New York, New York City Mission

It has been an incredibly eventful past month for our family! We welcomed Adam home from his mission in Southern France, celebrated Grace’s 15th birthday on the same day Adam returned, then celebrated Isaac & Noah and the Head-Royce class of 2018 as they graduated a few days later!

In between all the celebrations we sold our home in Alameda, CA, got rid of or packed up all our things and tried to find a way to pack up and keep 20+ years of memories from raising our family in that home! We said goodbye (for a little while) to life-long friends and Craig said goodbye to the job that has provided so many meaningful opportunities and friendships over the years.  After a brief but enjoyable and entertaining Groberg reunion in Idaho, Craig and I headed to the Missionary Training Center in Provo while the kids relaxed in Park City. The experience at the MTC was intensely spiritual as we received teaching and counsel from many members of the missionary department as well as from the prophet, Pres. Russell M. Nelson and his counselors,  Pres. Oaks and Pres. Eyering plus each of the 12 apostles! We enjoyed seeing some old friends and making lots of new ones who will be embarking on this same journey with us over the next three years, but in different parts of the world.

And what a journey it is so far! We may have left our hearts in San Francisco, but we found new ones here in New York. Everyone we have met in the past few days: our neighbors, nearly 300 missionaries, many members of the church and people on the street have welcomed us with great big hearts, open arms and even bags of NY bagels!

I think we can safely say that we are going to ❤️ NY!