Hey everyone,
This
weekend was great. The city of Show Low had its annual "Show Low
Days" fair. There are vendors, food, rides (kinda), and music. It’s pretty
neat. We (we = us plus 6 other Elders and 4 Sisters) were asked to be volunteers
to help with setup, moving things and lifting things, etc. We began at 6 AM on
Friday with setting things up and helping the vendors. As it neared time to
open (12 noon) we overheard that there were booth plots that had been left
vacant. We quickly seized the opportunity and secured ourselves a booth plot for
the missionaries. As fast as we could, we got all the things we needed to
hastily put together a booth: tables, chairs, a canopy, whiteboards, supplies,
pictures, etc. The first day we were there was not well organized, as you can
imagine, but we had better plans for the second day to make it look better
(less crowded). The first day basically looked like a table with innumerable
copies of the Book of Mormon (if one could count the sands upon the seashore)
and an equal number of missionaries behind the books sitting in chairs. Not
effective by any means. Day two was much better. Only 2 missionaries at a time,
fewer things on the table, and it worked much better.
Also
on Saturday, Barry got baptized. It was a wonderful meeting. Many friends were
in attendance from the wards he has lived in and were very happy for him. Great
testimonies were shared, wonderful music was sung, and the spirit was present
and seemed to be felt by all. Before the service began, the stake president
turned around and asked us if President Sweeney was coming. We replied that we
had not heard anything about that and that we had not directly invited him. To
which our dear stake president told us that he had invited President and Sister
Sweeney. At that very moment, in walked President and Sister Sweeney. I was so happy
that they came. They always bring the spirit with them in great measure.
And
about us getting back to work, yeah that isn't true anymore because now I am
ill. Hopefully, it won't be as long. But at least we had a good weekend.
Love
you all,
Elder
Kirk
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