Kendrick, Noah

Where has two weeks gone? As I mentioned in my last email, I may be able to go to the Manhattan Temple and do baptisms for the dead. Well, it worked out. I was able to go with my companion (who baptized the guy in the black hat), the missionaries in his area now and the Branch President. The sister is a ward member. I am doing a lot of teaching on the street and we have some people coming to church. I hope they progress and get baptized. Craziest thing happened. I was in Flushing inviting people to church and ran into a couple of people I was teaching in Far Rockaway. I started to invite them then, wait a second, I know you. The Larry was baptized and had moved to Flushing. Katrina now lives in Brooklyn but was in Flushing for the day. The work is moving forward. I am amazed at the people from around the world I meet who listen to the Spirit and find the truth of the Gospel. I am honored to be able to do the work of the Savior in New York. Elder Noah Kendrick Flushing, New York

First week in Flushing, complete. I have learned a new Chinese word, church. This is how it is said, 教会. Everyone got it? Good, because I’m not so sure myself. My first week here has not been that big of a deal to adjust. One difference is we don’t have a car. We walk or take the bus to wherever we need to go. The church is only a 5 minute walk from where we live so no bus on Sunday. Most of our contacting people is within walking distance as well, so the bus isn’t a huge part of what we do here. I spoke in church this week. This is my second time since I have been out. I spoke on the Restoration which was pretty easy to do because we teach that all the time. This week we had a baptism, Joshua Ji Kwang Chun. He was born here in the states but has Korean parents. He has been taught for some time from the missionaries before I got here. He kind of went MIA for a while, then returned to Church. He was able to meet the requirements and chose to be baptized so we were able to take care of i...

I have been transferred. The day before my transfer I got a flat tire so not a great start to getting  ready to leave Far Rockaway. Luckily I knew how to change the tire and it went smoothly. I  think I have been transferred to China. I am now in Flushing, New York. It is a part of Queens.  This area is the largest Chinatown in the world. When you walk down the street there is  Chinese writing on all the signs and businesses. It literally looks like a street in China. Flushing  is also home to the Mets MLB team and the US Open tennis tournament that is in Flushing  Meadows Park.   I had my first full on authentic Chinese meal. One of the Chinese members took the Flushing  area Elders to the full on deal. He spoke Chinese to the waitresses and we had no idea what  we were getting. The food kept coming onto a spinning center part of the table and you would  just spin and grab what you want. I’m not so sure what I ate and it’s going to...

Happy New Year everyone, I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and have a great New Year. This week I am coming into transfers. I have been in Far Rockaway for three transfers and assume I will be moving to a new area. I will miss the view over the Atlantic but now the weather is colder I will be glad to be away from the ocean. This week I had two baptisms. Marie and Merrill got baptized. Marie is from Haiti and Merrill is from Alabama. They are not a couple but two separate people.  We had a mission devotional over Zoom on Sunday. We were presented with the new Mission President and his wife. We were read their bio and saw a picture. They are form California. President Holmes and his wife will complete their mission at the end of June. On Christmas we were invited to dinner at the Senior Missionaries home. We had a nice home cooked meal. We had ham, mashed potatoes, vegetables and a roll. It was good to sit down with our district over a nice Christmas meal and just relax and enjoy ...