WARD DINNER DANCE

12-28-2010

I THINK I MAY HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING TO DAY. YESTERDAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AS I WAS TRYING TO EDIT MY BLOG BUT IT FLEW AWAY TO NEVER LAND OR SOME PLACE. I STARTED PUSHING BUTTONS FOUND IT UNEDITED BUT THERE SO I GOT IT POSTED AND WILL TELL ABOUT THE THREE PICTURES I SENT EVERYONE.

LAST SAT AFTERNOON THIRSA CALLED AND ASK IF I'D LIKE TO GO TO THE WARD DINNER. SINCE IT WAS TO BE A DANCE ALSO AND USEING OLD SONGS TO DANCE BY I THOUGHT I'D LOVE TO GO HEAR AND SEE WHAT ALL WAS PLANNED. AFTER DINNER OF WHICH I THINK THE SINGLES WARD SERVED US AND DID A FANTASTIC JOB MIGHT I SAY THE FLOOR SHOW BEGAN.

THE COMMITTEE ASK SEVERAL COUPLES TO DANCE TO THE MUSIC FROM THEIR YOUTHFUL DAYS. THE BISHOP AND CONNIE DANCED AND WAS DRESSED FOR THEIR TIME HE HAD HIS HAIR ALL SLICKED BACK AND SHE HAD ON A DRESS FROM YESTER +YEAR. BRO. AND SISTER SCHWENDEMAN AND BRO AND SISTER VANCE DID A DANCE . WISH YOU COULD HAVE SEEN THEM BRO. VANCE HAD A YELLOW WIG THAT HUNG DOWN PAST HIS SHOULDERS. IT WAS SO CUTE. THERE WERE OTHERS THAT I'M SURE FOUND A PLACE TO RENT THEIR CLOTHS THAT DID SUCH CUTE DANCES.

THEN AFTER THE SHOW THEY STARTED ROUNDING UP THE YOUTH THE GIRLS ALL GOT UP AND SEVERAL OF THE BOYS RUN AWAY. THEY WAS GONE A FEW MINUTES BUT CAME BACK ALL DRESSED UP FOR WHAT MUST BE TODAYS STYLE. SOME DIDN'T LEAVE BUT IT WAS SO FUN TO WATCH THEM ALL HAVING FUN. I WAS SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW WATCHING AND LAUGHING WHEN ALL AT ONCE THERE IN FRONT OF ME WAS A YOUNG PRIEST BY THE NAME OF JOE HAFEN. HE ASK ME TO DANCE. I WASN'T SURE I COULD EVEN MOVE MY FEET BUT I GOT UP AND WE DANCED OH SUCH FUN AND MEMORIES OF YOUNGER YEARS FLOODED MY MEMORY. HE ASK ME A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT MY LIFE THEN THE DANCE ENDED AND HE ESCORTED ME BACK TO THE CHAIR.
SHORTLY AFTER THAT DANCE THE HIGH PRIEST GROUP LEADER BROTHER WINTER CAME AND ASK ME I SAID DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR GETTING INTO HERE AND HE SAID SURE SO WE DANCED. THE BISHOP CAME OVER AFTER AND TOLD ME "IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU OUT THERE DANCING". THIRSA CALLED SUNDAY TO INVITE ME TO DINNER THAT DAY AND ASK IF MY DANCING FEET HAD RECOVERED.

BACK TO THE PICTURES. AS WE WERE LEAVING SINCE SHARIFA AND HER STEVE AND BABIES WERE THERE IT WAS TIME TO HEAD HOME. HOW EVER CONNIE HAFEN [MOTHER OF JOE] STEPPED IN FRONT OF THIRSA AND I AND WANTED A PICTURE. THEN SHE SAID SHE WOULD GET MY E- MAIL ADDRESS AND SEND THEM TO ME TO SEND TO MY FAMILY. SHE DID PUT HER ARMS AROUND ME AND WHISPERED IN MY EAR "OH I LOVE YOU SO MUCH". SHE IS A SCHOOL TEACHER AND WHEN SHE WAS GIVING A R/S LESSON SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND EXPRESSED HOW HARD IT IS TO HELP SOME OF THE CHILDREN LEARN AND IT GETS DISCOURAGING I TOLD HER AFTER THAT I HAD A COPY OF A LETTER ONE OF PENNY'S STUDENTS WROTE AND I'D GET IT TO HER TELLING HER IF SHE ONLY INFLUENCED ONE THAT WOULD BE BETTER THAN NONE. SHE TOLD ME THAT NIGHT HOW MUCH SHE APPRECIATED READING THE LETTER AND KNOWING THERE IS HOPE FOR OTHER CHILDREN.
NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY.