7/1/2012

  The 1st of July - who would have thought last year at this time that we would be here saying "Hola"  instead of "Hi".   We went to our ward again today so that makes three weeks in a row.  I was thinking the other day that we could be inactive over here and no one would even miss us because no one keeps track of us and we visit different wards. Today Pres. Lee and his wife from the Santiago Mission were in our ward.  He was just released as the Mission pres. over there.  What a spirit they brought with them and shared in testimony meeting.  Then Reid, the Downs Syndrome young man, son of Pres. and Sister Cornish, bore his testimony.  He does so well.  The purity and love he has in his heart is amazing.  Megan used to tell me she wanted to adopt a Downs baby.  Every time we are around Reid I can see what she was talking about.  There is absolutely no guile in him. He is 27  years old now and just loves everybody - everyone he meets is his friend!  Pres. Lee and his wife are living in our apartment building where the Ottersons lived until the Snows move out of their apartment. 
  We had a big meeting today with the Oriental Stake.  What a great counselor over music they have!  He is so excited to get their stake trained to lead and to play so they can be responsible for their own music.  We now have about 10 people to teach each Sunday afternoon at 4:00 pm.  This should be interesting!  This has taken an amazing amount of faith that the Lord knew what He was doing
when He called us to this calling.  It's all good - we'll just go on and do the best we can!  We know that He will sustain and bless us with the ability to do what He needs us to do here.
   The White Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake is delicious!