Grateful for the Sabbath Day

We went to Mendon, Utah to hear our grand-nephew speak before leaving on his mission to Vera Cruz, Mexico.  It was a wonderful meeting! He gave a great talk and really sounded like a missionary.  The other speaker just returned from his mission in British Columbia, Canada.  He was amazing--very impressive.  We later heard his story.  His father went off the deep end a number of years ago and left the family.  The Ward rallied around the family and had about twenty "fathers" who looked after the family.  He is the oldest, and obviously a marvelous example.  You could really feel the Spirit.
Afterwards they blessed little Emery Jane.  That was really special too.  Lisa and her two children came from Minnesota to see her brother before he left, and also to see her new niece.  The missionary parents took their son to Nauvoo last week to visit his sister who is a missionary there.  They are a real missionary family.  We also loved visiting with so many family members.  It has been a lovely Sabbath day.