BLOG #33 November 30th to December 7th
THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT WEEK! WE HAVE FINISHED THE LAST OF THE SEMESTER AND
THE LAST FALL DINNER. WE REALLY NEEDED A
BREAK. WE HAVE HAD SOME GREAT EXPERIENCES
IN THIS LAST SEMESTER: WE HAVE WITNESSED SOME GREAT YOUNG PEOPLE BEING BAPTIZED
-- SOME GREAT FRIENDS MADE – MISSIONARIES COMING AND GOING -- TEACHING – PREPARING
DINNER AND BREAKFASTS--WORKING WITH SOME GREAT PEOPLE—SEEING SOME OF THE
PRETTIEST AREAS IN THE UNTIED STATES. WHILE BEING IN FLORIDA, WE HAVE HAD AND ENJOYED MANY BLESSINGS BEING
ON THIS MISSION. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT THE YEAR 2014 IS ALMOST OVER WITH?.
I FIXED ENCHILADA SOUP FOR THIS LAST DINNER OF
THE SEMESTER. TO ME IT REALLY DID NOT LOOK
GOOD BUT EVERYONE SAID IT WAS TERRIFIC.
I MADE CORN BREAD( THIS IS THE BEST RECIPE THAT I HAVE FOUND. IT IS
LIKE A CAKE AND YET BREAD), AND OF COURSE CHOCOLATE CANDY CANE KISSES COOKIES—
IT LOOKED VERY FESTIVE...
THE ONLY CHALLENGE LEFT IS THAT I HAVE TO
BALANCE THE BOOKS WITH SISTER HOPEGOOD. I HOPE THAT I WILL MAKE IT—IT IS BAD
ENOUGH TO GOOF YOUR OWN CHECKBOOK BUT THE NOT THE CHURCH’S.
WE WENT TO TWO NIGHTS OF “THE FESTIVAL OF THE
NATIVITY”. IT WAS MUCH LIKE OUR CRECHE NIGHTS. ONLY THIS STAKE PUT MORE EMPHASIS
ON THE TALENT OF THE STAKE MEMBERS THAN ON THE CRECHES. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND A LOT OF WORK. THERE ARE
SOME REALLY WONDERFUL MUSICIANS HERE. IT
DID MAKE ME THINK OF BROTHER AND SISTER HEALEY AND ALL THE WORK THEY DID.. THEN OF
ALL THINGS WE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE CRECHE ACTIVITY SUPERVISOR IN
WEBER COUNTY TO SEE IF WE COULD HELP AND WE HAD TO TELL THEM NO—I WONDER WHY I
WOULD DO THAT.
ALL 8
WARDS IN THE BRANDON STAKE WERE ASSIGNED AT LEAST 30 DOZEN COOKIES EACH. THEY
HAD COOKIES COMING OUT THEIR EARS AND STILL THEY FELT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO
BE SHORT. OUR YSA WARD WAS ASKED TO KEEP THE COOKIE AND PUNCH TABLE FULL. THEY
WERE, ALSO, ASKED TO PASS OUT THE COOKIES. SO I STEPPED IN TO HELP, WE WERE
ONLY SUPPOSED TO GIVE 2 COOKIES AT THE MOST TO EVERYONE AND YET IN THE KITCHEN
THE COOKIES WERE OOZING OUT THE DOOR.
CRAZY‼ IT ALL WORKED OUT AND THEY
HAD A LOT OF COOKIES LEFT OVER ANYWAY.
NEXT WEEK WE TRAVEL TO CAPE CORAL.
SARASOTA AND BRADENTON TO HELP WITH SEMINARY IN-SERVICE FOR
ELDER PATRICK.
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