It's Official!!!

We had a "Linger Longer" after church on Sunday and Brother Fabert (one of the Assistant Project Directors) came up to talk to me and see how things are going. I told him how much I loved being a service missionary in the ward and told him that I've been thinking of extending for another six months and he said, "Consider it done!" ... so I guess this means I'll get released the same time as Sister Van Tielen in May 2006.

Utah State Fair

We had our first Young Adult activity on Saturday and went to the Utah State Fair. Pretty good turn out, even though we were small in number ... Brittany Daniels, Lono Folau, Marin Fisher and Dinah Olino from the Pioneer 25th Ward and Darcy Dillingham and Rosann Doney came along too. I think we had a pretty good time. I hope more will come to the next activity ... whatever that might be. We got to the fair just in time to watch the Preston HS Glad Hands Club perform (of "Napoleon Dynamite" fame). I think we all got a good chuckle out of their performance, even though it wasn't supposed to be funny. None of us were prepared for the weather to be so cold so fast, so we went indoors for a few exhibits after eating our dinner in the cold.

While in the buildings we went our seperate ways to check out exhibits, etc.; apparently, there was a booth dedicated to anti-Mormon material. As we were attempting to regroup and figure out where everyone was and where to go next, I found out that Brittany and Marin had gone to this booth to find out why the people manning the booth were bashing Mormons. It was obvious that their conversation was not going anywhere. Each party firm in their belief of what Mormons are or are not. As I pulled these two young ladies from the discussion, I was really quite proud that they were not afraid to share their testimonies and for standing up for their beliefs.

Gospel Doctrine Class

Taught my first Gospel Doctrine lesson today, "Faith in Every Footstep." I think it went really well -- excellent participation and comments. I only had to "forward" two students (which was half of the class) to the Temple Preparation class, but I told them both that I expect them back in my class in a couple of weeks when the Temple Preparation class is over. I'm happy with the way things turned out and I think I'll celebrate today's success by taking a nice, long Sunday nap.