Monday, June 24th - fiesta at our flat for Von Stettens

We worked on the Family History Fair today, but taking some triple combinations in to a place downtown to get the names engraved of the non member speakers at the history fair on the 29th. We also went to the store and got some more stuff for the fiesta at our house. We also bought a scarf for Sister Von Stetten. Mission President Von Stetten and his wife Reenie are coming to our house for dinner, so the senior couples can say 'Goodbye' as they are going home next Sunday. We also had a tie for the President and as senior couples we signed the scarf and tie. The tie came out great...the scarf, not so much, as it was hard to write on. We then came home and I put all the food together for the senior couple family home evening at our house. I fried up some Indian Roti (like tortillas) for homemade chips and they were wonderful...a big hit. We had shredded beef, spiced ground beef,  flour tortillas, premade taco shells, I fried up some tostada shells and made homeade refried beans and hot sauce, so it was a big deal.

Everyone loved the food and they all said they missed Mexican food and I told them where to get the Roti to fry up chips for themselves. We let everyone make their own tostados, tacos or burritos. It was interesting to see what they all made. The chips were the biggest hit and they were eating those pretty fast.

We then sat around and sang hymns chose by Sister Holt and she said something before each hymn that associated president Von Stetten with the hymn (She and Sister Stark work with their husbands in the mission office, so they see him daily). She did a great job and we sang those songs pretty well.

We then gave them their gifts and talked about what their favorite memories of the mission were. The president talked about seeing the progress of the Elders and how they turned from boys to men...how some of them didn't think they could make it and yet turned out to be some of the best missionaries in the mission. Sister Von Stetten talked about miracles that happened all the time while on their mission. they both seemed sad to be going home. The President is going back to his previous employer (In charge of sales for Steinway piano in Pennsylvania). We'll miss them.