Holiday Activities

This is a busy and wonderful time of the year. One of our privileges as senior missionaries is to take young elders and sisters to the temple when they reach their six months, 12 months and 18 months milestones. It is a trip there really look forward to. We were able to lead a group to the temple this past week.

We all rode the subway train from the mission office to the temple. The challenge is to not lose any of them along the way!

We had a good group.  They enjoyed being photographed outside of the temple.

There were 10 of us in our little apartment for Thanksgiving dinner. We fed four missionaries and four young single adults plus ourselves. Sister Tenney cooked a wonderful traditional meal. They really enjoyed it!

We opted to watch the Macy's parade from our apartment tv, rather than going to the parade site on sixth Avenue and standing around for several hours. That morning we were busy cooking food.

We did watch the Macy's parade on TV, however.  We really enjoyed Harold the policeman.

He looks just like Harold, don't you think?

Some of our friends were in attendance.  They said the balloons and bands were spectacular.

As CES teachers we were invited to a special lunch at the temple building on Monday, 1 December (to the chapel portion).  There were about 40 institute teachers and spouses from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut in attendance. We had a very good program and meal.

We even reconnected with Elder and Sister Lotz and Sister Young,  who were with us at the MTC last January.

It is fun to run into old missionary friends.

We topped off the day by visiting the Rockefeller Center.

We saw the huge Christmas tree which was not lit today we visited. It was lit two days later. It was still beautiful even though unlit. 

We also saw the famous ice skating rink at the Rockefeller Center.

We finished the day vby visiting the Christmas spectacular performance of the radio city music Hall Rockettes.

 They were amazing.

They perform 12 fantastic numbers. A "must see" if you come to New York during the holiday season.

It's a busy and full time.

We are also enjoying teaching about the Savior Jesus Christ to our institute classes. 

We are presently studying the visit of the Savior to the American continent after his resurrection. We enjoy our institute classes very much. We are connecting well with our students. They are sharp and quick and we have to move fast to keep up with them!

Enjoy a beautiful time of the year, and remember that He is the Gift.