Dressing Up

Chris and I were going to Mr. Mac today to buy missionary suits.

This is what he decided to wear shopping.

Actually, first he came down with a bandanna under his hat and I was like, 

"No."

And then I made him button up his shirt. 

This kid makes me laugh and roll my eyes so much.

We had Keith and Wendy to dinner tonight. Cool story:

Keith grew up in Clovis, NM moved to California in high school and met a Mormon friend.

He and that friend went to BYU for a semester and Keith said it was the first time he saw kids having fun without getting wasted or drunk. From the beginning he realized that's what he wanted.

He got baptized, went on a mission, moved back to California afterward where he met his wife.

They have four kids (about our kids ages).

While at BYU, Keith was thumbing through a student directory looking to find any other kids from Clovis. That's when he saw Dan's name. And suddenly he remembered, when he was eight years old, Dan invited him to his house to watch a movie and eat popcorn.

The movie was about a kid in the woods with angels. 

Also, two guys in white shirts and ties were at the "movie party."

He realized Dan was a Mormon and that movie was the First Vision.

Dan doesn't remember. EC doesn't remember. But Keith did.

While serving as bishop a few years ago, he had access to a church directory that helped him find Dan and tell him he had become a member of the Church. It was important to him to let Dan know the popcorn and movie experience was his first interaction with the church. 

Dan had called him back a few months ago when he had to speak in Stake Conference leadership meeting. He wanted to share that often we make efforts and missionary work or ministering and we think they aren't important or don't make a difference. But as with Keith, we never know the seeds that are planted and the difference that love and kindness makes.

We loved meeting them and spending the evening together last night. 

And in spite of mentioning how we didn't want to forget, we did forget to take a picture.