Today was the last preparation day in the office for Elder Gochnour (who completes his mission next week) and Elder Scott (who leaves to work out in the "field" again). It is also Elder Gochnour's birthday. So, Diane and I invited the office missionaries to come eat, shoot baskets, throw the football and have a ping pong tournament at the house. When they arrived, this is what they were wearing...
T-shirts that had the mission logo, the Premio Rowan, the mission name, "La Mejor Oficina del Mundo", a symbol for baptism, a few other sayings and all of our names. They even brought some for Diane and me!
We started off with Diane's homemade chili and corn bread...by the look of these plates, the food was pretty well received...
Then we showed them the trophy that Diane created for the winner of the ping pong tournament...it was made out of Cocoa Crispies, peanut butter and corn syrup filled with M & Ms...
After warming up with shooting baskets and throwing the football, things got serious...
Here are some action shots of the ping pong tournament...
They are smiling because they didn't think I would get past my first match...
Which I did but...
I lost to Elder Gochnour in the second round who, as you can see from this picture, was scouting my game! Then came the finals...Elder Massey versus Elder Gochnour...
It was intense and very close
But, in the end, Elder Gochnour won the trophy...
So, we then went back to the living room and relived the highlights of the tournament...
When Diane showed these young men who the true champion is...she had also baked Elder Gochnour's favorite vanilla and chocolate marble, chocolate icing birthday cake...
There was a slight mishap...unbeknownst to us all, the candles were trick candles and when we thought they had been extinguished, they actually set a plastic cup on fire and burned two holes in the table cloth.
But that was a small price to pay to spend a fun day with a great group of young men, "La Mejor Oficina del Mundo!"
