Ellis Mission - Dominican Republic

💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦 The Licey ward YSA's Dinner Activity   💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦 It was wonderful to see their hard work of the Licey (Lee-say) YSA's planning, inviting and preparing a successful activity! They invited the YSA's from their ward who don't join them each week. These pictures are taken after dinner, they have smiles on their faces, that means the food was good! Now they are getting ready for the dance.                                                                                               💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦 Who You Will See At The Institute (left to right) Jose Roberto Rodreguez, Hna & Elder Ellis, Daniela, Pres Diaz ...

Sunday was Stake Conference for Santiago South and North Stake. We were able to attend the South Stake. These are a few of the YSA's from that stake. They wanted to send a message of love to you! They are very sweet and beautiful!  We love them very much. This is Erika, she is another YSA. She loves flowers and was able to get one of the fresh flower arrangements from the pulpit. Lucky girl!  A few sisters in the stake made these arrangements for Stake Conference. So BEAUTIFUL! The new semester has begun and we taught our first class Tuesday night.  It was the Emotional Resiliance class  (Back) Miguel, Peter, Wanda, Samuel, Natasha, Batmery, (Front) Robert Nicole, Batmery Olga (second to left)  PIE is like Life This was an activity we did together in class to show how making a pie is a lot like life. We all have guidelines, or a recipe to follow, with each ingredient having a purpose. We also have tools that help us with our objective, and then we have many thin...

It was a beautiful day at the Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple with the YSA's!!  We woke up very early for our trip to the temple in a Guagua (bus) At 5:30am Saturday morning we met at the Institute. We were able to experience and participate in many ordinances. A couple from the YSA's were sealed together; A missionary leaving for  Santo Domingo Norte Mission  (new mission beginning in July) in late June went through for the first time to recieve his endowment; We were able to do several of the temple ordinances for a brother, John Potinen, who Patti taught on her first mission in Minnesota. John was going to go through the temple to recieve his own Endowment in the St George temple once it opened back up in late December, but sadly, he passed away in early December. We were able to get many of the ordinances done for his parents, an aunt, grandparents and great grandparents on both sides of his family. It was a special experience to know that he is rejoicing wit...