Get to know Rachel Luz!

I was born in/on: San Pedro, La, CA
I grew up in: Fallbrook, ca
Married--single--children? Married, 1 son 1.5years old Samuel, and 1 son on the way Matthew(due feb 12, 10)
My career is: Inactive registered dental assistant, currently office manager for our family home inspecting business.
My favorite candy is: Chacolate My secret desire is to be a: Perect mother, and house maintainer

I love: Food ex: carniasada fries, and pizza.

My favorite sport is: Peteka

I am allergic to: nothing

I have traveled to: Alaska, Utah, mexico, Idaho, and Red woods.
I want to travel to: Brazil
My church calling is: Relief Society choiristor
A perfect day for me is: Monday, time to get back to busy and productive

The food I most dislike is: raw eggs, cloves

I am passionate about: setting goals, to do lists.

I am proud of: Crafty accomplishments

My hobbies are: Scrapbooking, crocheting
What I love about the gospel is: It is so simple and so true

What I love about RS is: the Unity, and friendly faces

Something interesting about me is: I love pickles, and I wear socks when I mop the floor.(no foot prints)

If you haven't been to the RS section on the LDS website lately--check it out! There are some great videos and messages that will uplift and motivate you!

http://www.lds.org/pa/display/0,17884,4644-1,00.html

Giving Tree Announcement

To our Ward family,

It’s hard to believe it’s really “that time of year” already and we need to be thinking towards the holidays! The Giving Tree has been a great opportunity for us to share with those in the ward who are facing difficult circumstances. We have so appreciated the generous support that we receive from all of you in your donations of gifts and money. This year we believe that circumstances are such that it’s even more difficult than in years past and our pockets aren’t quite as deep as they used to be!
The families that have benefited from the Giving Tree are always so very appreciative of the gifts that are given. We really want to continue this tradition of giving this coming season.
We would like to change it up a bit! This year we are going to call it the Giving Box! We will begin taking monetary donations immediately! Our reasoning behind this is that the closer it gets to the holidays, the more the demands are upon our budgets. This gives you an opportunity to work this into your families budget and gives you extra time to plan ahead.
Look for our Giving Box each week, and at activities from now until the beginning of December. To make a donation, you may use a tithing envelope and mark it:

Relief Society

Mark on the outside of the envelope that it is for the GIVING BOX
PLEASE DO NOT PUT YOUR TITHING DONATIONS IN THE SAME ENVELOPE! We are not allowed to accept or open tithing donations!
If you do not want a receipt of some kind, you may just put your donation in an envelope and place in the box. No matter how small your donation, it is greatly appreciated and your lives will be blessed for your efforts!

The Relief Society

SPOTLIGHT!

Shannon Gemmell-we think you are GREAT!!
I was born in/on: I was born at Long Beach Navay Hospital, in Long Beach California
I grew up in: That's a tricky question. Can I just claim that I grew up in Fallbrook? That's where home is :)
Married--single--children? Married, no children, but a very active puppy named Brodie
My career is: Working on that. Going back to school right now!
My favorite candy is: I don't know what they're called but they're hershey chocolate nuggets with pieces of almond and toffee in them. So Yummy! My secret desire is to be a: great pianist and quilter
I love: my family of course!
My favorite sport is: I love to watch the Fallbrook Warriors play some good football! (mostly because my baby brother is awesome!)
I am allergic to: Nothing
I have traveled to: Can I change this question. My favorite vacation ever was when my family and I backpacked through Yosemite National Park. It was so much fun and so challenging. One of our days we climed Half Dome. It was probably one of the biggest accomplishments of my life. Anyway, Yosemite is so beautiful, especially when viewed from the top of Half Dome!
I want to travel to: Scottland
My church calling is: Young Women's 2nd Counselor
A perfect day for me is: hanging out with my family and reading a good book
The food I most dislike is: I loathe Pickles! Yuck!
I am passionate about: too many things. I sometimes get myself into trouble.
I am proud of: a lot of things actually. I would have to say the thing I am most proud of is graduating from BYU-Idaho with a 4.0
My hobbies are: I love to read and I love to go camping
What I love about the gospel is: Everything! I love that I know who I am and that I have a Heavenly Father who loves me very much. With his help I know I can get through anything.
What I love about RS is: Visiting Teaching. I love being able to get to know other sisters.
Something interesting about me is: um....that's a hard one...I have three younger brothers and I married someone that only has brothers. Is that interesting? I have a scar on my tounge. Now that's an interesting story!


