Happy Birthday!

I received a very sweet and unexpected birthday surprise Tuesday morning. When I arrived early to set up, I found the seminary room decorated with tons of balloons and streamers. The chalkboards were also covered with love notes and drawings from the students. I was completely taken aback by the students' thoughtfulness. It made me feel so good!!!

When the students arrived, they brought cake and cards. They sang to me too! My favorite part of the morning though, was that some of the students hugged me and told me they loved me - even the boys! I still can't get over it. What a memorable birthday!

Doughnuts and The Word of Wisdom

Our little seminary class has been abundantly blessed of late, and I just have to report out successes. For the month of November, we've had devotional every day by the students. Also, we've all memorized the last 2 mastery scriptures. Our attendance is improving by degrees and we've not had a napper yet. I know some prayers are being answered here!

An additional blessing arrived this week on my route to the church. You've guessed it - a doughnut shop! It opens at 5:00 AND it has a drive-thru window. Isn't that perfect? I treated my class to 2 dozen just this morning.

Now for a related story...

In the middle of my lesson this morning, one of the students raised his hand to ask a question. He said he had a concern about his doughnut. I thought he was just being funny but I let him continue. He went on to ask if the doughnuts I bought were in line with the Word of Wisdom. Suddenly, I realized where he was going with all this. His doughnut was coffee flavored with a mocha creme center! Ewwww! Of course I had him toss the thing and we all had a good laugh. Lesson learned - no more variety packs!

Liahonas

We made these Liahonas weeks ago, but I'm just now getting around to posting the pics.

P.S. I'm looking for a better camera.