We are very excited with the announcement today that “our” branch in Saioua will be divided next week to create a branch in Godoua. When we first arrived almost 5 months ago, average attendance was about 60. Today, including the branch and the two groups, it was 120. Much of that growth is activation work done by members and some is of course new members and friends. It is a wonderful thing to see the enthusiasm of so many to hear and share the message of the restored church. Yesterday in Saioua the Elders’ Quorum held an activity to help prepare new members to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood. It was well-attended and the quorum president did an excellent job!
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| Training meeting |
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| Future missionaries |
Yesterday and today have been graduation day for our son Neal, from the Stanford Graduate School of Business MSx program. His immediate and extended family are very happy for his accomplishment. He is on his way to Baja to survey and hopefully put some ink on paper to manage a project for shrimp farming, mangrove restoration, and agroforestry. Pretty amazing stuff for us parents!
As it is Father’s Day today, it is good to reflect on the great fathers Sue and I both had. They came through the depression and WWII, both born of immigrant parents [from the US] on the Alberta prairie (well, actually in houses but you know what we mean). Their service throughout life to country, church, community, and family, thanks to the support of their wives, set great examples for their posterity. They were not perfect by any means, nor did they claim to be, but they kept moving ahead and learning and growing right to the end. They will be even more interesting when we get to meet and converse with them again.
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| A game of checkers |
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| Checking out potential meeting sites |
What fantastic growth!
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