Really nothing too significant happened this week. I do love my district of four that I'm with, and my companion and I get along well. Life in the big city is going alright.
As I may have mentioned in previous emails, NYC subways are an interesting place. Sometimes the ride is relatively quiet and boring. Other times beggars, preachers, solicitors, or performers interrupt people's Facebook scrolling and sometimes get a reaction. Sometimes people just do weird stuff, like when some guy tried to get my companion to play Candy Crush on his phone. He didn't talk at all, just kind of showed him the screen and tried to offer it. Maybe he was wanting to trade it for his iPad, I don't know. Like blood streams that connect the whole body together, so does the subway system keep NYC alive -- which means the good, the bad, and the plain weird all flow together.
Life in the branch has its twists and turns, but the branch is still alive and not doing too bad. We just had stake conference this week, and Elder Worthen -- an area seventy and BYU President -- presided and gave wonderful talks.
The funny thing about our work with the branch is that we haven't had a branch mission leader for a year and a half, so the branch president is filling in for that. We just really don't have any other qualified, stable members that don't already have other important callings to fill it right now. The branch council also really hasn't been super involved in missionary work, so that makes things harder. And, even though we do fill in sometimes for classes, talks, and the sacrament, the branch is capable enough to run Sunday meetings without us taking over, so that's good.
Elder Ryan Turner
New York New York North Mission
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