I love what her favorite thing about RS is!!!

NEED YOUR HAIR DONE??

Kay Rush is taking new clients! She is a wonderful hairdresser and can do every service you are needing. Whether its a cut, style, perm, color, set or anything else, she can make you look like a hundred bucks! Her new hours are:

M, T, W, F 8 am - 5 pm
Th 8 am- noon

She is running a special to attract some new customers, so if you bring a new client to her--you will both get a half price haircut!! You can't beat that offer! Find a friend and get your hair done!! Give her a call at 726-2854 TODAY!!

Play Group Schedule!

Anyone interested in getting their kids together for some fun at the park? Julie Cranney has this play schedule for those wanting to join! Her cell phone is 685-0549 if you would like more information. Everyone is invited and they meet each week at 11:00 am. Sounds like fun to me!

Oct. 2nd- Brengle Terrace open gym ($3.00/kid)
Oct. 9th- South Buena Vista Park ( Mountain pass and Melrose)
Oct. 16th- Shadowridge Park
Oct. 23rd- McDonalds ( Melrose and Lake)
Oct. 30th- Thibido Park
Nov. 6th- Brengle Terrace open gym ($3.00/kid)
Nov. 13th- Oak Riparian
Nov. 20th- Walnut Grove Park
Nov. 27th- Carls Jr. ( College and Oceanside Blvd)
Dec. 4th- Brengle Terrace open gym ($3.00/kid) Dec. 11th- South Buena Vista Park Dec. 18th- Shadowridge Park

NEW SPOTLIGHT

Do you know who this is???

I was born in/on: Long Beach, CA
I grew up in: Calif. and Washington State mostly
Married--single--children? married, 3 children, 10 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and counting
My career is: retired school secretary
My favorite candy is: See's
My secret desire is to be: paid to shop
I love: my family
My favorite sport is: baseball
I am allergic to:pepper, all melons
I have traveled to: Mexican Riviera Cruise and cruise to Canada, all over the U.S.
I want to travel to: AZ, UT
My church calling is: Missionary Grandma, Visiting Teacher
A perfect day for me is: get my house clean and visit with family
The food I most dislike is: okra
I am passionate about: grammar
I am proud of: my growing family and being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS
My hobbies are: sewing, knitting
What I love about the gospel is: knowing I belong to the only church with a living prophet and having the security of the Priesthood.
What I love about RS is: sisterhood
Something interesting about me is: my weird sense of humor

Its Patsy Bradshaw! We LOVE your sense of humor!!

Debbie Hill's Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake!

40 NILLA Wafers, crushed (about 1-1/2 cups)
1 cup plus 3 Tbsp. sugar, divided
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
4 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
2 Tbsp. flour
1 cup Sour Cream
4 eggs
1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Lemon Flavor Instant Pudding
1 pkg. (16 oz.) frozen blueberries, thawed, drained and divided
2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

HEAT oven to 325°F.

MIX wafer crumbs, 3 Tbsp. sugar and butter; press onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan. Bake 10 min.

BEAT cream cheese, remaining sugar and flour in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Stir in dry pudding mix until well blended. Gently stir in 1cup berries.

BAKE 1 hour or until almost set. (Center will still be jiggly.) Cool completely. Refrigerate 4 hours. Top cheesecake with COOL WHIP and remaining berries just before serving.

RS General Broadcast

If anyone missed the RS General Broadcast, just click on the following link and you will be able to listen to any of the talks that you like!

www.lds.org/broadcast/grsm/0,6220,285-1-41-1741,00.html

It was a wonderful evening and the food was great! Its so much fun getting together with all the sisters and having a chance to be lifted up and simply enjoy time together. One announcement that Sister Beck made was that the title of "Home, Family, and Personal Enrichment" is no longer! It will simply be called, "Relief Society Activities". That is a lot easier to swallow, but I just got used to calling it "Enrichment"! Please check out the talks when you have some time, they are always uplifting and motivating.

CHOCOHOTOPOTS

YUMMY! This recipe was demonstrated by Debbie Norton at Enrichment last night!
It was so chocolatey and gooey and really great! Thanks Debbie!

