Janelle's Baptism

 Congratulations to Janelle Jensen on your baptism -- We are so proud of you!

Fall Lunch

Today was our Deaf Branch Fall Potluck. We had an enjoyable lunch with lots of good food!

Stake RS General Broadcast

We enjoyed the RS Broadcast tonight and seeing everyone's wonderful displays. What amazing talent we have in this Stake!

Pictured: Bonnie Christensen

Pictured: Sharon Olson 

Stake Young Women's Night of Excellence

Tonight was the Stake Young Women’s “Night of Excellence.” One young woman had been chosen from each of the eight wards to be in a special musical program called “The Parable of the Golden Pathway” written by Jenny Phillips. Janika represented our branch. She had a solo number and it was absolutely gorgeous! The musical program was lovely and the awards recognition slide-show was sweet and touching as well. We are grateful for such outstanding youth and amazing leaders in both our branch and stake!

Deaf Branch Conference Day One

I have posted many pictures of the Deaf Branch Conference below.  In order to access all of the posts you will need to click on "older posts" at the bottom of each page.  If you would like any of the pictures, you are welcome to copy and save them to your own computer.  Thanks!!

Our Branch Conference began Friday night September 17, 2010.  We had about 75 people register for this year's conference. Participants started arriving around 4:30 and checked in to receive their T-shirts.  We all enjoyed socializing and then ate a wonderful meal catered by Staheli catering.

Joyanne Burdett was our keynote speaker and delivered a powerful message and testimony followed by a game directed by Ron Burdett.  Everyone was laughing and joking and learning at the same time as we tried putting church history events in their proper chronological order.  A big "THANK YOU" goes to everyone who helped make this year's branch conference a success!!

Deaf Branch Conference: Temple Quarry Trail

Our conference continued on Saturday September 18, 2010 bright and early at 7:30 a.m. for those who wanted to participate in the hike on the Temple Quarry Trail.  Danny Radford led the way and stopped us along the path to explain how the pioneers used the lava rock for the foundation of the St. George temple.  You can see holes in the rocks from the dynamite the settlers used to blast the rocks apart and then they had to drag the enormous rocks with a wagon down to the temple site.  The trail is a unique hike with incredible views and a fascinating history.  The pioneers sacrificed so much to build a temple here.

After the hike we were treated to a presentation given by Brett and Ericka Hymas.  Dressed in pioneer attire, they shared poignant stories about the sacrifices the pioneers endured and the faith they had to follow a prophet of God.  They had faith to consecrate all they had in order to build the temple, starting with the foundation.  Do we have the same determination, faith, and foundation in Jesus Christ today?

More Pictures from the Temple Quarry

Thanks Lisa Roush for sending us your pictures...