Memorial Weekend

Another amazing week here in New York! :) I just love the ward here and I love the people we're teaching!! We've been going on splits with the Relief Society sisters so that we can get to know the less-actives in the ward. It's been GREAT! We get to know the sisters in the ward AND get to teach lessons! Each ward or branch that I've been in always wanted to get something going like this, but it never actually happened. So I'm super happy that it's happening in this ward :)

We've also been able to give a lot of service this week. We volunteer at a thrift shop in town and we were able to help a couple people randomly when we saw they needed help with yard work. It's amazing how much people warm up once they see that we're normal people and not just "missionaries." Quite a few new people have become interested and so we're excited about that :)

The other night Sister Brown and I were singing a hymn to open our planning session for the night. We sang one of my favorite hymns, page 191 "Behold The Great Redeemer Die." We decided to sing all of the verses. I had never sang all of them before. So we did, and after we finished it, the Spirit was so strong that we both didn't even speak, we just started crying haha. I think the very last verse (#6) is my very favorite :) Hopefully you can all look it up or sing it! It's such a beautiful and powerful song!!!!

I hope you all have been having a great time as birthdays and holidays have passed. I have everyones' birthdays on my calendar, but I often times don't get the chance to give a shout out on my blog. I'm always thinking about everyone though and I hope you're having great birthdays and holidays! :D

For memorial Day we had the Albany Stake Picnic. I also attended it last year when I was in Bennington! So I got to go again this year :) We played ultimate frisbee, had food, and met some new people! I love being around a bunch of Mormons! :)

I just love reading the scriptures and receiving answers from our Heavenly Father. I've been having a few things on my mind lately and I've been praying about them! It's amazing how when we're humble and ask, He'll give us answers :) Everyone, read the Book of Mormon and Bible ;)

Hope everyone had a good weekend! Stay safe and keep being amazing :) I love you all soooooooo much!


Eternally in the Lord's service, Sister Hansen <3