Institute, Yuri, General Conference, and Dinner

As much as things become routine, they are really not the same! This morning we taught the Institute class. There were 6 students in attendance. We chuckle that we usually have six, but it's not the same six two weeks in a row. This week was no exception.

We only had a short time between Institute and General Conference, so we used our time to Skype some of our family. As we were ready to FaceTime, Sameth was there with his daughter Yuri. She is such a cute girl. We let her talk to Kaylee and Gabby on FaceTime for a minute.

Conference was scheduled to be shown at 9:00 this morning, but Sister Oveson also promised Phanna's wife, Sokhom, to help her review a research paper.  As Sokhom was running behind,  we were just headed into the room for Conference as President and Sister Moon asked if Elder Oveson was available to go help give a blessing to a Sister missionary. That gave us a change of plans. We followed President & Sister Moon to the clinic, where the sister had been seen, then to the mission home for the blessing, then Sister Moon took the Sister for additional medical care, and President Moon returned with us to the church for Conference. Sokhom was there by that time. Busy morning!

Sister Oveson helped Sokhom with her paper while Elder Oveson enjoyed conference. (A big thanks to Becky and Marla for reviewing the paper. Sokhom was very thankful for all the help and her paper was almost finished when she left for home just after noon.)

The afternoon session of conference was to begin at 2:00, so we had time to go to Lucky's for a few groceries ($90 worth), and take them home before conference again. But wait... the trunk wouldn't latch closed after opening it to take the groceries in. The parking attendants jumped into action to help. Elder Oveson was grateful for the help.  With their help, and the help of our landlord, it took about 15 minutes.  (Looks like we need to take the car to the dealer for some warranty work.)

After all that we had just enough time to eat a quick lunch before returning to the church for conference. The rest of the day was much less eventful. The missionaries only scheduled 30 minutes between the afternoon and the Priesthood sessions.  There were three senior couples (including us) there for the sessions, so the sisters stayed for the meetings. We couldn't pass the chance to visit with the Meinzers and Vanbrocklins, so dinner at Brooklyn Pizza was our final activity of the day.  What a great visit, but it was also good to go home!