Missionaries and Institute

Saturdays in recent weeks have been packed with meetings and events. We get up at 5:00 a.m. and don't seem to stop until bedtime. Today was a bit of a reprieve from what has become our overloaded weekend schedule. We still were up at 5:00 to get ready to teach our Institute class which starts at 7:00, however the rest of the day somehow became cleared of scheduled meetings for the day. We were quite happy to see what P-day is like.

Arriving at the church building about 6:30 we were pleasantly surprised to find a neat row of bicycles parked along the front. We learned a few weeks ago that the young sister missionaries typically play basketball early on Saturday morning, so we were hopeful we could catch them in their game. They were just finished as we made our way up the stairs. They were gracious enough to stop for a picture. We are so thankful to have these wonderful young missionaries as our friends.

We continue to be amazed at the attendance and participation of our Institute class. As we pray and begin the class we may have six or eight, but today by the time we were got into the lesson we had 18, and ended the class with 22 participants. Everyone is willing to participate by reading and making comments, even those whose English skills are not as strong. Have we ever mentioned that we love our class?

We are also thankful for technology which allows us to talk to each of our family almost face to face, even though we are half a world apart. Thanks goes to each of our children and grandchildren for working their schedule to talk to us each week. We love each of you! With Valentines Day being tomorrow, we hope all of you have a wonderful day. Please know we love you! Thanks for the love and support we feel from so many friends and family!