I LOVE NEW YORK!

Last Saturday the youth from York 2nd Ward went to New York City. The reason for the trip was to go to the Manhattan Temple, then to see some of the sites. They left the church at 5:45AM via Coach Bus. They got home around 10:30 that night. At least 30 youth plus the Bishopric and the YM/YW leaders went and they did baptisms for over 300 people!! Is that great or what?!?!

After everyone was finished at the Temple, they went to FAO Schwartz. Emile thought the store was pretty cool with the exception of the prices. It's definately NOT like shopping at Wal-Mart!

Time Square was a HUGE hit! Emile absolutely LOVED it!! All the action and sites were right up her alley. I suppose it would be fascinating for a 14 year old whose never experienced something like that. Heck it's fascinating for adults, too.

There was a stop at Ground Zero as well. There wasn't much to be seen because of all the construction barriers, however, the fact that they were there was still monumental. It's hard to not remember the horrific events of September 11th when you're standing right there.

So Em's fallen in love with New York. I'm actually thinking it would be fun to go there with the girls myself. I'd love to take in the sites as well. I'm just glad that we have such a great youth program which allows our youth to have some terrific opportunities.