Senior missionaries and visitors

Senior missionaries and visitors. 

We have had a busy two weeks

One of the fun things we do as senior missionaries is get together each month with other senior missionaries to do a fun P Day activity. Sister Tenney and I hosted the activity in late September.

We first met at the mission office to have some sharing time. We each gave a brief overview of our mission and our lives. It was neat to get to know them better.

We then traveled by subway train to the 9/11 memorial site in Manhattan where we were able to enjoy the 911 memorial garden and a view of the one World Trade Center, which is the largest building in North America. We then spent a few hours in the 911 Memorial Museum, which was recently opened.

Pieces in the building collapse were displayed in the museum.

Keeping the buildings protected from the Hudson river nearby was a big engineering challenge.

We were blessed this past week with the visit of our daughter Amy and four of her friends from Arizona.

We spent a delightful week with us touring New York City. They had a busy and full week and we did our best to keep up with them.

Our cozy little apartment was their home for the week.

They especially enjoyed mastering the New York City subway system, which they did very quickly.

We did the subway rides as well.

We even learned how to do our own selfie photo. 

Linda and I got separated briefly at Central Park, so she found a new boyfriend!

But I quickly ran him off and reclaimed her for myself!

One fun activity during the week was to travel to Sleepy Hollow, New York, the site of the legend of Sleepy Hollow. This cute little town is just north of New York City.  We were also able to tour a Dutch reformed church building on the cemetery property, which was constructed in 1685.  We had a great time with these fine young ladies.

 

We reluctantly said goodbye to Amy and her friends on Saturday.

We really enjoyed Gen. conference weekend with members in two different branches as well as the missionaries.