Week #7 (6-29-08)

June 28, 2008

Good day 211^th ward;

First off I want to thank the person who sent me an answer to the question I asked. I wasn’t expecting too many answers, but I was expecting more than just one person to answer the question that was posted. I’ll take that as a sign there wasn’t too much interest in talking about dates so I’ll move on.

Some of you might have recalled one of the last questions in the questionnaire that was passed out was in regards to ward sponsored dating activities. After much discussion on the subject, the ward will be sponsoring dating activities this summer. How it will work is those who would like to go on a date will just need to get in contact with me and then I will take a list of the guys and the girls and set them up randomly. The date will take place on Tuesday night. For those of you who are never free that night, let me know when you sign up and when we get enough people, we will have and activity on a Saturday.

The activities are targeted to be an hour and a half to two and a half hours in length. Every date will include an activity and treat of some kind. The date night will be planned and heavily subsidized by the ward. Guys will be asked to pay a small amount of money ($2-$4 depending on the date) for the date.

The ward held its first dating activity on Tuesday June 17th and a fun time was pretty much had by all. Now setting people up in the ward has never been my goal in this call. As you remember, I said that is a job for the ward match maker. So far, we have talked about the hot’s and not’s for dating, but there comes a point that talking about something is just not enough. These ward dating activities are a chance for some of you to act on what we have talked about. It is just like anything, you don’t truly learn about something until you actual do it.

In life, some things are what you make of them. These ward sponsored activities are the same way. Are you going to meet your future spouse at one of these dating activities, probably not, but I promise that you will walk away something valuable at the end of the night.

This month for the dating activity, we are going to be having a light progressive dinner with an outdoor activity at the end. Let me know if you are interested. For those who choose to participate, I’m look forward to the fun that those in the ward will have on these date.

There is one last thing everyone one should be aware of. There are some fun evens coming this week at BYU between Thursday July 3rd and Saturday the 5th. In the morning (about 6:00 am) there is the Balloon Festival. The Balloon Festival is where hot air balloons lift off in a field next to Provo High. Although it is early in the morning, I have been told by people who have gone to the event before that it is a lot of fun. On center street in Provo there is also Colonial Days. Colonial Days is a colonial village re-creation that includes crafts and a food fair. All three activities have the potential for a good time.