Manhattan Chapel at 217 East 87th Street
Today, we road the Long Island Rail Road from Bay Shore to Penn station, the subway to 86th street west, walked through Central Park (I'm sure it was 5 miles!) on a snowy path through the barren trees and around a gorgeous lake, then scurried several more blocks to reach this majestic structure! There it stands, this peaceful sanctuary, amidst the hustle of Manhattan's upper east side.
This was the site today of a Church Education System "retreat" for Institute council members and CES teachers from both the New York New York North and South Missions. It was a day of learning and teaching by all of us in general sessions and break-out sessions as well.
We met some outstanding young people, who will undoubtedly be tomorrow's leaders in the church. Their faith, leadership and committment are strong and inspiring!
6 comments:
The trip and the meeting sound wonderful! Makes me very exciting to get out on our mission. (Did I every email you my pictures of Central Park that I took last November? Awesome photos, if I do say so myself, with my new camera.
Scott...so they were YOUR pictures. Absolutely STUNNING! They are professional - a combination of the photographer and that new camera I'm sure:-)
Sharon and Lin,
Thanks for putting together your mission blog page. I love looking at it. Mark can retire anytime he wants after November of this year. And with just 15 months of child support payments left for Becky, Mark and I are looking forward to having "extra" money -- we'll pay down our mortgage with that. And 12 months later, Taylor will graduate and we'll be free of that seemingly endless obligation. THEN we can talk about a mission. You are my inspiration, so keep up the good work on your Blog!!!
But, Kelli A....you've got some time left in THE Choir, so don't hurry! And by the way, you're MY inspiration!
What a beautiful building. I got really close to it but never made it there. Again, it was great to spend sometime with you. You guys are great. New York is great. Long Island is awesome. I want to move there now. Do you think I can petition to have them relocate BYU to Long Island? ***smile***
Hey...TallBrazi...they have a Young Single Adult Ward in this building...so you really WILL want to move to NY!
And about moving BYU to Long Island...I doubt it would pass "Correlation!"
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