Winter is still........................here!

We are having snow again today.............after church as I was in the foyer several people there said to me......."Sister Hafen - do you know what we call this weather here???" Of course I said no! They told me it was called "inlaw weather".................because when it is like this the inlaws stay home!!!

Ride em Cowboy - or would that be Ride em Indian????

The couple married last week had the birthday party of their son Weston on the 27th....he is "5"- and a big boy. Birthday parties here are huge................all the family comes because they want the child to know how much they are loved by their entire family and to make their family connections strong.............it is a great thing.........In the prayer for the food Wilfred blessed Weston in so many wonderful words and feelings - it was powerful - asking that he would learn the importance of the church and the many blessings it could bring into his life.........Fun party - tons of food - steak, burgers, grilled chicken............as you can see by the tables..........

House Guests.........

Another surprise today - about 5:00 on Thursday Daniel Laughing and Elder Wight came carrying Elder White to our house - he'd been chopping wood for 6 hours service project and also shoveling snow off roofs, etc........and something happened to his back and he could not move! So after called to the mission president and the mission nurse - and also a call by an orthopedic surgeon - it was determined that he should just stay on our floor for about 24 hours.......so he and Elder Wight and Daniel spent the night in our home. The Elders from Crystal also came down and so we had 5 extra people for 3 meals per day - felt like we were operating a hospital/cafeteria for sure.............it was good to serve them and they were so appreciative.......We did not go to Zone Interviews since we tended Elder White that day.......He is doing much better now!!

Family Home Evening with the Chun Family

We had dinner at the Chun Family Home and then they asked us to do the lesson........we did it on prayer.........Interestingly enough - Brother Chun was not feeling well while we were there....and the next morning he was taken to Gallup where they diagnosed him with bleeding on the brain. He was taken to Phoenix where they said that he had a stroke which affected his eyes for the peripheral vision......not good. Life is fragile - one moment we are there having fun and within hours the whole scenario is changed. We need to treasure every moment!