Kendrick, Noah

This last week was transfers. I am staying in Flushing and got a new companion. His name is Elder Critchlow from Sandy, Utah. He has only been out one transfer longer than myself. Last week I talked about the parents that needed to get married so they could get baptized. They were married this week so we are working to get the husband baptized. His wife is already a member. We had two baptisms this week. One was Delfino who is from Pueblo, Mexico. Delfino came to the US for a job and is sending money back to his family. He has a rough background and wanted a new start. When we met him on the street he took hold of the Gospel immediately. He is one of the elect. The other baptism is Maleek. He is a New Yorker. He was contacted on the street and we found he loves to learn. He took to the Book of Mormon and found for himself It to be true. The weather here has been colder and it snowed a little bit. Nothing like home. All is going well and I appreciate all of your prayers and support. Eld...

Hello from Flushing  If you remember from last week we had a shelter family of 4 from Venezuela. We baptized their  8 year old son this week. We had to help the parents prepare to get married as well. It is quit  the story. We had to go to the court house with them to get the document so they could get  married. They are getting married on Tuesday. Once they are married they can be baptized  which we hope will be on Tuesday as well.   We also baptized Shaheem. He was a find from a couple weeks ago. He was born in Far  Rockaway. He is one of the kindest and most humble people I have met.   The other family I spoke of which was the second generation family from Columbia had the  husband get deployed for the military. He was the religious base for the family. His wife is not  religious so they are not going to progress and we had to drop them.   This week is transfers and I will find out tomorrow (Tuesday) if I’ll be lea...

Hola everyone, It has been a great week here in Flushing. We had seven new people come to church this week. We had a shelter family of four from Venezuela. We also had a family who is second generation Columbian. They are a family of three. We found an inactive member who’s name is Sergio. Sergio hasn’t been to church for over 20 years. He use to live in Hyrum. He lived in the trailer park and worked at the beef plant. Our branch president found his records in SLC and his records got transferred to Flushing. He came to church this week, so that is awesome. Today we went to Manhattan just to shake up the scenery. I visited the “Night of the Museum” which is actually the American Museum of Natural History. It is a lot different than in the movie but some things I recognized. We also went to the Seinfeld diner which is actually Tom’s Restaurant. It looks just like it does in the show. We went inside and there is a poster with all the actors signatures. I couldn’t pass up going to the Appl...

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 ...