Antelope Slot Canyon

These are just a couple of pictures taken in Antelope Slot Canyon in Page, Arizona. We went as a District for an activity for the Senior couples. We had lunch first at one of the Mexican restaurants, and although that did not go as smoothly as it could have because of the time restraints, it was a lot of fun to gather together share a meal and then head over to the canyon. Our guide said the ride over was the Navajo version of a Disney adventure ride. ;o} Our guide, named Rob, had a great sense of humor and an amazing understanding of how to take the best pictures. He had to remind us a lot, but we got some great pictures inside by standing in the shadows or exactly where he told us to stand. Sometimes we were in places where he said we could close our eyes and still get great pictures and he was right. Jared Justice did return on Tues. and spoke today. He talked about who we were and what we should be striving for in our lives. He said his dad had written early in his mission and said that his focus should be not on a life of accomplishment, but a life of significance. If he focused on making his life one of significance the accomplishments would follow. It sounds as if he had some pretty wonderful things happen. He told of a lady names Judy who had enjoyed the Elders message, changed her life, lost over a 100 pounds, and walked down to the beach which she had not been able to do for 20 years, since she had been confined to a wheelchair. She has not joined the church, but Jared said he is sure that she will one day and if not he asked if he could teach her on the other side and she said yes. When she got to the beach she picked up a small stone and a shell. Although these items have no monetary value they are symbolic of the friendship and accomplishments that happened after hearing the gospel. We saw our friend Darrell Maloney on Friday, his life was also changed because of the gospel and the gardening program. My computer is still doing crazy things with the pictures I am trying to download. They say they are there and I can see them, but when I try to download it comes out just numbers and symbols. Darrell lost a 100 lbs also and gave up alcohol. He was telling us about a 7 mile run in Phx this June. He plans to run in it. I am going to try and copy the pictures to this word document. Well it seem to work here, so I will try to copy this whole thing to an email and to the blog and see if it works there. We went to Aubree Tsinnie’s 5th birthday party yesterday at Louise Yellowman Park, right by McDonald’s. It was a beautiful day for a party. Her aunt made the birthday cake and cupcakes. The cake was the doll’s dress. If I can figure it out I will try to add that picture as well. Well it appeared that the pictures were there, but they did not show on the email, so I am trying to add attachments. Love, Sister Olson