1 stick + 1 TBL real butter
4 ounces Bakers semisweet chocolate
2 eggs
3/4 C superfine sugar (regular sugar is ok)
3 TBL flour
1/4 tsp mint extract (optional, only if you like mint and chocolate)

4 (2/3/ to 1 C capacity) ramekins OR 2 (2C capacity) ramekins (baking dish)

In Microwave or over a double boiler melt the chocolate and the butter
(Use the extra 1TBL of butter to butter the ramekins

Melt it slowly 30 seconds at a time to it wont burn

In another bowl, mix the eggs, sugar, and flour with a hand whisk. Beat in the cooled chocolate mixture. Divide the mixtures between the buttered ramekins. Bake for 20 minutes at 400 degrees. Do not over bake. They are done when the top begins to crack, underneath will be gooey. Eat directly out of ramekin or invert on a plate. Can be served warm and its really great with vanilla ice cream and/or strawberries, raspberries. Very rich, yummy treat!

Marshmallow four layer bars

This was served at FHE in the park a couple of weeks ago!

1 pkg chocolate or yellow cake mix
1/4 c margarine melted
1/4 c water
1 c m&m's of course I used more...
1/2 c chopped nuts
3 c mini marshmallows

Mix Cake mis, margarine and water, until blended. Pat into 9x13 greased pan and bake 20-22 min at 375. Layer marshmallows, candies and nuts over crust and bake 2-3 min till marshmallows begin to melt. Cool and cut into bars

Lemon Fluff!

This was served at our Visiting Teaching Conference--yummy!

1- 6 oz pkg lemon jello
3 c boiling water
1 pinch of salt
1 1/2 C sugar
1 t. lemon extract
lemon zest and juice of one lemon
1 can evaporated milk (highly chilled)

Mix everything but the evaporated milk together and chill mixture in the fridge until syrupy.While setting up make the crust by mixing
1/4 c sugar
1 stick of melted butter
26 squares of crushed graham crackers
press into 9x13 pan and cook for 10 mins at 375--(or buy 2 ready made crusts!)

In seperate bowl whip the evaporated milk with beaters until fluffy like whipped cream. Fold lemon mixture in and pour over crust. Refridgerate for four house and garnish with spearmint leaves. A very light cool summery dessert

Colvin's new address

Colvin's new address

Hi Sisters, here is the address for the Colvin's

Norma Colvin
Desert Knolls
14973 Hesperia Rd.
Victorville, CA 92392

Candy Colvin
13433 First Ave
Victorville, CA 92395
760-241-1482

The Zip Codes are different, its not a typo! I know they would love to have a card or something, especially Norma, she didn't get to say goodbye to anyone and her health is really failing so it would be nice!

Sisters! I am putting plug in for a great book! I am so anxious to get it but haven't yet, this book is by Gerald Lund who wrote the Work and the Glory series. This book is about the Hole-in-the-Rock expedition which is down in southern Utah. My father who lives in Escalante is very close to the Hole-in-the-Rock. He has done much research on the whole valley and even written a book on the history, so he is a expert on the Hole-in-the-Rock. Gerald Lund came down and stayed with them several times while writing this book and credits my father Jerry C. Roundy in his book! I am a proud daughter that is gloating! KSL came down a few weeks ago to interview my Dad and also Gerald Lund because they are doing a documentary that will be broadcast between conference sessions this coming conference. I wanted to be sure to share that all with you so that you can watch! I am super excited about it! My Dad is also building a big museum there in Escalante all to honor the Hole-in-the-Rock expedition. The church donated the land and he has been given many donations from UDOT and other sources to complete the project. Hopefully groundbreaking will be soon. Just thought I would pass that along!

New Sister in our Relief Society!

We would like to welcome Katie Wood and her family to our ward! They moved here from the Los Angeles area about 1 month ago. Her husband has the coolest job ever-as he is a Lego builder for Legoland! He landed the job through a contest that he became a finalist in. They have a son named Carter, who is enjoying the nursery. She works two days a week back up in Los Angeles as a paralegal, and grandma, who also lives up there gets to babysit! She likes to scrapbook--yea! We are so glad to have them join our ward family and know Katie will be a great asset to our Relief Society!

Latter Day Prophet Quiz!

See how well you score!!!

