Sanford's brother and his wife drove all the way from Louisiana to be with us. Our son and his children from St. Augustine also came over to spend the day. After church meetings, we went to our house for a simple meal of fish stew, rolls, and salad. Elaine had some mix for cheese biscuits, and she turned that into a fun baking experience with the grandkids.For dessert, we were able to pull cake out of the freezer. Last weekend was Sanford's retirement party, and a colleague had crafted an amazing cake in the shape of a decapitated fire ant.which has been the focus of so much of Sanford's professional career in recent years. There were abundant leftovers which made for an easy treat today.
For our sacrament meeting talks, Colleen told about the reasons why she had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including a living prophet, the principle of personal revelation for each of us, that we view Jesus Christ as our Savior and big brother, and that we are assured that our Heavenly Father cares about each and every one of us.
When she sat down, Colleen whispered that she had forgotten to share her testimony in bahasa Indonesia. At the end of his excellent talk on Grace, Sanford invited her back up to share that testimony.Sanford's talk on Grace was a great segue into the Relief Society/Priesthood lessons on perfection.
This next picture was taken while we were recovering from the busy morning. We are standing in front of a batik map that Sanford brought back from his first mission. It is special, but the reality is that the Indonesian mission is much larger now, spreading from Sumatra into Sulawesi and Timor Leste.
That afternoon we headed to the stake center for our setting-apart. Our stake president thought to take the picture of everyone.
Calvin and I talked quite a bit about your talks on the drive home. It was a lovely meeting. I'm so glad we were there.
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