Chewin' the Fat

We held our third Missionary Preparation class with our prospective missionaries this evening.  Nia, Marshall and Leti are hanging in there.  Nia is filling out her papers.  Marshall is a convert of 18 months.  Leti is a reactivated member.  We lost Aaron.  He had been commuting between Seattle and Juneau.  His Father works for the airlines and that made it possible.  It wasn't what he was hoping I guess and he is staying home in Seattle. 

We discussed the importance of being obedient and having faith.  Along with being obedient and faithful we discussed the cause and effects of keeping commandments.  They already had heard of the special rules that missionaries follow. 

The thing Diane and I enjoyed the most was the three of them stayed and chatted for about 40 minutes after we finished the lesson.  Diane had made a plate of cookies, cheese and crackers and ginger snaps and brownies.  They just chatted and snacked.   The two boys are pretty novice in their gospel knowledge but are very willing to learn and participate.  Nia could leave tomorrow and be successful.

I didn't take this picture but was really impressed with it.  As of yet, we haven't seen the Northern Lights.  But I have downloaded an app on my Droid that let's me know when I can see them.  The trouble is it is always when I want to be asleep.  The picture was taken in Whitehorse, Canada on Sept. 3, 2012.  When we were in Whitehorse last month the Aurora Borealis was going quite well.  It was our luck to have a heavy night of cloud cover.