Tonight we were able to attend the devotional at the Amway Center. Our speakers for the event were President Russell M Nelson and his wife, Wendy, Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Harriet, and Elder Shane M. Bowen of the Seventy and his wife, Lynette.
Lizzy got to sit down on the floor with other young men and women from the area.
President Nelson during his talk asked the primary children to sing I am a Child of God.
Tonight we went to a V.I.Passholder Night at Typhoon Lagoon.
Today we spent a day at SeaWorld Orlando for Lizzy’s field trip for FLVS.
Lizzy and Joe rode on Manta, Kraken and Mako
All three of us rode on Infinity Falls, Journey to Atlantis, Empire of the Penguin and Wild Arctic
We got to watch the Shamu show and also feed the stingrays some fish.
Today Joe got to go flying again.. this time we flew a Cessna 172M (N46299) for about 1.75 hours out of Merritt Island (COI) down to Vero Beach (VRB) and back again.
Last night we got to go to DVC’s Moonlight Magic at Hollywood Studios.
Last night we went to DVC’s Moonlight Magic at Magic Kingdom.
Today we had the opportunity to participate in a special stake conference. We were able to listen to Elder Dale G. Renlund, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Sister Ruth L. Renlund, and Elder Victor P. Patrick, of the Seventy. Others that shared messages with us were President Bailey and Sister Sweeney (Stake YW President), and three others were asked to share their testimonies of Jesus.
Elder Renlund noted that he was the 100th Apostle to be ordained in this dispensation.
After the meeting concluded, The congregation was invited to shake the hands of our visitors, which we accepted the chance.
Today, for Lizzy’s birthday, the three of us and three of Lizzy’s friends went horseback riding at Disney’s Tri-Circle-D Ranch at Fort Wilderness.
Lizzy rode Cooper, Andrea rode Bart, and Joe got to ride on Vegas (coincidence?)
This week, from Tuesday to Thursday, I found myself up in Blaine, Minnesota, at Infinite Campus taking the class “Mastering the Campus Database I”
This weekend we were able to attend Stake Conference and listen to words prepared by Elder Michael A. Gillenwater, who was sustained as a member of the Seventy on April 2, 2016.