Beforehand, Mario and I spent Friday evening at his parents' house. We played games and got dad set up with an unlocked smart phone--especially email, scriptures and kindle. Dad has a flip phone, but Mario wanted him to buy us a kindle book to "share" and gave him an unused phone so dad could read the book, too.
Chika and Dave came over and we partied--Eli partied with his cars and the exercise ball. We played "May I," and Mario and I did pretty poorly. But chatting is always fun! :)
We got to my parents' house yesterday afternoon and headed pretty much straight over to grandma and grandpa Marie and Mick's to celebrate Becci and Liz's birthdays.
Then we went back, and baked cookies and cupcakes and finished up preparations for today.
Today, we went to Sacrament Meeting for Nathanael's farewell talk, had family over for lunch and headed back to the church building to listen to Sarah and Peter Carroll's farewell talks. Everyone did a great job!
I'm glad for the friends and family who have chosen to serve a mission! You made the right choice! For those, like me, who have gotten married, or chosen not to serve, know you have still been called to labor in the vineyard. Always live as an example, and share your testimony with those in your local area. While you may not be called to a fulltime mission, we are all called to be member missionaries, and, according to the training last week, the greatestand most important duty as a member of the Church is to preach the Gospel. As we look, we can and will find opportunities to share the Gospel in our lives.
