June 10th

Saturday we had a branch party at our Presidents house. He has a huge house on a lake. There were probably 50 people there and all sorts of food! We had hot dogs, hamburgers and chicken and all the trimmings! The boys (YM and older) played with remote controlled boats on the lake. The little kids had bubbles and of course there were water guns! We stayed longer to help clean up and then it rained! Their house is in a complex and there aren't any taxis nearby. We watch Karate Kid 3 and then decided we'd just have to walk in the rain to find a taxi. They don't have a car and their driver wasn't available. So we got ready to walk ..and it quit raining! We still had to walk a ways to get a taxi but that was OK. In our branch we have Joseph who is 30 yrs. old and single, and Brad who is in his 20's and on an internship here for 3 months. The branch always fluctuates with its number of members. Pres. Bakers nephew, in his 20's, is here for 2 months on an internship. Trevor is from SLC but is not a member of the Church. But he has come to church the last two Sundays and Joseph and Brad are very excited to have a new friend! Nelson teaches the Gospel Essentials class to which Trevor has been attending with Brad and Joseph. Today we had 5 young men, RM's, attend our branch. They will be here for 8 weeks. They're on a summer exchange program from the U of U learning Chinese. They also attended the Gospel Essentials class. Nelson had told Trevor to bring any questions he had and they would discuss them during class. And then 5 returned missionaries just happen to drop in! That is not an accident. What an asset they will be to our branch as 10 of us are leaving. Dad had a lazy birthday. We didn't do much, just the branch party and I'd baked a cake for him and took it to the party. Love you all. This week will be full of "last times". that's so weird! Mom XXOO