More Car Washes

Our missionaries serving in the Logan, Independence and Philadelphia 5th Wards (ie congregations) held a free carwash for the public. They washed almost 90 cars, including a policecar and an electrician's large truck. One man thought it was such a good deal that he went come and brought his wife's car back. He got a two-fer.




While cars were being washed we invited the drivers and passengers to come into the church building for a tour. Over 100 people toured the building. Women from the three wards provided homemade cookies and punch. One visitor was excited when he saw that we had a large indoor basketball court and that there was a Saturday morning "pick-up game" in progress. He abandoned the building tour and joined in the game.



Following the carwash, Joyce and I treated all of our exhausted missionaries (it was 90 degrees with very high humidity) to Burger King for lunch. The Burger King is directly next to the church.

Birthday Surprise

Towards the end of May I had a baptismal interview with a young man in his parent's home. Growing up in the inner-city, he had many opportunities to take his life in directions that would result in unhappiness, addictions and crime. But instead he turned to God, found the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and chose to be baptized. What a terrific outcome!



Following my interview, the two missionaries that accompanied me suddenly excused themselves and said they had something out in their car. A minute later they returned with this homemade birthday cake. We had an instant birthday party at 10AM on a Saturday morning. It's a party I'll never forget.