Zac Cawley, Marissa Barnard, Julie Lund, Michael Campbell
and Katie
Thursday night fun pictures for the slide show
L-R Spenser Turner, Marissa Barnard, Julie Lund
Katie, and Zac Cawley
Weston Almeida (boy from our ward) and Julie
very left.
Friday night, during the dinner
Back l-r Emily Chamberlain, Mckenna Wright, Taylor ? Me and Mel
front l-r Brittany Ting, Peyton Startup and Katlyn Abeyta
Julie is back row, 3rd from the left
Making the posters Friday night
closest going clockwise--Taylor ?, Emily Chamberlain
McKenna Wright, Tanner Farnsworth, Brittany Ting, Peyton
Startup, Katlyn Abeyta
Those funny boys
Greg Peterson, Tanner Howe, ? Tanner, Paul Russavage
Cheering on the athletes
Shortly after we got home, actually, it was the day we got home
from our trip, we were called by our Bishop and asked if we
would be a host family for 6 youth, for our Stake's youth
conference. We really had a good experience 2 years
prior, so I said yes. We had a nice group of girls, and the
boy family that we were linked up with, were dolls also.
The first evening we were involved, we had a hamburger
dinner, then Quinn Eliason talked to everyone about his
trip to India, and his Eagle Scout project donating 650
wheelchairs to the "Free Wheelchair Mission". The
slide show was pretty touching. Then after the
presentation from Quinn, the youth went over to a
dance. It was only about an hour and a half, but they
seemed to enjoy it. After that, we brought the girls
to our home, and the boy family later joined us. They
had to make posters for the Special Olympics. We
played a little game after the posters were made, (we
had scads of junk food and candy for them to have) had
a short devotional, and then it was midnight, and the
boys had to go to their host families home. The Johnson
family. The next day we had to arrive at Cal Poly Univ.
between 6 and 6:15 a.m. Eeeeek. I am not an early
riser. They fed us breakfast burrito's and then it
was off to getting set up. The youth got things going
in no time. At around 8:15, we marched on the track
and then made way for the Special Olympians.
What a sweet treat. So sweet and appreciative of any and
all recognition. We stayed until just after 2 p.m. and
headed home for a little R & R before dinner and the
testimony meeting. It was really such a sweet experience.
Then on Sunday, they had a fireside and Brother & Sister
Rockwood spoke. His message was to reach out to people,
and make a difference in their life, and your life.
I was enriched by the whole experience and I enjoyed my
time as a host parent again.