Our Stake Patriarch was asked to speak in our services today; he is a wonderful Christ-like man, just what you would expect a Patriarch to be. After Sacrament meeting, he gave two of our soldiers their patriarchal blessings. We set up a room for him where he could be in a quiet solitary place, where the Spirit of the Lord would be able to inspire him in the offering of these blessings. As he finished these blessings and as each young man emerged from the room, they had the biggest, happiest smiles on their faces that you would ever see. What a beautiful experience for these young men, and what a beautiful experience it was for our Stake Patriarch.

We also had the opportunity to have Brother Yanke in our services for the first time. He is a new convert, baptized while at Fort Jackson. One of our full-time missionaries, his mini-mission companion and Elder Gowans, taught him his first new-member lesson. We feel that he enjoyed the lesson and hope that he will commit to studying the Book of Mormon and praying daily. We set him up an appointment with President Estep to be interviewed for the Aaronic Priesthood.

After church we went to visit a few people here on post. We visited the Stewart family, Sister Ledbetter and Sister Janssen.