Hats

Marion Branch Sisters in their spring hats

Florence Ward Relief Society quite often will invite the Marion Branch sisters to their activity.  To celebrate the anniversary of Relief Society, we were invited and one of the activities was to make a hat out of styrofoam plates and bowls they had painted.  We added a tie out of netting and then some flowers. It was fun to see the creativity of the sisters. We then went into the Relief Society room for a luncheon and program.  What a great time we had! These sisters each have such unique personalities and when we are together, we have a great time laughing and playing off each other's uniqueness.

Bro. Brayboy

Bro. Brayboy and President McConkie


We've been fellowshipping Bro.Brayboy and his family since the first of December.  We have become very close to this family.  Bro. Brayboy has a beautiful testimony and one of his favorite experiences is when he had the opportunity to meet Bruce R. McConkie.  He said when he started to talk, it was like a drum pounding into him. He said he didn't hear what he said, but he could feel the power that radiated from him. We told him that our mission president is Bruce R. McConkie's son. We made arrangements for them to meet at one of our zone conferences in Florence.  It is the first time he has been back inside a church for years. His comment was, "I finally broke the ice."  He has since been to our Stake Conference Saturday evening meeting.  He said that it felt good and right to be there.  We have yet to get him and his family to church on Sunday but we won't give up.  We've taught his wife and children two lessons, but their house is like grand central station so it's kind of hard. We had his two daughters (ages 13 & 11) over to make some cakes, read the Book of Mormon, and they made pull-apart pizza for dinner.  The Elders also came over for dinner, then taught them about having the spirit.  Just as they started to teach, a revival tent in the vacant lot across the street started up.  It's really hard to talk about the soft whisperings of the spirit when you can hear the "enthusiam" from the tent as if it were in our front yard.  The adversary is sure working hard to keep us from teaching them.