Every six weeks President and Sister Calderwood host the departing missionaries at a temple endowment session and a meal afterwards.
We were privileged to be included with the departing missionaries at the June 2 trip, as we are scheduled to finish our mission in the middle of July. The Calderwood's have been wonderful to serve with. They will be truly missed as they conclude their three-year mission at the end of this month.
We were surprised at the temple to once again see Elder Isaac Turley and his family from Gilbert Arizona. Elder Turley finished his mission approximately three months ago. He returned with his family to show them his mission field and the attractions of New York City. He was a great missionary.
After the temple session we all went to the "burger joint", where the Calderwoods treated us to a meal. I saw the basketball star, Dwayne Wade, at the burger joint. Lots of celebrities hang out in the city.
Eating lunch while sitting on a bench in the middle of Broadway is also an interesting experience.
One of our more interesting shopping experiences occurs in a grocery store known as Fairway market.
It looks like a warehouse and has a great selection of vegetables, meat, cheese, bagels, etc. it is also right at water's edge and provides an excellent view of the Statue of Liberty from the parking lot.
We once again were invited to sit on the stand and speak at the annual seminary graduation for the Brooklyn Stake. Early morning seminary classes are offered in five chapels around Brooklyn.
This past weekend we were privileged to host one more family, this time our nephew Matthew Tenney and his wife Robin visiting from Salt Lake City. We enjoyed very much spending this past weekend with them.
As a highlight of the weekend, we attended a Broadway musical, an American in Paris. The singing and dancing were excellent and the play was cute.
Everyone seemed to have a good time.
After the play we got into a "people jam" as we slowly walked down seventh Avenue in Times Square. The building in this photo is the place where the New Year's Eve ball drops every December 31.
We concluded a great weekend by hosting a "linger longer" after church on Sunday as we broke our fast after church with the young single adults.
We provided potatoes for a potato bar as we served more than 55 people.
It was a good day and a very great weekend. We enjoy being missionaries.
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