1. Who served as President of the Church the longest?
2. Who served as President of the Church the shortest amount of time?
3. Which President of the Church also served as Secretary of Agriculture in the Eisenhower Administration?
4. Which President of the Church was a convert to the Church while he was living in Canada?
5. Which President of the Church started the Welfare Plan?
6. Which President of the Church ended polygamy?
7. Which President of the Church was in Carthage when Joseph and Hyrum were killed?
8. Which President of the Church saw Christ in the Salt Lake Temple?
9. Other than Brigham Young and Joseph Smith, which President of the Church has a revelation in the Doctrine and Covenants?
10. Which President of the Church met with President Truman and offered to send supplies to Europe after World War II?
11. Who said, “Lengthen your stride.”
12. Who was the oldest when he became president of the Church?
13. Other than Joseph Smith, who was the youngest when he became president?
14. Who said every member should be temple worthy?
15. Who said, “Every member a missionary”?
16. Which President of the Church served a four-year long mission in Hawaii , beginning when he was fifteen years old?
17. Who was President of the church when the Hawaiian Temple was dedicated?
18. Which President of the Church dedicated the Church College of Hawaii (now BYU-Hawaii)
19. Which President of the Church sang “A Pore Wayfaring Man of Grief” in the Carthage jail?
20. Which President of the Church ordained one of his sons an apostle?
21. Who was the first president to receive a college education?
22. Which prophet had the most accidents?
23. Which prophet had a wanted poster out for him?
24. Which prophet did away with polygamy?
25. Which prophet also had a son become a prophet?
26. Which prophet married a woman 12 years older than him?
27. Which prophet didn’t marry until he was 33 years old?
28. Which prophet was the first NOT to practice polygamy?
29. Which prophets first wife divorced him?
30. Who started the first Family Home Evening?
31. Who had an operation on his vocal cords because of cancer?
32. Who started the welfare program?
33. Who was the prophet when blacks received the priesthood?
34. Which prophet had brain surgery?
35. Which prophet emphasized the importance of reading the Book of Mormon?
36. Which prophet started the Indian placement program?
37. Which prophet died in exile in Kaysville, Utah?
38. Which prophet instigated tithing?
39. Which prophet was known as the President of “Love”?
40. Which prophet was tone deaf?
41. Which prophet started the Boy Scout program?
42. Which prophet drowned but was revived?
43. Which prophet was expelled from school for whipping a teacher?
44. Which prophet was unable to serve a mission because he had to support his family because his father died?
45. Who was the prophet when WWII ended?
46. Which prophet had three wives but never practiced polygamy?
47. Which prophet could speak the Hawaiian language?
48. Which prophet served an 11 month prison term for plural marriage?
49. Which prophet drove an ox team from Nauvoo to Salt Lake when he was 8?
50. Who was Valedictorian of his class from University of Utah?
51. Which prophet saw the most temples dedicated?
52. Which prophets father was killed in Carthage Jail?


Answers

1. Brigham Young (31 Years)
2. Howard W. Hunter (6 months)
3. Ezra Taft Benson
4. John Taylor
5. Heber J. Grant
6. Wilford Woodruff
7. John Taylor
8. Lorenzo Snow
9. Joseph F. Smith
10. George Albert Smith
11. Spencer Kimball
12. Joseph Fielding Smith (92)
13. Brigham Young (36)
14. Howard W. Hunter
15. David O. McKay
16. Joseph F. Smith
17. Joseph F. Smith
18. David O. Mckay
19. John Taylor
20. Brigham Young (Brigham Young, Jr.)
21. Lorenzo Snow
22. Wilford Woodruff
23. John Taylor
24. Wilford Woodruff
25. Joseph F Smith
26. John Taylor
27. Lorenzo Snow
28. Heber J. Grant
29. Joseph F. Smith
30. David O. McKay
31. Spencer W. Kimball
32. Harold B. Lee
33. Spencer W. Kimball
34. Spencer W. Kimball
35. Ezra Taft Benson
36. Spencer W. Kimball
37. John Taylor
38. Lorenzo Snow
39. George Albert Smith
40. Heber J. Grant
41. George Albert Smith
42. Lorenzo Snow
43. Joseph F. Smith
44. Heber J. Grant
45. George Albert Smith
46. Joseph Fielding Smith
47. Joseph F. Smith
48. Lorenzo Snow
49. Joseph F. Smith
50. David O. McKay
51. Gordon B. Hinckley
52. Joseph F. Smith

Pioneer Day Celebration

Here is our amazing coordinator Carol Kelly and her sidekick Victoria!
You did a great job Carol!!

