25 Jul - Banquet Banter

Our last meal at the Hometown Buffet in Blue Springs, MO, was delicious. There was plenty of food for everyone, including the vegetarians in the group. After we all filled our bellies to the brim, Frank introduced the program. The blog committee gave some directions for adding comments (just click on “post a comment” and follow the directions), printing the blog, etc. If you would like to send pictures to add to the blog, send them to pagardn@byu.net. Pat or Mike will upload them for all to see.

Jake and Katie’s children recited the Proclamation to the World on The Family. Well done! The sunshine committee gave out awards to everyone. Our tour SweeTarts were Doris and Jerry, while Janet H. was a Hot Tamale. The kids got Danish coins—Thanks, Eva. There were awards for Marvelous Marge (M&Ms), Carmello for patient Brenda, Nerd award to our computer geeks (Pat and Mike), Almond Joys to Tricia for her bubbly personality and Katie for beginning our days with joyful music, Jake made us Snicker, and many more. John then told us some more history of the tours, including a woman some of us met at Liberty Jail who he and his family helped to come back to activity in the Church, thanked us for being great, and bore his testimony. Eva then bore her testimony of the Church and the Prophet Joseph. She was grateful for this tour, which helped her gain a stronger testimony of Joseph.