"Project Happiness"

We were thrilled to have Sister Judy Steenblik visit our Preparation Meeting.  Her message was called "Project Happiness". She has been a professional counselor for over 35 years and shared ways we can be happy by changing our thinking and being optimistic. We enjoyed her presentation and the instruction she gave us will help us become better and happier missionaries. She gave us the top 5 things that happy people have in common from a Stanford study. 1. Don’t believe everything they think, (the negative stuff we tell ourselves or we get from others) 2. Make a conscious effort to be optimistic. 3. Avoid comparison 4. Practice gratitude - an eternal concept and 5. God is the center of their lives.

Group picture with Sister Steenblik

Interestingly many wore yellow on this day of happiness

September Birthdays, Sister Finau, Elder Ballard, Sister Grow and Herman Hourrutiner, they look happy!

Eating donuts, now they look very happy! Elder Ballard brought the birthday donuts1

Elder Ballard got heart attacked!

They also decorated his cubby.