Super Service Saturday!

Today was our wards Super Service Saturday, which was so much fun! In the morning we went to an extensive care, Alzheimer's unit of a rest home where a girl from our ward works. We put on a talent show for them. As the talent show started I went and sat by a lady named Joyce. She was fascinated by me and during the whole talent show (like and hour) she kept looking at me and pointing. She would try to talk, but it was pretty much like baby babling. She would just look and me and smile and say ou ou ou ou da da da da da. . . It was so awesome, every once in a while, someone would be singing a son that she remembered, and she would hum the tune as she continued to babble on. She kept trying to get me to do something, but I didn't understand, she would like try to push me to get up. Later I realized, I think she was trying to get me to get up and sing like the others who were performing were doing. After everyone performed their talents, we all got up and sang a couple of songs all together, and Joyce was just smiling at me the whole time I was up there. We sang A Child's Prayer, and you could hear alot of the residents humming along as they remembered the song, it was a really awesome experience.

After we sang a couple of more songs, one where one of the residents came up and sang with us(lol), we had a dance. It was so funny to watch everyone dancing. One lady even tried to put the moves on one of the boys from my ward, I almost died laughing.

I went around and talked with some of the residents after a bit of dancing and got to know some really nice ladies. One lady just kept telling me how pretty she thought I was. She kept telling me things like, oh you have such nice dimples, and you rosie cheeks, and your skin is so nice, and your one mole above your eyebrow. . . it was so funny! She asked me if my parents had put something on my face when I was little to give me dimples. lol. Then when she started talking about moles, she was telling me how she has a lot of moles, so I showed her my mole between my toes, and she thought that was pretty funny. She told me that if it were her, she would have thought it was dirt. She was so nice and funny!

Then I talked to two other ladies who were also really funny. One was kinda ornery (the one on the right) and went off about how she didn't want to be there, and how they never do anything in the rest home, and how her kids only visit her to get presents, etc. I kinda got the feel like when you talk to grandpa, and sometimes things are different in their minds then in reality. Anyways, i thought she was pretty funny. The lady on the left was really nice and asked me where i was from, and what i was doing in utah, and after I answered, she asked me again where i was from and what i was doing in utah. It was really funny, i just pretended like she hadn't asked before.

P.S. I tried to not be in this picture, but they made me be in it, I am way to close to the camera!

I had so much fun getting to know some of the residents, and getting to shake my groove thing with them. Even if they can't remember that we visited them, I could see the happiness they felt while we were there.

That evening our ward went to the Jordan River Temple which was also really awesome. Its a lot of fun to get to do baptisms with people you know. My home teacher was the one doing the baptisms for me. He kept giving me pep talks about bending my knees and whatnot, it was really funny. When we were actually doing the baptisms, one time my finger didn't make it all the way under, so the next time he slammed me so far down in the water, i lost my footing and everything. I came out of the water and all he said was "I was going to get you under. . . " I couldn't stop laughing, he kept asking me everytime i came up, if i was ok. . . I must have looked like i was dying or something. lol. Anyways, afterwards we had muffins, and went home.

Sorry this was such a long blog! This was one of the best days I've had in a long time. It reminds me of how much joy we get from serving others. Hopefully it wont be too long before I can find another way to do service..

P.S. On the way to and from the temple we listened to this amazing talk called A Personal Search for the Meaning of the Atonement by W. Cleon Skousen. I think im going to buy it.

P.P.S. 9 Days!!!