Haz Lo Justo...

We were recently assigned to go to the Spanish Branch here in Spokane. It is going to be our new home ward. It is so fun! I guess they pull people from all 5 stakes here in Spokane periodically to help with numbers and leadership etc... Anyway, our stake President asked us into his office a few months ago and asked us if we would be willing to go; the Stake President of the Spokane West Stake called him and asked him specifically for a couple that both speak Spanish; and that was us! :) He said there were only 4 couples in our entire stake that both speak Spanish! So, we've been there for a few months now and it is so great. Our first Sunday there the people just flocked to us after Sacrament meeting wanting to meet us and welcome us and they were so nice! There have been about 4 or 5 other families get assigned into the branch recently as well, so it has been fun meeting a lot of new people! Our first Sunday there Tucker came out to sit with Ben during Sunday school and told him he wasn't feeling well, so they went out for a drive and about a block out, Ben had to pull over so Tuck could puke on the side of the road. I don't know if he was nervous or what but the poor guy had a rough day. He didn't complain about not feeling well before church, so who knows. Since that first Sunday he has loved it! Taylor went straight into nursery no problem, didn't even turn around to say good bye! :) And the primary president loves her, always raves about how wonderful she is, and how she is already speaking Spanish!? (which I don't think is true!) :)

{Tucker loves his HLJ ring, 'Haz Lo Justo'}

It is so much fun being in a branch where everyone is so close. Tucker loves our branch president, he comes into primary and plays with them and chats with them. I was just called as the first counselor in the primary, and before I got there, the primary president only had one counselor, who also did the music. And the nursery leader hadn't been coming so the primary president was doing nursery both hours, and the one counselor was doing sharing time and singing time every Sunday, every month, by herself! So, needless to say they were happy when I got called into help, just to have some one else in there to help! There are two primary classes, the older kids and the younger kids, so Tucker has about 7 or 8 kids in his class ages 8-4. (There are 13 kids total in the primary, including Tuck) Primary is kind of Spanglish. Some kids don't speak very good English, and some don't speak very good Spanish, so it is kind of a mix. But Sacrament meeting, Sunday school, priesthood and Relief Society are all in Spanish.  Ben was just called as the Young Men's President, over all 6 of them!!! :) And we are excited for this new adventure! The only negative is that we now have to drive 25 minutes to get to church every Sunday, and meetings during the week aren't so convenient! :) We had a hard time making it to church at 11am when the building was 5 minutes away, we'll see how this goes for us! :)