We had our second pot luck dinner with our MTC (Missionary Training Center) group this week. These are the senior missionaries who entered the MTC together and who were also assigned to the Illinois Nauvoo Mission. The first pot luck dinner was held in May. We arranged for both events to be held in the Facilities Management lunch room.
There are 64 of us in this group, 30 couples and four single sisters. This is a very large group to all come at one time and we have stayed very close. Fred and I (Ann) have been the ones to organize the dinners and set them up. We set up this second one because we have five couples leaving for home soon who were called on six month missions. We have a special spirit among this group so we are sad to have them leave.
Fred served as Emcee both times. Both times he used a lot of humorous one liners to tell about himself, family, dieting and aging. With his dry sense of humor they were nearly dying of laughter. They had no idea he was so funny. So when we said we were having the second dinner, everyone was asking if he was going to tell more "jokes." Well he did and they loved it. They just can't seem to get enough. It is always fun to laugh. He now has a reputation that the whole mission talks about. Even the mission president's wife wants a chance to hear some of his stories.
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| Some of the sisters with Ann after the dinner |
