Tonight we had the first of the Christmas firesides at the Visitors’ Center, the Sister Missionary Musical Fireside. We have a number of very talented sister missionaries who prepared musical numbers which were interspersed with testimonies from other sister missionaries. It was a beautiful fireside and very well attended … standing room barely. There will be three more firesides on Sunday evening this month. It’s feeling and sounding a lot like Christmas.

The LDS Church has produced an absolutely delightful and moving set of two-minute Christmas videos. Please go to christmas.mormon.org and click on “play”. Then scroll down to “Imagine A World Without A Savior” and play that one. You will not be disappointed!

Four of the sister missionaries asked if they could help decorate our Christmas Tree. We bought a six-foot tree (on sale) at Target a couple of weeks ago long with some ornaments and lights. After the fireside they came over and had a great time putting our tree into the Christmas Spirit. It was truly an International Decorating Team … with Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Cambodia represented, along with the United States (Nina and me). They had a lot of fun (along with some tasty snacks) and we now have a cute little Christmas Tree. We’ll use it next year and leave it for the people who will replace us (saving them a bit of money).

We’ve had a very nicely busy week at the Visitors’ Center, even with being closed on Thursday for Thanksgiving. The weather at the beginning of the week was very wet and rainy but by Friday it had changed to absolutely ideal Hawaiian weather. The forecast for the next few days looks like more of the same. I’m expecting to (and looking forward to) having a busy December with the opportunity to talk with lots of guests.

Life is quite pleasant! Ta ta for now!