Kendrick, Noah

I finally arrived in New York and it's pretty crazy here. When I flew in I saw the New York skyline and it was really cool because I've never seen it before so that was cool. Our first day we had New York Pizza and got to stay in a nice hotel and it was really nice to get a good night's rest. After that we got assigned to a trainer and our first area in the mission. I got assigned to Bridgeport, Connecticut and it is as far north as this mission goes. It takes like an 1hr 45mins to drive from Manhattan where I was, to our apartment building. My trainer is Elder Welsh and he is a really cool guy and he's from Texas. He is not a native Spanish speaker and coming into the mission he didn't know Spanish but he pretty much talks like he does now. He's been out for 14 months. First week so far has been rough just because I don't really know what I'm doing and stuff and Spanish is hard. But it's getting better everyday. For a normal day we get up and get re...

Brother and Sister Kendrick Elder Kendrick is absolutely terrific. Thank you for raising and sending out such a wonderful missionary. We were able to meet him on Monday and we feel so honored to be able to serve alongside him as disciples of Jesus Christ. We have great faith that Elder Kendrick will change the lives of many people as he invites others to come unto Christ and accept His Gospel. Please know of our love for your missionary and our commitment to their success. All our love, President and Sister Holmes  

It is my last week here and it's crazy how fast time has gone here. I had the opportunity to go to the temple again today and we did sealings and an endowment session right after. The temple is 45mins away from the CCM and we drive right through Mexico City. It's crazy to see Mexico City and the difference between the United States and here and I just think to myself how blessed I am to be born and live in the United States. Another thing that I love about the temple is how quiet it is there and the temple is just right off the road next to a big intersection and just the overall peaceful feeling at the temple. A funny but also cool story is that a companionship in our district was supposed to give a lesson on Sunday and me and my comp said we would do it for donuts from the store here. They agreed but it was the night before Sunday so we were not prepared to give a lesson. Sunday came and we gave the lesson. What's crazy about it is I knew exactly what to say only like a...