What a fun week this was. On Saturday we had a big Stake Primary Day. We had lots of kids, lots of great leaders and LOTS of FUN.
Sister Allen is an amazing leader. She divided the kids into three groups and each went to a station focused around the theme of I am a Child of God.
The bike rodeo course had signs that said, things like Did you think to pray? Read your scriptures, etc. The older group loved the course and rode like experts, the youngest kids rode tricyles and loved the course just as much, but watching them pump up the slight slope was pretty funny.
In the kitchen they made play dough and talked about how their actions shape their lives. They got to pick two colors and I was pretty impressed that the older kids liked it as much as the younger ones.
In the cultural hall they got to close material to make very simple scripture bags. They would go over to one of five sisters who would sew the bag together. Then they got to choose a tablet, a small notebook, a pencil. a card with the Articles of Faith, a pamphlet with A Proclamation of the Family. They were able to decorate their notebooks. Sister Norris said it was neat to see them bring them to church today. We spoke in Kayenta, so we did not get to see them.
Sister Allen also had Bishop Luna and Bishop Blodgett speak to the kids for 3-5 mins, then everyone ate a the longest submarine sandwich ever.
On Thursday we had about 300 boxes of peaches come into Cameron where they loaded them onto trucks and trailers to take to the various units. We delivered about 165. I just sent out an email and told everybody that they had come in and then they came and picked them up.
The sisters either bottled them or made jam. I suspect a lot were eaten before they ever made it to the bottles. ;o} It went over so well that we are ordering more peaches this week.
Tomorrow we have our missionary training meeting and then on Thursday we will do our Demo with the participants.
The new Seminary teacher and his wife arrived Friday. They seem very nice and eager to get started. We told them to try and relax and get settled, then we will put them to work. Elder Walker's brother was killed in an auto accident, so they will be traveling to California next weekend for the funeral.
One of our Gardening couples left today, two left last month and the rest will leave in the next few weeks, so Elder Olson and I will be the lone rangers again. We will hopefully get a new group in Feb. If you know of anyone who would like to serve here let us know. The days are long, but the rewards are great.
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