6/17/2012

Wow it's been a long day!! Started with church meetings in what would be our home ward. Had the Dunfords over for lunch on their way home from their meetings in the ward they help in.  They have been fasting for their son who has cancer that has been in remission but now may be coming back and will be getting results of the tests tomorrow.  I so pray for them that it isn't bad news.  Sister McDermid had organized a Father's Day pie get-together at 3:00 so we went to the Casa for that.  She had put together a video of pictures of the different couples and their children that was so much fun to see.  Left there in time to go out to the Hainamosa Stake to meet with the Stake and the Bishops.  It is so exciting when you go to a stake and they have actually begun to organize their music program.  This stake had the counselor over the stake music and the stake music director at the meeting! 
   It finally rained here yesterday and has continued to be drizzly today.  The paper here says the lack of rain is causing problems here too.  Hurricane season has began here and lasts through August so we will see what happens..
   It isn't Fathers Day here for a couple of weeks but I've thought much about how important fathers are.  Here there are many, many children growing up that don't even know who their fathers are and certainly get no support from them.  I am so grateful for my father, for my husband, for my sons and sons-in-law that are such great fathers.  What a vitally important role they play in the lives of their children.