Today is Subang Jaya Branch Thanks Giving Party. Earlier on, we had assigned to do salad for the party. Alvin and I were buying all the needed ingredients for the salad making.
Alvin was thinking of making our own salad dressing with fresh mints leaves together with some orange juice together with some vinegar.
We did buy some lamb chop, beef steak and pork chop as Alvin wanted to mix in the salad as well.
Early morning, we woke up early and pan fried all the meats first before we went out for Jane Yap Atelier – both Issac and Annabelle art class.
After the Saturday art class with the children came back from Citta Mall, we quickly put into action as preparing all the vegetables, slicing all the meats, then pack and we went off heading to PJ chapel for the party.
Once we were there, we met most of the Subang Jaya Branch members. All the sisters were in the kitchen busy cooking, busy preparing all the food.
The party was started at 5.00pm as planned. It was started with the opening hymns and opening prayer, after is the sharing of Elder Smith on the meaning and purpose of Thanks Giving.
Then Elder Dacayanan, Sister Koford and Sister Kautaua too sharing some gospel. I was behind the kitchen helping the sisters on the food arrangements.
Alvin and both kids were in front there participating on the games which were prepared by the Missionary and Brother Benjamin.
Later, I came out from the kitchen and watch the teams playing games. It was really so fun just looking at them.
There were at least 3 games which Elders and Sisters prepared for the evening. I can see both Issac and his daddy Alvin too, enjoying the games so much. Annabelle and I were watching them playing.
After the games finished, there was a session, Elder Smith asked us everyone of us to write a Thank You note for all the branch Missionaries whom are spreading out there: Elder Dunstan Chi and Elder Brian Chi, Elder Marino (Johnny), Elder Rasaratnam (Tanasegar) and Sister Yong (Marion). We have to write a small note to them. I was assigned to write to Johnny. He is serving a mission currently now at Mukah, Sarawak.
After the Thank You note, Brother Benjamin closed the session with a closing prayer and blessed the food. Then, we started our Thanks Giving Feast.
Everything prepared were so nice, there are spaghetti, mash potatoes, roast chickens, etc. The food were too much as all the sisters prepare for 50 people, eventually only 30 people turn up. Our salads also, left over about another tray too.
During the dinner time, we did mingle around with the members and shared with them, on our temple trip experience. They were asking about our trip too. Overall the party ended around 9.00pm, after we clean up the church area, we went back home.
We will going to miss Subang Jaya branch members, as we took really a year to learn and grow at here after our family had been baptized.
Now we have to go back to our home branch – Puchong branch to stay. Both Alvin and I believe that Lord know the best for us, and it is time for us to go back to Puchong and continue to learn His gospel, progress, grow and holding on to the iron rod.
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