I spent some time writing a letter to my daughter about serving a mission. It was long. She may not read all of it. But I felt it was important for me to say these things. It stems from the question, are you serving a mission for the right reasons?
Mission
I served in the New York, New York South Mission. I’ve been transcribing my journals. I’ve tried to be sensitive to some issues and there by omitted some content.
NYNYS Mission February 8-14, 1997
Journal entries from my mission. NYNYS Mission February 8-14, 1997
NYNYS Mission February 1-7, 1997
Mission stories from the NYNYS Mission February 1-7, 1997.
NYNYS Mission January 27-31, 1997
My mission experiences between January 27 and 31, in the New York New York South Mission. This area was Sunset Park Brooklyn.
NYNYS Mission January 20-26, 1997
January 20, 1997, Monday Well, wow. What a day. We worked, worked, and worked, and nothing. But, we got some good referrals. We had planned first but then went to eat at Taco Bell (PS, not just to eat, but to hear white boy music…) Well, we got there and […]
NYNYS Mission January 14-19, 1997
New mission journal entries. NYNYS Mission January 14-19, 1997
NYNYS Mission January 8-13, 1997
Wow, what a day, we were supposed to have like 10 investigators at church. Only had 4 come. But we had 15 from our zone. After church, we went to go and see one of our investigators who said they would like to be baptized.
NYNYS Mission December 1-10, 1996
We were walking down the street […] about to go into a store (RiteAid) when a lady and girl were exiting and I felt I should go and talk to them. But I continued into the store. I felt it again, so I ran out (without my companion) and chased them down. Just as they went into a store, so I waited. When they came out they were the bomb.
NYNYS Mission November 23-30, 1996
President Baily called this morning and talked to me. He said wow, It’s been a long time. But we’re excited to make you one of our new District Leaders. You’re one of the hardest-working missionaries in the mission. You’ll do good. Are you ready? Are you ready to do it, to lead by example, and lead the people in your district?
Review – Pastor Jeff and Hello Saints – Pastor Explores RACE in LDS History with Conlon Bonner
I couldn’t help but be amazed at how beautiful a soul Brother Conlon Bonner is. Wow, what an amazing man. It is worth watching just to hear Colon’s testimony and life story.