Every Friday night we sponsor a "Waffle Night" at the Institute Building. We love visiting with the kids as we bake waffles in the kitchen. The Young Single Adults come to eat, play games, visit, and just hang out.  Here are some who came last night enjoying a game of "reverse Pictionary." Next Friday we'll have a dance along with the waffles.


               

Today a young returned missionary in our YSA ward baptized his best friend from high school.  He chose to have the ordinance performed in a small lake in a city park across the street from the stake center. (You can see from the trees in the background that fall is well underway here.)  We are so impressed with both young men who want so much to serve the Lord and make the most of their lives.  Our YSA ward has a strong missionary spirit; it includes kids just barely graduated from high school, University of Alaska Anchorage students, young working professionals who have completed college degrees, military personnel, and young people who are just trying to decide what they want in life.