We hope we get to see you in NYC again soon and have some pizza at Lombardi's or a pastrami sandwich at Carnegie's. Every time we see you guys we're inspired to dream about our own mission one day. We love you! It was great to visit with you!
Jerry and Mercy
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