Mission Possible

We had the Mormon Missionaries over for dinner last night. We feed them about once a month. They are fun to feed. They eat a lot (always makes me feel good) and they perform for us.We have an agreement with the missionaries that we will feed them and they will do a trick for us. We have seen some pretty cool missionary tricks in the past. One Elder (that's what we call the missionaries) did pull ups with his finger tips (on our very narrow door frame), another did bird calls with his hands, one could tell what scriptural book (and sometimes, chapter and verse) we were reading from if we read only the first sentence of a verse, one could touch our 9 foot ceilings with his hand while standing flatfooted and he was my height! We have seen some pretty talented young men. I'm telling ya.

So the Elders came prepared last night and after a delicious dinner (if I do say so myself) of chicken pot pie, freshly made apple sauce and rolls, they performed their tricks. Elder Wells hasn't been on his mission very long. He is a little bit shy and has very good manners. He can make a 4 leaf clover with his tongue. I could tell he was embarrassed, mostly because he blushed so much. We had to beg him to let us take this picture. I really had to beg.

Elder Wells' Amazing Trick! The 4-leaf clover. He has nice teeth.

Elder Van Lear (returning home on Monday!) told us that in the summer of 2006 he ate 8320 peanut butter cups, he spent $917.21 on them, and they weighed 437 lbs. He didn't gain a single pound. He also solved a Rubix cube in less than 90 seconds. I have never seen anyone do that. It was impressive.

Elder Van Lear's Extreme Rubix skills.

I am sending a link to this post to Elder Wells' and Elder Van Lear's moms. You have great sons!