Day 5 August 14, 2011

Sunday was a great adventure in Rochester New York. Church wasn’t until 1:00pm, so we made some early visits to members. Our first visit was Brother King, the most interesting guy and family I was able to meet in Rochester New York. The Kings live in the rough part of town where you never want to get caught being there in the dark. While visiting with him and his girls we heard stories of fist fights and cussing out bishops… It was very interesting. We made Bro. King promise to make us some of his famous wings, and left with a dinner appointment for Monday night.

Church was wonderful, and Jason had so much fun catching up with all of the members. During Sunday school I experienced a typical New York rain storm. It was funny that even when the power went out the lesson continued. I loved hearing all of the thunder, seeing the lightning out of the window, and watching the rain just pour down in buckets. I guess you could say I was a little distracted during that lesson.

The ending of church brought us back to the Snedekers to change and then on the road again. We drove to Albion to visit Roger Gared. Roger was a convert Jason was able to teach and eventually set a babtism date with. After Roger had asked Jason to babtize him, Jason was emergency transferred back to Buffalo. Roger was pretty excited to see Jason again, and although we found he has gone inactive we were happy to visit with him and learn of his new adventures with the job that he loves.

Out into the country we drove after that, to the Warrens. The Warrens are also a family that Jason helped out a lot on his mission. They also fed him a ton, and one thing he told me about this family is that Bro. Warren cooks the best food. I was pleasantly surprised when I tasted his delicious turkey kabobs, rice, and salad. Talk about a gourmet meal!

After stuffing our faces, they took us out to their barn to see the pet chickens J We also got to see all the creatures that they take care of on their “farm.” We found a barn cat, goldfish in buckets, a turtle that bites, and some rather unusually friendly chickens. They boys were really excited to show us all of their wonderful friends, and disappeared quickly once the games were brought out. Battle of the Sexes was played, silly arguments told, and then we were back to Rochester.