It's a Small World After All

Today at church, the world seemed that much smaller. When Jared went on his mission I joined a "Missionary Mom" email list. My list is for parents of missionaries in the South Pacific region, which is those who serve in New Zealand and Australia. Anyway, one of the Mums emailed during the week to say that her son was being transferred into our branch. It was fun to meet this lovely missionary and also to be able to email his Mum in England and tell her that he's looking well etc.

We also had a family visiting our branch from Melbourne Australia. It turned out to be the Bishop of the ward that Jared has been serving in for the past couple of months. It was so great to chat with them for a while and hear about Jared and how they all thought very highly of him as a missionary. I laughed when this Bishop said he was a little confused at first when Jared introduced himself as being from New Zealand, but spoke with a strong American accent! He said Jared and his companion worked hard and were very creative in getting members involved in missionary work, one activity involved making Root Beer! 

I had a smile on my face for the rest of the day after all that!  = )