The Dinner Invitation that Grew as the Night Progressed

We invited the transferring Elders over for dinner tonight.  When the Elders are transferred they do not bring any food with them and so the new Elders coming into a boarding do not have any thing to eat.  They depend on their companion’s help to feed them until they can get to a store. 

As a result, Sister Thomas made a big pot of stew today and we invited the Elders and their companions over to have dinner.  We thought that we would have 6 Elders over for dinner but the word got out and all 10 Elders showed up.  The Elders are always good at sniffing out some good home cooked food.  When they show up with their sweet smiles looking for food and what are you going to do?  It was a good thing Sister Thomas made a large pot. 

It was nice to have the new Elders in our home so we could get to know them just a little bit.  We look forward to working with them in the future months.

In the upper right picture you can see Elder Ramat and Pennington eating.  Also clockwise across the couches are Elder Paleli, Shongwe, Lekgoate, Smith, Lawson and Hendersen.  In the lower left picture Elders Ndlovu and Ngobeni are being served by a beautiful waitress.  They left a tip of promised blessings.  What more could you ask for?