Hey Mom,
A new car eh? that's pretty cool. Conference was great! All the
other missionaries and I thought that each session went by really fast. They
were full of good things. And I'm really glad that they had Elder Holland and
Elder Oaks start off the Sunday Afternoon session. I wasn't sure that I would
be able to stay awake through it. But it wasn't hard once I heard them talking.
None of the people we invited to conference came, and a few of them said they
would, but that's the way it is. Next time we do something like that we will
pick them up for it. Other missionaries had some investigators there and I know
that at least one of them loved it. She was laughing at President Monson's
story and we thought she was just another member there from the English ward.
I missed going to Grandma Schenk's house for conference. I was
telling Elder Rose about conference muffins and when I told him just now that
you guys had some left over he said "Send them!" I don't know if that
will work out. Thanks for sending the package. I shall await it with
excitement. Now that General Conference is over, so is suit season, so I will
be ready for short sleeved shirts as soon as you can send them. People keep
telling me the summers are too hot here, but the spring is nice. My companion had
a car last summer so he didn't really know. He was in AC all the time. We
watched general conference at our chapel. They showed it in Chinese and Spanish
downstairs and English in the Chapel. the missionaries watched in English. It
was mostly missionaries from our zone in the chapel, I think everyone else was
watching at home.
When we play handball and basketball we change into sports
clothes. The courts are across the street from our house at an elementary
school. We are teaching lessons, but nothing yet from playing sports, although
we met a couple people who play handball who have friends in the church and
said that they would come to conference. So we might be able to teach them.
Elder Rose really wants to get a baptism from handball.
So far we haven't really worked with the youth yet. Last mutual
night we had dinner with the youth. I don't think there are that many. Maybe about 15 youth total, but this way we
can work closer with each of them and their friends.
I liked hearing about the guy singing in the blizzard. We have
that song sung Motab on a cd here and I told Elder Rose we should use it as our
alarm. So after conference he told me that story reminded him of me. Another
missionary said that it reminded him of me a couple of weeks ago when we finished
shopping and it was hailing outside. It looked worse than it was, so when I got
outside I realized it wasn't horrible and said "Hey guys, it's not even
that bad!" Then we ran home across flushing in a hail storm. Immediately
after eating Five Guys. I'll send pictures in another email.
Love you!
Elder Schenk
Flushing Meadows Park
Friend from the branch.
View of Manhatten.
District 5 with mission presidency and trainers from the church missionary department.
Homemade fajitas!
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