Looking Back

Looking back the past two weeks over the Christmas Holidays, we really did have a great time! Christmas Eve we went up to Kirtland for a dinner and to be together with the other missionaries. Elder Butterfield talked to us about his response to the story about the littlest bell that President Peterson had told at zone conference. Hopefully we can get a copy of his talk so we can share its importance and message that was shared. Afterward, we all went to the Kirtland Temple to share in the program the Community of Christ church was presenting. A few of the Senior couples have been practicing the Dulcimer for the past 6 weeks and they were to play the prelude music. They sounded pretty good! Then the Evangelist Minister took charge of the program. There were readings and music and a talk from the High Priest about Mary.

We left for Garrettsville later that evening and then on Christmas day we headed back up to Kirtland again for a Christmas brunch with all of the missionaries. We had many laughs and lots of togetherness. It was held in the Butterfield’s home.

New Year’s Eve we headed again up to Kirtland to eat soup and crackers and then enjoy snacking on all kinds of food along with a chocolate fountain that didn’t quit!, play games, enjoy a short program and enjoy each other’s company once again. Sister Stott called and asked if we had a dumb talent that we could share so we took her seriously and prepared. When we got there, we found that most of the couples declined the request and weren’t going to perform. Doyle did some of his numbers tricks and then passed the printed pages with answers out to everybody. They really enjoyed doing them. I tied a couple of balloon animals for my "talent”. I wanted to do a swan, a parrot and a flying mouse. The swan worked ok but trying to do the parrot, the balloon popped, then the flying mouse was a hit....Elder Pyrah caught it when it came flying at him. Some of the other crazy talents displayed were three of the sister missionaries who could not only curl their tongues but make them into three leaf clovers......Sister Fortie could stand on her toes and walk barefoot on them.....A couple of the sisters put on a little skit about “dislocated pinkies” and “broken arm”..........Of course we had a couple of the Elders act out “Who’s on base”.........Even Jake got in the act by showing how he could wiggle his ears and flare his nostrils at the same time. Some Community of Christ members also were there to share New Year’s Eve with us and a little girl about 9 years wanted to show us how she could move her head like an Egyptian.........We all had such a good time laughing. We played Phase 10 much of the evening and then rotated after each round to mix with others. The person with the least points was the winner and prizes were given out to first and second place and a boobie prize was given for the most points. I WAS THE WINNER! (of the boobie prize). We stayed over with Elder and Sister Christensen out at the Morley Farm and really enjoyed and appreciated their hospitality.