Sunday August 31

Bonnie:  It was another long day but a wonderful Sabbath!  Bob gave an excellent talk on getting back to the basics. After church there was a surprise "party" for Patsy and I because of our birthdays!  Patsy's birthday was yesterday, I think, and mine is the 4th.  It totally surprised me!  Actually the primary president had brought the treats for one of the primary kids who ended up not being there. The treats were two cookies with ice cream in the middle.  They had to be eaten right away!! But somehow there was a card for both of us signed by the sisters in the Branch.  How they did that without us knowing is beyond me. Then, we visited with a brother who is in a home for the elderly. We took him for a walk and gave him some cookies to eat (some of the berry cookie bars I had made yesterday.)  He is so sweet. After that we tried to call several others, but could not make connections. The Voterro's asked us over for dinner so we ended the day there. The husband has Italian ancestry and the wife is French.  He made gnocchi from scratch. We had it with marinara. It was very good. It's always fun to talk to Sister Voterro. I love her accent. We actually got home before 8:00 tonight.

Bob: It quit raining about 7:30 this morning and hasn't rained since, but more thunder showers are scheduled for tomorrow. Tuesday through Thursday are supposed to be good though. Boat is empty of water right now, but looks like tomorrow I'll be bailing it again. Going to try fishing in the morning if the rain holds off for awhile.
Glad to get the church talk over. Have known for a while that President Jakob would have me speak before we left. Talked about the restoration of the church and priesthood. Did tell the story of Vince Lombardi and Jerry Kramer. Vince Lombardi once told his team that they needed to get back to basics. Then he held up a football and said, "Gentlemen, this is a football." Jerry Kramer immediately replied, "Coach, you're going too fast." I also took the opportunity to tell everyone about President Jakob falling out of the boat the first time he and I went fishing. They enjoyed that.

Birthday girls