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It's Reunion Time!

 This last week we had another Hansen family reunion. It had plenty of challenges with the venue we were going to use canceling about 6 weeks before. Then Covid hit and various members of the family got sick. We were sad to miss some people who couldn't come at all. But we pulled it off and still made some good memories.




Hike on Thursday morning:




Boating on Thursday afternoon:


Thursday night talent show:
Preshow:








Friday morning Undokai:




























Ted talks on Friday afternoon:


Homemade root beer, big group picture and testimony meeting on Friday night:








As part of our meeting my dad shared a story about his father, Grandpa Bill Hansen:

Bill was not active in the church until my father was almost 8 and then he decided he wanted his children to grow up with that influence and he became “all in.” Soon after that, the LA temple was announced and my grandpa pledged a large donation to help build it which he wasn’t sure how he was going to make. Right after making that pledge, he got paid at his job, cashed the check, and put all the money in his wallet. His friend gave him a ride home but when he got home he realized he had lost his wallet. He called his friend to see if the wallet was in the car but his friend couldn’t find it. So, somewhat worried, he and Grandma Ellen sat down and figured out how they could get by for a month without the money from his paycheck. Right after they worked it out, his friend called and said he had found the wallet which had slipped down between the seats. When Grandpa got back his wallet, he realized that the amount of money in his wallet was the amount he had pledged to donate to the temple. Through losing his wallet, the Lord showed him how he could make that contribution.













Hansen Reunion 2022:











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