Exercise Day or "p" day

 Elder Christensen's release papers and airline schedule came today.  He leaves for home in a couple of weeks.    He gets to see his brother for only one week before he leaves for his mission to the West Indies.   He wants to go home but he also wants to stay.  Elder Jensen wishes the papers were his.   He is just starting but the time will pass fast and before he knows it he will be the one getting the airline schedule.  

This barbell was made out of the gears out of an automobile transmission and weighed about 20 pounds.   Sister Nielson was first in line for the competition and did surprisingly well.  The facial expressions came on the last lift that you could make.   She was better on the jump rope competition than on the lifting.   I think she came in third on jump rope.

Elder Jensen was next and did about three times as many as Sister Nielson.    This was harder than it looks.    We had to do it with both arms and then added up the total.  

Elder Christensen gave a new meaning to the term "pump iron".   We wondered  if he would ever get tired.   But he did. 

 I think Elder Smith did the most but he also laughed his way through it. 

Elder Jensen resting on the well.

As you can see I didn't even break a sweat.   The younger elders were amazed at my performance.   However I came in third so I guess I'm not as good as I thought I was.  

 This is Esther, our neighbor in the backyard.  Baby Yaw (they call him that because he was born on Thursday) is having his first ride on his mama's back, he is only a few weeks old. She is also the mother of Nefia, who will be 2 in October.  They are really nice people.  Looks like Elder N. is watching from a distance.

Elder Bakodie seemed to go on and on and he thought he was going to win but he got mad when he lost to Elder Smith.   But When Sister Nielson brought out cookies his whole attitude changed.