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One of the biggest questions new job seekers, new college graduates, and new immigrants  have is, What job or career type should I choose? It’s a difficult question to answer,…

A young college graduate’s mother works nearby and told him about our employment center. He is catholic and graduated from college a few years ago, but has not held a…

Today Brian and I went to Stake Conference in Inwood. It took us about 45 minutes to get there by subway. After the meeting we saw Sister Goade! She served…

Our next door neighbors, Bob and Cecilia Balog, on Knotty Log Court in Chantilly, Virginia came to visit us in New York City! We went out to dinner at The…

The senior missionaries are assigned 4-5 apartments of young missionaries to do "apartment inspections" for. Briana and I check for cleanliness and safety. We were assigned two apartments of Elders…

Jake, Staci, MJ, Mike and Chloe each sent me some hand sanitizer to use after riding the subway.

Brian and I spent an hour walking along the Hudson River. From our apartment, we walked a couple blocks west and ran into the Hudson River walkway. On a beautiful…

On Monday, September 30, 2024 Brian and I attended a Senior Missionary activity to Old Westbury Gardens. Old Westbury Gardens is the former estate of businessman John Shaffer Phipps, an…

Saturday, September 28, 2024 Brian and I went to the chapel on Court Street in Brooklyn to see a play, "As He Is." The play was written and directed by…

Chris Petrick, a full-time church employee with Employment Services flew in from Salt Lake City to spend 2 days with us doing on-sight training. On Saturday, September 28, Chris, Brian…

Brian and I live 1 block from Central Park. So much to do there!

The New York New York City had a Mission Tour at the Woodside Chapel in Queens on Wednesday, September 18. Our Mission Leaders, President Lance Taylor and Sister Robyn Taylor…

Brian and I are so excited about helping job seekers. The employment website is new, easy to navigate, and is full of helpful resources: employment.churchofjesuschrist.org. It is a fabulous website.…

Brian and I attended the Manhattan 2 Ward and had 2 young professionals offer to network with job seekers who are interested in graphic design and IT. They are both…

Brian and I moved into our apartment in Manhattan on Saturday, September 14. We flew from Salt Lake City to Dulles Airport and stayed in Chantilly just long enough to…

The Employment Services Conference in Salt Lake City ended at 12 noon today and our flight back East was at 6:00 pm, so we had time to meet MJ and…

There are about 100 Employment Services Managers at this conference in Salt Lake City. Brian and I had a dinner tonight in the huge lobby of the Church Office Building.…

Brian and I flew to Salt Lake City, UT from New York City for a week of training in Employment Services. And we got to meet Jake and Staci's new…

Brian and I went to the Mission Office to meet all of the senior missionaries who serve in the office. We are impressed with all they do to keep the…