05 April 2010 – Monday

We decided not to go on a game drive so Mary could go into to see the doctor about her weeping wound. By the time we found out that the doctor was not in and that it was a holiday, it was too late to go. So instead we went out to lunch, went to a movie, read a lot, and worked on the jigsaw puzzle.

But the Lord did bless us today. The elders held a family home evening for the YSA in Port Durnford and every inactive single adult – all 12 of them – came. I had suggested this idea to Elder Lieros a couple of weeks ago and he decided to give it a try. The elders worked hard to personally invite each YSA and to arrange for the sisters to be escorted home by the men so they would be safe. The branch provided the funds for the food. It went so well that they are planning to continue holding them each week. Hopefully this will lead to some of them coming back into activity in the future.