Too Much Fun

The lessons this week by Luc on "hope" at FHE and by Simon on "covenants" at Institute on the Beach were so well done. I am always impressed at how well these young people teach. Of course these two are returned missionaries and that never hurts.

We had such a good time at the beach in Swansea. It was beautiful and the weather was great, but Elder Cable thinks he is as young as our YSA and tried to play Ultimate Frisbee with them but tumbled into the rocks and has a horribly looking (but not deep) wound on his forehead from the encounter. He just tried to have too much fun.

The sandcastle competition was great. We had great fun watching all of these young people work so hard for a long time to build the best tower to set their little rock on, and then fortifications to protect the tower. When the tide came in we watched with bated breath to see whose rock would stay above the tide the longest. The ones who won were the ones with the most experience and with the Captain Moroni approach. It was fun.

I have enjoyed the opportunity to do a little Family Search Indexing and was thrilled to find out that I can now use the Church's New Family Search and Family Tree. It is amazing to see the things they have on there and it will be fun when I have the opportunity to analyze and hopefully add to and, if necessary, change information right on-line. It is a great concept and brilliantly done. It will be so nice when all the bugs are worked out in Family Tree and it is out of the beta-testing.

We ended up at the Caerphilly District Meeting instead of our district meeting due to a communication glitch. It was great to meet with them and they were very kind to us. The spirit was present and we learned some very helpful things. Then Friday we went to Swindon to check one flat. It is fun to see the Elders even if it is just for a few minutes. Saturday we went to Cardiff and signed a new one-year lease for the Richards Terrace flat. I like that flat because it has wonderful lace curtains and you can hear the birds sing all the time as it is next to an aviary.

We are excited about Zone Conference on Monday but saddened by the thought that it will be the last one for President Richard and Sister Amy Moffat. They have been magnificent.