Open House in Arcadia

We were asked to support a community open house in Arcadia.  They don't have any missionaries and wanted to have some missionaries at their booth at the open house.  I asked President Cusick if the Spanish-speaking missionaries in Lake Placid, Elders Mortensen and Alarcon, could participate.  With his approval, a branch member from Lake Placid Branch drove them to Arcadia this morning.  We also traveled there to help at the booth.

The sister who asked us to help was pleased that we were there.  She has been quite involved in community activities as a way to help the Church become more visible.  This was the first time that the Church was invited to participate in a community event.  So she was happy that we were there to help.

We were able to distribute a number of Books of Mormon and pamphlets.  There were a few people who seemed interested, but the challenge is that we don't have any missionaries in Arcadia to follow-up with them.

It was a very hot day.  Fortunately, the branch members had set up a canopy to provide some shade for us.

The event ended a bit early, so we drove the Elders back to their apartment in Lake Placid.  I noticed when we left their apartment to return to ours that the GPS device said that we had 70 miles to drive home.  Just another long mileage day.

Elders Wilson, Alarcon, and Mortensen.