Our Mission has been Cut Short due to the COVID-19 Precautions Being Taken Throughout the World. March 22, 2020 - With heavy but grateful hearts, our full time mission has come to a conclusion. We loved our mission...
Home Centered - Church Supported Gospel Learning March 15, 2020 - These are the Days Never to Be Forgotten...and I Shall Ever Look Upon the Expression of the Savior's Goodness with Wonder and Thanksgiving...
What Happened in the Sacred Grove Changed the World... March 8, 2020 - How Has it Changed Your Life? President Nelson has asked us to ponder important questions about how the restoration of the gospel has affected our lives...
A Day Never to Be Forgotten March 1, 2020 - Last Saturday, we had the privilege of going to the Palmyra Temple with Danielle. When we first met, Danielle hadn't been attending church. As we got to know her, the ember of her testimony was rekindled and she made the choice to join with us again...
I Didn’t Understand a Word He Said, But I Knew We Had Just Talked With God. February 23, 2020 - The Elders were trying to make an appointment with Niyezimana that they had just found to come teach him next week. He told Sabina that he wanted to come to church on Sunday...
Don't We Need to Fill Up Every Day? February 16, 2020 - Chazia had a peaceful feeling that the Book of Mormon is true and she recognized that this feeling was God's way of communicating to her...
First District Activity - Against All Odds - My Mom Gave Me a Great Gift February 9, 2020 - District Missionary Activities are now approved and Karen is celebrating! Our Buffalo District went bowling and we had a great time...
Ten Generations Will Be Blessed February 2, 2020 - When the Lowe's reported their mission to Mongolia, they shared that they were promised that their family would be blessed for ten generations because of their missionary service...
This is a Perfect Day! January 26, 2020 - Florence who came to the Temple for her first time (just being baptized in December 2019) remarked: "This is a Perfect Day!" And it was...
Discipleship January 19, 2020 - The road of discipleship is not easy. It requires sturdy, all-weather souls who are constant in every season of life and who are not easily stalled or thrown off course...
We Had a Little Fender Bender! January 12, 2020 - Things to look for in our Blog this week: 1. Discussion with Faraja, Bahiti & Eunice 2. Our Fender Bender, & parking tickets! 3. Transfers 4. Balmy weather 5. Buffalo Science Museum 6. Food orders - caring for the poor 7. Lunch at Duff's Famous Buffalo Wings 8. Family Traditions
Refugee Resettlement January 5, 2020: Happy New Year!! Things to look for in the Blog this week: Translating Church Handbook 2 into Swahili ** Fact Sheet. U.S Refugee Resettlement ** Conversion Story of our Swahili Group Leader ** Sister Oleson is in our District. ** We're not in Kansas, Dorothy...
Transferred! December 29, 2019 - We got transferred to Buffalo, NY!!! We left Massena & went to our daughter's house near Schenectady for Christmas and then we headed to Buffalo where we will be working with a group of Swahili speaking members who are refugees from mostly the Congo who have been resettled...
Sweet Spirit-Filled Baptism December 22, 2019 - On Sunday morning, we had the privilege of witnessing the baptism of Rita who was so very well prepared. This was the best Christmas present EVER! Rita will be such a blessing to the Branch.
Music is such a powerful form of worship... December 15 2019 - Zone Conference in Utica, NY with the Oxborrows who serve on the military base at Fort Drum. President Vest reminded us to Always Be Teachable...
Come and See - Celebrate Christmas with Us on Sunday, December 22nd December 8, 2019 - Come and See; Come and Sing; Come and Pray; Come and Worship; Come and Stay. Join us on Sunday, December 22nd for a Christmas worship service
Come Celebrate the Birth of Jesus Christ December 1, 2019 - After you: Take ornaments out of their boxes, Take cookies out of the oven, Take good cheer to the lonely, Take gifts to your neighbors, Take time to do good this Christmas season...
This Christmas Season, You Can Light the World One by One November 24, 2019 - Missionaries coordinating the missionary work in the Massena Branch. Tis the season to focus on the Church's Light the World One by One Initiative.
Light The World ONE BY ONE November 17, 2019 - Happy Birthday Karen. Light the World is an invitation to touch hearts and change lives through simple acts of service. By thinking of someone we can serve each day, we can minister to the people around us like Jesus did - one by one.
When Talents are Shared, ALL are Blessed. November 10, 2019 - Josephine Arogyasami, a convert from India who served as the first Relief Society President in India - now a member of the Plattsburg Branch.
Gateway to the Restoration November 3, 2019 - Restoration: The re-establishment of the ancient church and gospel of Jesus Christ in the latter days as revealed by God through Joseph Smith and the prophets who have succeeded him as president of the Church....
House of the Lord - House of Learning October 27, 2019 - “The Lord will bless us as we attend to the sacred ordinance work of the temples. Blessings there will not be limited to our temple service. We will be blessed in all of our affairs...
North America Northeast Area Missionary Devotional October 20, 2019 - President M Russell Ballard, acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Elder D Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Elder Randall K Bennett, President of the North America Northeast Area spoke via satellite broadcast...
Follow the Prophet October 13, 2019 - Elder Ballard said: It is no small thing, my brothers and sisters, to have a prophet of God in our midst. Great and wonderful are the blessings that come into our lives as we listen to the word of the Lord given to us through him...
We Need Less WiFi and more Nephi October 6, 2019 - In his Saturday morning General Conference address, Elder Terence M Vinson of the Seventy quoted a father who said: “What we need here is less Wi-Fi and more Nephi!
