NYC has a lot to offer. Pretty much anything in the world can be found here, though one has to know how to find it. However, there are also plenty of downsides to living in a huge city such as this, like high prices and rent, public everything, and those people that just like to make life more annoying for others. Such is the society of this place.
Genesis juked both our appointments we set with her, saying she was mixed up for the first, and we found that she had lied about the second. She said she was going to NJ to visit family, and then through her friend we found out she was actually shopping with friends in Manhattan. We are a bit unsettled by this, and will need to figure out more closely her interest in the gospel. We also are dropping our other investigator, as he hasn't come to church at all and isn't progressing. If he reaches out to us or finally comes, we will start teaching him again. If not, we are wasting our time. It's hard to let people go sometimes when you have few others to teach, but needs to be done.
In terms of service opportunities, we help at a food pantry once a week on their delivery day. We also sometimes get interpreting gigs and sometimes help in a community garden that a member helps manage. Nothing super exciting, and service ops are a bit scarce for us, as our branch isn't really service-oriented. That's one thing I liked about Newburgh.
Transfers are next week, and we are unsure of what will happen. As there are five of us, we think one of us is going elsewhere, but that is yet to be seen.
Elder Ryan Turner
New York New York North Mission
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