NYNYS Mission August 12-24, 1996

Well along with many blessings comes humbling. I have the runs again. I had them bad for 3 days now. We just finished eating at a member’s house and had to hurry to a baptism. We were walking towards his house, I was with [Elder], my comp was with [Elder] at his house. We were 3 blocks from his home and it hit me. I had to go like lightning. All there were were buildings and fences. I ran up to a house and beat on the door. They didn’t come so I ran up to the other, nothing. I couldn’t hold it any longer. I was humiliated. Well, life goes on. I just hope my accident doesn’t ruin me by becoming part of the grapevine [gossip]. So, I ran home so nobody would see and took a shower then we hurried to the church. The baptism was so cool.

My Tokyo Drift Moment

As I was driving home from work in a snowstorm last night. I found myself sliding sideway down the freeway in my car. I tried to steer into it. Then the car pivoted, and I tried to correct it the other direction. I saw the wall, a barrier that divide the north and southbound traffic racing towards me. By some miracle, as we slid toward the barrier, the car seemed to grab the snow and we were able to slow down and avoid a collision with the barrier. It was terrifying for a brief moment followed up by many sighs of relief.

NYNYS Mission August 6-11, 1996

We got a new correlator and I’m very excited to work with him. He really wants to baptize so that’s exciting. Calls came and my comp is off to Staten Island.

I guess there was a bomb up the street from our house last night. They had 2 ambulances a bomb squad and about 6-7 police cars. Crazy. Ya, we didn’t stick around they had about 2 blocks roped off so you couldn’t go in the blocked-off area.

Book of Mormon Lands Part 2

My quest started with evaluating the 2017 and the 2024 eclipse and marking the Church History sites the two eclipses cross in Missouri, Ohio, and New York. The 2017 Eclipse crosses Liberty Jail, Jackson County, Huns Mill, Adom-ondi-Ahman, the Jackson County Temple Site, and more. In 2024 the eclipse will pass over Kirtland, Palmyra, The Sacred Grove and Hill Camorah.

NYNYS Mission July 24-31, 1996

Wow, we got ready to leave and left this morning going to a street meeting. As we walked down the road not more than two streets from our house a drunk man stopped us.  We had passed him and he said “Hay you!” We went back and he said, “Hay, you talk about God, ya?”  We said, “Yep.” He acted a little weird and denied the first time he was drunk and I would have left but he said, “Come to my house and talk to me about God.” I thought wow, street meeting or give him a few minutes? So we went with him to his house.  I know he was plastered beyond belief.