Saving addressbookUI data to an array

I'm trying to save the kABFirstNamePropert, kABLastNameProperty and kABAddressProperty all saved into an array for recall later, I'm just not getting it, can anyone lend me a hand or point me in the right direction? Thanks. I'm a super NOOb on this.

For the naming the strings:

// setting the first name
firstName.text = (NSString *)ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonFirstNameProperty);

// setting the last name
lastName.text = (NSString *)ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonLastNameProperty);

For setting the addressLabel:

NSString *address;
    address = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@, %@, %@, %@ %@",
               [theDict objectForKey:(NSString *)kABPersonAddressStreetKey],
               [theDict objectForKey:(NSString *)kABPersonAddressCityKey],
               [theDict objectForKey:(NSString *)kABPersonAddressStateKey],
               [theDict objectForKey:(NSString *)kABPersonAddressZIPKey],
               [theDict objectForKey:(NSString *)kABPersonAddressCountryKey]];

    self.addressLabel.text = address;

Saving the Array: What I have that's not working. ;(

- (IBAction)saveData {
    NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
    NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtInd开发者_Python百科ex:0];
    NSString *recipient = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/arraySaveFile", documentsDirectory];

    NSMutableArray *array = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
    [array addObject:firstName];
    [array addObject:lastName];
    [array addObject:addressLabel];

    [array writeToFile:recipient atomically:NO];

}

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This:

[array addObject:firstName]; 

needed to be:

[array addObject:firstName.text];

Thanks Everyone.