Pasties..meat pies that have been to school

Pasties are the local ethnic food, if Cornish people are considered ethnic. It is pronounced past as in the opposite of future. It is a largish meat pie that miners could stuff in their shirts next to their bodies and carry with them into the mine. At lunch time they would put the pasty on their shovel and heat it over the candle they were using to see with. This week we stopped in at a local Senior Center to see if we could volunteer. Maria asked us if we could make pasties. We said no but we could learn. So now we will start at 5:30 a.m., once a month, and go and make pasties for a few hours. The center sells the pasties for $4.00 each to make money to help run the center.
The Menominee River is the border here between WI and MI. It empties into Green Bay between the towns of Menominee and Marinette. District meeting was in Menominee because the DL had a baptismal interview to give. Before meeting we had a very nice lunch overlooking the Bay. It was in a small park with nice play areas for the kids, you would have loved it. It was totally serene...without our beloved grandkids. Sister J took the missionaries bags of candy corn and peanuts. They loved it.
Mid-week I needed to get the car insured. BTW did you know that if you want a good price on car insurance from a MI company you will have to register your car in MI which means a change of title for the new plates and instead of the DMV you go to the Secretary of State. Having met with my future agent last week (the bear lady) I was determined to give her a B of M this week, which I did although I was a little flustered and forgot to commit her to read it.
We are continuing to visit ward members. We left the "Testaments" at a brother's house who is having a hard time with his Parkinson's. We met a brother who is coming back after 20 years, he agreed to have us come each week. We will teach him out of the Gospel Principles book. We visited another brother, a non-member, who is a regular attender. His entire family are members so we need to find his objection to baptism, we are hopeful.
It has rained a lot this week but this coming week it looks to warm up and be clear by the weekend. If it rains on you at Conference we will get it a couple of days later. Speaking of conference, we were able to stream RS Conference. WOW! They have a tradition of the men meeting for brats before Priesthood session which starts here at 7:00. It remains to be seen if there will be any sweet rolls waiting for me when I return.
Church today was...interesting...they called Sister J to be the RS secretary, can they do that? We had a fantastic HC speaker and his wife. Great topics, great spirit, great job. He is James Marker whose dad served with your grandpa Mills in a bishopric. He teaches Physiology at the University of WI at GB and like most of the saints here is very valiant and assured.
Keep the faith, it won't be long now.
Elder Dad and Sister Mom