Wonderful YSA

It's Tuesday morning and Evelyn and I are getting ready to head out with Sister Ballew and Sister Christensen to Cooma.  It's about 1.5 hours away and  we will spend the day there.  They have a few people that have indicated an interest in the church and there's a member they want to visit.  We just finished reading in the Book of Mormon and Preach My Gospel.  We were up late last night with the YSA here in our flat so Evelyn didn't go to the gym this morning. I had a short workout on the elliptical and light weights.

Last night was wonderful.  We had 24 young people here in our flat, which included 3 sister missionaries and two elders.  Several came that we hadn't met before so it was great fun.  I actually used Marco Polo for a minute so our families back home could see the chaos.  We had an actual family home evening.  One of the Polynesian brothers conducted and we had a rousing opening song and a beautiful prayer.  Evelyn played the piano back in the kitchen and Faith (that's her name) led the music by standing in the doorway to the living room.  We had some fun introductions and I asked everyone to tell something about themselves that nobody in the room knew.  A lot of smiles as siblings, roommates and close friends had to think of something.  Then they played a name game, laughed a lot, had treats that they had brought, played a game at the kitchen table and were pretty much gone by 10PM.  It was so sweet and the spirit of love and laughter filled the place.  Two of the boys are professional rugby players, one owns a pharmacy, a few are returned missionaries and a few are preparing to go.  One young lady is not a member, two have been married and divorced, one is a mother and they all have hearts of gold.

As the young people came in our flat, one of the first things they saw was the pictures of our family.  It is the grouping that Evelyn put together for the Fred Weber reunion that was held this last summer in Wyoming.  It takes up about 2 meters of the wall and several of the young adults asked questions and made comments about those beautiful children and grandchildren.  One of the young men said that our sons all looked like they could be twins. He said, "they all look the same".   I loved it because he's a big handsome Polynesian fellow with a large family and I was thinking how they all looked alike.

God is great, he is in the heavens, he presides over this earth and this is his work and his glory.  I pray that he returns soon.

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  1. SharonNovember 27, 2019 at 10:07 AM

    So special. I have always looked up to both of you especially Evelyn who I have always thought of as an eternal friend. Keep on keepen on. You guys touch my heart. Sharon

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