Breakfast at 6:10 AM

BREATFAST AT 6:10 AM  December 21, 2012

The Fargo Seminary teacher, Sister Olsen, asked us to help her with an early morning breakfast for her Seminary students.  It was the morning before their Christmas break.  We made an egg, sausage casserole and orange juice.  It was really good.  Ellen Brotherson, a student at BYU, just arrived home from a BYU Study Abroad in Israel.  She  had a slide presentation and lots of information about Christ and the Holy Land.  What a fabulous experience! The time limited her to give as much as she would have liked.  The students really enjoyed the breakfast and presentation.  So that got us off to an early start.  

Visit to PEMBINA

Visit to PEMBINA - December 20, 2012

We traveled north about 150 miles to Pembina, ND.  A little town about 2 miles south of the Canadian border.  Visited a great seminary class.  The mother teacher is from Venezuela, but speaks fluent English.  She teaches her 17 year old son.  He is also home schooled, so we met at 10:00 AM.  Great lesson and the spirit was really strong.  She is a returned missionary and served on an island off of Venezuela where some of her ancestors where from.  Her husband is with the border patrol.  There was snow on the ground and it was cold.

Sister Stanley and son Ross

Pembina River taken from the bridge

INSTITUTE CHRISTMAS PARTY

INSTITUTE CHRISTMAS PARTY  December 18, 2012  

The semester closing Institute class was held at our apartment.  It was a fun time with games, visiting, eating and lots of fun.  There were 10 of us.  There were 6 YSA young adults, President and Sister Brayton and ourselves. 

Our fun group with President and Sister Brayton  in center.

Blow the ping-pong ball off the other side.

Two teams blowing the ball.

If dice throw is 7 or 11 you can get caught with the lid. Pull cotton out fast!!!

Juvaughn is unwrapping candy with mittens before a double dice appears.

Unwrapping gifts and trading them around.

Ate lots of food and then the fun was over, for tonight!!!

Jessica's BAPTISM

Jessica Marie Schultz's  BAPTISM  December 16, 2012

This was the first baptism in the YSA Branch since we arrived.  The Sister missionaries were teaching her when we first came.  Her parents wanted her to wait until she was 18 years old, so she did.  Elder Sadler baptized her.  She seems so happy!!!  She lives at home with her family. We made treats.

Nathan (Mission Leader, Elder Sadler, Elder Ostrom, Sister Johnson, Jessica, Sister Kalio

  

Jessica, Sister Kalio, Sister Johnson

Sister Brayton (wife Branch Pres), Sister Kalio

Branch President Brayton and wife, Sue

YSA RELIEF SOCIETY

YSA  RELIEF  SOCIETY    December 9, 2012

A great, fun, active group of Young Adults.  Love them!!!

                          Sister Johnson, Sister Kalio, Camu, Sister Brayton, Karen, Jessica, Lynn
                                                     Sammy, Kat, Emma, Meegan
Sister Johnson - Missionary from Spokane, Washington, goes home in April 2013
Sister Kalio - Missionary from Micronesia, goes home in April 2013

Camu - a convert from Taiwan, attends college
Sister Brayton - a convert from ND, husband is Branch President, have 4 children, 1 died young, 3 married, 6 grandchildren, great with the YSA
Karen - starting Business School this next semester,  from Tucson, Arizona
Jessica - baptized December 15 at age 18, lives in Fargo with her family
Lynn -freshman attending Minnesota State University, father teaches there
Sammy - attends North Dakota State University majoring in anthropology, from ND
Kat - student at NDSU majoring in Creative Writing, taking "Harry Potter" class
Emma - graduated from BYU in Historical Movie Making??, works Valley State College, lives at home
Meegan - returned missionary, Married Dec 28 to YSA young man, both attending NDSU, from Oregon

MENDING THE SKIRTS

MENDING THE SKIRTS    December 15, 2012

Sister Berning spend a Saturday mending some skirts, etc. for the Sister Missionaries.  It was great to be able and help them.  Sister Kalio is from Micronesia and Sister Johnson is from Washington. 

Northville, SD

NORTHVILLE,  SD  December 13, 2012
We traveled to Aberdeen, SD and then south to Northville, SD to visit a seminary teacher.  We took him a beautiful poinsettia plant for Christmas.  He has had some tough things in his life and we wanted him to know we care.  We visited him at his business.  He teaches two of his children Seminary.  His daughter hopes to attend BYU this next year. It was a 430 mile round trip, but worth it.