Ok, what else is a rs retreat good for but eating? This one did not disappoint, let me tell you. The cabin in Aspen Grove was amazing. It looked so tiny when I walked in but it had beds for 25+ people and 5 bathrooms that each had showers in them. Every bed had sheets, a blanket, a towel, a washrag, a bar of soap, and a bottle of shampoo (I guess they couldn't find any real poo) sitting on top of it. I wasn't planning on showering up there but having all that available just for me to use made me rethink that strategy. There were about 9 different bedrooms so separating myself from the snorers wasn't too hard (bless stacey and anika for being quiet breathers).
Let me just say that I love our bishopric. It was great having them and their wives there with us. The bishop gave a good message about unity and then we did a get-to-know-you activity and had dessert. As we were sitting eating dessert, I looked out the front window to the dark outside and there was a man in a suit unloading some bags from a trunk of a car. The girl next to me said "is that Elder Holland?" and only then did I realize that it was actually Elder Scott. Soon the bishop was out the door to talk to him and a few minutes later here comes Elder Scott walking up to our door to meet us.
He was very patient and kind to us considering how giggly and star-struck everyone was while he was there (insert embarrassed eye-rolling here). We found out that day was his 80th birthday and sang to him and presented him with a brownie with a pretzel stuck in as the candle. He told us a joke and we took some pictures with him and he left. My favorite part of the visit was a conversation he had with a sister right before he left that went something like this:
Sister: "Elder Scott, during this last conference I made a sock puppet that looks like President Monson and my friend says that I shouldn't give it to him, but I think he would actually like it...do you think he would?"
Elder Scott: "I think he would appreciate it"
Just at that moment, you would have seen me disappear from view in the corner of the room as I think my knees gave out from laughing.
4 comments:
Sounds like a fabulous retreat. I'm glad you got some good eatin' some free shampoo, and a chance to chill with an apostle.
oh melissa! this is the post of all posts. really, it takes the cake.
are you sure that sister you spoke about wasn't you? cuz i would love to say something so silly to a general authority - just to get an answer like "i'm sure he would appreciate it" type answer when he probably really wanted to say "are you CRAPPING me?!"
and ps - what was the joke he told????
How disappointing that they were out of real poo!
LAWL. That is way more entertaining than the story I just told you on gmail chat.
What else would he say? ---"Don't send it, he'll probably want to excommunicate you."
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