HELLO from New York!!!
I am EXHAUSTED! I have NOT had adequate SLEEP!!!...
So...! On Wednesday, Elder McMullin and myself got assigned to be the new assistants to President Smith (we call them Apes) and they put us to WORK man! Between tuesday and today I have proabably had a total of 17 hours of sleep and have put on HUNDREDS of miles onto the truck we drive and the HUGE Mission 14 passenger van!!
It was so cool picking up the new Missionaries from Westchester County Airport- I remember my dad told me he used to land and take off from there all the time when he flew for Skaggs! We had MORE incoming missionaries than we have ever had at one time- 20 of them! It was crazy! MOST were Spanish Elders.. 1 Chinese sister and 2 for the English program- I knew one of those! Elder Joshua Stevens from Farmington- he went to South Davis with me and then to Woods Cross! WX represent! I went up to him at the airport and said "you look SO familiar!" He said "BRANDON!" Haha we remembered having Spanish together in Mrs. Vialpando's class 9th grade- and he knew Connor! We loaded them (and their 60 suitcases... 3x each) into the big vans and trucks (we rented a uhaul for all the luggage) and then took them all to the Mission Home! Transfers were on Wednesday ALL DAY and then we drove all the Missionaries going HOME to Laguardia on Thursday morning...! In addition, we've had to make several special errands to the city and back... SO starting on Tuesday morning and ending last night, we went... from... Eastchester to Westchester Airport to Scarsdale to Yonkers to Scarsdale to the Bronx to Ossining to the Bronx to Scarsdale to Yonkers to Eastchester to Scarsdale to LaGuardia (Queens) to Scarsdale to Eastchester to 32nd ST in Manhattan to the Bronx to Scarsdale to Eastchester! AHH! So much GASOLINE! haha! And we are headed down to CHINATOWN soon to drop off some supplies to the Missionaries down there. I am SO excited to be companions with Elder McMullin! He's so great! We were in the same district together down in Kingsbridge! We are now in the White Plains and Scarsdale Spanish area! SO, I'm still in the little wonderful Spanish Branch, Westchester 3rd! Hooray!
Life is going well! It's Busy! But great!
The Church is TRUE!
All my Love,
Elder Hellberg
Friday, May 13, 2011
May the 4th Be With You
HOORAY! MAY 4th!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!! You are 29!... AGAIN!! ...YAY!!
AHH! It's MAY! What's that they say about April showers and May flowers? Yeah- it's still raining. But it's beautiful nonetheless!
THIS morning was an ADVENTURE that's for sure. We had to get up at 3:15 AM this morning to be at the Mission Home at 4 to take 3 Missionaries to JFK and LaGuardia Airports- OUTSIDE of Mission Boundaries! haha! The 3 Elders were coming home from thier Mission in Croatia/Slovenia (spelling?) and there was flight delay so they had to spend the night here in NY up at President Smith's house. All the departing Missionaries (all 18 of them!! whoa!) have their final Manhattan Temple trip today so President asked ME to drive them down to the airports!! It was so fun! All 3 Elders were great guys- happy and excited to see their families. We crossed the BIG bridges across onto Long Island and wished them luck as they strolled off to catch planes to go home. We were SO tired upon returning to Westchester County- we just took a NAP right there inside the Church! haha! It's alright, it's P-day Anyway!
I can't believe this cycle is ALREADY coming to a close. This is the last week of cycle 11 for me. It's absurd! Elder Clark, my greenie, is basically not even a greenie anymore! He's doing grand! We are working hard and loving it up here. Yonkers is a TRIP, man- 2 nights ago nobody could use the water- there was a break in the line and only DARK BROWN NASTY water came from the sink and shower! BLEGH!! haha! THAT, my friends, is why ALL Missionary apartments have 20 Gallons of storage water... Good call. We love Sleepy Hollow and the little Branch we meet at every sunday in Scarsdale. We are small, but we are strong- and growing! It's such a wonderful thing to see such great people band together in such a great cause.
We had an AWESOME zone Conference last Thursday. It was such a special one! 10 of the Missionaries from the big group going home got up and bore their testimonies- it was such a sweet experience to see the massive and incredible changes made in so many of these wonderful people. I feel blessed to count many of them among my great friends. We watched a talk my Elder Holland that he gave in January in the MTC- it was so POWERFUL. If you have a way of watching it, do! It feels like FIRE was just re-lit in the Mission. I feel SO lucky to be a part of the Missionary work at this time and in this place full of amazing people. I have come to LOVE New York- and have come to better know the Lord here as well. I have come to know for myself that He Lives.
I wish I had more time... but we are OFF to Peekskill.. I have been asked to dedicate a grave and give a talk at a funeral! More next week!
The Church is TRUE!
All is well!
Elder Hellberg
"B"
AHH! It's MAY! What's that they say about April showers and May flowers? Yeah- it's still raining. But it's beautiful nonetheless!
THIS morning was an ADVENTURE that's for sure. We had to get up at 3:15 AM this morning to be at the Mission Home at 4 to take 3 Missionaries to JFK and LaGuardia Airports- OUTSIDE of Mission Boundaries! haha! The 3 Elders were coming home from thier Mission in Croatia/Slovenia (spelling?) and there was flight delay so they had to spend the night here in NY up at President Smith's house. All the departing Missionaries (all 18 of them!! whoa!) have their final Manhattan Temple trip today so President asked ME to drive them down to the airports!! It was so fun! All 3 Elders were great guys- happy and excited to see their families. We crossed the BIG bridges across onto Long Island and wished them luck as they strolled off to catch planes to go home. We were SO tired upon returning to Westchester County- we just took a NAP right there inside the Church! haha! It's alright, it's P-day Anyway!
I can't believe this cycle is ALREADY coming to a close. This is the last week of cycle 11 for me. It's absurd! Elder Clark, my greenie, is basically not even a greenie anymore! He's doing grand! We are working hard and loving it up here. Yonkers is a TRIP, man- 2 nights ago nobody could use the water- there was a break in the line and only DARK BROWN NASTY water came from the sink and shower! BLEGH!! haha! THAT, my friends, is why ALL Missionary apartments have 20 Gallons of storage water... Good call. We love Sleepy Hollow and the little Branch we meet at every sunday in Scarsdale. We are small, but we are strong- and growing! It's such a wonderful thing to see such great people band together in such a great cause.
We had an AWESOME zone Conference last Thursday. It was such a special one! 10 of the Missionaries from the big group going home got up and bore their testimonies- it was such a sweet experience to see the massive and incredible changes made in so many of these wonderful people. I feel blessed to count many of them among my great friends. We watched a talk my Elder Holland that he gave in January in the MTC- it was so POWERFUL. If you have a way of watching it, do! It feels like FIRE was just re-lit in the Mission. I feel SO lucky to be a part of the Missionary work at this time and in this place full of amazing people. I have come to LOVE New York- and have come to better know the Lord here as well. I have come to know for myself that He Lives.
I wish I had more time... but we are OFF to Peekskill.. I have been asked to dedicate a grave and give a talk at a funeral! More next week!
The Church is TRUE!
All is well!
Elder Hellberg
"B"
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