The highlight of the activity was the beautiful replica of the Nauvoo Temple that the members of the Fourth Ward constructed. It was magnificent and the attention to detail was amazing! They had sun stone all the way around the temple and the inside was beautifully decorated. Even came complete with an angeol Moroni! They worked long and hard and it was enjoyed by all.

Doing their best to keep us prepared are Jean Moore, Claudia Smith and Gigi Lukenga

Our own experty quilters! Jan Whitaker, Terri Tinling, and Janice Vance

Cute Pioneer kids!!! They helped the YW and their leaders make butter!

Dutch Oven cooking with Keith and Cindy Griffiths along with Lindsay Zeltner-if you thought you were hot there, they were working with HOT coals!!!

Snodgrass baby!

Nick and Kat Snodgrass are parents again!

Isaac Luke Snodgrass

was born July 6th at about 7:00am. He weighed 6 lbs. 9 oz. and is 17 inches long. Kat says the delivery went as good as it could have and is so thankful he has made his arrival!

Cole Gemmel

Cole was born on June 9th 2009 at 9:23 am via c-section.

He just didn't want to come the other way, he wanted to come out just like his brother.

Cole is a happy baby who loves to , eat, sleep, talk, and poop.

We are excited to have him in our family and look forward to the

many memories we will make together.

Congratulations to the growing Gemmel family!!

New websites to enjoy!

The church has launched a new "Mormon Messages" section on You Tube. Its a great place to find inspirational videos and its easy to share with your friends!

Click on the link below and enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/user/mormonmessages?blend=1&ob=4

Also the church has launched a site where you can listen to uplifting

music whenever you want to!

http://radio.lds.org

Check both sites out, they are terriffic

And this is tip is from Suzi Hammond:

"I just bought the LDS Scriptures app at iTunes (works on iPhones & iTouch), it's only $15. This has a ton of stuff, including cool features that kids/teens would like. Also, another application is Mormon Channel, and this one is FREE. It's Mormon Radio where you listen to audio of the Conferences, magazines, & Listen to the scriptures.Thought I'd let you know in case anyone out there had a device compatible with these apps."

This summer I am........

Going to enjoy our cabin in Utah for the first time in about 4 years. It is peaceful there with good fishing. Come and visit us. Just let us know when you can come--we will be there the first 2 weeks of every month thru Octorber. Marian Marriott


This summer the Padilla's will be celebrating two birthdays! Jocelyn will be 12 on June 21st, and then moving up to Young Women's, Jeanalyn will be turning 2 on July 3rd. Rena will be graduating from Laplan on July 13th and hopefully be looking for a job in medical billing and coding and insurance.

I want to stay home and organize my house--but with 6 grandkids coming into the family this year....I don't think that will happen! Debbie Hill

Can I go to Utah again??? Maria Hudson

Payton June Adams

We congratulate Jordan and Kerissa Adams on their new baby girl! Payton June Adams weighed in at 7 lbs. 11 oz and was 20 inches long. Her mother says:
"She is a wonderful baby and we are so blessed to have her in our lives!
We couldn't be happier!"
She looks like a keeper!

Spotlight

Welcome to one of our newest Relief Society Members, Emylee Hill!

Emylee tested out of high school in September 2008.

She has been attending Palomar College & BYU online studies as well as Institute classes. She has completed 30 units of her undergraduate work, will be attending BYU in Provo for the summer, working this Fall and resuming her studies at BYU Winter semester.

She completed her Personal Progress requirements & received her YW's medallion.

She has been busy perfecting her photography skills, learning more about the gospel through scripture study, working out at the gym, spending time with good friends and attending the Vista 6th Young Adult ward. She has also been working on her sewing & cooking skills to help out when she's away at school. She enjoys snowboarding, wakeboarding and spending time with her family.

Her favorite dessert has been her mom's chocolate cream pie....but recently became one of her mom's newest recipes... Lemon Blueberry Cheescake!!

Her favorite church song is "Choose the Right"

Her favorite scripture is 1 Nephi 3:7

" And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I ^awill go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no ^bcommandments unto the children of men, save he shall ^cprepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them."

May 31, 2009

The Fabulous Fashion Show!

