Beginning Another Week

He who lives only unto himself withers and dies, while he who forgets himself in the service of others grows and blossoms in this life and in eternity.  President Gordon B. Hinkley

We planned to fix pineapple chicken curry for dinner tonight.  Then we remembered we are going to the Empty Nesters' family home evening group tomorrow night where everyone brings pot luck.  Soooo, we did fix the curry, but it is now in the frig and will be our pot luck for tomorrow.  It looks very colorful, using these pretty guys.  We stopped at four different road-side produce stands yesterday searching for peppers.  I didn't want to pay the price at Ralph's.  None of the stands had peppers!! We ended up going back to Ralph's and forking over a dollar a piece for these beauties :(

End product will hopefully be worth it all.  We'll add the cashews just prior to serving.  I'm a little sad - it's prettier "in person" :)

I promised a picture of our three elders together.  I finally got one at church today. 

Elders McCracken, Stratton, and Garrett

Elder Garrett is the senior companion to the other two.  They are the only three-some in the zone.  They cover just our ward, which is now a big ward.  They do not speak Spanish but say many of their contacts are with Spanish-speaking people.  I do know our Spanish-speaking missionaries are very busy!  Plus  they've had a lot of baptisms :)  These three are good elders and are a lot of fun to be around!

Friday night Elder Mecham got a call from some elders who had locked both sets of their apartment keys inside their apartment.  Not good!  These were elders in Camarillo, about 30 minutes away (or so).  Long story short - he found a locksmith who would go out at 10 o'clock at night for about $200, BUT they would not take a credit card over the phone.  The elders had called from some other elders' apartment.  Elder Mecham told them to spend the night there and he would drive over on Saturday morning and pay to have the locksmith get them inside.  (They had not been able to get a hold of their landlord.)  Saturday morning we learned that they had been able to get into their apartment through an open window.  Uh, you'd think they would have scoped that out prior to calling Elder Mecham late Friday and making Sister Mecham fret all night, feeling especially sorry for the elders who were supposedly making room for two unexpected overnight "guests."  (Elder Mecham did not fret -- he said that is how they learned!)  All's well that ends well, right?  At least we didn't have to make a trip to Camarillo Saturday. 

I hope everyone has a very happy summer week!