We planned a get together at our place for all of the people baptized in the last year. We didn't plan on the rain but everyone came anyway. With awning, a fire and some stalwart souls everything worked out fine. We grilled hot dogs and roasted marshmellows. The Amanda told the story of her conversion. It set the tone and we had a nice testimony meeting.

Patricia then explained how she and daughter were baptized.  She is a cancer survivor and a really neat lady.  She talked about how they have been searching for something without knowing what it was. She will be a great addition to our ward.

This is our brave group. They were all delighted to be there and didn't mind the rain, They seemed to be almost starved for a little socialization so I thing the timing was right. What a fun time we are having. These are great people.

We had a lovely Baptism last week. This is our Spanish Missionaries and a Mother/ Daughter ( Patricia and Crystal) that were baptized. The spanish part of our ward is just great. They have a great spirit and are always happy.

This is our two English Elders and Mary. They worked quite a while with Mary. They are Great Elders.

Mary wanted our picture taken with her too. We helped a little but the Elders did most of the teaching. We were often chaperones so they could teach a single sister. This has been quited a learning experience for us.
It was a very spiritual baptism.

There are not a lot of Spanish speaking folks in our stake so they all attend our ward. The elders tranlate to themand they add a lot of sweet spirit to our ward. Last week a sister bore her testimony in Spanish. I couldn't understand a word but the spirit was very strong. We had a Cinco de Mayo celebration last Sat to celebrate what they bring to our ward.

There weren't very many people there at 3 when it was supposed to start but people kept coming and we a fun relaxing afternoon.

The Elders had a great time cooking. They have a happy spirit that is contagious. The meat is carne asada which is awesome. They get it a local grocery store. it seems to be everyone's favorite. We ate a tremendous amount.

I seem to have the pcitures out of order. Anyway we don't have a lot of spanish speking folks in our stake so they all meet with our ward. The Spanish Elders translate for them and it seems to work out well. Last week asister bore her testimony in Spanish. She had a great spirit. The congregation laughedand cried with her even thoug they couldn't understand all of her words. Last Sat we had a Cinco de Mayo celebration to build ward unity/ It started slow but turned out great. The elders had to climb a tree to be able to swing the pinata. It was challenge but worked fine.

We are very lucky to have stake garden. People come here to plant things pull weeds etc and everyone shares in the harvest. The ground is very fertile and the people running it know what they are doing. From a missionary stand point it is a great place to fellowship and bring less actives. We really enjoy it.

On this P-day we went to the tulip festival in Skagit Valley ( about 1/2 hour away) We met Elder and Sister Hunter there and 2 sister missionaries they brought with them. Elder and Sister Hunter are a senior couple that have been here a few weeks longer than we have. It was great to talk to them and share experiences. They are great people and it was fun to talk with them.

P-Days are wonderful!!!! We get a chance to do something different. On this one we had a load of gravel delivered . It was lot of work to spread it on our driveway and foot paths but things are a lot more solid now.