September 14 - Sabbath Day with Family & Friends

One of the perks of being at the University of Utah Hospital is that they have a chapel and they hold sacrament meeting! (They also hold meetings for other religions.) So, at 10:30 am we attended the hospital branch's sacrament meeting. We met the branch president and when I told him that AJ expects be here until the end of October and that he's a returned missionary who loves to serve, he said it would be great if he could give a talk! haha  Their speaking schedule is full until after General Conference, but I wouldn't be surprised if Bro. AJ Hunt is asked to give a talk after that.

In the hospital branch (I don't know the name of the branch) they only have 1 speaker on Sunday. Today the speaker gave a talk based on the 2008 General Conference talk by Elder Wirthlin called, "Come What May and Love It".  (https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2008/10/come-what-may-and-love-it?lang=eng) It was a great message teaching the principle that the way we react to adversity can be a major factor in how happy and successful we will be in life.

The evening was filled with visits from family and friends!  Some who came for the first time and others who have come multiple times.  We love them all!  After everyone left, the nurse was worried that the visits would have made AJ exhausted.  Although it took energy, it also filled and lifted him!  It was a great way to end the week!

AJ with Michael and Grant -- his best friends from his youth.  

This was the first time they've all been together in 3 years.  

It was a great reunion!