November 2010 Relief Society Reminder:

The Relief Society has two mid-week activities coming up in November and December:

Thursday, November 11th 7:00pm in the RS Room will be a Humanitarian presentation. Laura Beth Parkinson will share some of her experiences, and show some of her pictures from their recent trip to the Middle East, and there will be another speaker, as well. Mitch Bingham, our Ward Activities Committee Chairman, will also be there to let us know the needs of the Christmas Box, an organization for families in need, that our ward has decided to help as a ward project (part of our Ward Christmas Party this year). We will be donating gifts as families or individuals, which will then be taken to the Christmas Box by the ward. Mitch will answer questions you may have about this project. Dress is casual.
QUESTIONS? Call Christine Johnson, 801-226-2516

Thursday, December 2nd, 7:00pm in the Cultural Hall will be our "Girls' Night Out Before Christmas" for all women and girls aged 8 years old and older. Back by popular request will be the wonderful band that performed for us last year, starring some of our own ward members and neighbors, although Olivia tells us that see is NOT going to dance for us again this year....Those who missed her performance missed a lot of fun. Following the band, we will have refreshments; after which those who want to go home will depart, and those who want the fun to continue will stay for a rather wild version of the White Elephant Game. The party will end around 9pm.

Please bring:
1. a goodie or munchie to share (one per family)
2. for those staying for the white elephant game, each person playing should bring one wrapped white elephant gift to give away.
QUESTIONS? Call Gail Christensen, 801-225-8643

Missionary Moments: November 2010

Elder Jason Robertson is presently serving the Spain, Madrid Mission.

After church, this week, we took a long walk out to Santa Marta, a small town on the outskirts of Salamanca, about a 40 minute walk. We taught a less active family from Honduras, and on our way back Elder Hanson just wanted to cross this bridge we found and take a different route. It led us through a forest and I took pictures. We walked for a long time and there was no one around, we thought there was a bridge at the end of the forest but when we got there we found out there wasn't, so we were trapped in by the river which meant we had to go back all the way around and we would be late for a 1st lesson with a couple from Nicaragua that we had talked to on the street.

Well, all the way at the edge of the forest we found a man from Bolivia fishing with his grandson. He said he's never been fishing before, and he had no luck so they were going home. It turns out he's painted some of our Mormon chapels in his country and he's really interested in meeting up with us. He lives in a mall town about 60 km away from Salamanca, and we're going to see him this Saturday. He was so happy to have found us, he wanted to take pictures with us, so we did. The lesson of the story is found in 1 Nephi 4:6 "and (we) were led by the spirit, not knowing beforehand....