Happy Birthday, Jena.....

and Elder Hall, Elder Miller (same day as Jena) and Elder Hernandez Rojas (later in the following week).

I had made plans with the YSA ward to have a surprise Linger Longer and have cupcakes and ice cream to celebrate Jena's birthday which was on Sunday this year.  That was all set (but turned out not to be a surprise as Jena heard me telling Jessica on the phone about it.)  She loved it!

Then, we all were informed about a stake missionary council meeting and all of the missionaries were coming into the evening meeting.  With two other missionaries having birthdays, it was an opportunity not to be missed, so I ordered a cake for the missionaries which we ate at a pre-stake meeting zone meeting. A lot of cake, but lots of fun for Jena and everyone else with birthdays.

YSA singing Happy Birthday to Jena

The YSA and the Sister Missionaries

The cake for the young missionaries

The birthday people-----

The poster here was signed by the YSA and the missionaries for Jena.  She loves it!

She loved her cool aunt shirt from Jessica and Elessia's family.

She said that it had been a great day for a birthday!!!

And is our custom, we also later in the week took Elder Miller and his companion, Elder Jensen, to lunch at at Mexican Restaurant in Greenwood where they serve....

Jena, Elder Jensen, Elder Miller, and us

And the next day on P-day, we took Elder Hernandez Rojas and his companion, Elder Judd, to dinner at the Pad Thai in Ft. Smith (They serve in Mena, but restaurant choices are better in Ft. Smith.).  The food was awesome and left a sweet taste in my mouth all evening.

us, Elder Judd in front and Elder Rojas

A fun week of celebrations in the Ft. Smith Zone!