This town is famous for other things as well such as having a building named after us:
And for having filmed It's a Wonderful Life there. Here are Emma, Asher, and Audrey standing on the famous bridge:
In the afternoon, volunteers from the adult cast team filled in for us in primary to be with the kids while the workers all went to the Chill and Grill for a free ice cream.
It was yummy but the lines were long.
When we got back to the Hill we discovered that Lily had gotten her face painted. So cute!
In the evening devotional a member of the 1st Quorum of the Seventy from Brazil told an interesting story. His father was one of the first converts in Brazil. This was when there were just 100 or so members and just one branch. About 30 years after that baptism this man was interested in contacting the elders who had baptized his father so he looked up their names on his baptismal certificate and made an effort to write them thank you letters. He was successful with one of them and the letter got through. He had said how appreciative he was to have the gospel in his life and thanked the missionary for changing the course of their whole family's life.
The missionary was thrilled to get the letter. The father was the only baptism the elder had had on his mission. It was several years later before the man was able to context the other missionary and it was the same case with him--this man was his only baptism as well. They had both felt like they had been failures in their missions because they had only baptized one person and they weren't even sure he was still active.
President Faust was the mission companion to one of these missionaries and when they died he related this story and emphasized how many had joined the church as a result of that "one" baptism. He said, "You can count the number of seeds in a watermelon but you can't count the number of watermelons in a seed." The General Authority emphasized how important it was for us to plant seeds as missionaries and though we might never know the results of our kindnesses and positive efforts, good things would be the result.
That night Ken's parents came with Erik, Nate, and Chase so we had fun taking pictures with the cousins and cast members:
The missionary was thrilled to get the letter. The father was the only baptism the elder had had on his mission. It was several years later before the man was able to context the other missionary and it was the same case with him--this man was his only baptism as well. They had both felt like they had been failures in their missions because they had only baptized one person and they weren't even sure he was still active.
President Faust was the mission companion to one of these missionaries and when they died he related this story and emphasized how many had joined the church as a result of that "one" baptism. He said, "You can count the number of seeds in a watermelon but you can't count the number of watermelons in a seed." The General Authority emphasized how important it was for us to plant seeds as missionaries and though we might never know the results of our kindnesses and positive efforts, good things would be the result.
That night Ken's parents came with Erik, Nate, and Chase so we had fun taking pictures with the cousins and cast members:
Chase, Nate, King Noah, Lily
Lehi
Abinidi
Joseph Smith and Moroni
Nephi
Samuel the Lamanite and Lemuel's Wife
Mormon
One of the Three Kings
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