Today we finally got an opportunity to begin work on Friday's Institute class. We will be covering 3 Nephi 18 and 19. We are hoping to have a few new folks there; the same ones who came to FHE on Monday. We also invite other couples when we have an opportunity to meet them.

 We attended our DDM this afternoon also. Sister Gowans likes to go early so she can practice the piano for Sunday's meetings.

We met two knew families  this evening. One is an Army Captain and works in the school environment and the second is a submarine rider. Rider is the term used for those who are not actually part of the submarine crew, but who are on board for a specific mission. So he is not on a crew, but rather due to his technical mission, he is assigned to ride the submarine when is specific skills are needed for the submarine crew to accomplish its task. He just returned from a 3 1/2 month deployment and will probably go out again within 6 months. It is a rough life for these Navy folks.