March 20 - Family History Work, Tic-Tac-Boom!

Yesterday our ward had a fireside about family history work. Most members are pretty impressed when I show them mine is full back 7 generations. I think that might have been why I was asked to give a little spiritual thought at the beginning. It was a really good fireside. It is somewhat difficult to do family history in Madagascar and Africa in general due to the lack of records and difficulty of finding them. However, there is one Malagasy that has been able to get 14 generations back on one line. To make life easier on Malagasies, they don't have to find exact dates or birthplaces, the thing they have to have is the full name, which in and of itself can be difficult. I've met some people who don't know the names of their parents because they were separated when they are young. Lucky for us, everything will be able to get figured out when Christ comes again! For now all we have to do is try. 

Last night was awesome too! We taught a part member family about Family Home Evening (FHE) and did it with them. It was lots of fun! They have 2 little kids and a newborn baby. We played a game called tic tac boom! Its similar to musical chairs. You have an object which you pass around. One person closes their eyes and  says tic tac, tic tac, over and over again and whenever they feel like it they say Boom! Whoever has the object has to dance! We got everyone to dance, but I had to dance twice. 


That is cool Orson got to speak at Stake Conference, but I hope that doesn't happen to me!  Well that's about it. Sorry I don't have any pictures. 

The word of the week is takarivan'ny mpianakavy which means family home evening, granted most members still use the French way which is something like soiree famille (ask Tana or Eric, I don't know French)