Singing with the Spirit
I just got back from a fireside where I listened to Peter and Sheena Joyce talk about their stint as mission president and (what do you call the wife of a mission president?) _____. Many members of the Washington Family Singers got together for a brief practice before hand. When President Windley announced a special musical number he invited the choir to the stand then said, "Tim Willis will accompany and Sheena Joyce will conduct." Then he handed her the music. As her husband later described it using British terms, "she was gobsmatted." Or at least it was something like that. She did look very surprised. Anyway she did conduct us singing Behold a Royal Army. We had so muc

In Washington D.C. on September 12th
I had many more pictures but decided just to post these. There were soooo many people there. Cal and I got off of the metro at the Archives stop and the line of people was constant from the White House (Freedom Plaza) to the Capitol Building for about 2 hours. Most, like us, left a little while after getting to the front. Some (very few really) had insulting or demeaning signs. Most were of the homemade variety like these. People are getting very upset that our government is spending too much money, taxing too much and getting to involved in our lives. At least that was my impression. It was interesting to witness.