Public Open House Begins

 The public open house started Saturday the 29th.  We brought our landlords,  Henry and Dina Flesch.  We've become quite good friends with them and they have expressed a desire to hear more about the Church.  They were so impressed with everything and expressed how beautiful everything was and how they felt something so special in the temple.  Dina is from Columbia and still struggles with her English, so Henry talked with her in Spanish a lot throughout the tour.   When she looked into the mirror in the sealing room and saw "eternity", her jaw dropped.  I think we all felt the Spirit.  It was a really nice experience for all of us.

Afterwards we took them out to dinner.  The introductory video talked about the persecution the Saints suffered.  I think Henry was shocked.  Of course he had no knowledge of any of that.  We were able to talk about the Church with them.  We are hoping to have the missionaries visit them soon.

After dinner we were invited into their home to visit for awhile.  It was such a lovely evening.  We're planning to get together one last time at Menchie's (frozen yogurt) before we leave.