Kendrick, Noah

Greeting from Far Rockaway  This week was another week of street contacts. The weather has hampering our efforts due to all the rain. Tropical storm Ophelia has been running up the coast. I am learning about the  weather that comes off the ocean. It is overcast a lot of the time and rains frequency. I am sure the humidity plays a big part.  I went to Manhattan this week for interviews. My companion and I had to come early to bring other missionaries into town so we decided to get off the subway a few stops early and walk the streets of Manhattan. Believe it or not, I felt safe the entire time. We had to avoid Times Square (we stayed a block away) but did walk down the sidewalks near the iconic building you would recognize. I took a few pictures for you to see.   We had two baptisms this week. They are form Puerto Rico. We have been teaching them for a couple of weeks. They are brother and sister (Jeidilian and Omar). They are very humble and were searching ...

Greeting everyone, Just another week in Far Away (Rockaway). My week has been full of contacting people on the street. We have maybe 70 people who said they will come to church. Maybe 7-8 show up. That is actually good. This week we taught a lot of Venezuelan families. There is a family shelter here in Far Rockaway. We are teaching 3 to 4 families who are Venezuelan. We can’t baptize the parents yet because they have to be married. We are trying to help them through the process of marriage so we can get them baptized. My companion and I went to the building our church meets in. Remember from last week we meet in a business building on the fourth floor. We went to the roof and took some pictures. One is looking toward Manhattan and the other toward the Atlantic Ocean. The other picture is the beach now hurricane Lee has passed by. It is a lot calmer. The beach is a one minute walk from our apartment. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. I love being on a mission and serving as t...

Hello from Far Rockaway, This week we had another baptism. It is hard to take credit but.... we will. The missionaries that we replaced had been teaching Dannette and she was almost ready for baptism. We taught her one lesson and invited her to be baptized. Dannette agreed and was baptized that week. I am starting to get use to the area and learning to teach again in English. I taught this week in English and it is a bit of a change for me. It is weird to have to think of words in English. The rest of my week has not been to eventful. I talk to a lot of people and invite all to come to church. Of course we get turned away at times and some listen but aren’t interested. I pray we are planting seeds. We are keeping our eyes to the sky. Hurricane Lee is churning up the coast headed our way, but is suppose to stay off shore. The hurricane is stirring up some spectacular storms though. I wish I could sent a video of the lightning off the coast, it is awesome. The ocean is crashing harder in...

Greeting everyone, This week has been a big change. It was transfer week and I learned I would be going to Rockaway, NY. I moved here on Friday. Yes, that is actually a place. You will have to look it up. It is still part of Queens but is on the very southern edge. It is actually right on the beach of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a small strip of land or peninsula that sticks out off of Long Island. This description may give you a picture in your mind of how this area is. Every street is named Beach Street. It is 12th Beach St, 13 Beach St. etc. This area is a lot more laid back than Rego Park and a lot less people. Another big change is, I no longer just teach in Spanish. I teach in English as well. We travel a short distance to a busy street and that is where we contact people. I now notice the smell of the ocean. I can’t really describe it, but is has a definite scent and those that have smelled the ocean know what I’m talking about. It’s a fresh air kind of smell. The weather here sta...

Hola Everyone, There has not been a lot going on in NY this last week. We had a baptism planned but the bishop held it off for another week. The baptism was for James who is 12 and from Ecuador. His family is all members and have been going to church in other countries and places in the states. The bishop wants him to come to church in our ward at least once. We are planning his baptism for this coming Sunday. This week is transfers. I have no idea if I will be staying or going somewhere new. I am ok with either. I have been in Queens for 3 months so it’s 50/50 in my mind. I took a picture of a festival for a group of Ecuadorians. The people blocked off the entire street in front of a Catholic Church. They had erected a pole that had prizes on top. If you could climb to the top, you could have what you grabbed. There were actually people who made it to the top. I pray you are all safe and doing well and I am grateful for all of your support. Elder Noah Kendrick Queens, New York Flushin...

Greetings from NY,  This week has moved along quickly. I am still spending most of my time on Corona Ave talking  to everyone I see. I am amazed at how many immigrants come and go. It seems to be a cycle. I  see the same people for about 6 weeks. They then move on, find some work elsewhere or  move to look in another area.   We found a man named Michale from Venezuela. He left his family behind to look for a better  life. He told us how he walked and rode busses to the border which took about three weeks.  He simply walked in, filled out some paperwork and was free to go. He went to Florida first  where his brother lives then flew to Queens looking for work. He plans to bring his family to the  states when he finds a place to work and live.  Michale’s sprit is on fire. He was found  in Woodside (neighboring area) where  he went to church. He is actually in my  area (Queens) so he was referred to us.  We taught hi...

Hola a todos, (Hello everyone)  I’ve been busy grinding the streets of Corona Ave. The train (subway) tracks go over this area  with a stop near by. This is where a lot of Latin people live both in apartments and on the  street. A lot of immigrants come both for help from other Latin people already here. Some get  into apartments and some just stay on the street. This a place where you have to get use to the  noise and chaos.   We didn’t have any baptisms this week but we have people that are listening to our message.  We mostly invite people to church, some show up, some don’t. To get baptized they have to  come to church and if they can’t or won’t come, it makes missionary work pretty difficult.   I have to come clean on something that happened last month. I finally decided to tell my parents what happened so I’ll share with everyone.   It was after P-Day and my companion and I didn’t have much going on. We decided to ta...