April 27, 2025: Brooklyn 4th Ward
Sister Neff, the other full time Employment Services Missionary, was asked to speak in Sacrament Meeting today in the Brooklyn 4th Ward. Brian and I wanted to go and hear…
April 26, 2025: Shakespeare Garden in Central Park
It was beautiful day, so Brian and I took a walk to the Shakespeare Garden in Central Park. The four-acre space is densely planted with trees, shrubs, flowers, and herbs…
April 22, 2025: Regional Employment Specialist
Erica Steiner, the Northeast Regional Employment Specialist, came to New York City from Salt Lake City for meetings this week. She spent two days at the Employment Center with us…
Apr 19, 2025: Comfort Zones, 9 No’s for 1 Yes, Move Feet
One job seeker I'm helping--we'll call her Francine--had one bad experience with networking. Her ministering brother, when forwarding her resume to someone, did not say very flattering things about her.…
Apr 19, 2025: NYC Pizza Wars Update. Sourdough does it.
Several new entries from the last six weeks or so. By the way, my weight is staying roughly the same. The walking and no sugar are enough to offset the…
April 12, 2025: New York New York YSA Stake Conference
Saturday we attended the evening session of the New York New York YSA Stake Conference on the Upper East Side in Manhattan. Our Mission Leaders were the first speakers. Sister…
April 11, 2025: Apartment Inspections
Friday morning we attended our weekly “Active Job Seeker” zoom meeting and then jumped on the subway to do two apartment inspections of young missionaries. The first was at the…
Apr 7, 2025. General Conference: If you could only pick quotes from 2 of the conference addresses, what would they be?
A few quotes that resonated. The first on shame. I've been teaching about the harm of shame for years and love how Sister Runia worded principles about it: "Shame is…