18 December 2013

This coming Friday, the semester is over.  We were privileged to teach the following classes this past semester:  Prophets of the Church, Doctrine and Covenants, Book of Mormon, Choir, a Devotional with teachings from conference talks, and an investigator class.  On Friday, the Institute Choir is going to present a Christmas musical program.  Bonnie's choir has worked hard and she hopes they'll be ready!  It's been an uphill battle for sure.  All the Institute is invited, the local wards, and all the Missionaries can bring investigators and less actives.  We will try to find someone to record the whole program.







It is a joy to teach classes of the Scriptures.  And to get musical sound out of these Young Adults is nothing short of a miracle.



So sorry, but it was ME who took the picture of Sister P teaching and I guess my eyes were out of focus, but she is a wonderful teacher, touching the lives of many.

We have some time off after the semester ends.  We will be visiting missionaries, visiting sites, and being with some of the other senior couples, going to the temple, and preparing for the next semester.  Our director has already told us what we will be teaching:  Bonnie will teach music directing, chorus, and I will teach the four gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Doctrine and Covenants, and of course we will both be teaching a devotional again.  But all of these courses will be only eight weeks, or half the time of a normal semester.

We both are excited about the coming shortened semester, the classes we will be teaching, the opportunity of continuing to serve the Mission President, the full time missionaries and of course our journey home in a couple of months.

The other day we were down town, purchasing something and this dude came rushing up to us and said, "You need to come and see my store, across the street."  I told him we didn't have the time and were in a hurry.  He said,  "I will give you some free marijuana and a free cigar!!!"  It was tempting, but I refused.  Then he said,  "Come and get it and give it to your friends!"  Again, I had to be restrained, but did turn him down.  But free????

By the way, what is marijuana?