May 31, 2009

Today's Visiting Teaching Conference was funny, thoughtful, motivating and touching. The theme was:

Live Like You Believe

We watched several skits, heard from our Visiting Teaching coordinator, Dixie Zeltner, and our Relief Society President, Maria Hudson. Encouraging words about how Visiting Teaching may seem hard, but compared to the challenges we have in our lives, it really isn't hard. Lets resolve to be better and do better in building relationships with our Relief Society Sisters.

Homemade Cleaning Products

At the last women's conference that we went to I attended the homemade cleaning products class--So I put the laundry soap to the test and it passed! I actually made it, have been using it for about three weeks and am totally happy with it!

Laundry soap is SO expensive and this is just pennies to use. Its not too hard to make, just takes a little bit of time--save up some milk cartons for a week or two before you make it because you need some containers to put it in. It is safe for HE front loading machines, it is liquid and non sudsing.

Liquid Laundry Soap

1 bar Fels-Naptha Soap (grate with a grater) (Stater Bros)
1 1/2 Cups Washing Soda (Albertsons)
1 1/2 Cups Borax (Alberstons or Stater)

Boil 1/2 gallon Hot water and then add grated soap until dissolved. Keep stirring, then add other soaps until dissolved.Take off stove and keep stirring. Add 1/2 gallon cool water and stir. This stirring process will keep it emulsified. Add 1 gallon cool water and stir about every 15 minutes. At this point you have 2 gallons of water. Transfer solution to a 5 gallon bucket and add the last 1 gallon of cool water (three gallons total). Keep stirring with a long handle sppon. As soon as it will not seperate, put it into containers. Should fill up at least 3 milk containers.

Use 1/4 cup per load, give it a shake before you use it--just make sure the lid is on tight--I learned this the hard way.....

Window Cleaner

Combine 2 Tablespoons Non-sudsing ammonia
1 Pint Rubbing Alcohol
1 Teaspoon liquid detergent into a gallon jug,
add enough water to make one gallon.

You can add a couple drops of blue coloring if desired.Put into spray bottle and use as glass cleaner.

One more laundry hint: Be sure to WASH the lint screen every six months, especially if you use dryer sheets regularly. The dryer sheet leaves a waxy film on the lint guard and makes it difficult for air to pass through efficiently. Not only could it prevent a fire in your dryer, it will prolong the life of your dryer!

Popcorn Recipes

These are the popcorn recipes that Marie, Gaea and Judi used for the Relief Society Dinner. They were all delicious!!!

Caramel Corn

1 C real butter
1 C white sugar
1 C brown sugar
1 C Karo Syrup

Boil till the soft ball stage then remove from heat and add 1/2 can of sweetened condensed milk and pour over large bowl of popcorn--and I do mean large.

Parmesan Popcorn

Just pop corn, drizzle butter over popcorn then sprinkle parmesan and garlic salt over popcorn to taste.

White Chocolate Popcorn

Melt 1/2 package of White Chocolate Chips in micromave about 30 seconds at a time till melted-stir in between heatings then drizzle over popped corn -medium sized bowl and mix well. Just keep stirring until it's distributed. You can have more or less chocolate depending on how thick you want it to be. It will be sticky so let it harden then break apart when ready to eat.

You can add chopped candy canes at Christmas time!

To see ALL the V1 ward Relief Society Recipes click HERE!

The Relief Society Birthday Dinner

We had a fantastic Birthday Dinner Celebration on Thursday March 26 at the church. We had a night at the movies and watched "Emma, My Story." It was awesome and there were many "sniffles" heard throughout the room. It was very inspiring and so amazing to be able to feel the emotions of what this "elect lady" went through. We were lucky to have Mike Kennedy and his family join us to introduce the film and share his thoughts. We had gourmet hot dogs complete with coleslaw and sauerkraut and a lot of candy and popcorn to keep us happy through the movie.

Thanks go to--all of you for signing up and bringing food! Also, to Janice Vance for organizing the food and bringing all of her amazing quilts, Cindy Griffiths for the great candy treats, Judi, Gaea, Maria for the popcorn and a special thanks to Russ Harris and Ralph Vaughan----well--you know what you did and I am not telling.....haha.....And to Gordon Hudson for being the technical guy. It was a great night! Also, thanks to Karen Tanner for organizing the dinner for Operation Hope and for delivering the food! We could not have such a great RS without all of you!