The Bronx CAN be beautiful

As summer washes over the east, I can see this more and more. We spend a great deal of our time up in the Bronx, whose only touristy features are Yankee Stadium and the Bronx Zoo, and everything else is residential. However, there are several other large parks which are now covered in green, which is beautiful to me (see panorama above). That kind of green just doesn't exist a whole lot back home.

Our branch had branch conference, where leaders from the stake come and see how things are going and address the congregation. With that and three other visitors -- two RM's and a beloved member who moved -- attendance was rather high. Too bad I was upstate interpreting in another ward, so I missed it, but from all reports it went well and the stake has a little bit better of a perspective on the dynamics of our branch.

Other than that, not a ton happening except for members and missionaries reminding me that I don't have a whole lot of time left here. But, I will finish strong, and the end is still far ahead.

Elder Ryan Turner
New York New York North Mission
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