On Saturday, October 24, we attended a halloween festival sponsored by the local Filippino association. One of your YSA young men is from the Philippines and he was going to be playing his guitar and singing with a couple of friends, so he invited us. When we arrived with the two elders, we found that there was a charge for attending (150Nkr--~$25 per person). I was preparing to pay, when the mother of this young man came up and told the ladies collecting money that we were her guests, so there would be no charge. It is nice to know influencial people. The woman who saved us is Juliette Kimo. She is from the Philippines and is married to a norwegian. She has 4 sons (all Phillipinos, born during her first marriage), Jonjie (22 whom we are trying to reactivate), Jecon (15 and my seminary student), Joar (10 and lots of fun) and an older son (24) who lives in Drammen and we have not yet met him. We also met another branch member (Maria Prestmo), her norwegian husband, Kjell, two daughters, Marielle (6) and Michelle (4). We visit the Prestmos regularly to try to teach Kjell the gospel.
There was lots of good food and good people to talk to. We ended up sitting by a couple we did not know before, Jon Eirk and his Filippino wife and her young son. When it was time for Jonjie to perform I went and got the sisters and one of our YSA young men and we all enjoyed listening to him perform.
The members told us that their next activity is a christmas fest and they will be sure to invite us.
No comments:
Post a Comment
We'd love to hear from you!