June 2013 Missionary News

This rainy June has made our mission beautiful. The trees are full of green leaves and the Azaleas, Dogwoods, and now the Hydrangeas fill the air. Street vendors are out with coco helado and street food. The first of June was the only Yankees game on P-Day for the whole season and the New York North missionaries filled the stands. What a sight to see all those beautiful faces in the stands.

Sister Aguirre and Sheet study on the subway to the game.

Elder Gleason, Richards, and Ishikawa

 

Elder World & Fox so stylin' Elder Picoli can't believe it!

 

This cycle is an Interview Cycle, so all the missionaries have been meeting with the President.

Elder Coleman, Elder Encarnacion, and Elder Ordaz

Elder Encarnacion from Texas came in mid-cycle to join Elder Coleman and Ordaz in Kingsbridge. Elder Ryan, left in a whirlwind for his assignment in Australia, Vietnamese speaking. He had 1 1/2 hour to pack. Elder Lee left for Brazil on July 1st.

Elder Potter, Elder Lee, and Elder Garibay

President Freihofner, President Morgan, and President Turley

We also said good-bye to President Turley (President Morgan's counselor) and his family. They are moving to Arizona. He was a wonderful leader for our missionaries.

May 2013 in the NYNY North Mission

May in NYNY North

The mission has had a busy month. Our motto has been "Change is the only constant".  Some of the highlights of the month have been received Elder Wang

Elder Wang, Williams, and Davidson

  Awonderful set of Zone Conferences on May 7, 9, & 10. The President and Assistants presented a wonderful uplifting meeting. Dr. Aldous provided wise council and met with missionaries individually who requested advice.

Dr. Aldous and his wife Sydney

Some of our missionaries 
and Ryan Morgan have received some publicity on lds.org and in the Deseret News Church News Section. We are famous!

During May the mission participated in two service activities. The Manhattan zones worked for three days with the Relvon Walk Run in the city.

The Westchester, Olmstead, and Kingsbridge Zones worked to prepare Camp Liahona for the summer season. What a beautiful setting to work!

The Peads

The Senior Couples number grew with the addition of Elder & Sister Pead (CES) and Elder & Sister Hanson (Family History) but were sad to say good-bye to Elder & Sister Wheelwright and Elder & Sister Passey. They enjoyed a great tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and picnic in the Botanical Gardens.


The mission received 9 new missionaries on May 28th:
Elder Avanesyan 
Elder Leung
Sister Liao 
Elder Ryan
Sister Sheets
Sister Toone 
Elder Wangsgard 
Sister Westlund
Elder Wilkins 

Transfers on May 29th was full of big changes. A well loved Assistant to the President was released and a wonderful new Assistant was sustained. We will miss Elder Hutchins so much.

             Welcome Elder Wilsher!

Elder Fife, Elder Hill, Elder Hutchins, Sister Maldarizzi, Elder Hulme, Elder Bean, and Elder Nielson.

Seven of our wonderful friends finished their service and returned home on May 30th. Their influence and leadership impacted us all and we will miss them.

March comes in with a roar!

March sure came in with a roar this year. We were blessed to have 40 missionaries come to New York this transfer.(this includes 3 elders that came at the end of February) It's the largest transfer that we have heard about coming to one mission anywhere in the USA. We had to hire a large bus to transport everyone and their luggage to our ward building for dinner and testimony meeting. Then we had the bus drive them all to a hotel that is close by for a good nights sleep. Our little Westchester County airport was overrun with these great missionaries!

Elders Gleason, Palmer, Critchfield, McCulloch, Price, Reynolds, Sullivan, Kroff, Porter, Kia,Jensen, Sevy, Powell, Hurst, Reedy, Ficklin, Buckley, Jensen, Cook, Cruz, Christensen, Rydalch, Gamble, Coleman, Linton, Durham, Nelson, Bailey.          Our Sisters Richeson, Skinner, Stringham, Barlow, Lee, MacKay, Cole, and Makanesi

We were so excited when our good friends the Hancocks came to visit. Ashley, TJ, Sherry and Larry Hancock joined us for a session of Zone conference.  We were able to have TJ bear his testimony to all the missionaries and they could really feel his special spirit!

We LOVE being with our missionaries. We had some wonderful days of Zone Conference this month.

Returning home this month was a group of faithful, happy missionaries!

Sister Rogers, Elders Scaife, Kay, Sorensen, Peterson, Stratton, Babba, Bartleson, McCullum, Head, Lewis, Mattei, Eliason, Topham, and Smith