So we met Saturday morning about 8:30 am. It was a really really long drive. We stopped in Hurricane and ate lunch. Then we drove a whole lot more. One of the guys was super excited to see a tall cactus...and there were plenty of them. We got there like 8 or so and had dinner at Garcia’s. We also did a quick grocery run to Food City--ghetto! It was awesome...greeted by 3 black men, at least one was security, then the music was Hispanic and I swear there were more Mexican candies than the typical stuff. And lots of signs in both Spanish and English. White cashier though. It was totally awesome shopping there.
One elder had to be picked up at the airport, but they got lost, going to the wrong one.And my maternal instinct kicked in apparently, because I was unable to sleep until they got back...until everybody was safely in bed, I could not fall asleep. So I didn’t get a whole lot of sleep that night either. Not much napping in the car in either direction either. I wanted to make sure the driver had company to keep her alert.
Sunday morning we met at the church at about 7:30 and rehearsed our musical number. I arranged it, a combo of Army of Helaman and I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus. It sounded really good. Then when President and Sister Woods arrived, the look on their faces made the trip there so worth it. I loved President’s look of surprise when I walked up to him, then his joy in seeing so many of us. There ended up being 30 of us. President and Sister Woods' talks were great of course. I think the most memorable part for me was that President basically taught a first lesson for his talk. It made me really happy. In between the two of them, our “missionary choir” sang. When they announced it, I looked to see if they would react at all, but nothing registered until we all got up to sing. Then it was awesome. They actually joined us. I think Sister Woods cried the whole time (that’s what I was told anyway), but I could see President singing along.
After sacrament meeting, we went to the basement of the church and they instructed us, kind of like zone conference. It was neat. We got a big group picture too:
One elder had to be picked up at the airport, but they got lost, going to the wrong one.And my maternal instinct kicked in apparently, because I was unable to sleep until they got back...until everybody was safely in bed, I could not fall asleep. So I didn’t get a whole lot of sleep that night either. Not much napping in the car in either direction either. I wanted to make sure the driver had company to keep her alert.
Sunday morning we met at the church at about 7:30 and rehearsed our musical number. I arranged it, a combo of Army of Helaman and I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus. It sounded really good. Then when President and Sister Woods arrived, the look on their faces made the trip there so worth it. I loved President’s look of surprise when I walked up to him, then his joy in seeing so many of us. There ended up being 30 of us. President and Sister Woods' talks were great of course. I think the most memorable part for me was that President basically taught a first lesson for his talk. It made me really happy. In between the two of them, our “missionary choir” sang. When they announced it, I looked to see if they would react at all, but nothing registered until we all got up to sing. Then it was awesome. They actually joined us. I think Sister Woods cried the whole time (that’s what I was told anyway), but I could see President singing along.
After sacrament meeting, we went to the basement of the church and they instructed us, kind of like zone conference. It was neat. We got a big group picture too:
a tad blurry, but it took me a month to track this down!
a sisters' picture
On the way back, I tried sleeping a bit, and sort of dozed but was still aware of things. My phone then rang. Somebody had left a suit jacket at the house, but somebody was flying back that night and could bring it...if it belonged in Utah. Well after much phoning around and getting numbers of people and finally getting a hold of those driving through an area with terrible service, we learned who it belonged to. However, it's still sitting at my house, because he hasn't come to claim it yet!
We got back about 2:30 in the morning...I unwillingly woke up 5 hours later and went to work. I don't necessarily recommend such crazy travel patterns, but it was a lot of fun and it was great to surprise the Woods! Mission accomplished.
We got back about 2:30 in the morning...I unwillingly woke up 5 hours later and went to work. I don't necessarily recommend such crazy travel patterns, but it was a lot of fun and it was great to surprise the Woods! Mission accomplished.
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