Author: The Brandenburgs

We took a 2 1/2 hour boat cruise around Manhattan. We got an up close view of the Statue of Liberty, Yankee Stadium, and the Cloisters. Ty in front of…

One World Trade Center, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the United States, the tallest…

Rooftop of our apartment building BYU vs. Alabama Sweet 16 Basketball game in Newark, NJ

Ty came to visit us in NYC and was able to spend three hours with us at the employment center. He met the other full time employment services missionary, Sister…

Brian and I spoke in the Inwood 1st Ward Sacrament meeting. We were asked to speak about hope using Elder Neil L. Anderson’s talk from the last General Conference, “The…

Yesterday we attended our Zone Conference at the Inwood Church Building. The theme of the conference was "Becoming a Lifelong Disciple of Jesus Christ." The assistants to the Mission Leaders…

Our Senior Missionary monthly potluck was a St. Patrick's Day theme! (It is only for the senior missionary couples that live in our apartment building. Our mission leaders live across…

Brian and Sister Neff and I attended two wards yesterday. The Manhattan 1st Ward and the Riverside Park Ward. Elder Robert and Sister Lorraine Hansen happened to be the speakers…

It was a clear and beautiful day to walk the Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan. The bridge is 1.3 miles long and it took us about 20 minutes to…

We rode the subway to Brooklyn, so that we could walk the Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn toward Manhattan. Before doing that, we took a walk along the Brooklyn Heights Promenade's…

When we were training at the MTC (Missionary Training Center) in Provo, we went to lunch with our friends and then leaders of the MTC, Kevin and Sydnee Calderwood. We…

Today at church we saw old friends and met new ones. Several months ago, a 19-year old young woman had just traveled to NY from Portland a few weeks after…

We went to the Queens YSA Ward in Woodside last Sunday to present an Employment Workshop during the 2nd hour of church. We left over an hour before church was…

These musicians have been in Times Square subway station the last two times that we have been there and their music is lovely! They work hard and smart for their…

Brian and I went to see MJ on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre. The theatre is 0.8 miles from our apartment and the weather was great, so we walked…

The Employment Center has been very very busy and we have been doing our best to keep up with all of the job seekers. Sunday, February 16 we got a…

A few weeks ago, a middle-aged woman dressed in a clean, but old t-shirt and jeans visited us at the employment office. She was loud. She talked like she had…

Brian and I were able to take a quick trip to Utah last week for the baby blessing of our grand-daughter, Chloe May. Chloe is a beautiful, sweet baby and…

Two Boots pizza is just a few blocks from us but we had not tried it until Monday. It's a fun, kid-friendly pizza place with some interesting pizza names and…

Last Friday night we went to a terrific Indian restaurant in Midtown Manhattan with two other senior missionary couples; Elder Kory and Sister Carolyn Katseanes from Provo, Utah and Elder Doug and…